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

privilege to kiss Maulana Sahib’s holy hand in compliance to the Prophetic Sunnah of kissing the holy hands of Islamic scholars and saints. We then had our picture-taking with Hazrat Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Sahib and some of the Delhi members of CPS which were present during our visit. After our memorable and blessed audience with Hazrat Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Sahib, Brother Dr. Rajat Malhotra Ji and his very hospitable wife, Sister Stuti Malhotra Ji introduced us to the daughter and the son of Hazrat Maulana who are themselves also servants of Islam and to the cause of world peace, interfaith dialogue and harmony. They are Prof. Dr. Farida Khanam Sahiba and Jenab Saniyasnain Khan Sahib. Prof. Dr. Farida Khanam is a well-known speaker, writer and translator. She is Professor at the Department of Islamic Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. Under the guidance of her father, Hazrat Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Sahib, she has rediscovered genuine Islam from its original sources, the Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah and is herself an accomplished prolific author of Islamic books and academic articles in peer-reviewed journals on the subject of Islamic Studies in India and abroad. For the past two and a half decades, she has been writing her books and translating the books of Hazrat Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Sahib from Urdu to English. She is the Chairperson of CPS International (Centre for Peace and Spirituality). She has dedicated her life to the mission of spreading the true face of Islam based on peace and spirituality and is the foremost authority in understanding the philosophical and spiritual works of her revered father, Hazrat Maulana