intentions, contribute to fulfil the needs of poor Islamic students’ books [Islamic books], clothes, accommodation as per the weather especially, and become the part of those who serve Islam. Perhaps by virtue of this good deed, our Rab عَزَّوَجَلَّ may get pleased with us forever. Perhaps by virtue of this good deed, we may be forgiven. For example, the way we want to give good food to our children, we take great care of them in winter, we try to protect them from cold weather by thinking that my son cannot bear a light cold wind, nor can he bear a little blow of warm air, similarly, we should think about Islamic students as they may also need many basic things of life which will not be available easily everywhere.

Today, we are celebrating Bari Giyarhween [i.e. the sacred Giyarhween that is celebrated on the 11^th of Rabi’-ul-Aakhir] of Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-Pak رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه. He used to overlook his students’ weaknesses. Sayyiduna Shaykh Ahmad Bin Mubarak رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-A’zam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه had a non-Arab student. He would understand things with great difficulty. Once that student was sitting reading his lesson near Ghaus-e-A’zam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه, a person came to see Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-A’zam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه. When he saw the mental weakness of the student and the patience of Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-Pak رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه with the state of the student, he felt very surprised. As the student left, that person humbly said: I am surprised at the mental weakness of the student and your patience with his mental weakness. Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-A’zam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه replied: ‘I have to work hard on this student for less than a week only because he will die.’

Sayyiduna Ahmad Bin Mubarak رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: We started counting the days of that student since that day and when the week was about to end, the last day he really died. (Qalaaid-ul-Jawahir, pp. 8)

King of writing Fatwa

Dear Islamic sisters! Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-A’zam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه had great expertise in Dars and teaching, writing and compilation, call towards righteousness and other subjects of knowledge, but especially he had such a great expertise in writing Fatawa that the great Islamic scholars, Fuqaha [Islamic jurists] and blessed Muftis were also surprised by his excellent Fatawa.