Imam-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat and reverence for the Masjid

It was the blessed month of Ramadan and showering rain was falling in the historical city of India, Bareilly. The weather was so cold that people wore woollen clothes laying under thick cotton-filled blankets, but to receive the benefits of Faizan-e-Ramadan, A’la Hadrat, Imam-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, Maulana Shah Imam Ahmad Raza Khan عَـلَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ الـرَّحْمٰن was observing I’tikaf in a Masjid. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was spending every moment his in the Zikr of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and Beloved Mustafa صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. People had gone back to their homes after offering Maghrib Salah and the clock showed that the time of ‘Isha Salah was approaching. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه got worried about Wudu for ‘Isha Salah, but there was no place where he could perform Wudu by avoiding the cold and rains. If he had performed Wudu inside the Masjid, the floor would have been messed with used water. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه could not go out of the Masjid, so what could he do then! However, it should be remembered that the person who Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ chooses for His religion, also blesses him with understanding and wisdom. A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه found such a brilliant solution to this problem that every person who respects the Masjid will rejoice when he hears it. Rolling his cotton-filled quilt, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه made it thick and performed Wudu sitting on it, and the whole night he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه spent shivering with cold in the state of wakefulness, however he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه did not let a single drop of Wudu water fall on the floor of the Masjid. (Faizan-e-A’la Hadrat, pp. 121)

Different forms of disrespecting a Masjid

Dear Islamic brothers! From the above-mentioned parable we may understand A’la Hadrat’s passion of respecting the Masjid, that in the cold and rainy night he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه rather suffer himself, but he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه did not let a single drop of rain water fall on the floor of the Masjid. Alas! In our society, a large number of people are unaware of respecting the Masjid. People usually make impressions of their wet feet on the carpets and floors of a Masjid; they also deliberately let the drops of water fall from their hands and faces.

Remember! It is impermissible and a sin to deliberately let drops of water fall from the body parts washed during Wudu. (Bahar-e-Shari’at, vol. 1, pp. 647) Likewise, being careless of the reverence for the Masjid, some of those who