Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 37
Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen The Way of the Righteous 36 The first day's experience with local scholars, the differences on "prayer for salvation," and the ruling on rafa ‘ yadain created a strange atmosphere, which Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen described in Mirqaatul Yaqeen (pp. 135-137) in the following words: One day, a person, Ghulam Muhammad, a volatile Shia and who believed “ rafa ‘ yadain ” as mandatory, came to see me and said, "the wife of Hadhrat Pir Sahib is seriously ill, kindly visit the house of Pir Sahib. " I had great respect for Pir Sahib, therefore, without any hesitation, I left for his house. Ghulam Muhammad was walking very fast and was going ahead of me. While going to his house, I saw rows upon rows of people going to the house of Pir Sahib, and when I arrived at the house of Pir Sahib, I saw a multitude of people, who had gathered there and no one was seen going to his private quarters. Even Ghulam Muhammad, who had come to fetch me, had disappeared. Then I realized that it was a trap and I was called to the place by deception. Since it was too late to turn back, as a last resort, I went in, where I found Pir Sahib sitting on a cot with pillows around him and another person had put his head on Pir Sahib's feet as a mark of respect. There was another scholar from out of town who was with him. I had a great respect for his scholarship and piety, he too had put his head on the feet of this illiterate Pir Sahib, and he was massaging his feet. I was disgusted with this scene and addressed Pir Sahib, "Your man conveyed the message that your wife was seriously ill, let us go and see her. " Pir Sahib said, "Before we go there, please solve a religious point, and I want to listen to your point of view. ” I said, “ You are Pir Sahib, what you have to do with religious matters?" I was still standing and the Pir Sahib again insisted. But, being an intelligent person, Pir Sahib realized that I would not sit on the ground. Pir Sahib got up from his cot and said that our servants have made a serious mistake by putting a cot and he directed the