The Excellence of the Muhaditheen

Blessed and fortunate are we that in this era there are still those who are blessed with deep knowledge of the Hadith of Rasoolullah (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Sallam). It is our duty and responsibility to seek them out and to receive their blessings. The companions and those after them travelled thousands of miles on occasions, so that they may receive a Hadith of Rasoolullah (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Sallam), which they had not received directly. These Imams of Hadith have been blessed with an exalted status in the Court of Allah in this Duniya, and they have been blessed with great excellence in the hereafter as well.

Ibn Asaakir (radi Allahu anhu) reported from Abdullah bin Muhammad Marwazi that he says, ‘I saw Hafiz Ya’qub bin Sufyaan in my dream, so I asked him concerning his condition.  He replied, ‘Almighty Allah pardoned me and said, ‘Just as you used to explain Hadith in the world, explain it here in the skies as well.  Thereafter, I narrated Hadith in the fourth sky and the Angels recorded them with golden pens.  Jibra’eel (alaihis salaam) was also from amongst the scribes (who recorded it)’.’

Abul Qasim Thaabit bin Ahmed bin Husain Baghdadi reported, ‘I dreamt of Abul Qasim Sa’ad bin Muhammad Zanjani (radi Allahu anhu).  He repeatedly said, ‘O Abul Qasim!  For every Majlis (gathering) of the Muhaditheen, Almighty Allah erects for them a Mansion (i.e. Palace) in Jannat’.’

In this era we are blessed with great personalities such as Huzoor Taajush Shariah and Huzoor Muhadith e Kabeer, who with the exception of being amongst the Awliyah, they are most definitely great Imams of Hadith in this era.  We should make a concerted effort to sit in their company and even catch a glimpse of their blessed faces.  We should try to listen to Hadith from their blessed lips as these are the servants of Allah through whom we will be pardoned and blessed in the Aakhirat.

Jummah Mubaarak!

Maslak-e-Aala Hazrat Zindabaad!