out, ‘The delight of faith is gone from my heart,’ and he then repented. Sayyiduna Junayd Baghdadi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said to him, ‘You do know that the saints of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ possess hidden powers? You cannot bear their powers against you.’ (Kashf-ul-Mahjoob, pp. 137)

We should never test any blessed saint, nor should we have any evil suspicion or enmity towards any blessed saint.

The Beloved and Blessed Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has said, ‘مَنْ عَادَى لِي وَلِيًّا فَقَدْ آذَنْتُهُ بِالْحَرْبِ’, Whoever causes pain to a saint, I declare war with him. (Sahih Bukhari, vol. 4, pp. 248, Hadees 6502)

May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ grant us the privilege to always have respect towards the blessed saints and protect us from the evil company of those who show disrespect towards them.

اٰمِيۡن بِجَاهِ النَّبِيِّ الۡاَمِيۡن صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيۡهِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم

محفوظ سدا رکھنا شہا بے ادبوں سے

اور مجھ سے بھی سَرزد نہ کبھی بے ادبی ہو

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! The evil act of harbouring grudges towards the blessed saints, showing disrespect, hurting them, taking away their wealth and property etc. are causes that lead to destruction of one’s worldly life and the Hereafter. Observe the eminence and high rank of these blessed personalities that if in any case all the people stand against them to bear witness, then Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ creates a way which reveals their truthfulness and loyalty, it even highlights and increases their greatness, dignity and fame in the hearts of the people.