DINI TALIM :
JANAB
MOULANA QADIR HUSEIN KARBALAI.
FIQAHI MASAIL :
ACQUIRED AT THE AGE OF 21 YEARS.FROM AYATOLLAH SHAIKH ZAINUL ABEDEEN (NAJAF-E-ASHARAF-IRAQ)
ZIYARAT TRAVEL :
HOLY SHRINES OF IRAN AND IRAQ IN H.S. 1300 (1871 AD WITH FAMILY )
FIRST PUBLICATION :
ZILKAD H.S. 1310 (1881 A.D.) PUBLISHED FIRST ISSUE OF RAH-E-NAJAT WHICH IS BEING PUBLISHED
TILL DATE .
PRINTING PRESS :
H.S. 1314 (A.D. 1895)
ESTABLISHED ITHNA ASHARI PRINTING PRESS AT AHMEDABAD AND WITH A VIEW TO
TABLIGH-E-DEEN, PUBLISHED HANDBILLS LEAF-LETS AND BOOKS.
GRAVEYARD :
IN
H.S. 1314,(A.D. 1895) HE PURCHASED
LAND FOR GRAVEYARD AT AHMEDABAD AND ENTRUSTED TO AHMEDABAD JAMAT.
A SHOCKING INCIDENCE AFTER SHIFTING :
HE BID FAREWELL TO AHMEDABAD AND
SETTLED IN BHAVNAGAR ESTABLISHED A CENTER OF TABLIGH. SEND
HANDBILLS, LEAF-LETS AND BOOKS TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD AND TO
DIFFERENT PARTS OF INDIA AND DID GIGANTIC WORK OF GIVING RELIGIOUS GUIDANCE TO
THE PEOPLE AND CLOUDS OF IGNORANCE WERE SHATTERING GRADUALLY. UNFORTUNATELY DUE
TO SOME UNKNOWN REASONS ON 16TH
NOVEMBER 1932. (H.S. 1351)FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE PRINTING PRESS
AND VALUABLE MANUSCRIPT BOOKS, BOOKS OF ACCOUNTS AND RIMS OF
BLANCK PAPERS REDUCED TO ASHES. THOUGH THIS WAS A GREAT LOSS (APPROX RS.55,000/.)
ALLAMA FACED THIS CALAMITY WITH COURAGE AND BRAVERY HAVING FULL FAITH IN ALLAH S.W.T. HE
RE-STARTED HIS CAMPAIGN OF HIDAYAT AND CONTINUED HIS MISSION WITH MORE COURAGE AND VIGOR. HE ALSO RECEIVED LETTERS OF
SYMPATHY FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD.
BOARDING :
HE POSSESSED A SORT OF PARTICULAR SENSE
OF LOVE FOR ORPHANS. HE ESTABLISHED A BOARDING IN HIS AMIPARA (BHAVNAGAR) HOUSE AND USED TO
IMPART DINI TALIM AND SCHOOL EDUCATION.
KITAB GHAR :
IN THIS BUILDING
RELIGIOUS BOOKS WERE STORED AND DISTRIBUTED.
JEHAD WITH PEN :
HE TRANSLATED VALUABLE BOOKS FROM
ARABIC AND PERSIAN INTO GUJARATI. HE PRESENTED A LEGACY OF ABOUT 400 BOOKS TO
OUR COMMUNITY. OUR COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN MAKING BEST USE OF THEM SINCE LAST ONE
CENTURY.
VALUABLE JEWELS OF THE TREASURE :
GUJARATI TAFSIR OF QURAN-E-MAJID, COLLECTION OF
DOAS (MAJMOOA), ZADUSSAL-E-HEEN, AHWAL-E-MASOOMEEN LOALO-WAL-MARJAN,
HADIS-E-KISSA, MERAJUSSADAH, KASASUL-AMBIA, DURR-E-BEBAHA, AHVALUNNISSA,
AHVAL-E-KARBLA, SEERAT-E-A`IMMAH ETC.
REVOLUTION BY PEN :
HE
GAVE A UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION TO INVITE THE PEOPLE TO THE RIGHT PATH OF ITHNA
ASHARI RELIGION BY GIVING MORE THEN TEN THOUSAND SPEECHES $ MIJALIS DESCRIBING THE LIFE
SKETCH OF AMBIYAS AND AIMMA-E-TAHEREEN BY SACRIFICING HIS OWN SELF. HE TRAVELED
ABOUT 38 TOWNS AND VILLAGES SURROUNDING BHAVNAGAR AND DISTANT PLACES AND COUNTRIES LIKE
AHMEDABAD, KHAMBHAT, KANODAR, MUMBAI, KARACHI, HYDRABAD, MADAGASCAR, TANGANIKA AND
NUMEROUS PLACES FOR THIS VERY NOBLE CAUSE AND INCREASED THE STRENGTH OF GUJARATI
SPEAKING ITHNA ASHARI PEOPLE.
EXPODUES AND RETURN :
DURING HIS STAY IN AHMEDABAD HE WAS MENTALLY
TORTURED, THEREFOR HE SHIFTED TO KHAMBHAT FOR THREE TO FOUR MONTHS. HE
CONTINUED HIS WORK OF TABLIGH-E-DEEN DURING THIS PERIOD ALSO AND RETURNED TO
AHMEDABAD AGAIN.
TRAVEL AND
RIDING :
HE USED TO VISIT MADRESSAS OF SURROUNDING TOWNS
AND VILLAGES TO RECITE MAJALISE AZA.
