
glad to see u after a long time maulana. may Allah

keep us all in the company of ulema e rabbani in this world and hereafter.

i met him 1st in 2008. i was back from spending 40 days at darbhanga , bihar state where Allah (swt) blessed me to be in the company of hafiz wakeel sb db , a tableeghi elder who spent 17 yrs in the farlands of punjab giving extensive dawah to the murtad ppl who fell victims at the hands of sikhs post 1947. so on the way back wakeel sb had given me two letters to be handed over to hazrat maulana saad sb db and hazrat maulana zubair sb db.
well it seemed to be a perfect excuse to drop into their chambers acting as a courier boy.. but the mewati saathis who check the crowds dint seem like a cake walk.. they were tough and stood like a wall outside his room. so what could this weak faqeer do.. made dua tht somehow Allah (swt) pushed me through.. then arrived a jamaat of algerian brothers who shouted aloud "mehmaan '( guess thts the only urdu word they knew) they talked through the mewati saathis and somehow i joined them with some broken arabic..
alhamdulillah passed through the mewatis .. it was after maghrib and maulana usually meets ppl at this hr .. maulana saad sb was sitting reclining against those huge stately cotton bolsters .. he was reading some risala and the arab brothers began musafa in a que.. some spoke a word or two and silently listened when he spoke .. i was a bit far and couldnt get what was going on.. then my turn came.. i quickly said salam ..did musafa and took out the envolope wakeel sb gave... he read it and said theek hai.. and tht was it.. the next person behind followed his turn..
task number two was hazrat maulana Zubair sb db.. entering there seemed releatively easier.. the old man outside was kind enough to let me in.. the lights were dimmed .. may be in preparation for zikr e jahri majlis and the room smelled of pleasent bukhoor.. so i sat down.. did musafa..took out the envolope.. it was dark and maulana asked someone to switch on the lights.. subhan Allah.. i went blank for a second or two.. such noor radiated from his face.. i simply put my eyes down.. only a great wali could command such awe.. ( this was the 2nd time i felt such .. the 1st when i saw hazrat maulana shah Abrar ul haq sb rah). he read the letter.. i quickly did musafa again and took leave..
then last yr i again visited markaz nizamuddin.. i have a tableeghi elder there whoz a distant relative and has pledged his life for dawah since the early 70's.. ( shall withold his name to guard my own identity)
so the day i landed ..my relative took me along to meet maulana zubair sb db.. he was sitting along with hazrat maulana yaqoob sb db.. i was apprehensive... tensed.. then he went forward and introduced me.. i was kinda shaking inside with thoughts ringing my mind that im such a dark sinner.. how could i meet them.. what if they sensed my real self.. so on..
its a norm at general musafa of jamaats where maulana zubair saheb just touches the palm with his hands.. so i thought he may do so now.. i softly touched his palm .. to my utter surprise he grabbed it hard with his both hands.. and gave a big stare.. call it tawajjuh or whatever but i was about to get atrial fibrillation anytime..
he probably sensed it.. smiled and called my relative said ' jab tak main yahan hoon ye mere saath khana khayenge ' ( till the time iam here he shall eat with me) ( he was supposed to leave for south america / sudan late in the evening)
so lunch time arrived and i was already perspiring.. my releative calmed me down.. i couldnt escape either.. so the dastarkhan ( table cloth) was laid..towards maulana zubair sb db right sat maulana saad sb and opposite to him on my side was maulana yaqoob sb , my relative and me and the other akabirs..
everyone starts after maulana zubair sb.. so i was eating as if being focussed by a thousand cameras.. maulana zubair sb's food comes from his home.. covered by a cloth in true adab..
i started with whatever was nearer to me then maulana zubair sb pushed his plate of mutton curry towards me gesturing to eat.. what greater gift could i ask.. to eat from the plate of a waliullah.. on the blessed dastarkhan.. in the company of akabirs and at markaz nizamuddin..
im truely not worthy of all this maulana .. but my rabb has been very kind to this worthless fellow..
khair.. ive also learnt tht maulana saad sb db is suffering from some ailment so plz make dua for him..
plz remember me in ur duas..
jazakallah khair..
wa assalam..
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