Sa’d-ud-din! Come, let’s go sightseeing. He replied: I have not been created for sightseeing. (My situation is such that) even after studying, I am still unable to understand anything so how can I go for sightseeing? Hearing this, the stranger left but then came back again after a while and asked him again to come for sightseeing. He again replied with the same answer. The stranger left the second time but then came back again and this time said: The Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is remembering you. Hearing this, his body began to tremble and bare-footed, he ran to see the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم until he reached a place outside the city, where the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was under the shade of a thick tree. The Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم saw Sa’d-ud-din Taftazaani رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه and smilingly said: You did not come even though I called many times. He replied with an utterly humble tone of voice: O Prophet of Allah (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم)! I did not know that you were calling. You know the state of my weak memory. I seek in your court a cure for my illness. Hearing this request, the Holy Prophet’s صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم mercy began to flow and he said to him: Open your mouth. He opened his mouth and the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم put his blessed saliva into his mouth. He صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم then prayed for him, gave him the glad tidings of success and ordered him to go back home. The next day, when he attended the class of Qadi ‘Abdur-Rahman Sheerazi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه, he asked some knowledgeable questions during the lesson. The other students in the class were unable to fully grasp the questions, so they deemed them unnecessary and useless and did not pay attention to it. But his teacher Qadi Sahib, who was a master in the field of knowledge, began to cry upon hearing his knowledgeable conversation and said to him: O Sa’d-ud-din! Today, you are not the same person as yesterday. Sayyiduna Sa’d-ud-din Taftazani رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه then narrated the whole event in the court of his teacher. (Shazarat-uz-Zahb, vol. 7, pp. 68)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

O devotees of the prophet! In the above-mentioned story, where we found out how the Holy Prophet’s صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم mercy, grace and bounty was bestowed upon ‘Allamah Sa’d-ud-din رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه, and how his request was granted, we also learn many other points. For example, striving consistently to gain the knowledge of Deen always does produce a result, just like