Muntakhab al-tawarikh 92.12

92.12

I rose, and on the plea of being fatigued went to recite my evening prayers in a tent which was pitched in a garden beside the masjid, feeling sick of life. When the holy Shaikh, going indoors, set food before his guests, he asked “Where is such an one?” (i.e., Badaoni), Shaikh Muhammad, his worthy successor, answered, “By reason of the impertinence of which he was guilty he could not appear in the masjid, and he absented himself also from the public prayers. The Shaikh then sent me some food from his own table, with his blessing, and I was somewhat consoled, and entertained hopes of forgiveness. Early the next morning Husain Khan went to Lakhnau, to join in celebrating the id there, and I alone remained in Ambethi. The holy Shaikh recited the prayers of the festival in his masjid and afterwards occupied himself in giving instruction in the book known as the ‘Awarif. Meanwhile Shaikh Muhammad rose up to intercede for me, and asked that my fault might be forgiven. The Shaikh sent for me, and breaking off his teaching turned to me with great kindness, and when I, my eyes full of tears, placed my head on his foot, he embraced me and said “I bear no enmity or malice in my heart against anybody.