Book Name:Ghous Pak Ki Ibadat o Riyazat

you will gain an abundance of rewards.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Completing the Quran every night for 15 years

Dear Islamic brothers! Ghaus-ul-A’zam Sayyiduna Shaykh Abdul Qaadir Jeelani رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه would worship and recite the Quran in abundance. Hence, it is narrated that Sayyiduna Ghaus-uth-Saqalayn رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه would complete the Quran every night, for 15 years. (Bahja-tul-Asraar, p. 118)

Similarly, it is also narrated that he رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه would offer 1,000 Rak’at of Nafl every day. (Tafreeh Al-Khaatir, p. 36)

Dear Islamic brothers! It is possible this question can arise in a person’s mind: Whenever we begin to worship, we become tired quickly and our hearts do not remain fully occupied in worship, and we cannot maintain concentration and presence of heart, so how did these pious predecessors رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ worship so much and how would so much passion for worship arise in their hearts? The response to this is that the hearts of the righteous are filled with love for Allah Almighty and piety; they remove love for the world from their hearts, and their hearts remain restless without the Zikr of Allah, therefore, they remain busy in remembering Allah Almighty at all times, and this rank is only attained by a slave after undertaking enormous struggle in worship and spiritual practices.

After studying the lives of the pious predecessors رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ, one comes to realise that they bore great struggles and carried out spiritual practices in order to attain proximity to Allah Almighty and to remove love for the world from their hearts.

Performing Ghusl 40 times on a cold night

Hence, it is stated in Bahjat-ul-Asraar: Sayyiduna Ghaus-ul-A’zam