Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 34
Pilgrimage to Mecca 33 I had not enough funds to meet the cost of railway freight. I took leave of Hakeem Ali Hussain in Lahore and I met a Hindu of my town, who himself was travelling to Bhera and suggested that he would take over all the luggage and that I might pay the expenses in Bhera. This was how I arrived in Bhera with my belongings. Return to Bhera In 1871, Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen was 30 years old when he returned to his hometown after completing extensive travels of India and the Holy Land. He completed his education in religion and medicine. His parents welcomed him with open arms. During his absence on extensive travels, he lost many of his brothers. The news of his arrival in the town prompted a large number of Hindus and Muslims to gather at his house to give him an affectionate welcome. On the very first day of his arrival, some of the local scholars became jealous of him. This was mainly because he was never hesitant in talking frankly and speaking in support of truth. It was, therefore, no wonder that soon after his arrival, he faced bitter opposition from the local upstarts. This was a difficult time for Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen and he had already displayed a great deal of courage, and there were at every step manifestations of Divine signs in his support, which enhanced, to a great degree, his trust and confidence in his God. Some of the instances of his courage and outspokenness are mentioned here. First Encounter In the very first encounter on the first day, a scholar of Hanafi Thought (a Jurisprudence School of Thought in Islam) asserted that Bukhaari (a book of the Sayings of the Holy Prophet sa compiled by Imam Bukhaari) is an old discarded book of about a thousand years, and published by a man in Delhi called Ismail. These uncalled for and unwarranted remarks by a non-descript scholar infuriated Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen. This was his