Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality
Moulana Asghar Husain (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) was a role model in terms of discharging his duties and being considerate towards his relatives, friends and neighbours. His house was made of mud, which had to be replastered every year on account of the heavy rains. While doing so he had to remove all of his household items. On one occasion Mufti Muhammad Shafee’ told him that he was going through unnecessary difficulty every year and that, in fact, he could have had a proper cement house built with the money he had spent on reinforcing the mud house. He did not dismiss his idea outright, as he appreciated it as a sincere suggestion. Nonetheless, he asked, “Do you think that we have grown so old without ever having considered this idea?” However, after a silence, he added that his neighbours also have mud houses, and he did not want something for himself that would be a constant reminder to them of their poverty.
One could not imagine the deep concern that Moulana Asghar Husain (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) had for his neighbours and the poor. He continued living in the same mud house, and only when his neighbours built cement houses, did he do the same.
He undoubtedly emulated the way of the Sahaabah and early Muslims. It is recorded that once during Hadhrat Umar’s (radhiyallahu anhu) khilafat, the price of ghee went up. Umar (radhiyallahu anhu) announced that he would have ghee only when the common people of Madinah Tayyibah could afford it. This is the standard of conduct that was reflected in Miyan saheb’s behaviour throughout his life, a life filled with selflessness, empathy and consideration for the feelings of others. (The Great Scholars of the Deoband Islamic Seminary Pg. 71)
