Memories (Episode 37)   Trips to Umrah and Africa 1975 The next year, around Sha’ban 1395H, Hadhrat Maulana Sayyid Muhammad Yusuf Binnori Sahib (may Allah’s mercy be upon him) called this lowly one and informed: “Due to the activities of [...]

Memories (Episode 36) A mountain of a difficulty before me was that literature filling entire bookshelves had already been written regarding Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and his followers. Their beliefs also had numerous aspects to write about. It was thus not [...]

Memories (Episode 35)   Our Respected Father’s First Heart Attack Our respected father (may Allah’s mercy be upon him) suffered from bouts of various ailments since middle age. Physically as well, he was not much strong. However, through his spiritual [...]

Memories (Episode 29)   Hadhrat Muawiya and Historical Facts I have previously written my experiences regarding my respected father’s (may Allah’s mercy be upon him) balanced position and my own mode of action towards Jamat-e-Islami and Maulana Maududi (may Allah’s [...]

Memories (Episode 33)   My Marriage My parents were in search of a suitable bride for me, and their search finally ended upon the daughter of respected Sharafat Husain Sahib (may Allah’s mercy be upon him). Respected Sharafat Husain Sahib [...]

Memories (Episode 32)   Islahi Ta’alluq[1] and Baiyah with Hadhrat Dr Abdul Hayy Sahib Arifi (may Allah’s mercy be upon him) As a result of my respected father’s (may Allah’s mercy be upon him) teachings, guidance and upbringing, it had [...]

Memories (Episode 31)   Legal Status of Taqleed The late respected Mahir ul-Qadri was a famous poet of Pakistan. At the same time, he had developed a good taste for reading religious books. He used to publish a literary-cum-educational monthly [...]

Memories (Episode 30)   Law Education and LLB After completing B.A, I had initially planned to do M.A in Economics. However, this would not have been possible by mere self-study. Secondly, if truth be told Economics was not a subject [...]

Memories (Episode 29)   Training in Issuing Fatwa In the beginning, besides the two hours of teaching, the remaining time was spent undergoing the training in issuing Fatwa. To this end, our respected father (may Allah’s mercy be upon him) [...]

Memories (Episode 28)   Teaching Career These events of Hajj are from 1964. In those days, one of the responsibilities I was assigned at Darul Uloom was teaching. At the same time, I was also undergoing training in writing Fatwas [...]