Respect Hakim sahab, Asalamo Alikum! May Allah give you progress in leaps and bounds. Ameen. I am very fond of reading Ubqari magazine. The events mentioned are very informative and amusing. I have been thinking a write a few pages for Ubqari magazine and in this context, I intend to contribute an incident. Dear readers we are dealing to iron and from ages this profession has been our breadwinner. The event I am quoting is prior of creation of Pakistan. My forefathers are the eyewitness to this event. The details are that there was goldsmith in our family. He was a very pious person and follower of Allah directions. His name was Muhammad Qasim. One day he was sitting in his shop. On his shop a Hindu girl came to get her saw repaired. The Hindu girl asked Mr. Qasim to repair her saw. Muhammad Qasim unknowingly started to stare at the Hindu girl. The Hindu girl got annoyed on this activity and she threw the saw there and came back to her home. She complained about the misbehaviour of Qasim and narrated the incident. On this the Hindus got irritated and they came at Qasim’s shop and enquired from about the whole incident. They were in mob and wanted to teach Qasim a lesson on this shameful act. They were very furious and wanted to know why this incident has taken place. The mobs were in full mood to be severe on Qasim. They asked Qasim to review his behaviour and get ready to face the consequences. They narrated how the girl was treated by him and why the saw was not repaired. The mob insisted on dire consequences.
Muhammad Qasim was sitting in his own mood. He explained that he has not looked at the girl with any bad intention. I just upon seeing the girl thought that if this human being is so beautiful then Allah must be very beautiful. If you have any doubt upon my thinking then after getting the saw hot, I will put it into my eyes. If I am wrong then my eyes will burn and if it is otherwise then my eyes will be brighter than before. The mob looked at each other and accepted the proposal that if your eyes will burn, we will kill you and if it is brighter than before then we will leave. The village people were surprised on this scene and they considered that Qasim has accepted the offer without any logic. The saw was thrown to get it hot and when it became hot then Qasim put it into his eyes. Everybody standing in this crowd was astonished to see that Qasim eyes were even brighter. All Muslims chanted slogans “Allah Akbar - Allah Akbar” and Hindus threw away their weapons and stood in shame. They became Muslims. This incident is very old and a lot of time has passed. The generation of these people still living in our locality. The grave of Qasim goldsmith is still in one of the mosques of our area and equipment used by him are lying an Alimrah at this grave.
