Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 22
In Quest of Knowledge 21 condition of the boy. By sheer Divine grace, the boy became better by the evening, and the wealthy man requested Maulana Sahib to accept precious robes and dress, and gave him so much cash that the performance of the Pilgrimage became obligatory on Maulana Sahib. The same evening, Maulana Sahib developed high fever and started spitting saliva, so much so that a person ran to Hakeem Farzand Ali, who advised Maulana Sahib to leave immediately for his home town if it is nearby as he was not sure if Maulana Sahib would survive the attack. Late that evening, an elderly person came to Maulana Sahib, who was in-charge of the students, and told Maulana Sahib that he was very old and was spitting Saliva, and requested Maulana Sahib to prescribe a medicine. Maulana Sahib advised him to take processed jam (Benarsee Aamla's Murabba) with cumin and silver leaves. After a while, the same person came back with a jar of jam, lot of cumin and a book of fine silver slices. He requested Maulana Sahib to also partake in the medicine as he was also suffering from the same disease. Maulana Sahib started taking it, and felt greatly improved and he took more as saliva started again, and he did not know how much of it he took that after the Isha prayer, it nearly stopped. Maulana Sahib then decided to go on pilgrimage instead of going home (pp. 105-106). Maulana Sahib Seeks Advice Maulana Sahib gave the following account of another subsequent event in his own words in Mirqaatul Yaqeen (p. 106): When I was leaving Bhopal for Hajj , I went to see my teacher, Maulavi Abdul Qayyum Sahib, who was, at that time, surrounded by hundreds of visitors, many of whom were leading divines and dignitaries. I requested Maulavi Sahib, "Please give me some advice that may keep me happy and joyous.