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As the proverb goes child is the father of a man from childhood on wards he had been brought up in the line of Sufi-saints. Sunnet-e-Nabavi says: One has to stand before one greets a person as a mark of respect. So, he never deviated it, whenever he greeted a person, whether he was an elder or a younger, he used to stand and greet. He respected elderly persons. He never allowed anyone to touch his feet for paying obeisance. He always offered his guests the smoke-pipe (Hukkah). He respected everyone paying due attention to them. He disliked back biting. He was never blind to others faculties. He used to give a polite hint to rectify there faults themselves. He never hurt the feelings of others. As the Quran preaches: One should not hurt the feelings of others. He was very dear to the people of his Jagir. He addressed them with great respect by saying ‘Aiah’ (It is a word of respect in warangal). He spoke to them in their own language i.e., Telugu. He was very simple in his appearance and ways of living. He wore a kabcha (kurtha) and lungi and a rural (turban) on his head. Whenever visited a function he wore a white angerkha and a white turban. He was not fond of possessing a number of dresses. He had only two to three pairs of clothes. He used to Question why we should adorn our body, which is perishable. He used to sit only on a bench in his drawing room, when he received guests. He never hesitated to sit on the floor or on a stone near by in the premisis of Dargah shareef. He never liked to listen to his disciples praising him. He humbly told them that he was not worthy of any praise as he was a servant of Allah and a (keeper) sweeper of that holy shrine. He was very hospitable to his relatives and the disciples. He never allowed them to go hungry. He happily fed them. He treated them well. He was a kind hearted person. He patiently listened to the sufferings of the people. If anyone wept during their narration of sufferings he too shed tears for them. He had a kind word for them. He used to console them by offering possible help. Once shafquath Ali who suffered from piles expressed his hardships in tears. Hazrath also wept with him one day a man whose hands were tied up with a rope was brought to him. He pitied him that he was cruelly treated. He said, that only the sinners are tied up their hands and brought to the seat of judgement on the eternal day. He as a dispenser of justice to the people of his Jagir and as a Qazi judged the things in a right way and delivered judgement. On submission of the statement of revenue collection of his Jagir area, the officials concerned advised him to increase the revenue by levying more tax on the lands. But he never yielded to their advice. Moreover he said that as a Jagirdar he had to listen to the problems of his Jagir people and solve them in a just way. How he could add to their problems by levying more. He also said that he was happy with what he had and what he deserved. One-day karim baksh complained that Hazrath’s son employed a servant who had worked at him previously. He requested him to do justice. Immediately he ordered his son to return his servant to karam Baksh. As a Qazi also he issued ‘Fatwas’ after having judged the things rightly. He had great respect for the scholars. Many scholars of those times visited him for his blessings. Among them these were very prominent: Moulavi Abdus Samad Saheb Moulavi Mohammad Tahseen Saheb, Moulavi Wajihuddin Saheb, Moulavi Nadiruddin Saheb, Moulavi Anwarullah Khan Saheb alias Nawab Fazilat Jang Bahadur, the founder of Jamia Nizamia. They were all from Hyderabad. He had given them cordial welcome. He showed them his utmost hospitality. One day Nawab Fazal Jang, commissioner and sheik Abdur Raheem, Secretary to the Govt. of Hyderabad state in the Revenue Dept. Visited Khazipet to have his blessings. He simply stood up from the bench (Takhat) and greeted them politely and shook their hands affectionately. He requested them to sit on the blank it spread on the floor. But when Moulavi Anwar ullah khan Saheb (The founder of Jana-e-Nizamia-Hyderabad) visited Khazipet to get the blessings of Hazrath and to participate in the Islamic discussions, Hazrath offered him a seat beside him on the bench. He also accompanied him with great humility upto the carriage. This shows that he had given more regard to Islamic scholars than to the officials and noble men.
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