Bear in mind that acceptance of prayer is one of the primary Signs to know the status of the servants of God. In fact, there is no Sign like the acceptance of prayer because acceptance of prayer proves that a humble human is respected and honoured in the court of Allah. Although it is not necessary that prayer be accepted in every situation—at times the God of Honour of Glory pursues His own pleasure—nevertheless, there is no doubt that it is the unique Sign of the Elect of God that their prayers are accepted with great preponderance in comparison to others and no one can vie with them in the distinction of acceptance of prayer. I declare in the name of God Almighty that thousands of my prayers have been accepted. If I were to write them all, it would produce a massive volume. I have written about this earlier to some extent, and here again, I record the acceptance of some of those prayers.
Among others, one incident of the acceptance of my prayer is that a sincere follower of mine, Sayyed Nasir Shah, now an overseer in Baramulla Kashmir, was very distressed under his superior officers. His promotion was being obstructed and, in fact, his service was in jeopardy. Once he firmly resolved to resign in order to spare himself the daily torture. I told him not to do so, but he was so fed up with his employment that he begged repeatedly and humbly for permission, saying that his life was in the grip of a calamity. He insisted beyond the extreme and complained that the door to promotion was closed for him and he even feared lest he might suffer irreparable loss at the hands of some tyrant.
At this, I said to him, ‘Be patient for a few days. I will pray for you and if you still face hardships, you are permitted [to resign].’ Then, I prayed to the Almighty for him and begged the Lord of Honour for his success. The result was that, instead of the earlier situation of risking his job, he was unexpectedly promoted. Below I reproduce the letter from Sayyed Nasir Shah, indicating the effect of the prayer on his [dire] condition. It runs as follows:
Letter of Sayyed Nasir Shah
To: Your Holiness, the esteemed Master and Mentor!
May your benign shade remain forever.
This humble one, Sayyed Nasir Shah, after saying may Allah’s peace and His mercy and blessings be upon you begs to report that Your Holiness’s prayer has produced this effect that due to the blessing of Your Holiness’s prayer an increase in rank and salary took place. I distinctly remember the words of Your Holiness when I, feeling dejected, had submitted that I would then resign from this employment, Your Holiness had observed with great kindness and compassion, ‘Need not worry; I will pray. God has the power to turn these very enemies into your friends.’ So Your Honour! God be praised that it transpired in accordance with those very words of Your Honour. The same enemies later became friends and supporters for me. God inclined their hearts towards me due to your Honour’s prayer. Another great miracle took place due to the blessing of your Honour that the higher authorities had raised the objection against me that since Nasir Shah has not graduated from college, nor does he carry any diploma or degree, he cannot possibly deserve an increment in rank. On the one hand was this objection and on the other your Honour’s letter that you had prayed as much as possible. Indeed, your Honour, that was the day when papers concerning me were put up before the council. My boss spoke strongly for me. The strange part of it is that the erstwhile opponents of mine were the ones who supported my case genuinely and with good intentions sponsored my promotion, with the result that the resolution for my promotion was passed without any hindrance. Allah be praised for it! Hudur, yesterday I sent a sum of fifty rupees by post. Kindly do accept it and pray for my safety from the vicissitudes of life and for my righteous end. Amin!
Humbly Yours,
Sayyed Nasir Shah,
Overseer, Baramulla, Kashmir