Shawahid Al-Vilayat - Khalifatullah Mehdi

At Chapanir 61Arif RA and sat down for a few moments at the head of his grave.Then he performed two cycles [rak’at] namaz. The name of thissaint was known as Shaikh Mumman RA among the people. HazratImam al-‘arifin, Nazir-e-Rasul-e-Rab-al-‘Alamin [Leader of theMystics possessing the knowledge of God and His kingdom, theEqual of the Messenger of the Lord of the Worlds, that is, HazratImam AS ], said, “Do not call him Shaikh Mumman, His name isSyed Muhammad ‘Arif RA . [Allah has purified his immanence.].It is narrated that there was a well of bitter salty water near themausoleum. Hazrat Imam Mahdi AS gargled his mouth with waterand dropped that water in the well. The effect of the sanctifiedleftover water in the well was that its water became sweet. At thesame place, the Imam AS had brushed his teeth with a piece of thebranch of a pomegranate tree and had planted it in the ground. Thisbecame a big tree. These two signs are present to this day. Theyare the manifest argument for the people of equity and the seekersof the Divine Truth.6210.5 At AhmadnagarShawahid Al-VilayatIn short, the Imam-al-Bar-Wal-Buhur [Leader of the Land and theOceans, that is, Hazrat Imam AS ] went to Ahmadnagar fromDaulatabad. In those days, Ahmadnagar was the capital of theDeccan. At that time the construction of the Fort of the Bagh-e-Nizam had just begun. The ruler was Malik Nizam-ul-Mulk. Thenews of the arrival of the Imam AS 1 came to the Malik, He wasdesirous of a son. He went to the Imam AS thinking that he wouldget a son through the intervention of the Imam AS . When he came,the Imam AS gave the Malik some advice and the sanctified leftoverof the betel leaves he was munching. The Malik ate part of it andmade his wife also eat it. Later, Allah granted him a son. The babywas named Burhan Nizam-ul-Mulk. This boy became the monarchof Deccan after Nizam-ul-Mulk. He was a sincere devotee of theMahdavia group. He invited a majority of the companion-migrantsof Hazrat Imam Mahdi AS , like Bandagi Miyan Shah Nizam RZ ,Bandagi Miyan Shah Dilawar RZ , Bandagi Miyan Shah Ne'mat RZand other prominent Mahdavi murshids to come to Deccan fromGujarat. He had given his daughter in marriage to Bandagi MiyanSyed Miranji alias Miran Sahib RA , son of Miran Syed Hameed RZ ,son of Hazrat Imam Syed Muhammad Mahdi al-Mau'ood AS . Thesons of Hazrat Imam AScame to Deccan because of him. HazratBandagi Miyan Shah Dilawar RZ gave glad tidings to Sultan BurhanNizam Shah on his deathbed. All this is authoritative information.There are innumerable narratives here. But brevity is the aim ofthis faqir [that is, the author]. Verily, there is convincing evidencein this discourse about the Truth of Hazrat Imam Mahdi AS . What1 Here the titles of the Imam AS given are: Vali-e-Kamil [Perfect Saint], Makhzane-Faiz[The Treasury of Bounty], Fayyaz-e-Afzal [The Most superiorBountiful of the Bounty], Sahib-e-Karamat [Lord of the Miracles],Khudawand-e-Tasirat [Lord of Impressions], Zath-e-Paighambar Sifat [TheEssence of the Attributes of the Prophet].