ME AND MAULANA: A PERSONAL RECOLLECTION OF WAHIDUDDIN KHAN - John M. Butt

REMEMBERING MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN Faraz Khan, Delhi I t is quite difficult for me to express my gratitude to God for sending me to Maulana. All I can say is that he was and will remain my greatest well-wisher. He introduced me to my Creator, helped me in strengthening my relationship with my God and made me understand my purpose of life. Maulana’s desire to help me or any other individual irrespective of caste, colour or creed was so strong that he studied science and allied subjects for more than two decades to address the mind of people of the modern age. Above all he used to do dua for us in seclusion with tears in his eyes, asking for God’s special help for all of us. All his life and all his teachings were based on Quran and authentic hadith, he moulded his entire life in such a way so that he can present God’s word as it is to mankind. His love for humanity can be understood through his willingness to meet anyone at any time. He was never hesitant to attend to phone calls, even during his last few months when he was around 96 years old and was too weak to move. I remember he used to wake up in haste on hearing the phone ringing. In his last few months due to extreme fatigue he often used to slip into deep sleep during the day