Naqliyat-e-Miyan Abdur Rasheed RZ - Khalifatullah Mehdi (AHS)

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rejects it, the recompense assigned to him is Fire. 35 And Prophet SLM
has said, “He who disavows Mahdi is a kafir.”
38. Bandagi Miyan Shah Dilawar RZ has narrated that “We have
heard Imam Mahdi AS as saying that ‘when I was at Danapur, I came
under a divine ecstasy and for the first time I saw the manifestation
(tajalli) of the divine zath’” The Imam AS also said, “A divine
command arrived, ‘We have granted you the knowledge of our
murad (purport), We have decreed the Quran as your inheritance
and We have made you the ruler over all the people of faith (ahl-eiman).
Disavowing Me is disavowing you and disavowing you is
disavowing Me.’” And why not! This Vilayat is particularly of
Prophet Muhammad SLM . And the information about this rank of his,
the Prophet SLM himself has given on behalf of Allah. He quoted
Allah as saying, “Had you not been there, I would not have created
these heavens (aflak). Had you not been there, I would not have
divulged my Divinity (Rububiat). O the luminosity of My
luminosity, O the secret of My secrets, O the treasure of My gnosis,
O Muhammad SLM . My sultanate is sacrificed on you.” Hence, how
can his disavowal be not the disavowal of Allah?
Bandagi Miyan Shah Dilawar RZ said, “I have heard this
rivayat (parable) from the mouth of Imam Mahdi AS . I am not
explaining this on my own. It is good if anybody accepts it. (It is
not good) if anybody does not accept it. The word of mouth of the
Imam AS is final proof (hujjat) for this servant (banda). Fasting is
obligatory on him who has seen the crescent moon (of Ramazan).
39.Further, it is narrated that Mullah Syed Ahmad Khurasani, who
was among the renowned scholars, was in the company of Bandagi
Miran Syed Mahmood RZ for a few months and had remained in the
company of many other companions of Imam Mahdi AS . One day, he
asked Bandagi Miran Syed Mahmood RZ , “What do you say about a
person who disavows Mahdi AS ?” Bandagi Miran RZ said, “I call him
kafir.” The mullah asked, “If I were to disavow him?” Bandagi
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Miran RZ said, “A person of the rank of Bayazid Bistami RA too were
to disavow Imam Mahdi AS , he would be a kafir.”
40. Further, it is narrated that that a scholar asked many questions
and was eliciting many answers from Imam Mahdi AS . Miyan Shaikh
Bhik RZ peeped out of his hujra (room) and said, “Miranji, why are
you wasting your time (with him)?” The Imam AS said, “Allah Most
High has sent this servant to waste his time thus.”
41. Be it known that a brother from the daira or from outside,
whether in the congregation of the call (dawat) or of the muhajirin
(migrant-companions) were to ask a question in disjointed
language, Bandagi Miyan Syed Khundmir RZ would correct his
language and say, “The question you are trying to ask is probably
like this.” But he would not be annoyed. In fact no muhajir would
be annoyed at being asked questions. They would not prevent
anybody from asking any question. He would not say believe only
what I say. They used to say, “Whatever the difficulty you face, get
it solved by asking. Otherwise, the burden would be on your
shoulders.”
3. JOINING PRAYERS LED BY NON-
MAHDAVIS
42. O friend! Know it well that Imam Mahdi AS has prohibited
joining prayers (namaz) led by those who disavowed him. He has
said that, “if you have said prayers under the leadership of such a
person by mistake, say your prayers again.”
43. It is narrated that at the time when opposition was on the
increase at the town of Thatta (in Sindh province) to such an extent
that a battle was in the offing, some of the companions told Imam
Mahdi AS that they had said their prayers (namaz) in the leadership of
a person, opposed to the Imam AS . The Imam AS instructed, “Say your