Cried out of fear of Allah Almighty while conveying                        the call to righteousness

Sayyiduna Ibraheem Bin Bashshaar رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: Imam Abu Yusuf Fasawi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه and I were going to Syria. A person came in front of him, said Salam and humbly said, ‘O Abu Yusuf! Give me some advice.’ Listening  to it, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه wept and said (while conveying the call to righteousness), ‘O brother! Undoubtedly, the quick passing of days and nights indicate that your body is weakening, your age is ending and every moment, your death is fast approaching. Therefore, o my brother! You must not be satisfied unless you have known for sure that you would have a good end and whether you would enter Paradise or مَـعَـاذَ الـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ Hell is your abode; and whether Allah Almighty is pleased with you because of His grace and mercy or is displeased with you because of your sins and heedlessness. O, weak man! Do not forget what you actually are. You were an impure droplet in the beginning and would be a rotten corpse in the end. If you are unable to realise the depth of my advice now, then you will soon realise it when you would be buried in your grave. One will be embarrassed by his sins there but it will be of no use.’

Saying this, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه began to weep and the advice-seeking person also began to cry. The narrator goes onto say that seeing them both weeping made me weep as well, to the extent that they both fell unconscious.

(Zamm-ul-Hawa, pp. 437; summarised)

Dear Islamic brothers! The abovementioned parable contains many Madani pearls of advice for us. For example, when a preacher gets the privilege to try to reform the Muslims individually or collectively, he should not regard himself as a pious and ascetic person requiring no more reform at all. Rather, whatever he says, he should address it to himself thinking that in fact, this piece of advice is for me.

اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! Enriched with the blessings of the pious predecessors رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی, Madani movement of the devotees of Rasool, Dawat-e-Islami, is constantly striving to reform the Ummah. Acting upon this great Sunnah, some preachers associated with this movement try to reform strayed people by calling them towards righteousness with extreme humility and tearful eyes. Undoubtedly,