Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 82
Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen The Way of the Righteous 82 leave the State the next day and he did not show any concern as to what had happened to him. The day Hakeem Sahib was to leave for Bhera, a Hindu of Jammu, who owned a grocery shop, came to Hakeem Sahib and recalled with a great deal of glee that he often tendered the advice to him to save something for the rainy day and that he often suggested at least a hundred rupees be set aside every month. To all his suggestions Hakeem Sahib used to respond, "To entertain such ideas is to betray trust and faith in God, and that, by the grace of God, I would never face a period of trial. " That day when he came, that Hindu reminded Hakeem Sahib what he used to say, and even that day Hakeem Sahib showed a great deal of disdain and contempt for him. While both of them were engaged in this conversation, a man from the treasurer of the State came and handed over to Hakeem Sahib four hundred eighty rupees, an amount representing the balance of salary upto the last day. That Hindu rebuked the treasury officials as to why they had come to pay such an amount. Surely Hakeem Sahib would never have gone after them for that amount. Then came a messenger from Rani Sahiba (the wife of the Rajah), who brought a sizeable amount of cash saying that the Rani Sahiba had not much cash with her, but whatever was available she had sent all. On hearing this from the messenger of the Rani, the anger of that Hindu knew no bounds. Hakeem Sahib owed one hundred and fifty thousand rupees to a Hindu lender, and making a reference to this large loan, that Hindu taunted Hakeem Sahib as to how he was going to pay that huge loan and that the Hindu lender would not let him go without a satisfactory guarantee. While he was making this sarcastic remark, the same lender sent a man with a message who delivered it with a great deal of respect saying that Hakeem Sahib might not have that large sum and that he had been directed to assist Hakeem Sahib in packing for the journey and if he needed any additional funds for the purpose, these would be made available. Hakeem Sahib