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

Wahiduddin Khan Sahib. I considered our visit and audience to Hazrat Maulana Sahib, as the highest peak of our journey to India in the year 2017 since we were able to receive the blessings, holy advices (Naseehat) and blessed sight (Deedar) to a great saint and friend of Allah the All Merciful (Waliullah Taala). We cherish this visit and our audience with Hazrat Maulana Sahib for the rest of our lives. We were so blessed that we were able to meet in person Hazrat Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Sahib, a great Waliullah (friend/saint of Allah). We were so blessed to have kissed his holy hands and to receive his blessings on our heads on that auspicious day of 23 July 2017. May our Beloved Allah be pleased with the life of Hazrat Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Sahib and may He reward him with the highest spiritual station reserved for all His faithful servants and lovers in Jannat ul Firdaus wa Naim (Gardens of Paradise of Divine Nearness). Ameen Summa Ameen! (NOTE: References for this essay and factual information on Hazrat Wahiduddin Khan Sahib are taken from the Centre for Peace and Spirituality Website as well as from the brochure: “Who Is Maulana Wahiduddin Khan: A Brief Biography”.) Prof. Henry Francis B. Espiritu is Associate Professor-7 of Philosophy and Asian Studies at the University of the Philippines (UP), Cebu City, Philippines. He was former Academic Coordinator of the Political Science Program at UP Cebu from 2011-2014. He was former Coordinator of Gender and Development (GAD) Office at UP Cebu from 2015-2019. His research interests include Islamic Studies particularly Sunni jurisprudence, Islamic feminist