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Maulana Qasim Nanotwi
Maulana Nanotwi was a very handsome person.Through the pressure of his elders, a nawab was able to get his daughter married to Maulana Nanotwi. Once married, the bride came with 30 luggages full of gold jewelry. On the wedding night, Maulana Nanotwi said to his wife, "Social equality is very important between husband and wife. At this age, I can't become rich like you and your father, but there's another way. You can become a faqeerni (poor) like me."
So his wife replied "Let's keep the clothes, and give away all the jewelry"
Maulana Nanotwi was very glad to hear this. Right away, in the middle of the night, he went to Darul Uloom Deoband and he woke up the munshi (accountant). And he told him that a traveller was passing and Allah placed mercy in his heart, so the traveller decided to give some wealth to the madrasa. The Munshi was greatly surprised at the amount. Maulana Nanotwi made the munshi prepare a receipt for the amount in the name of “a musafir” or so. Then he hurriedly left saying, let me go and give this to the musafir quickly before he leaves. All this so that no one would think that Maulana Nanotwi himself had given all of this from his own household.
Mufti Zar Wali says ‘Since that day, Darul Uloom Deoband has not seen any ghurbat and faqr (poverty)
Maulana Nanotwi was a very handsome person.Through the pressure of his elders, a nawab was able to get his daughter married to Maulana Nanotwi. Once married, the bride came with 30 luggages full of gold jewelry. On the wedding night, Maulana Nanotwi said to his wife, "Social equality is very important between husband and wife. At this age, I can't become rich like you and your father, but there's another way. You can become a faqeerni (poor) like me."
So his wife replied "Let's keep the clothes, and give away all the jewelry"
Maulana Nanotwi was very glad to hear this. Right away, in the middle of the night, he went to Darul Uloom Deoband and he woke up the munshi (accountant). And he told him that a traveller was passing and Allah placed mercy in his heart, so the traveller decided to give some wealth to the madrasa. The Munshi was greatly surprised at the amount. Maulana Nanotwi made the munshi prepare a receipt for the amount in the name of “a musafir” or so. Then he hurriedly left saying, let me go and give this to the musafir quickly before he leaves. All this so that no one would think that Maulana Nanotwi himself had given all of this from his own household.
Mufti Zar Wali says ‘Since that day, Darul Uloom Deoband has not seen any ghurbat and faqr (poverty)