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HAZRAT SULTAN BAHU AND WORLDLY ATTACHMENTS.
It is not clear with reference to the Saint whether he adopted or assumed any
worldly trade or business or for that matter any other worldly occupation. Yes,
this much is known, that on two occasions he sponsored himself by purchasing two
bullocks each time to help cultivate the land. Even this he could not sustain
because on both occasions the Saint abandoned his notion of cultivating the
land. This was due to the intense luster of Divine Light, which perfumed his
inward and outward personality and a strong yearning for Allah the Beloved. He
was a wandering dervish and sometimes passed his time in jungles in remembrance
of Allah.
As mentioned earlier, the then Mogul Emperor had conferred on the saint�s
forefathers an estate in the vicinity of Shorkhote. Hazrat sultan Bahu (RA) had
inherited this estate. It was a vast estate comprising a well-built brick fort
and hundreds of acres of well developed agricultural land. In the vicissitude of
life he remained indifferent to the demands of this huge estate and did not
concern himself or even inclined towards its responsibility. He chose and
concerned himself with the pure and unalloyed state of `Faqri-Muhammadi' (SAW)
(a spiritual state of renunciation and contentment given to a few selected and
noble souls).
Hazrat Sultan Bahu (RA) is of the opinion that a Faqir should imitate the
Prophet Muhammed (peace be on him) and the ahle-bait in matters of worldly
attachments.
He is of the view that a Faqir's poverty and wants are the building blocks of
a spiritual mi'raj and that this 'Faqr' projects him to the proximity of Allah.
Hazrat Sultan Bahu(RA) obeyed, followed and copied the `Faqiri lifestyle of
the Prophet of Islam (Peace be on him) and his household. He kept his person
clean from the slothfulness of the world. His dislike and aversion
to `worldly attachments is well documented. He
refers to this dislike in his famous book of prose, the `Abyat' were he says:
[[` Ah! This worldly life polluted
Washing, bathing all in vain
For its sake the doctors, scholars,
Crouch in corners, cry in pain
For its sake these worldly people
rest not, sleep not. Ah! their bane!
Hermits, mystics, ascetics, Bahu!
Burn their boats-the wise, the sane!]]
The Sufis do not enjoin celibacy or withdrawal from the world. The attitude
of a true Sufi regarding `worldly attachments' -- is detachment from sence
pleasures; attachment is only to the One reality. The Sufis maxim is `Be in the
world but not of the world .The Saints philosophy on `Faqr will be discussed
separately in the second section of the book.
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