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After becoming
mureed, Hazrat Mamshaad Dinwari (Radi Allahu Anhu) requested to know
his name. Hazrat Abu Is`haaq (Radi Allahu Anhu) said to him:
“I am Abu Is`haaq Shami (Syrian)!”
Hazrat Mamshaad Dinwari (Radi Allahu Anhu) said to him:
“From this day on, you will be known as Abu Is`haaq Chisti, and
you should go to Chist in Afghanistan,
and spread the teachings of our Grand Masters, by which the people
of that area will benefit, and whoever enters your Silsila until the
Day of Qayamat will be called Chisti.”
He was amongst
the Masha’ikh who loved the listening of Sama, and the ulema of his
era did not oppose his mehfil-e-sama. He allowed the listening of
sama under very strict conditions, and whoever attended his sama
gatherings never turned towards sin ever again, and became conscious
of Allah and pious. He never allowed the wealthy and wordly people
into his sama gatherings, and is they entered without his
permission, they were inflicted with some sickness.
Once, the
country experienced a very severe drought. The ruler of the country
approached Khwaja Abu Is`haaq (Radi Allahu Anhu) to make dua for
rain. The Great Khwaja requested the ruler to arrange a
mehfil-e-sama for him, and assured the ruler that, when in the
mehfil-e-sama he (Khwaja Abu Is`haaq) begins to cry, it will rain.
The ruler immediately arranged a mehfil-e-sama, but was instructed
by Khwaja Abu Is`haaq (Radi Allahu Anhu) to leave the gathering.
The ruler humbled himself, and pleaded with Khwaja Abu Is`haaq (Radi
Allahu Anhu) to allow to remain, but the Great Khwaja said to him:
“If you
remain in this gathering, I would not receive that, which I am
desirous of. You sitting in this gathering is not correct, so you
should return to your home.”
The ruler
returned to his home, and the mehfil-e-sama began. During the sama,
Khwaja Abu Is`haaq (Radi Allahu Anhu) entered into a spiritual state
and began crying, when miraculously, it began to rain, relieving the
country of its severe drought.
Hazrat Khwaja
Abu Is`haaq (Radi Allahu Anhu) said:
“Faqr is path of the Friends of Allah, and whichever durwesh
followed this path, reached some elevated spiritual
stage. All the
Awliya and Ambiya followed this path, and always considered
following it a very noble act.”
He also said:
“In hunger, one will find the secrets of Allah hidden. Whenever
Allah wills to bestow upon a person some of His Secrets, He gives
him the ability to
stay hungry,
because in this state, one has complete trust (tawakkul) in Allah.”
Once, Hazrat
Mamshaad Dinwari (Radi Allahu Anhu) requested to one of his mureeds
to summon Hazrat Abu Is`haaq (Radi Allahu Anhu) into his presence.
When Hazrat Khwaja Abu Is`haaq (Radi Allahu Anhu) presented and
humbled himself in front of his Murshid, Hazrat Mamshaad Dinwaari (Radi
Allahu Anhu) said to him:
“O Abu
Is`haaq! You are my son, and I have very high regard for you. I
nominate you as my successor, and instruct you to spread my
teachings and the name of our glorious Masha’ikh.”
He also advised
him saying:
“Always
conduct yourself well with the people, and love the poor more than
the wealthy.”
When Khwaja Abu
Is`haaq Chisti (Radi Allahu Anhu) wore the cloak of succession (khilafat),
a voice from the unseen said:
“Congratulations
upon you, O Abu Is`haaq, on your wearing of the blessed mantle.”
Khwaja Abu
Is`haaq (Radi Allahu Anhu) began crying intensely. He was then
asked the reason for his crying. He replied:
“All the
veils have been removed from my eyes, and I see everything from the
Arsh up to the Abyss, but my desire is not for the Arsh, but for the
Lord of the Arsh.”
Before Khwaja
Abu Is`haaq Chisti (Radi Allahu Anhu) passed away, he bestowed the
khilafat of the Chistiya Silsila upon his beloved mureed, Khwaja Abu
Ahmed Chisti (Radi Allahu Anhu). Hazrat Khwaja Abu Is`haaq (Radi
Allahu Anhu) passed away on the 14 Rabi-ul-Akhir, and his mazaar is
in Chist in Afghanistan.
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