Quran:As for the blessing of your Lord,speak of- واما بنعمت ربك فحدث

It was night of 23rd RabiUn Noor(26 Feb 2011).One of the most beloved Khalifa of Huzur Mufti Aazam Hind AlaihRahmat,Hazrat Allama Maulana Abdul Hamid Palmar(South Africa) was in Bangalore after 3 long years.The host arranged a Mehfil-e-Na'at.

Hazrat Sahab is a graduate of Manzar-e-Islam,Barielly Shareef.He was taught by Mufti-e-Azam Hind and was present with him most of his life,including his last 40 days.He is the last person with whom Mufti-e-Azam Hind talked before his demise.He is called Bilal of Mufti-e-Azam Hind.He is the person who was among the people who gave the gusl to blessed body Mufti-e-Azam Hind and saw his karamat that while giving gusl,when a part of body of Mufti-e-Azam Hind was revieled,immediatly Mufti-e-Azam Hind covered that part.

My Dars-e-Nizami Ustad Mufti Muhammed Ali Sahab told me that when he was studying at Manzar-e-Islami Bareilly Shareef,Allama Abdul Hamid Palmar was the person who used to recite naats at almost all functions with Mufti Azam Hind.

Allama Abdul Hamid Palmar is among the senior Khulafa of Silsila-e-Aaliya Qadriya Razwiya Nooriya in South Africa.He is founder of Jamat Raza-e-Mustafa (South Africa)

At the start of Mehfil, Hazrat Sahab taught me last hadees of Bukhari Shareef.With this I have become grand student of Mufti-e-Aazam Hind and the number of people between me and Aalahazrat has reduced to only 2 people! alhumdulillahi ala zalika

Muhammed Kashif -> Allama Abdul Hamid Palmar ->Mufti-e-Azam Hind ->Sarkar-e-Aalahazrat.

The Ijaza is also linked to Hujjatul Islam Mufti Hamid Raza Khan,eldest son of Aalahazrat also,this Ijaza is quite rare.

Muhammed Kashif -> Allama Abdul Hamid Palmar -> Rehan-e-Millat Mufti Rehan Raza Khan -> Hujjatul Islam Mufti Hamid Raza Khan -> Aalahazrat Fazil-e-Barelvi

after Khatm-e-Bukhari,naats were read.Hazrat Sahab read Na'at of Huzur Mufti-e-Azam Hind and gave a powerful bayan on Maslak-e-Aalahazrat and to be loyal to it.

The mehfil was over by 12:30am.We couldnt meet Hazrat as the number of people meeting was vast.Finally around 2 am our turn came.Hazrat Sahab told me that he wants to give me an amanat from his peer and that is khilafat of Silsila-e-Aaliya Qadriya Barkatiya Razwiya Nooriya. I was shocked,I went down to his feet and told him i am not worthy of such an honor,but he insisted and said ALLAH azzawajal will take from you the work of Maslak-e-Aalahazrat. Hazrat Sahab took out his Khilafat letter and signed and gave it to me.Then he took both of my hands in his both hands and did duwa and made long mu'anqa.He was saying "I have given him in your custody Ya Shiekh Mustafa".He drank some water from the glass and asked me to drink the rest in three breathes.

I remember when I met him in afternoon he was talking with someone,as soon as he saw me he stood up and told me that how much he was happy seeing me after such a long time.He put 3 grapes into my mouth every time giving duwa 'May ALLAH increase your knowledge'.Then he took me to another room and told me that he wants to give me something which he got from his peer and after which he would be relieved.

The first one whom I showed the Ijaza was my teacher.Qazi Sahab when saw the khilafat certificate his eyes became wet,he stood up,kissed both my cheeks and forehead,gave lots of dua and told that the ijaza I have is better than his ijaza.He told me, now I have to take special care to maintain this amanat.

I know its a great honour and great responsibility and I am really not worthy of it.May ALLAH azzawajal make me a'hl of this amanat: Aameen

So what I'am doing these days????

Alhumdulillah,Ihya Academy which started its Basic Arabic Course in Oct 2010 has formally entered into 1st semester of Scholar course.

Its really an honor for me that ,I am, first time in my life is teaching core sacred texts of Hanafi fiqh like Quduri & Usool Ush-Shashi,alhumdulillah.Along with these I am also teaching Hidayatun Nahw,book on Arabic grammar.

Quduri is among the 4 most trusted texts of Hanafi Fiqh.Author of 'Misbahul Anwaar' wrote:Indeed hanafites used to take blessings by reading this book during calamities.And this is such a blessed book that who remembers it by heart will be protected from hunger.Is it even said that,whoever studies this book under a noble scholar and do dua at the end of book,will get number of dirhams as the number of mas'ala's written in the book.And it is said that there are 12000 mas'ala's written in Quduri!

Well I couldn't get 12000 dirhams, as though my teacher was noble,I could not complete the full book with him.I hope neither my students will get it as I am not noble!

Usool ush-Shashi,is one of the most famous book on Principals of Hanafi Fiqh in Indo-Pak.As this subject is quite difficult,when this text is directly taught,that too in Arabic, students usually find it very hard to understand the subject.Even I faced this,but alhumdulillah my teacher made sure that i understand every topic ,and this is due his teaching only,that most of the topics he taught years back,are still fresh in my mind.Hence,before starting the actual book we covered a book in Urdu on this subject,this made students get an overview of the subject and the topics we would be covering in actual book. I feel this would help them in understanding the subject better now.

Hidayatun Nahw,is one of the best Arabic grammar book included in almost all the madar'sas of Indo-Pak.It is said that whosoever completes this book cover to cover, would not require any other book in Nahw.We covered Persian book in Nahw called 'Nahw Meer' during basic grammar course,which made students remember the basic rules of Arabic grammar.This again helped in understanding Arabic text of Hidayatun Nahw easily.

Its really an honor to teach the sacred knowledge of Prophet everyday, for an hour.I have made a firm intention that,till rest of my life,I would continue teaching the sacred texts to students, inshahALLAH. Who knows this may lead to salvation of a sinner like me on judgment day.

The classes are held Mon-Fri,11:00pm to 12:00am.So Monday to Friday,after coming from office I sit down to read the chapter I need to teach that day.After classes, I start my study, mainly fatawa books.Saturday & Sunday are academy holiday.I complete my pending writing work of Mufti course and go to Idara-e-Shariat Darul Ifta,to get them corrected from Mufti Sahab.

Presently I'm working on English translation of Aalahazrat's book called 'Irfan-e-Shariat' ,which is collection of short questions & answers asked to Aalahazrat and his replies.The book has 3 parts, I am planning to complete the 1st part before Urs of Aalahazrat on 30th Jan 2011, inshahALLAH.Once this book is complete I would start with translation of 'Fatawa Africa' which is book on answers to the questions asked to Aalahazrat from Africa,inshahALLAH.

May we have a team of educated brothers who can fi-sabilillah carry out these types of literary work lacking in Ahle Sunnat.I have lots of hope on the students studying in Academy,I hope they would prove themselves to be real asset of AhleSunnat,inshahALLAH.

So,this is what I do these days and be preoccupied with.May ALLAH azzawajal give istiqamat to me:Aameen.

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