Thieves in Our Midst

Extract taken from ‘Jamaal-e-Muhammady, Jabal-e-Noor par.’ (Urdu) Pages 611/612. By Sheikhul Hadith Hadhrat Moulana Yusuf Motala Saheb رحمه الله

“​I [Sheikhul Hadith Hadhrat Moulana Yusuf Motala Saheb رحمه الله have always repeated the scenario regarding Hadhrat Moulana Yusuf Ludhyanwi Saheb رحمه الله when he arrived in England, and when we were preparing the book ‘Hadhrat Sheikh [Zakariya] and His Disciples.’

I was reading those letters addressed to me [from Hadhrat Sheikh Zakariya], and when I got to the part where I had written to Hadhrat that,

‘The perpetrators, who had burgled Zakariya Masjid in Bolton and had set fire to it, had all been caught!’

I had written [details of the incident] to Hadhrat after a lengthy period, and Hadhrat had replied,

“You have expressed pleasure about the perpetrators’ arrests – this shouldn’t be the case, as this issue is very sensitive.”

We have a tendency to celebrate that, ‘criminals have been caught!’

When I related this [Hadhrat Sheikh’s reply] I still remember the scenario of Moulana Yusuf Ludhyanwi Saheb رحمه الله  clearly – he immediately stood up with his glasses and pen still in his hands […] started shouting whilst weeping,

“This statement could have only been uttered by a Qutub!” […]

We are also criminals and to what extent [?] Thieves in Namaz, thieves whilst in the state of Namaz, thieves in all the gatherings [Majlis], thieves whilst sitting inside the Masjid, thieves with our gazes – our habits are filled with criminal traits!

Extract taken from ‘Jamaal-e-Muhammady, Jabal-e-Noor par.’ (Urdu) Pages 611/612. By Sheikhul Hadith Hadhrat Moulana Yusuf Motala Saheb رحمه الله

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