8/10/2019 You Go Ahead -- A Story About Ishq-i Rasul With Zafar Ahmad Uthmani

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YOU GO HE D

ASTORY ABOUT ISHQ-I RASL1

His Eminence Shaykh al-Islm Allmah afar Amad Uthmni (May Allah shower him with mercy)

writes:

After performing ajj, I went to the Illuminated City of Madnah. Once during my stay there, we

happened to eat a meal outside the inn at which we were lodging. After finishing, we swept the un-

eaten remains and crusts of bread off the dastarkhwn[picnic blanket] into the grass for the animals

to eat, and I returned to my room.

A short while later, however, when I came outside again, I saw something shocking: A sweet and

adorable nine-year-old child was nibbling at those remains! I was filled with pity. I took the boy in-

side and fed him until he was full. Was I not in the city of he (May Allah grant him Peace and Bless-

ings) who was the keeper of the poor and the guardian of the destitute? The boy was very moved byhow I had treated him. As we were walking back, I asked him, My child, what does your father do

for a living?The boy replied that he was an orphan. So I said, My child, will you come with me to

Hindustan?

When we get there, I will feed you lots delicious food. I will buy you fine clothes to wear. I will

give you an education at my madrasah, and when you have earned your lim Fildiploma, I will

bring you back here myself so that you can take care of your mother. Run along home and ask your

mother for permission. The boy was very happy. He ran skipping backed home to his mother.

The poor widow was already worried because she did not even have enough money to raise her

other children, and she immediately gave her permission. The boy ran back to me and said, My

mom says yes! Im comingwith you. Then he began asking me, Hey Mister, when we get to your

country, do they have lots of beans [chanay] to eat? [I] told him, Yes, you will have all these things

in abundance!

The child grabbed my finger. He led me to Masjid al-Nabawi (May Peace and Blessings be on its

patron) and [when we reached inside] he stopped. His eyes fell on the blessed Rawahof the Master

of Both Worlds (May Allah grant him Peace and Blessings), and the great doors of the Masjid, and he

asked me, Mister, in your country, do they have these doors and this Rawah also?

I looked at him. My child, if they could be found there, then why would I come all the way

here?

The color in the boys face changed. He let go of my finger. Mister, you go ahead. If they donthave these, then Im not letting go of these doors.

He was choosing to remain hungry and remain thirsty. He could have just as well said, Ill relieve

my hunger and thirst by gazing at these doors, just like I have kept relieving it up till even today.

Having said this, the child began to cry, and upon witnessing his love, I began to cry too.

1 ranslatedby Shoaib A. Rasheed 2013