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A useful question, with its faith-enlightening reply, is hereby presented from Malfūẓāt-e-A’lā Ḥaḍrat:
Question: Your eminence! Is there any age specified in the Sharī’aĥ for ‘Taqrīb-e-Bismillāĥ[1]?’
Response: There is nothing fixed in the Sharī’aĥ [in this regard], however, the age of 4 years, 4 months and 4 days has been considered [for this] by the respected scholars. When Sayyidunā Shaykh Khuwājaĥ Quṭb-ul-Ḥaq Waddīn Bakhtiyār Kākī رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was 4 years, 4 months and 4 days old, his ‘Taqrīb-e-Bismillāĥ’ was arranged and people were invited. Sayyidunā Shaykh Khuwājaĥ Gharīb Nawāz رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was also present and was about to ask the child to recite the بِسۡـمِ اللّٰه, but then he was invoked with Divine Inspiration [Ilĥām], ‘Wait, Ḥamīduddīn Nāgorī is coming and he will teach [the child to recite بِسۡـمِ اللّٰه].’ At the same time in Nāgor, Qāḍī Ḥamīduddīn رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه received Divine Inspiration telling him to go and teach one of the servants of Allah to recite the بِسۡـمِ اللّٰه. Immediately, he visited the ceremony and said to the child, ‘Son! Recite ‘بِسۡـمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحۡـمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ.’ The child began to recite ‘اَعُوۡذُ بِاللّٰهِ مِنَ الشَّيۡطٰنِ الرَّجِيۡمِ بِسۡـمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحۡـمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ’ and he continued
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