Muntakhab al-tawarikh 61.8.6

61.8.6

Accordingly Islam Shah summoned Shaikh 'Ala'i thence, and used still more strenuous exertions than before to bring matters to a satisfactory settlement, and knowing as he did the ambitious nature of Shaikh 'Ala'i, and recognising that there was no other man among the learned men of Dehli and Agra capable of settling this dispute, he therefore directed Shaikh 'Ala'i to be sent to Bihar to Shaikh Budh the learned physician, in whom Sher Khan had the very utmost confidence, and who is renowned for the authoritative commentary which he wrote upon the and bade him act in accordance with his directions. When Shaikh 'Ala'i went thither, he heard the sound of singing and musical instruments proceeding from the rooms occupied by Shaikh Budh the physician, and saw in his assembly certain other things repugnant both to the natural feelings and to religious law also, the very mention of which is disgraceful, so felt constrained to enjoin what was lawful and to forbid what was prohibited. Since Shaikh Budh was very infirm and aged, and was not strong enough to speak, his family answered for him that certain customs and observances which have obtained vogue in Hindustan are of such a nature that if one should forbid them in any way whatever, worldly injury, and loss both bodily and spiritual would inevitably result to the prohibitor, also that the women of Hindustan who as a class are worthless, consider that loss as the result of restrictive measures, and for that reason become infidels.