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Wednesday, 14 March 2018

The greatness of a lover of the Holy Quran

Sayyidunā Shaykh Šābit Bunānī قُـدِّسَ سِـرُّہُ الـنُّـوۡرَانِی used to complete the recitation of the Holy Quran once every day. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه would always observe fast during the day and offer supererogatory Ṣalāĥ throughout the night. He would always offer 2 Rak’āt of Nafl Ṣalāĥ in every Masjid he passed by (this Ṣalāĥ is known as Taḥiyya-tul-Masjid). Revealing the blessings bestowed upon him, he says, ‘I have completed the recitation of the entire Holy Quran and I have wept in the court of my Rab عَزَّوَجَلَّ next to each and every pillar of the Jāmi’ Masjid.’
He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه had exceptional love for Ṣalāĥ and for the recitation of the Holy Quran, and the extent of the blessings upon him is coveted. Consequently, after his passing away, during the burial suddenly a brick slipped and fell into the grave. When some people leaned in to pick up the brick they were amazed to see that the Shaykh رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was standing in his grave and offering his Ṣalāĥ! When his family members were asked about that, his respected daughter said: My honourable father رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه would make the following supplication every day, ‘O Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! If you grant anybody the blessing of offering Ṣalāĥ in his grave after death, then privilege me too [with such a blessing].’
It is reported that whenever people would pass close by the blessed tomb of the Shaykh رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه, they would hear the utterance of the recitation of the Holy Quran coming from inside the blessed grave. (Ḥilya-tul-Awliyā, vol. 2, pp. 362-366)
May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ have mercy on him and forgive us for his sake!

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