The Praying burglar

A friend of a responsible Islamic brother from Karachi was very modern, a chronic drunkard and a gambler and would not refrain from wrongdoing at all. Once, whilst he was travelling from Karachi to Colombo, the responsible Islamic brother placed an audio cassette of a Sunnah inspired speech of Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ entitled ‘Namazi Daku’ [The Salah-offering burglar] in his luggage. After arriving in Colombo, he listened to it and the words of Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ began having an effect on his heart. By the blessings of the speech, he went through an astonishing transformation to the extent that he adorned his face with a beard and permanently wore the ‘Imamah [turban], engaged himself in performing the Madani activities of Dawat-e-Islami and also gained the honour of being Attari by becoming the disciple of Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat
دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ. (Ta’aruf-e-Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, pp. 26)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Blessings of Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ

O devotees of the Holy Prophet! The heart of Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat Allamah Maulana Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qaadiri دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ is filled with the eagerness of preventing people from sins under the sacred zeal of inviting towards righteousness and reforming the society. He دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ is continuously making individual and collective efforts to make the Muslim Ummah habitual in offering Salah and keeping Fasts, learning and teaching the Sunnah, encouraging them to do good and giving them the mindset to refrain from sins. He دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ has not only involved himself in inviting towards righteousness with steadfastness, rather, he دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ also occasionally strives to give Islamic brothers the mindset to reform themselves and the people of the entire world. To spread this mission to all parts of the world, he laid the foundation of the movement of devotees of the Holy Prophet, Dawat-e-Islami, and has established departments for the reformation of people from almost all walks of life in it. He دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ is also spreading the invitation towards righteousness by the means of his books and booklets. By the blessings of his writings, the lives of hundreds of