Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 20
In Quest of Knowledge 19 In the afternoon, he was lying on the porch of the mosque with no money in his pocket, and he remained without food for several days. Starvation reached to a point when one day he felt he could not survive by the night, around that afternoon while he was weak and was leaning on the porch, he witnessed another miraculous event. Incidentally, the Chief Adviser of Bhopal State, Munshi Jamal- ud-Din Sahib, was passing through and arrived at the mosque to offer prayers. He sent for the Imam of the mosque, and asked him to go to Maulana Sahib and find out who he was. Imam Sahib went to Maulana Sahib, and God knows alone what Imam of the mosque told Munshi Sahib. Munshi Sahib, along with his companions, came to Maulana Sahib, who was lying there due to extreme weakness. Munshi Sahib enquired, "Are you a scholar?" Maulana Sahib replied in affirmative. The second question was, "What subject do you know best?" Maulana Sahib replied, "I know almost every subject. " Then Munshi Sahib offered his hand and asked him to examine his pulse. Maulana Sahib diagnosed that he was suffering from indigestion. Munshi Sahib requested for a prescription. Maulana dictated a very expensive prescription. Munshi Sahib then invited Maulana Sahib to a feast. Maulana Sahib replied, "I do not need a feast. " Munshi Sahib again sent a man urging Maulana Sahib to accept the feast adding that it was the practice of the Holy Prophet sa. Maulana Sahib then accepted the feast. At the time of the feast, a constable came to fetch Maulana Sahib. Maulana Sahib said that he could not walk, so he lifted Maulana Sahib on his back and took him to the house of Munshi Sahib and made him sit near Munshi Sahib. After the feast, Munshi Sahib enquired about him in Lucknawi accent. Maulana Sahib said, "I am a Punjabi, I came here to study. " Munshi Sahib thought that the Maulana was a well-to-do person, but a victim of circumstances and, to cover up his misery, he sought the shelter of study. Munshi Sahib was also a scholar, and he invited him to live and dine with him and said, "I want to help you and will provide you accommodation in the annexe of my house. " He advised the supervisor of his library to let Maulana Sahib have access to any book he wanted to study. He stayed there for