Book Name:Shadi Aur Islami Talimaat
blessing for us; alongside being a Wali who possesses miracles, he
دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ
الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ is an outstanding example of someone who adheres to the divine
laws in terms of knowledge, practice, and the inner and outer, and someone who
follows the Prophetic Sunnah himself and also encourages others to do the same.
Just as Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ
بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ encourages others to perform virtuous actions and to act upon
Islamic teachings through his speeches, writings, sayings and discourses, he دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ also rectifies the
actions and states of his family members.
He دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ made sure that all stages and matters of the marriages of his only daughter and his sons took place in full accordance with the Shari’ah. The result of which, اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه, is that these marriages were free of any extravagances and impermissible customs, and were very simple and in accordance with the teachings of Islam, and became exemplary marriages in today’s age.
The marriage gift of Bint-e-Attar
Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ mentioned the following in a Madani Muzakarah: I tried my best to emulate everything that my Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم gifted to Sayyidatuna Fatimah رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا for example, a waterskin, a hand flour mill and a silver bangle. Similarly, I tried to give other things as a marriage gift which I came across in books and had access to, for example, a mat, earthen dishware, a leather sleeping mat filled with date-palm leaves, etc. (Tazkirah-e-Ameer Ahl-e-Sunnat, Episode 3, p. 44)
The Nikah of Janasheen-e-Attar
Similarly, instead of taking place in a grand hall with lighting decorations, the Nikah ceremony of his eldest son, al-Haaj Maulana Abu Usayd Ubayd Attari Madani مَدّظِلّهُ العالٰی took place with great simplicity during the international three-day Ijtima of Dawat-e-Islami in Multan, on Saturday 18th October 2002. After the recitation of the