Hazrat Mir Muhammad Ismail (ra) — Page 27
27 treated patients at his residence named " Aṣ - Ṣuffah ". Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra was temperamentally hesitant in receiving any form of fee from his patients. Knowing this , his patients would quietly place an amount in his pocket, and at times, the money would even turn out to be counterfeit. Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra wholly committed his profession al skills as a doctor to a lifelong and selfless service of humanity. His motivation came from the famous Hadith , as he himself adm its, in which the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as is quoted as having said: " Humans are , as though, the children of God" [ Kanzul - ‘ Um māl Vol 3 Kitābuz - Z akāt ]. In a poem of his, he writes: Ever since, I realized that H uman s are , as though, Thy children , I have devoted my entire time to their service. - [ Bukhār - e - Dil ] These words are not a mere claim. Testifying to the truth of this claim, Ḥaḍrat Muṣliḥ Mau‘ūd ra ( Khalīfatul - Masīḥ II) had the following words inscribed on the tombstone of Ḥaḍrat Mir Ismail ra : "I n spite of being an extremely successful doctor, and indeed, capable of earning a lot, he remained committed to voluntary service of the poor, and mostly refrained from private practice. " 21 As a doctor, Ḥaḍrat Mir Muhammad Ismail ra embodied the followi ng words of his mentor and master, Ḥaḍrat