THE WORK OF DAWAH IS
OUR OWN WORK
The Maulana had not
undertaken the service of Faith as a “national cause”, the burden of providing
the funds for which fell wholly upon the nation or the community, but as a personal
affair and felt no hesitation in spending all he had on it. He believed that a
person should perform a religious task as his own and expend his time and money
freely in its way.
Once a person
presented a purse to him with the request that he used it, exclusively, for his
own needs. The Maulana replied, “If we do not regard Allah’s work our own, how
can we claim to be His bondmen ?“ With a sigh, he added, “Alas! We are
not the just appreciators of the sacred Prophet. We do not know his true worth.”
This was the Maulana’s
rule of life.............
First of all, he spent from his own pocket on the religious
endeavor he had launched in Mewat, and, then, alone, would accept help from
others.
(From Maulana Ilyas aur unki deeni dawat)
