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This is a very special letter by Maulana Sa'eed Ahmed Khan sahab , which I read a few months ago and found it very enlightening & inspirational. Initially I intended to post it in brother xs11ax's thread on "Anti-Jihadi culture in TJ", but unfortunately it got closed before I was able to.

This letter sent to Dr. Thanaullah sahab and Dr. Khalid sahab - two elders of the effort in India - actually consists of words of condolences, because two saathis in the Jama'at of Prof. Nadhir Ali Khan sahib passed away in the path of Allah in America. May Allah shower His Blessings on all of them. This letter gives us a good insight into what elders of TJ actually think about sacrificing one's life in the path of Allah and attaining matyrdom as Maulana Sa'eed Ahmad Khan sahab quotes Hadhrat-ji Maulana Ilyas to have said [see the red underlined words]: "The heart of every Muslim should harbour the eager desire, that it's my job in this world to seek the oppertunities of attaining martyrdom in the path of Allah. This was the eager desire of all the Sahabah."

Other related points of interest:
- Maulana explains how these physical and mental sacrifices ultimately led to guidance throughout the time of Islam.
- Maulana reveals that many saathis have attained martyrdom in the path of Allah already, especially from the time of Hadhrat-ji Maulana Yusuf . And their graves (similair to those of the Sahabah) can be found in many different countries.

Unfortunately this letter is in Urdu and I don't really have the time to translate it for the benefit of our English-speaking readers. So, if anyone could volunteer it would be appreciated greatly.




Please don't use this thread to bicker and quarrel. And take this letter for what it is and don't try to hijack the effort by going into any extremes. If moderators find it inappropriate, then please at least merge it into the above-mentioned closed thread. But I would prefere to have a own thread for this.