Hasnain Gohar from Karachi says, 'Gohar Shahi Marhaba. How are you?"
I am okay.
'I have a problem. When I am sleeping, I feel like something is sitting on my chest.
When I try to free myself from it, I can neither speak nor move my body'.
Sleep Paralysis: Satanic Attack
You should visualise His Divine Eminence's image before going to sleep.
The explanation for your issue that we Sufis give is that the Devil comes and sits on your chest to trouble you
but one who has God's name in their heart
and one who has a Spiritual Master, his Spiritual Master rescues him
and renders more divine energy to his heart so that the heart is strengthened and able to fight Satan.
And then, your heart begins to resound with the name of God and Satan runs away.
Now, modern science has given this condition a different name.
They say it's called sleep paralysis.
That's what they say.
So I have told you what medical science says and what spiritual science says about it.
If this happens to a common person, it happens a few times and then it doesn't happen again.
And why is that?
Because after a few times, Satan manages to enter their body; he doesn't have to sit on their chest.
And when it happens with spiritual people, their Spiritual Master comes to the rescue and fights off Satan.
All Sufi aspirants must do this -
It's very important to heed this advice.
Very important.
All those who are aspirants on the path of Sufism
all our mothers, our sisters
all the respected women in our organisation
and all our brothers,
I humbly request you all to keep yourself as clean as possible.
This is what spirituality demands.
Something happened to me once.
Now, I am telling you about a personal incident.
I am not talking about a common person.
I am talking about myself.
And I am talking about the time when all seven subtleties in me had been activated.
I am talking about the time when all of my sub-spirits had come out from my body.
That is the time I am talking about.
At the time when all seven subtleties were activated, all the sub-spirits came out
and whenever I would go to sleep, my body would be on the bed and all my sub-spirits would stand guard as I slept.
That is the time I am talking about.
So one day what happened was I was sleeping on my bed and I saw that one of my sub-spirits is guarding my body
and then I see that an army of evil spirits and satanic Jinns come to attack me.
And my sub-spirits were alerted.
And they flew into the air and fought off the entire army of evil spirits.
So when my sub-spirits fought the army of evil spirits and killed them
then I heard His Divine Eminence's voice.
His Divine Eminence said, 'Son, you must try to stay as clean as possible at all times'.
The reason why the satanic army attacked you is that your body was not clean.
So do not remain unclean for a long time.
If you are unclean then go and take a shower immediately.
But if you remain unclean it will give the satanic army the opportunity to attack you.
Firstly, if there is a bad smell coming from your body
that bad smell, just like we like things that smell nice,
the satanic jinns like bad smells.
Wherever there is a bad smell, the jinns will quickly inhabit that place.
There is a lot of filth and bad odours in many places in Pakistan
as a result, there are millions of evil and satanic spirits in every house, in every neighbourhood.
Because bad odour is their diet.
Therefore, all of you who are walking on the path of Sufism must adhere to this advice.
You must stay as clean as possible.
If you cannot perform ablutions, it's okay but you must stay clean.
If you are unclean, you must go and take a shower immediately.
If your body is unclean then the evil spirits will attack you and trouble you.
And this problem will never go away.
There are many people who do not wash when they urinate. That makes them unclean.
First of all, if you do not wash after you urinate, then your urine will touch your clothes and make them dirty. Are you comfortable with this?
You must wash yourself.
It is very important.
I am sure you are all in perfect senses
you have not broken the mirror of your intellect like a Majzoob.
Just like you wash your hands before you eat, you should keep your entire body clean.
Try to take a shower when you can
but do not spend even a single moment longer than necessary being unclean.
I am very serious about this.
Secondly, some people live in hot climates so they sweat.
If you sweat and it smells bad, you become unclean and you have to shower
otherwise, the evil spirits will attack you.