IN THOSE DAYS COMFORTABLE VEHICLES WERE NOT AVAILABLE SO HE TRAVEL IN BULLOCK
CART, ON BICYCLE OR SOME TIMES ON FOOT ALSO AND RENDERED HIS NOBLE SERVICES OF
TABBLIGH-E-DEEN.
INSEPIRABLE
WORK :
HE USED TO ENCOURAGE THE CHILDREN OF MADRESAS BY
PRESENTING CHOCOLATES BISCUITS AND COINS. IF THERE WAS ANY DEFICIT IN
THE SALARY OF MUDARRIS , HE ALSO USED TO COMPENSATE THE
SAME FROM HIS OWN POCKET.
A UNIQUE PRECEDENT :
HE USED TO DISTRIBUTE SILVER COIN OF A RUPEE AND
DRY FRUIT AFTER MAJALIS-E-AZA EVERY SHAB-E-JUMMA AT HIS RESIDENCE AT MALI’S
TEKRA, AMBA CHOK, BHAVNAGAR.
KARACHI :
ON
COMMING
TO KNOW ABOUT NON COMPLETION OF A MOSQUE, HE GOT COLLECTED REQUIRED
FIEND BY AN APPEAL.
KANODAR :
MO’MENEEN OF
KANODAR, NEAR PALANPUR
ADOPTED MAZHAB-E-HAQQA AND WERE SEPARATED FROM THEIR FORMER JAMAT. IT WAS,
THEREFORE NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT A MASJID THERE. THE CONSTRUCTION WORK OF MASJID
STARTED WITH THE HELP OF LOCAL PEOPLE AND MUMBAI’S RESIDENTS. BUT THE
ARCHITECT AND DESIGNER JANAB THARIYANI INFORMED ALLAMA THAT THE WORK OF
CONSTRUCTION WAS HELD UP FOR WANT OF FUNDS. HE IMMEDIATELY COLLECTED FUNDS FROM
GENEROUS DONORS AND PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO COMPLETE THIS HUGE MASJID. MOREOVER HE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIRS, OF
MANY OTHER RELIGIOUS PLACES.
NOTE :
LATE JANAB HAJI VALIBHAI NATHU DUDHWALA
OF KANODAR RESIDING AT MUMBAI AND LATE HAJI AHMEDBHAI KARIMBHAI MAKNOJIA (HARARWALA)
WERE THE ADMIRERS OF ALLAMA HAJI NAJI.
MEMORABLE MAJLISIS :
FIRST ASHARA OF MOHARRAM WAS
ARRANGED IN THE HOUSE OF HAJI AHMEDBHAI KARIMBHAI AT KANODAR. THIS PROGRAM WAS
CONTINUED FOR MANY YEARS. HAJI NAJI SAHEB HAS RECITED MAJLISIS IN THE HOUSE OF
THE MARHUM. HE RECITED ABOUT 70 MEMORABLE MAJLISIS DURING HIS STAY IN KANODAR
GUIDED THE PEOPLE TO BECOME FIRM ON THE RIGHT PATH AND KEEP PATIENCE IN THE
TIMES OF CALAMITIES AND DIFFICULTIES.
IMAM-E-ZAMIN :
WHEN HAJI NAJI SAHEB STARTED BY
TRAIN FOR ZIYARAT OF IRAN AND IRAQ, A BIG MASS OF MOMINS WERE GATHERED AT THE
RAILWAY STATION OF KANODAR (PALANPUR) TO WELCOME AND SEE HIM OFF WITH GARLANDS . EVERY ONE GARLANDED HIM AND TIED
IMEM-E-ZAMIN. EVERY ONE EMBARRASSED HIM WITH TEARS IN EYES AND PRAYED
FOR HIS SAFE JOURNEY AND RETURN.
NOTE :
HAJI NAJI SAHEB LIKED THIS CUSTOM OF
IMEM-E-ZAMIN, SO ON HIS RETURN FROM ZIYARAT HE PUBLISHED IN RAH-E-NAJAT WITH A
SPECIAL NOTE IN WHICH HE APPEALED TO ADOPT
THIS CUSTOM EVERY WHERE.
A SWEET REPRIMAND :
ALLAMA WENT TO IRAQ FOR THE
THIRD TIME TO ATTEND THE PARTICULAR DAYS OF MOHARRAM IN H.S./1331. HE MET
AYATOLLAH SHAIKH MOHAMMED HUSSEIN, SON OF AYATOLLAH SHAIKH ZAINUL ABEDEEN
MAZANDARANI AFTER ASHURA. SHAIKH SAHEB, IN A VERY SOPHISTICATED MANNER
REPRIMANDED HIM THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER FOR HIM TO STAY IN INDIA AND
CARRY ON THE WORK OF TABLIGH-E-DIN INSTEAD OF COMING FOR ZIYARAT. HIS MISSION IN
THAT AREA WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT. SO HE DEEMED BETTER TO GO BACK TO INDIA
SOON.
DOAS OF USTAD :
HIS USTAD WAS MULLA QADIR HUSSEIN
SAHEB. ALLAMA WAS HIS BEST PUPIL WHEN MULLA QADIR HUSSEIN SAHEB USED TO GO OUT,
ALLAMA USED TO CLEAN HIS SHOES AND ARRANGE PROPERLY. LOOKING THIS SORT OF
DEVOTION TOWARDS HIM. MULLA QADIR PRAYED FOR HIM. MY SON ! TODAY YOU ARE LIFTING
MY SHOES, TOMORROW PEOPLE WILL LIKE TO LIFT YOUR SHOES.
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