In the middle of the river the bowl began to sink and the companions along with it. Here is my bowl, lay your hands on it and it shall serve us as a boat.

Lal Shahbaz Qalandar said to his companionsвЂ¦ Depend upon God and enter the stream but take care, you must have no attachment to the things of the world, otherwise the waters cannot give you a safe passage. They had to cross to some other place to secure a boat. It is said that when the party arrived at the Persian Gulf and after they had reached one particular island they could not find a soul. Many are the stories given about their adventurous journey: tradition is resonant with the voice of miracles. The King of Baghdad, who loved and revered Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, entreated him not to leave Baghdad but he, who felt the urge from within, could not see his way to remain, and soon after led his three companions on the holy mission that was to spreads Islam in India. They are known to the Sufis as the four great friends, the great pioneers of 13th century Sufi movement.В Lal Shahbaz Qalandar and his friends conceived the idea of coming over to India. He had three other friends: Baba Farid Shakar Ganj of Pakpattan, Jalaluddin Bukhari of Uch- Bahawalpur and Bahauddin Zakaria of Multan.

The call of the Spirit came to this man who was destined to be the mystic light, the light of Sufism to India and especially to Sind. He knew Quran by heart at age seven, and at twenty he was initiated into the Qalandar order. It is said that even when very young he had developed occult powers. He showed from his infancy signs of a deep spiritual nature. Lal Shahbaz QalandarвЂ™s real name was Syed Muhammad Usman and his mother was a high-ranking princess. Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, a patron saint of Sindhis, was born early in the twelfth century in Marwand, now Afghanistan, to a noble Makhdum, sayed Ahmed Kabir, who was a close friend of the King of Tabriz.

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