Remember! The more difficulty is faced in carrying out a good deed,            the more reward will be earned by the blessing of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, as narrated: ‘اَفْضَلُ الْعِبَادَاتِ اَحْمَزُھَا’, i.e. the best act of worship is one that requires more difficulty. (Kashf-ul-Khifa, vol. 1, pp. 141, Hadees 459)

Our pious predecessors رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی did not give up doing good deeds, no matter what difficulties they had to face, therefore,

Desire to perform Tawaf while it is raining!

When the leader of the Ahl-e-Sunnat, A’la Hazrat Maulana Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه went to perform Hajj the second time, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه fell ill just after reaching Makkah Mukarramah. At times he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه had such high fever that he could not even stand properly. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه had started suffering from fever from 13^th of Zil-Hajj. Sometimes he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه had a high fever and mostly a low fever. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه suffered from a fever almost the complete blessed month of Muharram-ul-Haraam. (Malfuzaat, pp. 200, 188, 201)

Meanwhile, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه waited anxiously to get better so that he could start his journey towards Madinah Shareef to gain blessings of the visit of Rauda-e-Rasool. A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه states: بِفَضْلِہٖ تَعَالٰی (by the blessing of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ), when I got better in the last days of Muharram, I had a bath in a Sultani Hammam (bathhouse) over there. When I came out, I saw the cloudy sky which started raining while I reached the blessed Haram. I remembered a Hadees that a person who performs Tawaf while it is raining, swims in the blessing of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. Immediately I kissed the blessed Black Stone and performed complete Tawaf while it was still raining, then I had a fever again.

(A great ‘Aalim-e-Deen of Makkah Mu’azzamah) Maulana Sayyid Isma’eel   رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said: You did not worry about your body (health) in order to act on a Da’eef Hadees! I said: Hadees is Da’eef (weak) but بِحَمْدِ اللہ تَعَالٰی my expectation is strong. بِحَمْدِ اللہ تَعَالٰی I greatly enjoyed performing this Tawaf (because) people performing Tawaf were less in number (than they used to be) due to the rain.

(Malfuzaat, pp. 209)