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Some weeks prior to Hazarat Khwaja Sahib’s demise Hazrat Khwaja Qutbuddin
Bakhtiyar Qaqi visited to Ajmer to meet Hazarat Khwaja Sahib and stayed
with him for some days. One the last day Hazarat Khwaja Sahib bade Hazrat
Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Qaqi farewell and informed that after some
days his worldly life will be over. His mission had brought him to Ajmer
and here would be his final resting place. He then made up a Khilafat
deed, presented it to Hazrat Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Qaqi and made
him his Sajjada Nashin i.e. spiritual successor. He presented him with
the cap and the robe and then gifted him the staff of Hazrat Khwaja Usman
Harooni (Allah's Mercy be on him), his own copy of the Holy Qur’aan, prayer
carpet and his sandals. Hazrat Khwaja Sahib advised him to keep up the
trust of Allah, Allah’s Messenger and the line of Khwajas. Hazrat Khwaja
Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Qaqi took leave of his spiritual teachers with a heavy
heart and returned to Delhi. After returned of Delhi. After twenty days
he got the news that his master had departed from this world. ‘In-naa
lil-laa-hi wa in-naa-i-lai-hir-raa-ji-un’ (to Allah we belong and to Him
is our return).
On the night of 6th Rahab, Monday 627 AH, 21st May 1229 AD, Hazarat Khwaja
Sahib after Isha Nazaaz, retired to his room , leaving instructions not
to be disturbed and busied himself in worship and meditation. During the
night, mystic sounds were heard and by morning they stopped. When the
door remained closed during dawn prayers, the devotees and Khadims and
other darveshes thought it unusual and broke open the door., They were
grief sricken to see that the great saint, Hazarat Khwaja Sahib hat left
this world. They perceived rediant letters written in Arabic on his forehead
: ‘Haaza Habibbullah wa matafi hubbullah’ (He is a beloved of Allah and
he died in the love of Allah). That very night some saints saw in the
dream Allah’s Messenger saying that Hazarat Khwaja Sahib is a friend of
Allah and he (Allah's Mercy be on him) Messenger) had come to welcome
him (Hazarat Khwaja Sahib).
Hazrat Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Qaqi writes in his book that when he
came to know about Hazarat Khwaja Sahib’s departure from this world he
was praying. Whilst sitting on the prayer-carpet he dozed off and saw
that Hazarat Khwaja Sahib was standing underneath the Throne of Allah.
Hazarat Khwaja Sahib said that Allah had with His Mercy showered His Blessings
upon him and allotted him a place near the angels beneath His Throne.
The funeral prayers were led by his eldest son Hazrat Khwaja Fakhruddin
Abdul Khair (Allah's Mercy be on him). He was buried in the same room
which he occupied in his lifetime and where he breathed his last. His
funeral was largely attended by all class and caste of people. The annual
Urs of Hazarat Khwaja Sahib is celebrated during the first six days of
Rajab.
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