You see, there are good and bad binding spirits, good and bad botanical spirits.
There is charcoal that is found in certain mountains that has a satanic binding spirit…
Black Mountains and the Satanic Binding Spirit
Muhammad Farhan Jamil from Muscat, Oman:
Sir, when a saint of God leaves for the jungles,
he is surrounded by the botanical spirit,
so does this have any effect on the botanical spirit of the saint?
Similarly, some saints make their abode in the mountains which have the binding spirit
so does it have any effect on their own binding spirit?
Actually, that’s not quite what happens. The opposite is true.
Those whose binding spirit is strongest amongst the terrestrial spirits
are the ones who retreat to the mountains.
It’s not like they come under the effects of [the binding spirit] after retreating to the mountains.
No.
Those whose botanical spirit is dominant
take pleasure in inhabiting lush green environments
and those whose binding spirit is strong prefer to live in the mountains.
It’s not like their binding spirit becomes strong after living in the mountains.
His botanical spirit was already strong, that’s why he was drawn to living amongst plants and trees.
His binding spirit was strong and that’s why it compelled him to live in the mountains.
Music artists tend to have a stronger botanical spirit due to music.
I have heard this from Sarkar.
Music artists such as Qawwal.
Not your contemporary singers, their singing has a negative effect.
I’m talking about those who sing for God and the Prophet (s), like Naat, qawwali
or those who sing pleasant songs like Mehdi Hassan,
Jagjit Singh, Muhammad Rafi, etc.
These were good people.
When they sing, it strengthens their botanical spirit.
Mountains are peaceful
but there are certain black mountains
that illicit a state of unease in you.
Who knows why that happens.
You see, there are good and bad binding spirits, good and bad botanical spirits.
There is charcoal that is found in certain mountains
that has a satanic binding spirit,
it also releases a noxious gas.
Now, something happened in Karachi once when Sarkar were present there.
It was about tea.
I have told you this before
that one day, Sarkar sent me to bring tea for them.
So, there is an area in Karachi where Sarkar would go,
Gharib Nawaz Colony
and most of the people there were Sindhi and Baluchi.
There were Urdu speakers there, too but mostly Bulchis and Sindhis.
So, there was a chaiwala (tea vendor) there
who prepared tea over charcoal.
Charcoal tea is delicious.
He would make it on charcoal.
So, one day, Sarkar had asked for tea
but when they brought it close and smelled it, they put it back down. They didn’t drink it.
So I asked, ‘Sarkar, is there something wrong with the tea?’
Sarkar said, ‘I will tell you later’.
Then, later on, Sarkar summoned me.
Sarkar said, ‘Go ask the vendor why he changed his coals today’.
I asked, ‘Sarkar, what difference does changing the coal make?’
Sarkar explained, ‘Before, he would use normal wood coal
but this coal is hard and it comes from mountains
and it contains a satanic binding spirit which is harmful to human beings’.
So, the binding spirit in the black mountains is the one that causes spiritual uneasiness.
There is a difference between regular mountains and black mountains,
but not all black mountains.
Only those specific ones with [the satanic binding spirit],
and it is necessary for you to be a momin [to be able to feel the difference].
If a hypocrite crosses a black mountain, he won’t feel uneasy
but if a momin crosses -
- and if the mountains are the ones with the binding spirit from the left-hand side,
you will be in a state of unease.
And there will be certain mountains that will inspire a desire to linger in their presence,
in fact, you will feel like lying down next to them.
You will have an unexplainable desire to kiss the rocks.
These are the mountains
where either a prophet or fakir crossed by
or there are certain rocks in the mountains that engage in Zikr Allah.
You will feel an attachment there.
You will feel a deep attachment.