gathering. It seemed as if they were waiting for someone. The Syrian saint  رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه humbly asked the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, ‘Ya Rasoolallah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! May my parents be sacrificed for you! Huzoor who is being waited for?’ The Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم replied, ‘We are waiting for Ahmad Raza.’ The Syrian saint رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه asked, Huzoor ‘Who is Ahmad Raza?’ The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم replied, ‘He is a native of Bareilly in India.’ When the saint awoke, he immediately left for India to meet A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه. But when he reached Bareilly Shareef, he found out that A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه passed away on the same day (i.e. 25^th Safar, 1340 A.H.) when he heard the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم saying in his dream that ‘We are waiting for Ahmad Raza.’ (Malfuzaat-e-A’la Hadrat, pp. 35 - 36)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Madani pearls regarding keeping names

Dear Islamic brothers! Let’s listen to the few Madani pearls of keeping names with good intentions. First, listen to 2 sayings of the Beloved and Blessed Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم:

 ٭On the Day of Judgement, you will be called with your and your forefathers’ names. Therefore, keep good names for yourselves.

(Abu Dawood, vol. 4, pp. 374, Hadees 4948)

 ٭Keep names after the names of the blessed Ambiya عَـلَـيْهِمُ السَّلَام.

(Abu Dawood, vol. 4, pp. 374, Hadees 4950)

 ٭Keeping the Kunyah [patronymic] of a child is permissible, and to gain blessings, it is better to keep the Kunyah with the association of any pious personality. For example, Abu Turaab (this is the Kunyah of Sayyiduna ‘Ali-ul-Murtada رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ), etc. (Bahar-e-Shari’at, vol. 3, part 16, pp. 213)