Muntakhab al-tawarikh 92.2

92.2

In a short time he obtained from his spiritual guide permission to impart religious instruction and to perfect disciples, and in the village of Ambethi drew his foot within the skirt of contentment and withheld his footsteps from the doors of high and low, going nowhere except to the principal masjid of the Living God (in that place) and sometimes to Khairabad to walk round the illustrious tomb of the venerable Shaikh Sa‘d, (may his tomb be sanctified !) and to see Shaikhu-’l-Hidyah, the successor of Shaikh Sufi, (may God sanctify his most pure tomb !), or to Gopamau, in consequence of the friendship which he had for Qazi Mubarak of Gopamau who was one of his faithful disciples, a master of perfection, skilled in the holy law, and abstinent, and a very wealthy man. The Shaikh in the early days of his student life had first been attracted to God in the hospice of the Qazi's father. At long intervals he would take the trouble to go to Fathpur, by way of making a tour, to see Shaikh ‘Abdu-’l-Ghani, who also was one of the greatest among famous elders, and was held in the highest respect. Whenever he visited the hospice of Shaikhu-’l-Hidyah and the other places he would give of his worldly goods a rupee, a tanka, or some other offering, in accordance with the saying “Send presents to each other and you will love each other,” and then would fall into an ecstasy of delight.