Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 36
HEDJAZ INTERLUDE Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 36 recital of the F a ti h ah when the Imam recites it aloud, and to the raising of hands at certain points during a Prayer service. Also, show him some authority for repeating: 'There is no God save Allah' nineteen thousand times a day, and I am sure he will comply. " This silenced the critics. One Maulaw i Nab i Bakhsh Chisht i of J a mpur lived in the quarter next to that of Maulaw i N u r-ud- D i n ra. The purpose of his residence in Medina was that he was eager to behold the Holy Prophet sa in a state of wakefulness. He held to the view that it was not permissible to offer one Raka‘at Prayer in Witar. Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra convinced him to the contrary. Shortly after Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra saw the Holy Prophet sa in a dream, who said to him: "You are bidden to eat in my house, but I am very anxious about Nab i Bakhsh. " Maulaw i Sahib kept on the lookout for Nab i Bakhsh for a long period, but he did not visit his quarter. When he did encounter him at last he enquired from him whether he was in some difficulty, and offered him some money. He confessed that he had passed through a time of great hardship but had just found some work and earned a small amount, which had afforded him relief, so that he was no longer in need. A Turkish resident of Medina, who owned a large library developed a fondness for Maulaw i N u r- ud-D i n ra and being impressed by his love of the Holy Quran offered to lend him any book that he might wish to read. He asked him for some book that might enlighten him on the question of the abrogation of a certain number of the verses of the Holy Quran. He brought him a book in which it was affirmed that as many as six hundred verses had been abrogated. This left him puzzled. His friend then brought him Itq a n ,