When the time of his birth approached very close, the revered mother saw in a dream one day the Caliph Ali sule who had come along, saying: “O daughter, soon you are going to give birth to an eminent son, the majestic and the exalted. Name him Ali after me.”

A day after she had a similar dream. The Prophet Exul, the eminence of the worlds, came along and passed on the happy news and said: “Name him Ahmad after me.”

After the Prophet’s ( seal) glad tidings, a venerable elderly gentleman came to see her father. He called on and met her.

He showed his affection to her and said: “The baby will be
known as ‘Ala-ud-Deen.”
Consequently, he was named ‘ALA-UD-DEEN ALI AHMAD.

Baba Fareed entrusted him with the duty of distribution of food (Langar). He accepted this duty happily and in between engaged himself in prayers. He dispensed with his duties well and also attended the discourse of Baba Freed Ganj-e-Shakar. Frequent and continuous fasting and eating leaves and wild food made him weak. When his mother came back again and saw him, she complained to his brother (Baba Fareed) about his weakness. Baba Fareed called upon him and asked the reason. Sabir Pak replied, “You ordered me to distribute the food and not to partake from it”. Baba Fareed embraced him happily and remarked, “He is sabir (Patient)”. From that day forth, He became famous with the name of “Sabir”.