Following interview of Bai Saheb Sakina Bai Saheb Qutbuddin, Mumbai, by Mudar Patherya

My motabu Ummijaan – real name was Safya Basrai – was very keen that the nikaah of my mamaji – her son - Saifuddin be conducted by Huzurala Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin Saheb. So Ummijaan went with her arzi to Amutullah aaisaheb so that it could be presented to Huzurala. We waited for a few days and then something interesting happened. There was a baithak at Saifee Mahal and mamaji Saifuddin was standing where the flight of stairs descends from the first floor. Huzurala descended the stairs and was passing mamaji by, when he suddenly turned and said: “Kaaley, nikaah ni majlis chhey; tu aavjey; main taara nikaah padhees.” Immediately, the family set out to prepare for the big occasion and the following day, mamaji’s nikaah was solemnized. Ummijaan was deeply grateful; she went to Amtullah aaisaheb to express her shukur for her timely intervention. But Amtullah aaisaheb replied: “Pan mein to Huzurala ne kehta ekdum bhuli gayi!”

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