Hayat‐e‐Waris CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF AL‐HAJJ HAFIZ SYED WARIS ALI SHAH ....................................................................................... 7 BIRTH AND EARLY CHILDHOOD.............................................................................................................................................................. 8 BIRTH .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 BIBI FATIMA KI SANAK ........................................................................................................................................................................... 9 PROPHECY OF SARKAR WARIS' BIRTH ......................................................................................................................................... 10 DISCUSSION ABOUT THE EXALTED DIGNITY OF THE HOLY PROPHET ........................................................................ 12 THE PLACE OF HIS BIRTH .................................................................................................................................................................... 14 CHILDHOOD GAMES OF SARKARWARIS ....................................................................................................................................... 15 SECULAR EDUCATION OF SARKARWARIS ................................................................................................................................... 16 INCIDENT THAT PROVED SARKAR WARIS WAS A SCHOLAR AND A LINGUIST ........................................................ 17 DASTAR BADHI CEREMONY .................................................................................................................................................................... 20 UNNAO .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 SHIKOHABAD ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 22 FEROZABAD ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 23 AGRA .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 24 HARDADAL .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 25 JAIPUR ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 AJMER ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 26 NAGORE ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 27 BOMBAY ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 INCIDENT RELATING TO THE SHIP STOPPING IN MID‐OCEAN ......................................................................................... 28 JEDDAH ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 MECCA ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 INCIDENT AT THE CAVE OF HIRA .................................................................................................................................................... 30 INCIDENT IN THE CAVE OF SOOR .................................................................................................................................................... 31 INCIDENT OF ALl BIN HAFIZ AT TAYEP ........................................................................................................................................ 31 MIRACULOUS CURE OF A MAD CAMEL .......................................................................................................................................... 32 ATTACK OF BEDOUINS ON SARKAR WARIS CARV AN BETWEEN MECCA AND MEDINA ...................................... 32 HUMOROUS INCIDENT OF THE PEDANTIC MAULVI ............................................................................................................... 32 SARKAR WARIS MEETING WITH MAJZOOB MOHAMMAD SALEHA ON THE WAY TO MEDINA ......................... 33 INCIDENT THAT REVEALS SARKAR WARIS WAS A SAINT OF HIGH CALIBRE AND NOT A MAJZOOB ............ 33 MEDINA ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 34 NAJAF SHAREEF ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Page 1 of 143 Hayat‐e‐Waris INCIDENT OF THE MU‐E‐NAJAF ........................................................................................................................................................ 34 KARBALA ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35 BAGHDAD: AT THE SHRINE OF HAZRAT GHOUSE‐E‐PAK .................................................................................................... 35 PALESTINE .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 35 SARKAR WARIS'S REFUSAL TO MARRY AND REMAIN A CELIBATE ................................................................................ 35 SARKAR WARIS SECOND JOURNEY TO HIJAZ ............................................................................................................................. 35 INCIDENT AT THE STRAIT OF DARDNELLS ................................................................................................................................ 36 RETURN TO DEVA SHAREEF AND NEXT HAJJ ............................................................................................................................ 36 ACCOUNT OF SARKAR WARIS'S EUROPEAN TRAVELS .......................................................................................................... 37 INCIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN AT BARABANKI STATION ....................................................................... 37 SARKAR WARIS'S FINAL HAJJ AND TRIPS ABROAD ................................................................................................................ 38 A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF SARKAR WARIS' WAY OF LIFE AND HABITS ........................................................................... 39 SARKAR WARIS AS A GUEST ............................................................................................................................................................... 39 SARKAR WARIS FOOD HABITS .......................................................................................................................................................... 39 PRINCE OF PAUPER TREATED A LIKE BY SARKAR WARIS .................................................................................................. 40 THREE STAGES OF THE MYSTIC IN GIVING UP TASTY AND DELICIOUS FOOD .......................................................... 44 SCHCOLARLY DISCUSSION BETWEEN HAZARATH HASSAN BASRI SHAFIQ BALQI AND MALIK‐EDINAR .... 44 CHOICE OF COLOUR OF HIS DRESSES ............................................................................................................................................ 44 STYLE OF DRINKING............................................................................................................................................................................... 45 STYLE OF EATING .................................................................................................................................................................................... 45 SLEEP AND STROLL AFTER SUPPER 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