Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 28
Pilgrimage to Mecca 27 Holy Ka ‘ aba). Thousands of people were sitting around him. Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen submitted the same question to him, "When should one sit in E ‘ itikaaf?" He responded, "On the morning of 20th of Ramadhaan. " Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud- Deen pointed out, "It is against the Ijmaa ‘. " He said in his disgust, "Ignorance is a curse. " Shah Abdul Ghani quoted many authorities of almost every School of Thought, who concurred with him. Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen was greatly impressed by his vast knowledge and made a written request to him that he would like to accompany him to Medina in pursuit of further knowledge. Shah Shahib said, "The questioner should be told that one should visit Medina only after reading all the books. " Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen narrated the whole event to Maulavi Rahmatullah and observed, "This is the real knowledge Sheikh was uncomfortable with when I raised the point and, Shah Abdul Ghani Sahib without any hesitancy, expressed the view sitting right among thousands of people and none had the courage to contradict him. ” Maulavi Rahmatullah observed: "Shah Sahib is an extraordinary scholar. " Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen also studied Saheeh Muslim (another book of Hadith by Imam Maalik) from Sheikhul Hadees Syed Hussain Sahib, and took lessons from Maulavi Rahmatullah on "Mu ’ attaa" (another book of Hadith by Imam Maalik). He stayed in Mecca for about a year and a half. As he was greatly impressed by the knowledge and command of Shah Abdul Ghani Sahib on Hadith , he visited Medina in order to gain knowledge from his company, and remained with him for quite a while and took " Bai ‘ at " at the hand of Shah Abdul Ghani and became his admirer. Shah Sahib gave him one room. Maulana Hakeem Noor- ud-Deen developed an overwhelming attachment to Shah Sahib. Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen narrated an event as to how he took Bai ‘ at in his own words ( Mirqaatul Yaqeen , pp. 119-120 and also Taarikh-i- Ahmadiyyat , vol. 4, p. 59): It dawned upon me that I should take Bai ‘ at at his hand; this urge goaded me to his house. When I arrived in his presence,