A Caring Father

Despite this backbreaking pace of life, he found time for the upbringing of his family, having been blessed with twelve sons and nine daughters and numerous grandchildren. He found time to interact with them all and provide an attention that would be the envy of most fathers. He even found time to tutor the children personally.

As he cared for his own children, he made it possible for thousands of his spiritual children to drink from the same pool and benefit from the same upbringing, raising them spiritually as his own children.

But his ultimate care was in the upbringing of his heir apparent, in ensuring that the community would have a seamless transition from following a great leader to another equally great one. He chose his eldest son, Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (TUS), for the august office at the age of 19 and kept him at his side as his manifest successor in everything he did for over three decades. In this way he ensured that everything that was to be learnt, to be acquired, to be attained would be fully imbibed by his successor. Today, this care and attention shines through Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin and illumines a community of a million.