I was the Rajab of 1385. One night I received a call at  1:30 am from Saifee Mahal with the message the Muqaddas Maula wanted me to be present there immediately. I was asked to take a copy of the letter that that had been drafted as a response to the Egyptian government’s invitation to Moulana on the occasion of the iftitaah of Raasul Husain’s zari which Maulana had proposed, funded and supervised.

When I reached Saifee Hall late at night, Maulana asked me read the letter again. Read a letter at this time of the night? It broadly indicated that he had received the invitation, was grateful for it and would attend the inauguration. Huzurala now said he needed to make an important change before it could be sent to the Egyptian government. I got ready to make extensive alterations. Interestingly, Huzurala indicated that he only wanted to add one word. Just after the place where it was mentioned that he had accepted the invitation and would be present,he instructed me to add the word ‘insha-allah’. Within a few days he was no more.

-         Shaikh Tayebally A.A. Davoodbhoy (expired), Bombay