This blessed supplication was fulfilled and Sayyiduna ‘Umar Farooq-e-A’zam رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ embraced martyrdom in Madinah Munawwarah.

Commenting on this enviable martyrdom of Sayyiduna ‘Umar Farooq-e-A’zam رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ, a renowned commentator, a great thinker of the Ummah, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na’eemi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated that the supplication of Sayyiduna ‘Umar Farooq-e-A’zam رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ was fulfilled in such a unique way that سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ offered his Fajr Salah in Masjid-un-Nabawi, by the Mihrab-un-Nabi and on the blessed praying mat of the Beloved and Blessed Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

اے کاش مدینے میں مجھے موت یوں آئے

چوکھٹ پہ تِری سر ہو مِری رُوح چلی ہو

Dear Islamic brothers! The life of our pious saints رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی is certainly worthy to be followed. These great people had true love and devotion to the sacred land of Makkah and Madinah. Their love and devotion can be judged by the fact that some pious saints, despite being residents of other countries or cities, would spend most of their lives in Makkah Mukarramah in order to attain the blessings of this city and would also have the privilege to perform Hajj of sacred Baytullah with steadfastness every year.

Take me to blessed Haram

It is stated on page 198 of a 568-page book namely, ‘Malfuzaat A’la Hadrat’, published by Maktaba-tul-Madinah, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami, that (Qutb-e-Makkah Mukarramah) Maulana ‘Abdul Haq Ilaahabaadi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was an inhabitant of India and was a great Islamic scholar. He lived in sacred Makkah for more than 40 years. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه would perform Hajj every year. Once during the days of Hajj, he fell severely ill and was confined to his bed. On the 9^th of Zul-Hijja-til-Haraam, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said to his pupils: Take me to blessed Haram! Many people took him to Ka’batullaah and made him sit in front of the blessed Ka’bah. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه drank the blessed Zam Zam water and made Du’a: O Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! Do not deprive me of Hajj. In that