Vithal and Allah are One

Aum Sairam

Sri Sai Baba's religious views was perfectly impartial and
conservative, asking all people to keep their own religions and not to
interfere with others religions.

In that connection, he mentioned how in 1916, a Rohilla had come and
was loudly reciting the Koran at night. He was very pious and had high
regard for the attainments of Sri Sai Baba and treated him as
Paigambar, that is, as a prophet. He showed Sri Sai Baba great
reverence. Yet, he objected to Sri Sai Baba's heterodox doctrines and
practises, for instance, allowing the din of the arati with its music
in the mosque, allowing himself to be worshipped as God and his
partaking of food offered to idols who were devils in the Rohilla's
view. Sri Sai Baba laughed. So,the Rohilla was extremely perplexed. But
he was swayed by texts, which declared that heterodoxy, even in the
highest, should be punished with death.

He resolved suddenly that Baba should be killed in spite of his being a
Paigambar. One day he walked behind Sri Sai Baba carrying a huge club
and had raised it with a view to end Sri Sai Baba and his heterodoxy
together. Suddenly Sri Sai Baba turned back and fixed him with a glance
and touched his left wrist. At once the Rohilla cowered and sank like a
lump of lead. He was not able to lift up either himself or the club.
This man later left Shirdi for good.

Sri Sai Baba would not allow the Hindus to interfere with his loud
recitals of Koran at night disturbing the sleep of all people around.
Sri Sai Baba would not allow interference with the Rohilla in his
religious practice nor would he allow the Rohilla to interfere with the
Hindus' religious practice. Sri Sai Baba discountenanced intolerance in
every class and in every person. To Sri Sai Baba, Vithal and Allah were
one and all saints were the same.

Allah Malik