Alahazrat was pious, virtuous and mindful of the sunnah right from his childhood. He spent his entire life studying, researching, writing about and teaching Islām. He was exceedingly cautious and scrupulous in his affairs and strived to follow the sunnah in every word and deed. He was the epitome of simplicity and humility. His manner was modest and without affectation; many people who came from afar were astonished and could ...
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Alahazrat would not make speeches and when he did, it was usually when he was forced by others to speak. He would begin by saying: “I am a man who is incapable of preaching to my own self – how can I give counsel to others? However, if any of you wishes to inquire of a legal [sharaýī] ruling, I will answer - if I know the answer; because it ...
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Once a poor young man invited Alahazrat for breakfast. Alahazrat agreed to go and went with one of his companions to the young man’s home. It was in the poorer neighbourhoods of the city. The young man was half-expecting that he may not come and upon seeing the great man walking towards his door, he was exhilarated and ran inside saying: “The Mawlānā is here!” Meanwhile, Alahazrat’s companion had stopped to ...
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Alahazrat was a skilled calligrapher who also wrote a neat hand, in spite of his swift writing. He was proficient in the Nastáliq and Naskh writing styles, as he has mentioned himself, and his expertise can be gauged from the samples below: A calligraphed autobiographical quatrain penned by himself Şalawāt he composed extempore with the names of shaykhs in a chain of transmission in taşawwuf. Qaşidatān Rāyiýatān: two odes in ...
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