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The Karamat of Syed Ahmed Rafaiؒ

The Karamat of Syed Ahmed Rafaiؒ

I state before you that my Shaykh Hazrat Allah Yar KhanRA visited Karachi in 1970. I was also with him. Our stay had been arranged at a living quarters that belonged to the Navy. In the evening, Hazrat JeeRA was describing some aspects of Syed Ahmed Rafai'sRA life. He said that Allah had blessed Syed Ahmed RafaiRA with the power that when delivered a sermon, everyone heard him equally loud regardless of the distance between them and him. Whenever anyone came to visit him and he did not have anything to serve the guest, he would ask the visitor: "ask me to pray for you, as I am on the example of the Holy Prophetﷺ at this time".

When Syed Ahmed RafaiRA went for Hajj and presented himself at the shrine of the Prophetﷺ, he addressed the Messengerﷺ and said: "O Prophet of Allah, I keep presenting myself before you spiritually. Today, I have come here physically. Please extend your blessed hand out of the grave, so that I may kiss it and satiate the thirst of my love that I have for you." Upon this, the Prophet'sﷺ sacred hand came out of the grave so that Syed Ahmed RafaiRA could kiss it. Hence, Syed Ahmed RafaiRA kissed the Prophet'sﷺblessed hand and the thousands of people who were present there witnessed this scene. A few other fortunate ones who were present nearby also got the opportunity to kiss the Prophet's sacred hand.

Hazrat Major Ghulam Muhammad, excerpt from his article "Conversations with Spirits"

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