Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 34
HEDJAZ INTERLUDE Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 34 several jurists of H anaf i , M a lik i , Sh a fi‘ i , and H ambal i schools who were of the same view. 11 Such vast erudition and liberal thinking won the admiration and devotion of Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra , and drawing apart he wrote a note requesting Sh a h Sahib’s permission to accompany him to Medina to study under him. On reading the note Sh a h Sahib intimated that he should go to Medina after completing his course of studies in Mecca. Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra related all this to Maulaw i Ra h matull a h and submitted: "Such is true learning. Our Shaikh was timid, but Sh a h Sahib announced his view in the courtyard of the Kaaba in the presence of thousands and no one took exception to it. " Maulaw i Ra h matull a h’s comment was: "Sh a h Sahib is a great divine. " On one occasion the mother of one of Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n’s ra teachers fell ill and her illness became prolonged. Several physicians were tried, but nothing seemed to help. The teacher then asked Maulaw i N u r- ud-D i n ra to go and consult some physician whom he might know. Without disclosing that he himself was a physician, he prepared a medicine which effected a cure within two or three days. The teacher never discovered the identity of the physician. When he was ready to leave for Medina, Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra entrusted a large sum of money and a quantity of baggage to a class-fellow from Bhera who lived in Mecca, and told him to employ the money in his business and that on his return from Medina he would recover the baggage and the money from him, leaving him the profit he might make on the money. In Medina he presented himself to Hadrat Sh a h ‘Abdul