journey, he would not say that he was going for the Hajj of Baytullah, but he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه would say: I had the intention to visit Taybah, that is my real purpose of Hajj. This means that to visit the blessed court of the Greatest Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. It is the blessed door by virtue of which Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has not only blessed me once, but twice with the visit of His sacred home.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب       صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

‘Allamah Kazmi and a thorn of Madinah

‘Allamah Sayyid Ahmad Sa’eed Kazmi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: On the occasion of my first visit to Madinah Munawwarah, I pricked my foot on a thorn, causing severe pain. As I was about to take it out I recalled the love of A’la Hadrat, Imam-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, Maulana Shah Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه with thorns of Madinah, I stopped and did not take the thorn out of my foot. The pain stopped itself after many days. (Anwaar-e-Qutb-e-Madinah, pp. 53)

Expressing his devotion to the thorns of Madinah Munawwarah in his Na’tiyah Deewan ‘Saaman-e-Bakhshish’ ‘Allamah Maulana Mustafa Raza Khan Noori رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated:

نظر میں کیسے سمائیں گے پھول جنت کے

کہ بس چکے ہیں مدینے کے خار آنکھوں میں

Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat’s journey to Madinah

Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, the founder of Dawat-e-Islami, ‘Allamah Maulana Abu Bilal Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qaadiri Razavi Ziyaee دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه was privileged to embark on the journey of Hajj and Madinah Munawwarah many times. Whatever he experienced is not possible to mention as it was, however, let’s listen to a brief description of his journey to Madinah Munawwarah.

As the time for his departure to Madinah Munawwarah drew closer, a large crowd came to see him off at the airport. As they surrounded him and began