The Veneration of Teachers in Islam by their Pupils: Its Modern Significance
Francis Robinson looks at the relationship between teacher and pupil in Islamic society.
On January 19th, 1926 Maulana Abdul Bari died. He was a learned man, the most learned man in his family in his generation. His family was the great Firangi Mahal family of Lucknow, capital of the Awadh province of India's Gangetic plain. Three days later the Nawab of Rampur, a leading Muslim prince, came to the quarter where Abdul Bari's relatives lived to offer his condolences. He met the family; he also visited the large madrassa , or school, which the family ran. While doing this, he said to one of his attendants 'this is our teachers' madrassa ... I wish to be of some service to it'. And he made a large donation to the madrassa's funds.
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