Incidents from the lives of our Elders

[dr76]

The Incident of a Victorious General


The king of Afghanistan Ameer Dost Muhammed Khan sahab was a pious ruler... his religious discourses had set an example.. once while he entered the Royal courtyard a pall of gloom was evident on his face.. his wife inquired saying’ why do I see sorrow and greif on your face today..’ he replied saying he has just been informed of a very major incident due to which he is struck with worry and grief.. and that is Afghanistan was under seige by an enemy and I had dispatched our Prince with the army for battle...

‘ Today news have reached me from the border that our Prince has been defeated and he is retreating back home being chased by the enemy, who are conquering the lands one after the other in his pursuit… so I have been saddened with dual grief, one of the lands I have lost which shall cede to others.. and second that My Prince returned defeated from battle field displaying cowardice… and I have to carry this blot till the last breath of my life.. that My Prince was weak and a coward.. both these sorrows have gloomed my countenance ‘

Begum replied saying that these are all blatant lies and ‘you have been misinformed.. My Prince cannot return on his heels defeated... it could happen that he may have been martyred but that he turned his back on the enemy is just not possible.. these are nothing but lies..’

The king replied saying that this has been sourced from the Special Royal office... she said even the office lied... now the ruler said to himself... Who can explain to this woman...she refuses to understand.. neither is she aware of the government affairs nor the Royal offices or official documents.. that she deemed them all as liars.. she is only accustomed to sitting at home .. how can anyone reason with her.. and he went away..

The next day when he returned back.. with a face beaming with joy.. Begum asked him the reason why he looked so happy.. said that what you had told me yesterday infact turned out to be true..and the scene is such that the enemy was chased away by our prince and he is marching back as a hero, amidst the beating drums of victory.. and he has really chased them far away..

His wife replied saying Alhamdulillah god has made my words come true.. upon this the king asked her the reason for claiming with such firm conviction that her son did not return defeated.. that she received any ilham..

She replied saying ‘Im only a woman... What do I have to do with ilham.. and Iam a Royalty surrounded with all luxuries.. how could I ever become such a wali that I receive Ilhamaat from the Almighty..’ ‘Then how could you lay such a strong claim that all the news were false and they really turned out to be so… so what is this...’ asked the king.

Begum replied saying that it is a secret which she does not wish to disclose. Now the King was bent on knowing as what could be so secretive that should remain hidden even from the husband... ofcourse he remains the closest confidante.. so after much persuasion the wife finally agreed to spill out..

Said that ‘ When I was still carrying the prince in my womb.. I Pledged to Allah that I shall never eat even a single morsel which was doubtful...such that I never ever took even a single paisa from the Royal treasury.. nor from the allowance that was remitted to you.. I laboured myself in sewing caps... sold them...and survived on that income…so for nine months I observed with outmost Taqwa to use totally halal nourishment.. and when he was born, instead of giving him off to others to breastfeed, I myself suckled him.. and I continued the pledge for the next two years that nothing doubtful shall ever enter my gut..

so I continued to labour.. earning and eating from the income.. and also made a habit that whenever the baby cried for milk I would perform Wudhu.. pray two Rak’ats of Nafl make dua and then feed him.. when I would purify my exterior my inward also remained chaste with the pure earnings.. and I never ate anything doubtful.. so when he grew in my womb on such pure nourishment.. was raised up with such purity…how could he ever develop such disgraceful traits..


Source :Yadgaar Mulaqaten; P:468-469.

duas..

wa assalam..

[Habeeba]

SubhanAllah! May Allah Ta'ala grant us women the ability to be steadfast in our deen and to raise our children to be pious and filled with Taqwa. (Ameen)

[amr123]

Incident of Imam Abu Hanifa and his Neighbour.

Imam Abu Hanifa had a neighbour who was a man who fixes shoes. He was not married. At night after dinner the neighbour would get drunk and he would make a lot of noise. He often would recite a line of poetry, "They have wasted me and what a man they have wasted, who would have defended the borders....". Imam Abu Hanifa never made any trouble to his neighbour. One day there wasn't any singing from the neighbour, it went on for a few days and the Imam enquired about his neighbour to know if something bad happened to him. He came to know that apparently he was imprisoned after making trouble. Imam Abu Hanifa was in close terms with the Mayor of the city. He requested to see the neighbour and the Mayor also obliged to his request to free the man. On the way back Imam Abu Hanifa in an answer to the man's poetry 'they wasted me..' told to him quietly "I hope I did not waste you." The man became embarrassed and promised the Imam never to drink again.

[Amaan]

Great thread, this will inspire us really a lot to follow our elders.

