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“One of my trusted friends narrated an event of a scribe of<br />
Lukhnow 496 who was habitual of writing Darood one time on a<br />
small notebook every morning before the start of his work. He<br />
was much worried at the time of his death and said, ‘I do not<br />
know how would I be treated.’ By chance a Majzoob (a saint<br />
totally absorbed in divine meditation) passed by him and on<br />
seeing his condition, he said, ‘Do not worry. The notebook has<br />
been presented before the Holy Prophet and is being accepted by<br />
him.’” 497<br />
“Hazrat Abdul Wahid says that for three nights he asked Allah to<br />
reveal to him here on earth who will be in companion in Jannah.”<br />
Subsequently, it was revealed to him that his companion in<br />
Paradise would be a woman named, Maimunah Sauda. He went<br />
to meet her in Kufa, and found her in the forest tending to her<br />
goats … Maimunah Sauda was praying when Abdul Wahid<br />
approached. She shortened her prayer and said, “Abdul Wahid!<br />
Not Today. Go Today. The promise of meeting is tomorrow (i.e.<br />
Qiyaamah)”. Abdul Wahid asked her how she had recognized<br />
him, upon which she said, “Don’t you know that in eternity all<br />
souls were gathered like an army. Those who had recognized one<br />
another there recognize one another here” 498<br />
Such stories are mentioned in the Fazaail-e-Aamaal, a book that<br />
serves as a training guide for the cadre of the Jamaat Tableegh and<br />
is highly revered by them. There is a widespread practice upon<br />
the recitation of the Kalimah seventy thousand times amongst<br />
members of the Jamaat Tableegh, even though the Deobandis claim<br />
that they do not base the Sharee’ah upon matters of Kashf.<br />
The Fazaail-e-Aamaal, in the false guise of the virtues of righteous<br />
actions, exposes the common people to the dangerous extremism<br />
496 a city in India.<br />
497 Fazaail-e-Aamaal, (Eng. Trans.), Virtues of Darood , Chapter.5,<br />
p.112-113. (Edt. 1985, Published by Dini Book Depot - Delhi) – also<br />
see, and Zaadus Saeed by Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi (Eng. Trans. by<br />
Majlisul Ulama) p.15.]<br />
498 Fazaail-e-Aamaal, Virtues of Charity, (Eng. Trans.), Chapter.7, story<br />
no.62, p.217, (New Edition 1982, Published by Dini Book Depot -<br />
Delhi) and Mashaikh-e-Chist, (Eng. Trans.) p.106.<br />
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