Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 55
Royal Physician of the State of Jammu 55 Hadhrat Muhammad Zafrulla Khan had mentioned his appointment in the following words in his book, Hadhrat Maulavi Noor-ud-Deen - Khalifatul Masih I (p. 39): The Maharajah's Chief Physician was Hakeem Fida Muhammad Khan, who retired shortly after and Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen was promoted Chief Physician in his place. In that capacity, he was also put in charge of all hospitals in the State. He was then thirty- six years of age and held the Office of the Chief Physician for fifteen years. Hakeem Sahib remained employed for a long period of time in the State of Jammu and he lived with Sheikh Fateh Muhammad. When in 1888, Maharajah Ranbheer Singh died and Maharajah Partaab Singh took over as Ruler, Hakeem Sahib moved to a place near the house of Bakhshi Raam-Daas, the revenue minister. This was a two-storey house, and he also had his medical clinic in the same house. The following is an account of Hakeem Sahib's disciplined life, related by Muhammad Akram Khan, a retired deputy commissioner and chairman of Majlis Auqaaf Jammu (charitable trust of Jammu): Hakeem Sahib used to offer Friday prayer at a mosque located in Mochian Street, and later on, at the house of his uncle, Colonel Sardar Yar Muhammad Khan, he would hold a Majlis-i-Irfaan (an intellectual and religious discussion). This meeting generally used to continue till Asr prayer and thereafter Hakeem Sahib would see patients. He used to treat the poor at no charge and in some cases used to give medicines free and sometimes he would even help them with cash ( History of Ahmadiyyat , v. 4, pp. 90-91). Messiah of Hopeless Patients The accounts of remarkable effectiveness of his medicines and correct diagnosis had spread all over the State, and it is worthwhile narrating some of the classic cases, where hopeless patients were miraculously cured of their fatal diseases.