Hazrat Mir Muhammad Ismail (ra) — Page 92
92 Lahore, would generally benefit from this rule, staying within the law, of course, by first buying a ticket fo r Batala for two annas, and then buying another ticket from Batala to Lahore for eleven annas. In all, they would thus, be spending thirteen instead of fifteen annas. Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra did not approve of this. His argument was that when your intended dest ination is Lahore, you should buy the ticket according to your intention. Hence, he would buy his ticket for fifteen A nnas when travelling on this route. Syed Muhammad Ahmad also stated that Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib possessed a very high degree of modesty. He was essentially a shy person. He also related that Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra had a keen sense for any hidden form of idolatry. He stated that Ḥaḍrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra (Promised Messiah' s son) once said about Ḥaḍrat Mir Ismail ra : "M ā m ū J ā n [ Ḥaḍrat Mir Ismail ra ] c ould detect any streak of idolatry very promptly. He was extremely perceptive to this". Syed Muhammad Ahmad spoke of his father as a "great counsellor ". He was accessible to all and would lend wise counsel to anyone seeking it. On principles, however, he said that Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra always stood firmly. He said that the one relationship that mattered most to Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra was his relationship with God. He summed up his assessment of Ḥaḍrat Mir Ismail ra in these touching words: "He was in this world but not part of it. "