The short Biography of Hazrat Bandagi Miyan Shah Nizam RZ ...

Hazrat Imam Mahdi AS replied, “Whatever Miyan Shah Nizamhas said is correct.”EXCELLENCE IN FAQIRIMiyan Shah Nizam RZ renounced the world and practicedFaqiri of the highest degree. Some narrations are illustrative ofthe life he led.One day, Miyan Shah Nizam RZ and Miyan Malik Maroof RZwere sitting in the Jamat Khana after the zuhr prayers. Duringthe talk, Miyan Malik Maroof RZ informed that his daughterBibi Qunza Bua had reached marriageable age. On hearingthis, Miyan Shah Nizam RZ told the Malik RZ , “Give yourdaughter in marriage to my son, Miyan Shah AbdurRahman.” The Malik RZ agreed to the proposal. Miyan ShahNizam RZ then called his son Miyan Abdur Rahman RZ and said,“Your marriage will take place tonight after Isha prayers. Takethe bride’s clothes from Malik Maroof’s house. Take twotinkas from the niche in the wall of the room. Buy some soap,wash your clothes and the bride’s clothes and bring themback.” He [the son] did as told.Later in the evening, the nikah was performed. The Shah RZ andhis son went to the house of Hazrat Malik Ma’roof RZ andbrought the bride to their home. The next morning the news ofthe marriage spread. The Shah RZ ’s Murids including FatehKhan Barhu and Syed Mustafa alias Ghalib Khan broughtclothes, food and cash. The Shah RZ distributed everything assawiyet among the inmates of the daira.This was the simplicity with which the marriage of MiyanShah Nizam RZ ’s son was performed.*An incident of Miyan Shah Nizam RZ and his son illustrates thatthe principle of Tawakkul (trust on Allah) was adhered to evenduring extremely trying circumstances.After the marriage of Miyan Abdur Rahman RZ there wasnothing to eat. The bride and bride-groom were hungry forthree days. Miyan Abdur Rahman RZ had gone outside theDaira. On the way he noticed that grains of wheat had fallenout, probably out of a cartload of grains which passed that way.He collected the grains from the ground and brought them tohis house. His father, Miyan Shah Nizam RZ saw him enteringthe house and called him. He asked him what he had broughtwith him. Miyan Abdur Rahman RZ told him about the grains ofwheat he had found on the road. Miyan Shah Nizam RZ said,“Go and put back the grains where you found them. You havetaken an oath that you will not eat anything other than whatAllah sends you. This kind of food was permitted to the Aulia-Allah (Saints of Allah) of a by-gone era. But it is not permittedfor the group of Imam Mahdi AS .” In another narration, it isstated that Bandagi Miyan Shah Nizam RZ told him, “Leavethem. Do not eat them. You had vowed that you would not eatanything other than what Allah sent you. Hence, you are notpermitted to eat this thing. You should eat what Allah sendsyou. This thing (that you have brought) is halal (permitted)but it is not halal-e-tayyab (chaste, pure and permitted).” Afew hours later, some bread, food and sweets arrived from RajeSoon and Raje Muradi, who were disciples of Miyan ShahNizam RZ and sisters of the king of Gujarat, Mahmood Begadha.2829