In the
times of Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (peace be upon Him) the message
of Islam was spreading far and wide by missionaries and conquests. The
word sufi is derived from the term Sahafa. The Sahafa was one band of
men who ware totally devoted to prayer and meditation. Worship and search
for spiritual perfection was there only aim. Over the centuries the Sahafa
become those holy men who are now called Sufi.
Sindh is known as the land of 124,000 saints and dervishs, Muslim and Hindu. It is because of the sufi that Sindh is called the cradle of love and peace. The sufi saints have large following among Muslims and Hindus of every strata. A number of Hindu come from India and other parts of the World to pay homage to different shrines, specially at the Darazah of Sachal Sarmast.
There is no place for religious differences among Sufis-and hasn't been since the centuries old link between the people of Sindh and Sufism. This spiritualism offers a world without sectarian, ethnic and communal differences. It is due to this hold of mysticisms on Sindh culture, there is hardly any religious or sectarian frenzy in the interior of Sindh as compared to other parts of Pakistan.
Sindh is known as the land of 124,000 saints and dervishs, Muslim and Hindu. It is because of the sufi that Sindh is called the cradle of love and peace. The sufi saints have large following among Muslims and Hindus of every strata. A number of Hindu come from India and other parts of the World to pay homage to different shrines, specially at the Darazah of Sachal Sarmast.
There is no place for religious differences among Sufis-and hasn't been since the centuries old link between the people of Sindh and Sufism. This spiritualism offers a world without sectarian, ethnic and communal differences. It is due to this hold of mysticisms on Sindh culture, there is hardly any religious or sectarian frenzy in the interior of Sindh as compared to other parts of Pakistan.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
In Sufism any of intoxication is strictly forbidden. Some magazine articles
have printed the misconception that bhang, charas or other form of drugs
are acceptable for meditation.
