Re: How to be closer to Allah?
There are several means and ways to find such persons.But you need to understand somethings about spirituality and how things go about in this path.
The easy place to find such people are the centers of different spiritual silsilas such as Qadri, Naqshbandi, Chishti etc silsilas. These pious people/pirs are heads of different silsilas.
Once you have located a certain spiritual silsila at a certain Dargah/shrine etc, you will come face to face with the Pir of that spiritual silsila.
The first physical thing that you may notice is that, he may or may not have a beard. He maybe wearing a three piece suit instead of kamiz shalwar. But the important things about him will be:
The basic theme is that you will want to visit him again and again for you will feel comfortable when you talk to him like all your worries have vanished, he will motivate you and give you hope which will stay in your heart and make you contented. Once you come out after meeting him, you will be satisfied and relaxed.
These are the basic points which are signs of a true Dervish, fakir, WaliALLAH etc. You should also take notice that does he follow shariah, sunnah etc, by the way he deals with his mureeds, by the way he offers prayers, by the way he takes koran and hadith seriously, by the way he gives utmost importance to ALLAH’s commands and follows them religiously etc.
I can tell you have been sitting in the company of one. I can feel this air of sincerity and simplicity in your disposition.
Couple of more things you’ll notice about him/her is, her/his glance will penetrate your heart. The intensity of it can bring tears in your eyes.
Sufis drink this special kind of wine, its called wine of tauheed, they are mostly drunk and whoever sits with them gets drunk too. They pour the wine in the cup of whosoever comes in contact with them.
Rumi says …
Drink from the presence of Saints