The Greatness of the Name of Allah جل جلاله وتعالى شأنه

The Hazrat that Hazrat Shaykh (رحمة الله عليه) is referring to in this excerpt is Hazrat Maulana Rasheed Ahmed Gangohi (رحمة الله عليه).

There is a saying of Hazrat which I had not heard myself but I have heard my father and my uncle say many times, which I will quoate a bit later. Whenever Hazrat came from his house after having had his meal at home, his attendants walked behind him to the Khanqah. When Hazrat had reached his sehdari room, they went to their own sitting places. It was a general practice that when Hazrat went home to have his meals, a few of them would silently follow him to the house. No one took him by the hand. he always had a walking stick and used to walk without leaning on it. Those attendants who accompanied him to his house would wait outside till he finieshed and came out again. then they would again follow him to the Khanqah and then they went their own ways.

Once as Hazrat entered his sehdari room, they left. Standing at the door of the sehdari room of the Khanqah, Hazrat asked: "Is anyone there?""

My father replied: "Hazrat, Yahya and Ilyaas are here."

Hazrat said: "No matter how unmindfully a person mentions Allah's Name, it does not go without effect."

Aap Beti, Page 314-315