26Hadhratjee Rahmatullah Alayh was blessed with perfection in all fields of ilm (knowledge). He was an aalim baa amal (Aalim who practiced on his knowledge). He had studied all the theological books that an aalim needed to study and gained perfection in all fields. After qualifying in Darul-Uloom Deoband, he spent another two years in Deoband and specialised in many subjects.
He began teaching the dars-e-nizaami (the aalim course syllabus) and taught all the kitaabs including Saheeh Bukhaari.
Once on a trip to France, the Arabs in the city insisted that he should deliver a talk. Many people gathered in the capital, Paris, and people from many countries were present. The host requested that Hadhratjee should speak in Urdu and he would then translate into Arabic. Hadhratjeestated: “I started the talk off by reciting the kalimah which is the branch of Imaan and also the first point of the Tableegh Jamaat. With this I started off the bayaan and, with the grace of Allah Ta‟ala, the Arabic words just began flowing from my lips. The person that had stood up to translate noticed after a while that the bayaan is in Arabic so he also sat down. I myself was surprised at how the words were just flowing from my lips. With the taufeeq of Allah I managed to deliver a lecture in Arabic for about ½ an hour to ¾ hour, whereas before this I had never delivered a talk in Arabic and had absolutely no practice. Allah Ta‟ala had blessed me with His Grace.”
Hadhratjee Rahmatullah Alayh was a personification of ilm (knowledge) and amal (practice). The barkat of practicing on one‟s knowledge was seen from the special ilm that Allah Ta‟ala bestowed on Hadhrat’s heart. Such were the pearls that would emanate from his lips that many of it would not be found in any books. This is the barkat of practicing on what one has learnt.
His specialty was the knowledge of tasawwuf. Everything that he explained in the line of islaah and tarbiyat was clearly from the teachings of the Qur-aan and the Hadith. One should refer to his book “Shariat and Tasawwuf” to get an understanding of his indepth knowledge of tasawwuf.
Another specialty of his was the manner in which he explained and simplified the teachings of Hadhrat Hakeemul-Ummat Rahmatullah Alayh. He would explain Hadhrat Thaanwi‟s majaalis in such a simple manner that the lay man would also easily understand the in-depth principles of tasawwuf.
Hadhrat Moulana Maseehullah Khan Saahib Sherwaani Rahmatullah Alayh – His life and works
