Book Name:Madine Ki Barkatain
* I will not be lazy or inattentive during the speech.
* I will listen to the speech to reform and better myself.
* Whatever I hear and learn, I will try to convey to others.
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Sheikh Ḍiyā al-Dīn al-Madanī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه, famously known as ‘Quṭb-i-Medina’, was the shaykh of Mawlana Ilyas Attar al-Qadiri. The shaykh was a great saint of Allah. He was honoured to have lived in the sacred city of Medina for 75 years and is laid to rest in Jannat al-Baqi.[1]
The shaykh held gatherings in his home. Scholars from the subcontinent and the world over who came to Medina would also attend these gatherings and deliver speeches. Once, a senior scholar from Pakistan named The scholar Manẓūr Aḥmad Shāh رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه attended one of these gatherings. During his speech, he mentioned an amazing account he personally experienced.
He began this story by saying, “On the way from my place of stay in Medina to Masjid al-Nabawi, there would be an individual who appeared to be majzūb.” Majzūbs are also saints of Allah, and they too are bound by Islamic law. They become overwhelmed by the love of Allah to the extent they have no awareness of the world around them. Hence, they may seem insane to an onlooker.
Manẓūr Aḥmad Shāh رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه continued:
I used to see this majzūb but didn’t pay any special attention to this. I just thought that he was someone insane and hence would