Book Name:Tawakkul aur Qana'at
everyone became silent and understood that he is definitely given sustenance from the unseen. (‘Uyoon-ul-Hikayaat, vol. 2, p. 105)
Similarly, listen to another beautiful account regarding Tawakkul.
It is stated on page no. 501 of the book ‘Faizan-e-Sunnat (vol. 1)’, authored by Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ: ‘When the daughter of Sayyiduna Shaykh Shah Kirmaani رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه got to the age of marriage and a proposal came from the king of a neighbouring country, he رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه refused it and started looking for a pious young man going from Masjid to Masjid. He came across a young man who offered Salah properly and supplicated imploringly.
The Shaykh asked him, ‘Are you married?’ to which he replied in negative. He then asked him, ‘Do you want to get married? The girl recites Holy Quran, is steadfast upon Salah and fasting and is of an excellent character.’
He said, ‘Who is going to marry me?’
The Shaykh said, ‘I will (marry my daughter to you). Here, take few Dirhams. Buy bread for one Dirham, curry for one Dirham and fragrance for one Dirham.’ This way, Shah Kirmaani رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه married his pious daughter to him.
When the bride came to the house of her groom, she saw a piece of bread on a vessel. She asked, ‘What’s this piece of bread?’
The groom replied, ‘This is stale bread from yesterday which I kept for my Iftar (today).’
Listening to this, she got ready to return back. Seeing this, the groom said, ‘I knew that the princess of Shaykh Kirmaani رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه cannot stay in the house of a poor person like me.’
The bride replied: ‘I am not leaving due to your poverty, instead, I am leaving because your Tawakkul upon Allah Almighty seems very weak. That is why you saved a piece of bread for the next day. I am surprised on my father that how did he consider you to be of a pure character and pious!’