Life of Ahmad — Page 218
VISIT TO ALIGARH as 218 He took an active interest in the welfare and happiness of his friends. He thoroughly believed in the saying: i. e. the best of men is one who does most good to them. He created a genuine spirit of fellowship and brotherhood amongst his friends and acquaintances, so much so that this spirit developed, in a great many cases, into the closest ties of relationship. He would go out of his way to make people righteously happy, and in this he made no distinction between high and low. Where he was anxious to bring domestic felicity to Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra , he did not forget his humble servant P i ra Ĕ Ditta, about whom he wrote a number of letters to Ch. Rustam Ali. He never hesitated to put in a good word if it helped anyone. He requested his friends to help those who needed help in getting employment. He wrote letters for Abdullah Khan, the younger brother of Fate h Khan of Rasulpur, and also obliged Babu Il a h i Bakhsh in the same manner. He recommended M i r ‘Abb a s Ali’s son for a post in Jammu. Even his bitterest enemies knew that he would not disappoint them in such matters. Even when Mirza Imam D i n asked him to write a recommendation for him Ahmad as did not refuse him, though it meant considerable embarrassment. Occasionally he received questionaires for reply. The Anjuman H im a yat-e-Islam once circulated some objections raised by a Christian, Abdullah James. Ahmad as also received a copy of this circular. He was not sure that the Anjuman would publish any answers