Friend. That is what Syedna Taher Saifuddin was to hundreds of youngsters like us.

 

And that is because he would speak to us not on weighty matters but everyday issues. For instance, if bawaji would want me to discontinue my studies, Moulana would insist that I study further. If I was confused about my subjects,he would advise (French nahin, Arabi le). How we should not shun our parents when we grew up. How we should not – I heard him say this sternly – consign our bawajis in a corner in the office with a pension but seek their advice.How we should not spend the money we got in meher but keep it for difficult times as ehma ghani barakat chhey.

 

Small things…. Except that when you put the experience together there was a really big picture to it.