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He named it Bahaar-e-Shari'at. He once said that, 'If my health is restored, I shall compile a book in the same style s Bahar-e-Shari'at, to deal with issues in tasawwuf and the Spiritual Path and name it Bahar-e-Tareeqat." Concl usively, Sadrush Shari'ah was a great 'Alim, a Mufti, a writer, a teacher, a speaker, a great Pir-e-Tareeqat; all these characteristics and qualities in a single individual is indeed a great blessing from Allah Almighty. Sadrush Shari'ah was an individual who did the work of the entire ummah - wrote books, taught students, established centres of Islamic knowledge, published and distributed books, conducted debates, delivered speeches, issued fatawa, wrote ta'weez for the benefit of the ummah; all by himself! His passing away was also unique. In the year 1948 his ardent l ove had forced him to embark on a j ourney to the Blessed cities of Makkah al­ Mukkaramah and al-Madinah al-Munawwarah. With this intention, he left his hometown, to go to Bombay, accompanied with Hudur Mufti-e-A'zam in this trip. During this journey, he had caught pneumonia due to the extremely cold weather which weakened him drastically. Finally, he breathed his last on Monday the 2nd of Dhul Qa'dah 1367 AH coinciding 6th of September 1948. It was a great blessing of Allah upon him, that due to his sincere love to visit the Messenger of Allah ., his soul had reached al-Madinah al­ Munawwarah before his body! Not only this, the Messenger of Allah. has stated: I� �� <J.4 J �t+iJ1 f',J-J c)l �WI �I ,J� �W �� �� <J.4 ,J � �W�J� �� <J.4 J �t+iJ1 f',J-J c)l�I �I ,J � �W �t+iJ1 f',J-J c)l ('sJliJl �I 10