Individual effort inspired driver

In order to attend the weekly Sunnah-Inspiring Ijtima’ of Dawat-e-Islami which is held every Thursday-night, thousands of Islamic brothers come to the Madani Markaz of Dawat-e-Islami, Faizan-e-Madinah, Bab-ul-Madinah Karachi, via buses which are parked at a particular place.

While passing the parking area, I noticed that a bus-driver was smoking opium listening to songs in his empty bus. I met the driver politely. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, By the blessing of the meeting, he immediately turned the cassette player off and extinguished the opium-filled cigarette either. With a smile, I gave him a Sunnah-Inspiring speech audio-cassette namely ‘The First Night in Grave’ which he played instantly. I also sat with him to listen to the speech as listening to speech with others is a useful way to persuade them. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, Impressed by listening to the speech, he repented of his sins and came to Faizan-e-Madinah with me to attend the Ijtima’.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! Upon reaching Baghdad, Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-A’zam   رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه gained Islamic knowledge from the famous, renowned and outstanding teachers of his time. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه had such great love for Islamic knowledge that he gained knowledge even by facing starvation and other difficulties. In relation to this fact, let’s listen to something about his love for Islamic knowledge and the patience he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه showed while facing the difficulties to gain this knowledge.

Starvation and patience

Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Tameemi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated that Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-A’zam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has himself stated: Once people of Baghdad suffered from starvation due to which I had to face severe hardships and poverty. For many days, I did not get anything to eat. Feeling extreme hunger, one day, I went to river Tigris so that I could eat spinach or leaves of any other vegetable over