Tabligh Movement
1. MAULANA ILYAS
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wonders. There are innumerable examples of this
kind. We mention here one of them, showing how
he once won the heart of an unruly and stubborn
student, who was notorious for his wrongdoing and
refusal to submit to school discipline.
This student had once been appointed to collect
funds for the school, and thanks to his ingenuity,
had managed to collect a donation of Rs. 20,000. But
he never handed it over. To the horror of the school
authorities, they received instead bundles of works
of fiction to the value of the whole amount. Without
even opening the bundles, the school sold the books
by the kilo. Another misdemeanour occurred when
a group of students from an Arabic school in which
this boy was also studying, was coming to see the
Maulana. His classmates insisted on his
accompanying them, and finally, he was persuaded
to come to Basti Nizamuddin. But, at night, when
everyone had gone to bed, he quietly slipped out,
along with some other students, to go to a cinema
show in the city. (As Nizamuddin was situated on
the outskirts, there were no cinemas there.) When
the show was over, they failed to find a conveyance,
and had to pass the night in the city.
