Once Hadhrat Ji, Moulana Muhammad Yusuf Sahib Rahmatullahi-Alaihe addressed a special gathering of the Ulema of the Bijnur district as follows:
“All the delegations and armies that were dispatched by Sayyiduna Rasulullaah to various areas and tribes were for the sake of Da’wah. According to one narration, the total number of expeditions undertaken during the time of Sayyiduna Rasulullaah equals 23. According to another narration, 39 expeditions took place. Of these, only nine took place for the purpose of fighting. The remaining were explicitly for the purpose of Da’wah. Only in one expedition did Sayyiduna Rasulullaah personally injure a disbeliever.”
Here we wish to show the thoroughness with which Hadhrat Ji had studied Seerah (life of Sayyiduna Rasulullaah Sallallahu-Alaihe-Wassallam). Such facts can only be known after an exhaustive study of the subject.
{Biography of Hadhrat Moulana Muhammad Yusuf Sahib – Amire Tabligh, pgs. 79, 80}
Hadhratji Moulana Muhammad Yusuf Sahab Rahmatullahi-Alaihe has said:
“Undoubtedly, the zikr of Allah Ta’ala is the most excellent form of ibadah (worship). However, the effort which makes the people of the world Zaakireen is much more excellent. “
By this statement, Hadhrat Moulana had shifted the attention of the people from making an individual effort ONLY!
He gave preference to collective benefit, forIslam demands unity and not individuality.
During his childhood, Hadhrat Moulana Yusuf Sahib Rahmatullahi-Alaihe was studying “meezaan-wa-mansha’b”. Moulana Ilyas Sahib Rahmatullahi-Alaihe told Moulana Yusuf Sahib Rahmatullahi-Alaihe:
“O Yusuf, shall I tell you the path to achieve the grade of a Qutub?”
Moulana Yusuf Sahib Rahmatullahi-Alaihe said:
Without knowing the details about Qutub, how could I know, I was a child, I said: “tell me what is the path for becoming a Qutub?”
Moulana Ilyas Sahib Rahmatullahi-Alaihe said
“O Yusuf, wherever and whenever you witness that the practices are against the sunnah of Rasulullah Sallallahu-Alaihe-wa-Sallam, put efforts to bring sunnah into the practices without bothering about time and place. This is the path to achieve Qutub and Abdaal!”
What is very important is the five essential guidelines which Hadratji used to say:
كرتے رہو ڈرتے رہو روتے رہو مانگتے رہو مانتے رہو Karte rahow, Darte rahow, Rowte rahow, Mangte rahow, Maante rahow
“Carry on doing (the work), carry on fearing, carry on crying, carry on asking and carry on being obedient.”
Analyzing this statement:
Firstly – We have to continue working because this is a responsibility which is given to us.
Secondly & Thirdly – We should fear and cry because we do not know upon which shortcoming or disregard for a particular principle (Usool) of this work that will result in us being deprived of this work.
Fourthly – What should we carry on crying and asking for? We should continue crying and begging for acceptance, steadfastness (istiqamat), to keep in conformance to mashwera, to become humble, etc.
Fifthly – Asking for obedience so that Allah Ta’ala keeps us in this work till death.
Hadhrat Maulana Suleman Zhanji Sahib Rahmatullahi Alaihe was from Bharuch area, Gujrat, India. He was Hadhratji, Moulana Inaam-ul-Hasan Rahmatullahi Alaihe’s khadim-e-khas.
Our Amir Sahib, who was very close to Moulana Zhanji Sahib once asked him, “Hadhrat, how did you beat everyone else in becoming Hadhratji’s khadim?” He replied: Once when Hadhratji asked for some water. I went and filled a glass with water. When I went to Hadhratji, I found him sleeping. So, I just waited there, standing with the glass of water in my hand (with adaab, left hand under the glass and right hand holding the glass). When Hadhratji woke up, he saw me and asked “Beta (sonny), how long have you been standing like this?” I replied “since you went to sleep”.
After this, Hadhratji made Moulana Zhanji Sahib his khadim. This took place in approximately the late 60’s. He was known as the mouth of Hadhratji. Hadhratji would just look and Moulana Zhanji Sahib and he would take care of all arrangements.
Whoever can remember him, his soft words, soft nature, powerful way of keeping the crowd together (majma-johr), Athan, Iqamaat, elaan- “aap ke eaman aur jhoto ke hifazat carro” (take care of your eaman and shoes in marakz), elaan for salaat – “Suffa sida karna bahut zaruri- saffa sida hoga to namaaz mukamal hogi” (straighten of the suffs is very important- if suffs are straight then the Salaat will become perfect and accepted), the way he would do taleem and teach us all how to make our qur’aan sahih etc.
Whether in Nizammuddin, Raiwind, Bangladesh, B.I.G Ijtema’s, Hajj- Mina, arafaat, Madinah, he was a man that Allah gave salihihaat (quality) of keeping the millions of people united.
He passed away in Ramadhan 2008 while going to Makkah from Madinah while in Ihraam. he told his son, Moulana Abdullah, “I’m feeling tired, wake me up when we get to Makkah. When they reached Makkah, his family tried to wake him up, but Allaah had taken his soul. Inna lil la hi wa inna ilaihe rajioon.
And what a maqam Allah made for him, in Jannat-tul-Ma’la, he is buried very close to our mother, Hadhrat Khadija-e-Kubra Radialluhu-anha. His grave is inside the gate surrounding Hadhrat Khadija-e-Kubra Radialluhu-anha’s.
In Ramadhan, it was part of Hadhrat Moulana Suleman Zhanji Sahib Rahmatullahi Alaihe daily routine that at night he would finish one khatam of Qur’aan.
Think about it, he would take care of all the Markaz khuddam, take care of Hadhratji Rahmatullahi Alaihe, lead taraweeh for the womenfolk of his house and on top of his already busy schedule, he Rahmatullahi Alaihe finished one khatam of Qur’aan every night of Ramadhan.
I still remember the time when Moulana Zhanji Sahib invited us to his house for breakfast one morning. It was better than all the surrounding hotels of Nizamuddin put together!
Allaah give us toufiq to follow the footsteps of our elders. Ameen.
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to various areas and tribes were for the sake of Da’wah. According to one narration, the total number of expeditions undertaken during the time of Sayyiduna Rasulullaah
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