The Devotion of Life — Page 542
542 Fourthly, after reading the portion about the Waqf of one’s children, I felt a special urge to pray that Allah may bestow at least one Waqfe Zindagi son to my every daughter. In a way, Allah the Almighty has accepted my prayer that Allah granted a son to my daughter Wajiha after a daughter. All praise be to Allah!” Respected Hakim Mohammad Din Sahib, Nazim Qaza Board, Qadian, writes: (Note from the Author: In the Dedication to the Urdu Edition of this book, I mentioned about my respected father, the Late Chaudhry Mukhtar Ahmad Ayaz Sahib, who had the special opportunity to go to Makerian, District Hoshiarpur, as Amir of the delegation. On this, Respected Hakim Mohammad Din Sahib, has quoted an inspiring historical event related to Makerian. This has been narrated in the letter below): “Your affectionate and scholarly gift, your publication titled ‘Importance and Blessings of Waqfe Zindagi’, which is proving beneficial to fulfil the demands of spreading the Truth, has been received by me. Reading the account of your father’s travel to Makerian not only refreshed my memory about the place but it also reminded me of the occupants of the house in Makerian and the historical event of the acceptance of prayer of the Promised Messiah as. The details of that event are something like this: When your late father went to Makerian, he stayed in the house that was being used as ‘Darul Tabligh’ by Sadar Anjuman Ahmadiyya, Qadian. That house was the ancestral home of my grandfather Hadrat Maulvi Waziruddin Sahib and after his demise, that house was transferred to my father, the late Hadrat Maulvi