looked at the Sayyid’s face intently for a long time. The Sayyid states: "His gaze made me sweat profusely; it felt as if a true devotee of the Holy Prophet was silently instructing me to keep a beard.  اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـهI received guidance and repented from shaving my beard."^[1]

 سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه  What an exalted status Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه  possesses.

Imam Ahmad Raza Khan and Academic Discourse

Dear Islamic brothers! The entire life of Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه was devoted to goodness and spreading the call to goodness. For both self-reformation and societal reform, the Imam employed various methods.

Among his beloved routines in promoting goodness and spreading religious knowledge was conducting academic discussions. His blessed daily routine was that after offering the Asr prayer, he would sit on a charpai^[2] in the house's drawing room. Chairs would be placed nearby, and visitors would arrive, taking their seats. During these visits, people would present their needs, which would be fulfilled. Everyone was treated with hospitality while pearls of wisdom from various sciences were shared with attendees. People would ask different questions and present their academic concerns, to which Imam Ahmad Raza Khan      رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه responded. In this way, the general public and scholars alike benefited from his scholarly excellence.^[3]

اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه! The devotee of A’lā Hazrat, the Shaykh of Ṭarīqat, the leader of Ahl al-Sunnah, the founder of Dawat-e-Islami, Mawlānā Muhammad Ilyas Aṭṭār Qādirī Razavī,  دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ, also conducts a Madani