GExif II* P V r z ( 1 4 2 ; = i This is an shot of a Sufi pilgrim kneeling in homage at the foot of the sarcophagus in the Dargah of Hazrat Bibi Fatima Sam, in New Delhi, India. From the 13th century, she is one of the few women Sufi Saints who are known and honored like the men. She is reputed to have said The saints will cast away both worldly and religious blessings to give a piece of bread or a drink of water to someone in need. This state is something one cannot obtain by one hundred thousand fasts and prayers .
Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya said of her, When the lion has come out of the forest, nobody asks if it is male or female; the children of Adam must obey and show respect, whether it is male or female.