Shaikh Ismail used to live mainly at Multan looking after the propagation and educative activities of his Khanqaah but a divine intuition propelled him to migrate and shift to Allahabad.
Before the death of his brother he had a divine intuition to move to Allahabad which was called Prayag at that time, at this distance he travelled first to Delhi where the emperor Allauddin Khilji and his successor welcomed him.