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

sweetness, norms of propriety and also reflect the deep emotions, sentiments of the author they must leaf through Maulana’s books a scholarly monograph bracketing the agreement and disagreement. A gem we have lost. –Syed Ismail Shah, Ghotki Rest in Peace, Maulana... One of the greatest scholars of Islamic world, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan (97) has passed away today. He was a prolific author of 200+ books on various subjects about Islamic history, culture, wisdom, philosophy, and peaceful co-existence. May Allah bless his soul. Ameen. –M Faisal Nadeem, Pakistan I feel saddened at the passing from this world of Wahiduddin Khan. I had a wonderful boon from Allah that after about two months in Islam In 1992 I took a trip with a Moroccan friend of mine to Manchester to meet a Libyan friend of his. Unbeknown to us the friend’s elder brother was hosting Wahiduddin Khan in his house in Wigan. So we actually stayed there in the nearby masjid and I was fortunate to spend a few day in the presence of the Maulana. He wrote down the story of my conversion and gave me some of his books. I had a picture taken with him in which I put my arm around him but unfortunately I have lost this. I learnt much from him and this Libyan student of his and that meeting completely changed my life and made me firm in my conviction. I completely changed after that and actually left London and moved to Wigan and then Manchester. He certainly was my first guide in Islam. –Tabib Abdulkareem, U.K.