Muntakhab al-tawarikh 92.6

92.6

Since the late Muhammad Husain Khan, some account of whom has already been recorded by my chronicling pen, and who was a man to whom I was bound by the bond of regard more closely than can be expressed in writing, entertained a desire to become a disciple of the holy Shaikh, he was privileged to pay his respects to him by the co-operation of Sayyid Asghar of Badaon and Qazi Ahmad, the brother of Qazi Mubarak, of Gopamau, and this hap- Intense love for God overpowered the Shaikh and he ordered the student to be turned out of the assembly, but afterwards, calling him back again, he appeased him, and the contemplation of this matter was a great warning to us who were present. That night passed very uncomfortably for me in the hospice, and I watched for the morning in order that I might escape. The early morning prayers were recited with the Shaikh at the moment the true dawn began to appear, when we could not see one another’s faces without a lamp, I indeed thinking that it was yet night. At sunrise the Shaikh came out of his cell and stood at the door of the masjid, ordering Miyan Shaikh Muhammad to bring for us three whatever food might be ready, and I was in great agitation of mind, ever and again endeavouring to get Miyan Shaikh Muhammad to obtain leave from his master for me to depart.