Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 178
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra The Man Total Trust in Allah The description of this saint cannot be completed unless some events are narrated to indicate the magnitude of, and totality of reliance, trust and unquestioning confidence in, his first love - the love for God. In early age, he left his home city in quest of knowledge and learning, and at every step, he saw unfailing Divine help. What he took from home was his blazing thirst for knowledge and went out into the wilderness of India, visiting far- flung areas, and wherever he went, he never extended his hand or asked for help. In the hour of his trial and need, he cried to God for help, and he was never disappointed. Wherever he went teachers came across his path and people with open arms offered him the hospitality that he never expected. All this was a visible demonstration of how Divine help reached him in time of need. As a matter of fact, the implicit trust and reliance in God that he showed to people around him, revealed the mighty face of God. It would take several books to describe all the events where he saw the glory and majesty of God's help, and even then the accounts may not be complete. The following event happened when he was relieved of his duties as a Royal Physician from the Jammu State. This was a well-paid job, but even after sixteen years of service, he had nothing in his pocket. All the income of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra generally went to stipends to students, widows, orphans and the needy, and it was his routine that he mainly relied upon the trust and faith in his God for the balance of the month. There was a Hindu shopkeeper in Jammu, who was in the habit of tendering unsolicited advice to Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra to save for a rainy day. He came on the day he was leaving the service and