righteousness with the passion for striving to reform his own self and people of the entire world; then Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ blesses him with such rank and status that people acknowledge his services to Islam and praise him. Therefore, with the passage of time, people of other cities also received the blessings of his services to Islamic knowledge and his teaching methodology.

‘Allamah Mufti Muhammad Zafaruddin Bihari رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: In the duration of 54 years between 1286 Hijri and 1340 Hijri, not only hundreds but many thousands of students were blessed with the knowledge he possessed. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه did not maintain any register in which the names of the students could be recorded at the time of enrolment. If we try to find out the number of those people who were blessed with his knowledge and blessings through the books he has authored, then perhaps the number may reach thousands, or rather hundreds of thousands. (Hayat-e-A’la Hadrat, vol. 3, pp. 145-146)

Perhaps, the biggest reason behind it is that he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه had started learning and teaching at an extremely young age. A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: بِحَمْدِہِ تَعَالٰی I had completed ‘Aalim course at the age of 13 years, 10 months and 4 days. Afterwards, I taught the students for a few years.

(Faizan-e-A’la Hadrat, pp. 92)

عالِم ہی صرف کہنا کب شان ہے تیری

جبکہ ہزاروں تُو نے عالِم بنا دئیے ہیں

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Madani pearls for study

Dear Islamic brothers! A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه had such thirst and passion for gaining Islamic knowledge, for serving it and for its study that once a question was asked: ‘Which books of blessed Hadees have you read?’ [In reply to this question], A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه mentioned the names of almost 30 books of blessed Ahadees and then said, ‘I have studied more than 50 books of Hadees while acquiring knowledge, teaching and study.’ (Izhar-ul-Haq, pp. 40)