Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 25
Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen The Way of the Righteous 24 Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen met with another noble personality, Maulavi Inaayatullah. In those days, Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud- Deen was very eager to study a book of a leading divine of Delhi, Hadhrat Shah Waliullah Muhaddith, and he enquired whether the Maulavi Sahib could procure this book, Al-Fauz-ul-Kabeer. Maulavi Inaayatullah said, "No problem, you can have it the next day. " Maulavi Inaayatullah produced a Bombay edition of the book and said that the price of the book was fifty rupees, which Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen paid with a fifty-rupee note, and started to leave the place. "What is the hurry?" Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen replied, "Sale and purchase of the book having been completed, there is no further business. " Maulavi Inaayatullah insisted and requested that he should tarry a while. After a while Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen again sought the permission whereupon Maulavi Inaayatullah produced the same fifty rupee note and offered it to him as a gift in recognition of the fact that Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen had such a fine taste of good books. Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen said, "I am indeed a student but not a needy man. I am leaving for Hajj as it has become obligatory on me. " On his insistence Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen accepted the cash. When he sailed from Bombay, he had the good fortune of meeting five of his old acquaintances and spent a good part of the journey with them. The ship broke journey at Hadeeda, the main port of Yemen. Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen also disembarked to visit Al-Muraa ‘ ah to see some local scholars. During the time he was sailing, a young man requested Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen to teach the book of Arabic syntax, which he did. Later, he sailed from Hadeeda for Jeddah to continue his journey to the Holy Land ( Mirqaatul Yaqeen , p. 108-110). Arrival in Mecca On his arrival in Mecca, he was met by another pious man, Muhammad Hussain Sindhi, who immediately asked his son to