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After the demise of Hazrat madani rahmatullahi alaihi, due to the insistence of senior Ulema, as well as divinely inspired deams, Hazrat commenced the teaching of the daura hadith in the Miftahul Uloom Madresa of Jalalabad on Wednesday 20 Shawwaal 1378 (29 April 1959). From a primary madresa comprising only two rooms, this establishment developed into a fully fledged institute that later became a centre for the dissemination of Islamic knowledge, all through the yeoman services and tireless efforts of Hazrat Wala, and the special attention of his Shaikh Hazrat Thanwi rahmatullahi alaihi.

The very significant progress and recognition that this institute achieved in such a short while was largely due to the following features adopted by Hazrat Wala in his capacity as principal:

1.    Hazrat always stressed more on the educational aspect than on construction work.

2.    During the initial stages Hazrat travelled very seldom, he abided strictly to the hours of teaching, and above all, he had dedicated his time as waqf to the madresa.

3.    Without concern for the accumulation of resources, merely on the basis of Tawakkul and at times even under severe financial strain, he continued the work of the institute.

4.    Instead of burdening the madresa with increased staff, he alone would execute the duties of several people. He would personally see to the book work and ledgers of the madresa, guard its property, entertain guests, supervise general affairs, and never ever consider these tasks as beyond the scope of his principalship.

5.    Hazrat had made service to students, teachers, staff and even the villagers his prime objective, hence at all times he treated these people with great cordiality and kindness.

6.    Through the display of such a kind and polite attitude, Hazrat had won over the hearts of the local villagers.

7.    Besides their monthly allowances, Hazrat rendered further monetary assistance to the students. Moreover, he would grant hand outs to those who requested loans according to his financial ability, thus saving them from debt.

8.    Throughout his life he never took remuneration for his teaching, administrative duties in the madresa, propagative work, or any Deeni activity. 

Hazrat's tuition was based on the following specialities:

a)  He possessed a very unique ability to teach at any level of the Alim course, right from the elementary books of Farsi (Persian) up to the major works of hadith, and he was always prepared to do so.

b)  Hazrat had made it compulsory upon himself to pre-study and prepare the lesson he was going to teach before entering the classroom. He would explain the lesson in a manner that was very clear, easy-to-understand, with dignity, culture, and moderation thus accommodating students of different levels of understanding and intellect.

c)  Instead of using technical terms at the beginning, Hazrat would first teach the lesson in simple language until it was understood. Then he would apply the technical terms to this simplified lesson.

d)  He never approved of corporal punishment. Instead, he always adopted an attitude of kindness whilst maintaining dignity and respect.

As a result of continuous effort in observing the above administrative and tuitionary features, Jalalabad became an international centre of Ilm for the seekers of knowledge. Students from afar as Southern Africa would come here to quench their thirst for knowledge. Due to the limited time at their disposal, Hazrat had devised a shortened course for foreign students in which he assimilated the essence of the nizaami (The name for the famous Alim course taught at institutes on the Indo-Pak sub-continent.) 'syllabus. Thus, within a short while he had succeeded in preparing such a batch of Ulema whom today are rendering religious services to people in their countries.

The story of the womanwho accused Jurayj

In the time between the era of Isa (alayhis salam) and Rasoolullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam), there was a pious person by the name of Jurayj. He occupied himself in the ibaadah of Allah at a young age. He distanced himself from society and built a house for his ibadah in a jungle. Once he was busy offering nafl salat when his mother came and called for him. Because he was occupied in his salat, he could not reply to her call. However, his mother did not know that he was busy in salat. She therefore became angry and said: “O Allah! Make it such that he sees the face of a prostitute.” Since parents have a great right over the children, the ruling is that when they call for you while you are engaged in nafl salat and they do not know that you are busy in this nafl salat, you should break your salat and answer their call. However, Jurayj did not know this rule and therefore did not reply. In this way, he displayed a shortcoming in fulfilling the right of his mother. And it was for this reason that she cursed him. On account of this, a few jealous persons went to a prostitute and asked her to disgrace Jurayj in some way or the other. She fell pregnant on account of an illicit relationship with someone and alleged that Jurayj is the father of the child. The people went to his house and completely destroyed it. They harassed Jurayj and informed him that this woman claims that you are the father of this child. Jurayj addressed this small breast-fed child by saying: “Who is your father?” This small child (who had not yet reached the age where he could speak) spoke and gave the name of a certain shepherd. Upon hearing this, all the people became staunch adherents of Jurayj. They began embracing him and told him that they will rebuild his house with gold. He replied: “No, make it with mud, just as it was previously.” Eventually, they made him a house as it had been previously.

Lesson: Look at how that woman was disgraced by accusing a pious person and how Allah humiliated her. Don’t ever accuse an innocent person. Some women have the habit of accusing another woman of adultery or stealing on the slightest suspicion. These are all sinful acts. We also learn that it is not good to curse the children all the time because we do not know when it will be accepted. Thereafter, the children are put into difficulty and on seeing this, the parents are also distressed. We also learn that parents have great rights over their children. These days, many people are neglectful in this regard. O women! Don’t ever be neglectful in this regard, nor should you display any shortcoming in this regard.