Aslam

At mid-day, who is singing heart captivating songs, Roaming from branch to branch with broken heart.
It brings to mind the love of the days of joy.
It brings tears as he sheds tears telling.woeful tales, My weeping sometimes makes his mind soft I complain it to him, but he understand it not.
His complaint also becomes useless, I understand it not.
I can know him, if he understands the Pangs of my grieved soul.
He also cannot forget me even in times, of great sorrow

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The narrator stated that after hearing this song, there was none in the company who did not stand up as a result of ecstacy.
the dispute among them could not arouse their ecstacy.

THIRD STAGE OF SAMA SONG

This is the third stage of outward expression of the effect of religious songs, namely to fall in swoon, trembling of bodily limb, tearing of clothes etc. It has got five rules.

(1) First rule . It is connected with the time, place and hearing of the sayings of friends. It means that Sama causes no effect at the time of a serious work such as eating, praying etc. The time when a mind is not engaged is fit for hearing religious songs.
Regarding place also, care should be taken not to hold it in public roads, in a dark room in undesirable place where attention cannot remain fixed. Regarding friends, it appears that ecastcy seldom arises in their presence though it becomes a matter of amusement to them . In such an assembly, there is mostly a show of ecstacy and not real ecstacy.

(2) Second rule. A spiritual guide with his disciples should not hear songs as it may cause them injury for three reason. The first reason in that some disciples are not so thirsty for spiritual drink that they can quench their thirst from such songs. They should engage themselves in zikr. The second reason is that the hearts of some of them are not so much broken as they can find taste in it and escape its injury. The third reason is that sometimes songs brings greater harm than benefit to some disciples and they do not look to lawful and unlawful thing. The sage Sahal Tastari said : The ecstacy which does not support the Book of God and Sunnat of the Prophet is void. The sage Junaid said : I once saw the devil in dream and asked him : Do you exercise any influence on my disciples ? He said : I do at two times— at the time of song and at the time of look . I enter in them at these two times.

(3) Third rule. It is to hear attentively the religious songs not to look to the audience, not to express outward signs of ecstacy as far as possible such as raising shriek, trembling of limbs, dancing etc. It is reported that while Moses was narrating the stories of the children of Israil, a man present tore his cloth to pieces. God then revealed to Moses Tell the man : Break your heart and not cloth.

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