When my daughter was tiny, Syedna Taher Saifuddin Saheb gave me an appointment for an audience at 11.30pm at Saifee Mahal. I replied, “Maulana, mari dikri naani chey, aney sui jaase.” This was a practical problem – there would be no one to take care of her at home if I went for the audience. So Maulana replied that since in his household too there were a number of children he would make arrangements. So off I went with my tiny daughter. By the time we reached Saifee Mahal she had gone to sleep. Moulana asked Shehzada sahibs standing in attendance ke takiyo lai ne aavo. One of them brought a baithak no takiyo, the one we put against the wall. Moulana immediately said “Na aa nahin, soova no takiyo lai ne aavo.” I was beginning to get embarrassed by the amount of attention that this matter was getting. Then Moulana yeh farmayu ke ehne mara pag paase sulaavo. And that is how my daughter spent the next hour. Blissfully asleep at Moulana’s feet! This was the extent to which he would go to accommodate people into his busy schedule. - Bahen Farida Tawawala, Bombay