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275 parents by some means telling them that I had been admitted in to the hospital. He added: ‘You need not get anybody here (to look after you). I am everything to you and will take care of you. My servant will bring food for you from my house or if you like you could come home for meals’. Anyway, Doctor Sahib’s kindness and love, like of which is rare in this world, held me back. I received special treatment for ten days with daily check-ups, repeated lab tests and plenty of medicines. I got good food from Doctor Sahib’s house. In this way, the Grace of Allah and Doctor Sahib’s hard work led to significant relief from sickness. One day, seeing the way Doctor Sahib took care of me, another doctor asked me if Doctor Sayyed Ghulam Mujtaba was closely related to me. I replied: ‘Yes, very close relation, far greater than usual relationships’. Thus, as a result of sympathy, guidance and efforts of these two angel-like persons, Allah restored my health. After two months ‘treatment I had recovered fully. Alhamdolillah. During all this time, I suffered no expenses other than the fare. We are Resigned to Your Will From 1983 to 2008, I stayed in the Gambia, Senegal etc. During this period of more than 25 years, I could not attend any marriage ceremony of my relatives. Life and death is an on-going process in the world. During that period my parents, parents of my wife, many elders among our relatives, elders of the jama’at and many friends passed away and we could not participate in their janaza (funeral prayers).