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Baad salaam ul Jameel
On 18th of August, Aqa Maula paid a courtesy call on the President of
Zanzibar, His Excellency Amani Abeid Karume at the State House in Zanzibar .
Maula TUS was accompanied by two Shahzada Sahebs, Ayanul Jamaat and
prominent Mumineen business persons.
On arrival the President was at the entrance and received Aqa Maula TUS
warmly. Aqa Maula TUS greeted the President ASSALAAM ALAYKUM KAIF HALEK.
During the guftagu, conversing in English, Aqa Maula TUS expressed his joy
to be back in Zanzibar after thirteen years. He said he liked Zanzibar and
its people and was impressed by the changes he had seen. He inquired about
the population, the housing situation, the agricultural activities and the
use of irrigation in Zanzibar. Aqa Maula TUS asked the President if he had
visited India, extending an invitation for him to do so.
Aqa Maula TUS bestowed tashrif of the customary shawl, alaamat sharifa, a
tasbih and a golden safinu. When presenting the alaamat sharifa Maula TUS
informed the President that the Bismillah was hand written by his late
father Aqa Syedna Taher Saifuddin Saheb (RA). In turn, the President gave
Aqa Maula (TUS) a small carved brass studded wooden door (Zanzibar door).
The symbolic door signified an open door policy towards Aqa Maula (TUS) and
his followers Mumineen.
Finally on behalf of Aqa Maula TUS , Shahzada Aliwaqar Qusai Bhai Saheb
Vajihuddin (DM) read a message of thanks for the warm welcome extended by
the Government of Zanzibar. Aqa Maula TUS donated a handsome sum to the
President for supporting an educational institution. At the end of the
meeting which lasted thirty minutes, the President accompanied Aqa Maula TUS
back to his car.
May Allah Subhanahu grant Aqa Maula (TUS) sehat aafiyat malabis fakhera till
yawme Qayamat – Ameen.
Report
By:
Sheikh Murtaza Janoowalla
Photographs By:
Mu. Huzeifa Karimjee
Official Malumaat.com reporters
Reporting from Zanzibar |
