righteousness amongst Islamic sisters as a responsible person for Madani activities in our locality.

Note: If you have also experienced any blessings or Madani parable, please submit it to the Madani Bahar Maktab in the end.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic sisters! 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 there. Wherever I would go, many poor people would already be there and            if they would find anything eatable, everyone would rush to get it. I returned to the city to find something over there, but I could not find anything over there either.

Feeling weak because of extreme hunger, at last, I went to the Masjid and sat in a corner. After a little while, a non-Arab young person entered the Masjid having roti and roasted meat and started eating. I had a spontaneous desire to open my mouth at his every morsel because of extreme hunger but I made my Nafs understand about this act. Meanwhile, that non-Arab looked at me, brought food and served me. He asked me about my nationality and