When Hazrat Khawaja Usman Harooni went on one of his travels with Khawaja Moinuddin from Harwan to Baghdad, all historians describe a magnificent miracle. They had a great fire temple at Ray, which was a large center of fire-worshippers, where 20 wagonloads of fuel were consumed daily to keep the fire burning for the entire 24 hours. Under a shaded tree, Hazrat Khawaja Usman stayed. While he was praying in the evening, he requested his servant Fakhruddin to light the fire and prepare some food to break the fast for the day. Fakruddin approached the fire worshipers and pleaded for some burning coal to start his fire, but they refused, saying, "This is our god, we cannot give you any fire." The attendant returned and informed his master of the situation.
Hazrat Khawaja Usman then went to see an old man named Mukhtar seated on an elevated wooden platform with a 7-year-old kid in his lap, and a large crowd of people worshipping the fire around him. Hazrat Usman inquired that why they were worshiping fire, fire is just a tinge of God’s energies. So by his service, you will be saved for eternity. Still, why don’t you worship lord.?”
Hazrat Usman then took the kid from the old man's arms and recited, "Bismillah-Ar-Rehman-ir-Rahim-Yaa Naaro kuni bar da-wassalaam-un-ala-Ibrahim." He vanished into the scorching fire (in the name of the merciful and compassionate God, O fire, be cool and a cause of protection for Abraham) (Quran). The worshipers of fire began to weep and scream. Hazrat Usman emerged from the flames, unharmed, with the kid in his arms, healthy and hearty, after some time, by the grace of God. They will never get any harm by fire.
After seeing this miracle, all the fire-worshippers converted to Islam and became Hazrat Khawaja Usman's loyal followers. Following Islamic tradition, Mukhtar's name was changed to Abdulla and the boy's name to Ibrahim. Hazrat Usman lived in Ray for two and a half years, imparting the new converts the essential Islamic teachings and lectures. In place of the fire temple, a beautiful mosque was constructed in Ray, which still remains today.
“One day, when the day-of-judgement comes, when all-prophets, saints, and Muslims will be interrogated by God Almighty about their responsibility to ‘Namaz,'” Khawaja Muinuddin Chishti says, “one day, when my Murshid Hazrat Usman said, “When the time of Judgment will come and all prophets, saints, and Muslims will be examined by the Judge (prayers). Those who have performed this task precisely will be spared, but those who have not, or who have been slackers, will be sent into Waile, a hellish well where the punishment is severe.”
Another excursion with Pir-o-Murshid is recounted. “We were on a journey, when we approached the bank of the river Tigris, it was severely overflowing amid a severe storm,” Hazrat Khawaja Usman, Khawaja Muinuddin recounts. I was bothered by the fact that I had crossed it. Hazrat Usman sensed my fear and instructed me to "shut my eyes." That is exactly what I did. After a little while, I opened my eyes to find both him and myself on the opposite side of the river. How did it happen, I inquired reverently? “We recite Al-hamd Sharif (Surah Fatiha from the Quran) five times and crossed the river,” the great Murshid stated.
