Esselamu aleikum... You may find the advises, stories and biographies of several awliyaullah and some islamic e-books and articles in the following website: http://www.angelfire.com/un/yolarkadasi/english.html
Below are three of the stories of the awliyaullah, which you may find in the website.
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Thirty some years after Mustafa Feyz� Effendi died in 1926, an interesting phenomenon was observed. Mehmed Zahid Kotku RhA described it as follows:
"When the roads of Istanbul were widened and the tombs of Ottoman Sultans were cleared of other graves, the grave of our beloved khawaja, a professor at the Bayazid Mosque Madrasa, the postnishin of Gumush-khanewi Dargah, Hajji Mustafa Feyz� Effendi of Takirdagh was located between the Suleymaniye Mosque and the tomb of Qan�n� Sultan Sulayman. There were about ten graves there. Upon the instruction of the Prime Minister Menderes, these graves were moved to the empty area. We were requested to be observers while the graves were opened and the bones were carried in special bags.
"When it was the turn for Mustafa Feyz� Effendi's grave, those who were present there witnessed an extraordinary phenomenon. Despite the thirty some years that had passed, not even one hair of his beard was changed. He looked as though he had just been buried. We observed that the earth does not dissolve the body of true scholars. May Almighty Allah bless him."
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"When the roads of Istanbul were widened and the tombs of Ottoman Sultans were cleared of other graves, the grave of our beloved khawaja, a professor at the Bayazid Mosque Madrasa, the postnishin of Gumush-khanewi Dargah, Hajji Mustafa Feyz� Effendi of Takirdagh was located between the Suleymaniye Mosque and the tomb of Qan�n� Sultan Sulayman. There were about ten graves there. Upon the instruction of the Prime Minister Menderes, these graves were moved to the empty area. We were requested to be observers while the graves were opened and the bones were carried in special bags.
"When it was the turn for Mustafa Feyz� Effendi's grave, those who were present there witnessed an extraordinary phenomenon. Despite the thirty some years that had passed, not even one hair of his beard was changed. He looked as though he had just been buried. We observed that the earth does not dissolve the body of true scholars. May Almighty Allah bless him."
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Once I heard from Aziz Mahmud, who was a friend of Aziz Effendi and an imam of the Fatih Mosque:
"I used to keep the books of the City Stock Farm. In the month of March, we had to balance the books and close the account for the year. I had trouble balancing the book. The director called me: 'If you cannot balance the book in two days, we both have to look for new jobs.'
"I went to Aziz Effendi and stated the problem: 'There is a small difference in the balance. I cannot find the reason.' He asked me to bring the book. I went home and brought the book. Aziz Effendi was getting ready to make wudu'u while sitting on the floor. He asked me, 'Come, sit by me and turn the pages.' While he was sitting with his arms crossed on his chest, I kept turning the pages. At one page, he put his finger on a number and said: 'Look at this number carefully and close the book.'
"I went home and searched the invoices to find the one related to the number pointed out by Aziz Effendi. I realized that I had recorded 69 as 96 by mistake. I corrected the mistake and balanced the book by the help of Aziz Effendi." (24)
On the Muslim's view of life, Aziz Effendi asked this question: "How would a Muslim view this life?" There were some responses, yet he answered the question: "When a Muslim looks at this life, he sees the hellfire behind the pleasures and comforts of this life, and the paradise behind the hardship and servitude. He was probably never seen eating a meal alone. We would be with him at the meal table. He was very humble and close to us. He considered us so much his brothers or children that he offered us food at the table with a spoon. This world and everything in it held no more value to him than the peel of an onion. He kept not one thing in excess in his house. As far as we know, he had a tight budget, yet he never made anybody feel that he was poor. There were times that he and his family would sleep hungry. Yet he would accept the hardship with pleasure and be happy and content at all times. His situation reminded us of the old stories
regarding an indigent, an orphan and a prisoner of war coming to Hadrat Ali and asking for food.
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Abdullah Hasib Khawaja Effendi was unique in modesty and humbling himself. On this, Abdul'aziz Effendi remarked: "Only a few people comes to this world with a modesty matching to that of Hasib Effendi." One night, Sirri Bey and Hasib Effendi left Ibrahim Pasha Mosque at Shahzadabashi and walked to the trolley stop. While they were waiting for the trolley, a drunken person approached to Hasib Effendi, pointed the liquor bottle he was holding and asked: "Khawaja, what is in this bottle?"
Hasib Effendi calmly responded: "Son, I hope Almighty Allah saves you from that." Hearing these words, the drunk man passed out and threw himself on the ground. Right at that time, the trolley arrived. Sirri Bey and Khawaja Effendi got in and sat side by side. Soon after the trolley moved, Hasib Effendi started crying. Sirri Bey looked at Khawaja Effendi in amazement. Hasib Effendi turned to him and said: "A be yahu, do you know what I am crying for? What if Almighty Allah had put us in the place of that drunken person? What would we do?"
The next day that drunken man came to Ibrahim Pasha Mosque, repented, and became a member of the congregation of Khawaja Effendi.
Hasib Effendi calmly responded: "Son, I hope Almighty Allah saves you from that." Hearing these words, the drunk man passed out and threw himself on the ground. Right at that time, the trolley arrived. Sirri Bey and Khawaja Effendi got in and sat side by side. Soon after the trolley moved, Hasib Effendi started crying. Sirri Bey looked at Khawaja Effendi in amazement. Hasib Effendi turned to him and said: "A be yahu, do you know what I am crying for? What if Almighty Allah had put us in the place of that drunken person? What would we do?"
The next day that drunken man came to Ibrahim Pasha Mosque, repented, and became a member of the congregation of Khawaja Effendi.
Hasib Effendi had a great taqwa and attentiveness in carrying out his worship. He would not neglect the Sunnah. He repeated the daily prayers that he offered before he was forty years old. For forty years, he fasted every day except for the Eid days. It was the fasting of Prophet Noah. In the latter years of his life, he would fast every other day as he put it: "A be yahu, we have grown old, so we changed our fasting to that of Prophet David."
Hasib Effendi had a prostate operation at his old age, so he would carry a bottle with him to collect the via a tube. That is why he could not lead the prayers, yet he would deliver the sermon on Fridays in the Merdivenli Mosque. He also continued his Ramuz-ul Ahadith discourses in the Bayazid Mosque following the Dhuhr prayer on Wednesdays. It was not an official duty; however, he kept doing that because his master Mustafa Feyz� Effendi had hadith discourses at the same location. Despite his illness and old age of 84, he would walk [the hill] to the Bayazid Mosque from Cagaloglu. He continued doing so until he was unable to walk.
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{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.}
(Holy Quran-16:125)
{And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33)
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim]
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all."
[Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah]
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