When Muqaddas Maula came to Hong Kong around five decades ago, he asked Tyeb (husband) to find a house.Tyeb said he had no money to buy one. Moulana yeh farmaayu ke mein fakat ghar dhoondva ne kahoo chhu. He told Tyeb: “Tamein savaar si layi ne shaam lag ghar dhoondjo, shaam lag tamne ghar mili jaasey.” Much against his desire, Tyeb left home-hunting at 7 am, walked into the third floor of a building, liked it, insisted he wanted possession by the evening, the lady said ok, did not discuss any rental, vacated everything, took a nominal advance and left a sofa and table as goodwill! By evening, when we presented our small victory to Moulana, he had another challenge ahead of us: he smiled and said ke raatey qadam na leedhey aavsu aney sagla raeeso ne bhi izan aapjo.Now we were stuck. No money. New house. No furniture. This is how we responded: Moulana na leedhey ek baithak keedhi aney ehna paasey suva na takiya mooka. Beechhava vaaste kai nhotu toh mara nikaah ni sari hati eh bichhavi aney ehna paasey ek beeji sari bichhavi. What would we serve? Rasola ma toh koi vaaasan nahin!

Raatey Moulana aney Burhanuudin Moula padhara tun daadar chadi ne. Aap yeh pooru ghar phiri ne joyu, aney pachi aap yeh dua tun-vaar farmavi ke khuda tamne khusho-khurram raakhe, tamaari har dua tamam kare,tamara har umoor sehel kari aape. Three times! We stayed in that house for 17 years and that qadam mubarak of the two Maulas marked a turning point of our presence in that city.

Vada na waqat moulana yeh maney ek photograph aapo jema Burhanuddin Maula aap nazdeek baitha chhey. He also gave me a ghar nu model, aney farmayu ke sambhaali ne raakhje. Mein ghare gayi to ehne showcase ma mooki didhoo. More than fours years later, Moulana wafaat thaya, ghanu ranj thayu, toh Moulana je sagli cheezo aapi hati ehne mein nikali ne jou. Je waqt mein aa ghar ne phirayu to ehna neeche si ek chitthi nikli ane ehma Syedna ni sign hati. Aney jey aa ghar Moulana yeh aapu ehna chaar darwaza jem qubba mubarak hoyi chhey em wachma model ma khali hatu aney ehna aagal ek kyaro hato. Moulana yeh chaar waras pehla maney khabar aapi deedhi hati ke mein havey taney nahin milu!

-         Bahen Amina Cadir, Hong Kong