Dear Islamic sisters! We are hearing about how successful those people are who strive. Remember! Knowledge is important for worship and striving is very necessary to gain knowledge. Let’s hear about a very big scholar’s story regarding how he was blessed due to his striving:

The successful student who strived

‘Allamah Sa’d-ud-din Taftazaani رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه, whose books are taught in the curriculum of Dars-e-Nizami. He was the most unintelligent student in the study circle of Qadi ‘Abdur-Rahman Sheerazi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه. Rather, his example would be given when referring to a dull person. But, despite this he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه never lost his determination, rather he never paid attention to what anyone said and would always remain busy in striving to read and learn his lessons. Once, whilst he was learning his lesson, a stranger approached him and said: 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