[Maripat]

I got my son to memorize the following incident from a book on Imam Abu Hanifah by Allama Shibli Nomani. Once Imam-e-Azam (RA) accidentally stepped on the foot of a boy playing in the street. The boy cried in pain saying that don't you have fear of Allah? Hearing this Imam Abu Hanifa (RA) became unconscious our fear of Allah. When I asked my son to repeat the story he recounted it all but with some ingenuity-he said Imam Abu Hanifa (RA) became great unconscious (bahut behosh ho gaye).

[pluto]

Hadrath Khalil Ahmed Saharanpuri ra & The Saadhu.

Maulana Ashiq Ilahi Sahib writes:
“Hadhrat (Khali Ahmed Saharnpuri ra) rarely employed the power of his heart. He would resort to it only on special occasions of need. There was a debate in Sahaaranpْur between Muslims and an Aryah. The Aryah was transferred from Roopri to Sahaaranpْr. Hadhrat was present in the gathering. Molvi Kifayatullah and Molvi Ahmadullah were appointed by the Muslims to record in writing the proceedings. However, Molvi Ahmadullah became tired and the duty devolved entirely on Molvi Kifayatullah.”

In the debate, on the side of the Aryah was a young, handsome Saadhu clad in red garb. He was reclining in an arm-chair. When a Muslim speaker would commence his speech, the Saadhu would sit up, lower his head (i.e. he resorted to his power of mesmerizing/hypnotizing). In consequence, the speeches of the Muslim speakers would be extremely disjointed and poor. Even Maulana Abdul Haq Haqqani was unable to present his speech on Daur and Tasalsul (these are technical terms in the science of logic).

I (i.e. Maulana Ashiq Ilahi) then wrote a note to Mirza Azeez Beg, the chairman, informing him that when a Muslim speaker took the stand to speak, then this yogi cast his hypnotising influence, therefore, Maulana Khalil Ahmad Sahib should be notified. The chairman passed the note to Hadhrat. Immediately after reading the note, Hadhrat cast down his head. Thus commenced the battle of Haqq and Baatil between the spiritual hearts of the two. Within two minutes, the Saadhu stood up from the arm-chair looking restless, and left the gathering.

Thereafter, the speeches of the Muslim speakers were like the ocean let loose. In the end, eleven people embraced Islam.

During the afternoon meals on the same day, Hadhrat said:
“I firmly believed that Islam would remain dominant. ‘Haq dominates and cannot be dominated.’

But, Allah Ta’ala is independent. His fear should be at all times and with everyone.

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Source: Mashaik E Chist
http://books.themajlis.net/node/524

[pluto]

When a Bid’ati tries to slander Hadrath Khalil Ahmed Saharanpuri ra*

A malicious Barelwi (Bid’ati) complained about Hadhrat to the senior officer in charge of the Haram-e-Nabawi (Musjidul Nabi). He informed the officer who was a Turk, as follows:
“At this moment a man is sitting in Musjid-e-Nabawi imparting lessons. His beliefs regarding Nabi-e-Akram (صلى الله عايه وسالم) are not good. In fact he is disrespectful.”

The Turkish officer went red with anger and stormed off to Baabur Rahmat where Hadhrat was engaged in dars. When the Turkish officer’s eyes fell on the blessed face of Hadhrat Saharanpْri, his anger immediately dissipated. He remained for a while standing and listening to the talk. He then spontaneously exclaimed:
“O Shaikh! A man complained about you, but having seen your face I understand him to be a liar. This is not the face of a liar.”

After the officer had explained the complaint, Hadhrat said:
“They slander us and our seniors, distort our words and publicise falsehood. We have assigned our mutual dispute to Allah Ta’ala.”

The officer told Hadhrat to continue with his auspicious dars in peace.

*Hadrath Khalil Ahmed Saharanpuri ra was extremely good looking person & that he had a sort of a radiating face, how do I know? When I was in khurooj and the jama't was stationed in Saharanpur, I spoke to a very senior person nearly 90 years old who had met Hadrath Khalil ra, and we sat talking about the various buzurgs of that place who have passed over a period of time and he told of some very interesting things. May Allah SWT bless that person wherever he is. Summa Aameen.

[shakibbhat]

Hadhrat Maulana Mufti Rafi ‘Usmani دامت برکاتہم holding a speech at Jamiah Ashrafiya, Lahore:

During the prosperous era of Darul ‘Uloom Deoband there were not attached very big titles to the ‘Ulama’s names like nowadays. Today very big titles, for example ‘Allamah, Faqih al-’Asr, Wahid al-Dahr, Mufti-e-’Azam etc. and so on, get used but in those times these titles didn’t exist. In that time a scholar of Deen was called “Molvi Sahab” and the biggest scholar of Deen was called “big Molvi Sahab”. So, they were not called with more titles than that: They had knowledge, not titles. Today, knowledge has left and very big titles get joined with our names.

My respected father Hadhrat Maulana Mufti Muhammad Shafi’ Sahab رحمۃ اللہ علیہ used to say, for thirty years now our Deeni Madaris have been fruitless, because for thirty years our Madaris are not producing any “Molvis”. He said, “Many Maulanas are produced, but no Molvi. And what is a Molvi?”

