If you feel admiration for any pious person and think positively that he is a beloved bondman of the Almighty, you should request him to pray for your forgiveness without accountability rather than for the fulfilment of any worldly need only.
My master, A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْہِ would request saints to make prayer of forgiveness only. He has stated: (During my first journey to Madinah, I was present in the Masjid of Mina and all other people had left.) In the interior part of the Masjid was a man with his face towards the Qiblah, reciting his Wazaaif. I was sitting in the courtyard of the Masjid near the door. There was no other person. All of a sudden, I heard a buzzing sound like that of a bee. The following Hadees instantly occurred to me, ‘A sound is produced from the heart of the beloved bondmen of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ like the buzzing sound of a bee.’
(Al-Mustadrak, vol. 2, pp. 180, Hadees 1898)
Discontinuing my Wazaaif, I moved towards him to get him to pray for my forgiveness. اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰہِ عَزَّوَجَلَّ! I have never requested any pious saint to fulfil any worldly need. Instead, I always requested them to pray for my forgiveness. Well, I walked only two steps towards him when he said three times with his hands raised towards the sky and his face turned towards me: ‘اَللّٰھُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِاَخِیْ ھَذَا، اَللّٰھُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِاَخِیْ ھَذَا، اَللّٰھُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِاَخِیْ ھَذَا’ (O Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! Forgive this brother of mine! O Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! Forgive this brother of mine! O Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! Forgive this brother of mine!) I understood what he meant, i.e. he did what I wanted, and he did not now want to be interrupted. Hence, I returned.
(Malfuzaat A’la Hadrat, pp. 490)
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