I replied, “All praise to Allah, I am a human. Yet, the bounty and mercy of Allah accompany me.”^[1]

When he was 3 and a half years old, he held a conversation with an Arab in fluent Arabic.^[2] When he was 4 and a half years old, he finished reciting the Quran for the first time.^[3] At the age of 6, he delivered a speech to a large gathering during RabīꜤ al-Awwal.^[4] He wrote his first fatwa at the age of 8, and his father said, “I would expect someone older to write a fatwa like this!”^[5] The Arabic book Hidāyat al-Naḥw is taught in the second or third year of the Islamic scholarship course. At the age of 8, he wrote a commentary of this book in Arabic.^[6]

When he was 10 years old, he studied a difficult book regarding juristic principles called Musallam al-Thubūt, and even wrote a commentary on it.^[7]

Nowadays, this book is taught to students who wish to specialise in jurisprudence and become muftis. There are not many people who can teach it, let alone study it.

At the age of 13 years, 10 months, and 4 days, he completed his formal studies, wrote his first official fatwa, and acquired the title of mufti.^[8]

Serving Islam during illness

Dear Islamic brothers! Imam Aḥmad Razā Khān رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه was so passionate about knowledge, that he did not leave his books even when he was ill. He often suffered from fevers, headaches and backpain, but this did not prevent him from his religious commitments.