OH STUDENTS OF DEEN - TAKE NOTE

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THE TRUE STUDENTS OF DEEN

Hadhrat Abdur Rahmaan (rahmatullah alayhi) said: “I remained studying for twenty years in the service of Imaam Maalik [Rahmatullah alayh]. Of these twenty years I spent eighteen years in obtaining instruction in moral and character reformation and development and only two years in academic study." This demonstrates the priority and importance of the acquisition of akhlaaq (moral character).

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Hadhrat Imaam Shaafi (rahmatullah alayhi) said: “In the presence of Imaam Maalik [rahmatullah alayhi) I even turned the pages of the kitaab in perfect silence so that the sound of the pages turning does not reach his ears.”

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Imaam Rabee' (rahmatullah alayhi) said: "I never had the courage to even drink water in the presence of Imaam Shaafi [rahmatullah alayhi]."

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Qadhi Fakhruddin Irsabandi, Raeesul Aimmah who was highly honoured by even the king of the time, said: "I obtained this lofty rank as a result of service to my Ustaadh. Besides service in general, I prepared the meals of my Ustaadh, Qadhi Abu laid Dabusi [rahmatullah alayhi] for thirty years and because of respect for him I never ate therefrom."

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There is a very touching and awe-inspiring lesson; for students in the following episode of Hadhrat Imaam Abu Yusuf (rahmatullah alayhi).

His son died and while funeral preparations were underway. The time arrived for the class of his Ustaadh, Imaam Abu Hanifah (rahmatullah alayhi) to commence. Hadhrat Imaam Abu Yusuf (rahmatullah alayhi) handed over the funeral arrangements to relatives and departed to attend the class of his Ustaadh.

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Hadhrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thaanvi [rahmatuilah alayh] was so much engrossed in acquiring knowledge and so keen to learn that he learnt certain kitaabs not in the syllabus, from Ustaadhs while they were engaged in making wudhu. The Ustaadh would impart the lesson while he was busy with wudhu.