scholars through it. Once, out of love, he said to Sayyidunā Fuḍayl b. ꜤIyāḍ رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه:

لَوْ لَا كَ وَأَصْحَابُكَ مَا اتَّجَرْتُ “Had it not been for you and your students, I would never have engaged in trade.”^[1]

3. Sayyidunā ꜤUmar b. ꜤAbd al-ꜤAziz رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه had fixed stipends for the scholars from the Muslim Treasury (Bayt al-Māl).^[2]

May Allah Almighty, through the blessings of these noble personalities, grant us sincere love for Islamic scholars.

اٰمِیْنْ بِجَاہِ خاتَمِ النَّبِیّٖن صلَّی اللہُ عَلَیْہ ِوَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                          صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

“I Would Have Come Myself”

Listen to another parable reflecting the love of Amīr Ahl al-Sunnah دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ for the scholars.

Once, a Qafilah of the devotees of the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم travelled to the city of Thatta in Sindh. Among them was a member of Dawat-e-Islami’s Markazi Majlis-e-Shura. During the visit, the Shura member met Sayyidunā Mawlānā Abu Siraj Tufail Ahmad Thattvi دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ and invited him to attend the weekly gathering. He accepted the invitation and also expressed his desire to travel with the Qafila and to meet Amīr Ahl al-Sunnah دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ.

Despite being a renowned khaṭīb, mufti, and Shaykh al-Hadith, he became a seeker of Amīr Ahl al-Sunnah.