HAZRAT ALLAMA MAULANA MOHAMMAD SARDAR AHMAD REHMATULLAH ALEIHEI - FAISALABAD (Bareilly)

<><> Birth <><>
Muhaddiss-e-Aazam Hazrat
Maulana Sardar Ahmad
rehmatullah aleihei was born in
19n Diyal Garh District,
Gurdaspur. His father who was a
farmer was financially well off.
By the way, may we add that
"wealth, properly employed, is
blessing, and a man should
lawfully endeavor to increase it
by honest means", says the
beloved Prophet Muhammad
sallallaho aleihi wassalam.
<><> Glance of a Pious
believer in Lahore <><>
After completing his
matriculation in his native
district, Muhaddis-e-Aazam went
to Lahore for further academic
studies. During a religious
gathering there, he was blessed
with the golden opportunity to
see Hazrat Hujjatul Islam Maulana
Hamid Raza Khan (may Allah be
pleased with him), eldest son of
Alahazrat (may Allah be pleased
with him). This very first sight
moved his heart.
The glance of a pious believer
can bring changes in ones
destiny (M. Iqbal)
Nigahei marda moumin se badal
jaarti hein taqdeerin
<><> Studies <><>
The students who therefore
came to Study F.A. at Lahore
University finally joined Darul
Uloom Mazhare Islam Bareilly
(Faisalabad today). There, Hazrat
Hujjatul Islam (may Allah be
pleased with him) personally took
care of his accommodation and
expenses while other students
from outside resided in the local
mosques. He stayed at the
famous institution for three
years.
<><> Blessings from Maulana
Amjad Ali Azmi <><>
Maulana Amjad Ali Azmi (may Allah
be pleased with him), khalifa of
Alahazrat, was the leading
teacher in Ajmer Shareef’s
madrassa Mueeniya Uthmaaniya.
Muhaddis-e-Aazam proceeded
there in company of Maulana
Hassan Raza (may Allah be
pleased with him) and was
fortunate to receive blessings
from this famous spiritual
representative of Imam Ahle
Sunnat Ahmad Raza Khan Qadiri
(may Allah be pleased with him).
<><> Leading Scholar in
Bareilly <><>
In 1933, when Maulana Amjad Ali
(may Allah be pleased with him)
came to Bareilly from Ajmer,
Hazrat Maulana Sardar Ahmad
(may Allah be pleased with him)
was appointed a second leading
scholar in 'Mazhare Islam'. Some
time after, when Maulana Amjad
Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)
left Dadu district, Aligarh,
Muhaddis-e Aazam Maulana
Sardar Ahmad (may Allah be
pleased with him) became the
leading scholar in charge.
<><> Tutor at Bareilly and
Foundation of Jamia Razvia
Mazhare Islam <><>
In 1937, madrassa Mazhare Islam
was renovated in Bareilly with
the personal efforts of Maulana
Sardar Ahmad (may Allah be
pleased with him). He taught
there till the separation of India
and Pakistan. He made hijrat
according to the tradition of the
holy Prophet sallallaho aleihi
wassalam to Lahore. In 1949,
with the instruction of Hazrat
Maulana Mustapha Raza Khan
(may Allah be pleased with him),
the youngest son of Alahazarat,
he moved to Faislabad in
Muhalla Sunnat Purra. Later with
the blessings of Maulana Sardar
Ahmad (may Allah be pleased with
him) Jaamia Razvia Mazhare
Islam was founded.
<><> An Ocean of Knowledge
<><>
Maulana Sardar Ahmad (may Allah
be pleased with him) was an
ocean of knowledge. He was
gifted with the knowledge of
Hadith-e-Nabwi (Allah bless him
and give him peace). He
personally used to teach all the
Hadith books. In twenty-five
years of his teaching life, 700
students read Hadith from
him. Indeed, it is very rare to
find someone like him. He
brought life back into the
peoples hearts. His students
later became scholars and are
now found all over the world
giving lectures and teaching
Quran and Hadith.
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Respect for Alahazrat <><>
Muhaddis-e-Aazam Maulana
Sardar Ahmad (may Allah be
pleased with him), for his love
and respect for Alahazrat (may
Allah be pleased with him), whom
he did not meet as the latter has
passed away in 1912, would
always refer to Bareilly as
Bareilly Shareef.
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Will of Hujjatul Islam <><>
From among the great scholars
present, it was Maulana Sardar
Ahmad (may Allah be pleased with
him) who led the funeral prayers
of Hazrat Hujjatul Islam (may
Allah be pleased with him). And as
per the will of the latter, it was
Maulana Sardar Ahmad (may Allah
be pleased with him) who washed
the blessed body of Hazrat
Hujjatul Islam (may Allah be
pleased with him) and lowered
him into the grave.
<><> Famous students of
Muhaddis-e-Azam <><>
Among his students many of
them are famous scholars,
namely, Sheikh-ul-Hadith
Ghulam Rassool Razvi,
Maulana Inayatullah,
Maulana Mukhtar ul Haqq
Siddiqui, Maulana Aboo
Dawood Muhammad Sadiq,
Maulana Goolam Rassool
Samundri and, last but not
least, Maulana Muhammad
Ibrahim Khushtar Siddiqui
Qadiri Razvi, founder patron of
the Sunni Razvi Society
International.
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A Question of Contact <><>
Maulana Khushtar had always
cherished the desire of being in
the close circle of Maulana
Sardar Ahmad (may Allah be
pleased with him) when the latter
would be about to leave this
world so that he could give him
something to drink. That
opportunity, however, did not
smile at him. But, some years
later after the departure of
Maulana Sardar Ahmad (may Allah
be pleased with him) from this
mundane world, Maulana
Khushtar dreamt that Maulana
Sardar Ahmad (may Allah be
pleased with him) was sitting on
a carpet with a jug of water lying
nearby. Maulana Sardar Ahmad
(may Allah be pleased with him)
invited Maulana Khushtar to sit
by his side and requested him to
drink as much water as he
wished. Maulana Khushtar poured
and…poured the water and
Muhaddis-e-Azam Maulana
Sardar Ahmad (may Allah be
pleased with him) drank and….
drank! Oh! What a drink it was!