Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 18
In Quest of Knowledge 17 After the prayers, I dressed and went to Hakeem Ali Hussain's house. Once I arrived at his house, I was visibly moved to witness the acceptance of my prayers. Hakeem Sahib told me, "You left the house without my permission, is this the conduct of a good pupil?" and added, "In future you will dine with me and live with me here or wherever you find comfort, you can stay, but you are to dine with me. " I offered some excuses. Then he enquired, "What do you want to learn?" I submitted, "I want to learn medicine," and at that time, I did not know who the greatest physician was. Hakeem Ali Hussain enquired further, "To what degree and level do you wish to acquire knowledge in medicine?" I submitted, "Upto Plato. " I did not know whether Plato was a physician or philosopher. Hakeem Ali Hussain smiled and said, "You will learn something. If you had named some lower authority, I would have been disappointed. " I had some elementary education and studied Mo ‘ jiz from Hakeem Ala- ud-Din Lahori and Hakeem Muhammad Baksh Lahori, but that was good enough for holding debates. I submitted to Hakeem Ali Hussain, "Please begin from the Canon of Avecena - Principles of Medicines," whereupon Hakeem Sahib smiled and then hastily added, "I only know the Holy Book of God, Boo Ali Sina, and his book of Canon of Avecena. " Hakeem Sahib urged me to pay attention to Nafeesi. I started reading it and spent the whole day on it. Abdul Qadir writes in his book, Hayaat-i-Noor (p. 30-31): Maulana Sahib thought that only one subject was not good enough, therefore he started looking around for more teachers, and observed, "How he could be satisfied with only one subject. " Eventually, he got in touch with Maulavi Fadhlullah Farangi Mahal, who taught him Mullah Hasan and Hamad Ullah , but after a few lessons, he realized that he was wasting his time and, therefore, he returned to Hakeem Ali Hussain to seek permission to return to Rampur. When Maulana Sahib came to Hakeem Sahib to seek permission to return to Rampur, it so divined that Nawab Kalab-e-Ali Khan of Rampur State sent a wire to Maulana Sahib to come to Rampur and work for the Ruler, as