علم مولی’ ہو جسے ہے مولوی
جسے حضرت مولوی معنوی

So, “Molvis” are actually called the friends of “Maula”, called the friends of Allah. Today friends of Allah are not produced. Listen to the condition of Darul ‘Uloom Deoband in those times:

My respected father رحمۃ اللہ علیہ used to tell, that hearing of Darul ‘Uloom Deoband’s reputation people came from very far places to Darul ‘Uloom. The visitors came with the wish to meet the big ‘Ulama. So, one person came to meet Hadhrat Shaykh al-Hind [Mahmud al-Hassan] Sahab نوراللہ مرقدہ and asked him, “You must be the big Molvi Sahab around here?” Hadhrat Shaykh al-Hind نوراللہ مرقدہ replied, “Not me, but the actual big Molvi Sahab is so-and-so Sahab.” Because in those times Hadhrat Shaykh al-Hind نوراللہ مرقدہ had been the biggest and the teachers of all, that’s why he was called “big Molvi Sahab” and the rest of the ‘Ulama were called “Molvi Sahab”. So, Hadhrat Shaykh al-Hind نوراللہ مرقدہ said that the real big Molvi Sahab was so-and-so and saying this he sent him to another elder. The person came to him and asked, “Are you the big Molvi Sahab?” This elder said as well, that it’s not me, the big Molvi Sahab is so-and-so. In this way he was send to the third ‘Alim. Purpose of the story is that no one was ready to accept to be the “big Molvi Sahab”.

Therefore, my respected father رحمۃ اللہ علیہ used to say, that as a result of that they were all big. Why? Because when noone of them was ready to accept himself as big, then definitely the promise of Rasulullah صلی اللہ علیہ و الہ وسلم gets fulfilled:

“Whosoever adopts Tawwadhu [humility] for the sake of Allah, Allah Ta’ala will honour him.”

That’s why they all were big. And today everyone of us says, that I am big. The result is that everyone became small.

When one asks someone today “Are you the big leader?”, “Are you the big teacher of this institute?” or “Are you the big scholar of these times?” Then in the answer he will adopt Riya [showing off] inside Tawwadhu, because the Shaytan of a Molvi is a Molvi himself. So, Shaytan tells him: “Don’t say ‘I’m the big one.’, because when you say that you’re the big one he might think you don’t have any Tawwadhu and if you don’t have any Tawwadhu you can not be a friend of Allah, in result of that he’ll not look up to you anymore. So, you should reply “I’m not a big scholar, but yes people say so.”" Which actually means I confirm to be a big scholar, but how can I say it with my own tounge. In this way he will adopt Riya inside of Tawwadhu and this is called Hubb-e-Jah. Summary is that when you look at the root of most of today’s mischief you’ll see two things, one is Hubb-e-Maal and one is Hubb-e-Jah. May Allah Ta’ala protect all of us from these two inner diseases. (Ameen!)

[shakibbhat]

An incident of exposing faults!!

Hadhrat Maulana Shah Abrarul Haq Sahab (mudda zilluhu) writes,

One day I was sitting in the haram after Maghrib and two elderly men were sitting near me. At that time many people were performing tawâf. These two men suddenly began pointing out the faults of a few of these people because they were walking very fast etc.

I went towards them and after introductions were made, I asked the one how old he was. He replied that he was 55 years old. I asked him from what age was he performing salâh, to which he replied that he was performing salâh since he had matured at the age of 15. I then asked him to mention the sunnats of salâh. He only managed to say two or three. The other person wasn’t anymore successful than his companion.

Thereafter I told them that you people are exposing the faults of these people who are performing tawâf once in a lifetime. You are performing salâh for 40 years, but you are unaware of the sunnats of salâh. Thereupon they realised their error and desisted from this act.

[shakibbhat]

The believers are those whose hearts tremble when Allah allah Hadhrat Shaykh Zakariyya’s (ra) state while reciting the Quran is mentioned, whose Imaan is increased when his verses are recited to them and who trust only in their Lord.

Surah al-Anfaal, Verse No 2

Describing Hadhrat Shaykh al-Hadith Maulana Muhammad Zakariyya’s (ra) state while reciting the Quran, Hadhrat Maulana Yusuf Motala hafidhahullah writes:

The condition of Hadhrat [Shaykh al-Hadith Maulana Muhammad Zakariyya (ra)] during the recitation of the Quran was to be seen and cannot be be put in words. Tears flowed from beginning to end. His weeping would overpower him so much that his voice would not come out; he would cry for a while and then continue the recitation. This had so much effect on the listeners that they would also be in tears.

Hadhrat [Shaykh al-Hadith Maulana Muhammad Zakariyya] & I, page 7