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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b92u3Rh7oUc

Below are some notes from the Speech.
May Almighty Allah forgive me if I made mistake in writing the names of some Arabic Books which Shaykh Yaqoubi mentioned during the interview....

Qstn. Any Scholar from the Indian Subcontinent that you have been inspired by?
Ans . Muslim Ummah is one body.Scholars of Ahlus Sunnah belong to a Tree which has many branches but we are connected to each other exactly like tissues belonging to one body. In the Subcontinent the most famousof all scholars in modern times is Maulana Ahmed Rida Khan ofBareilly,who was I would consider a Mujaddid of Islam in the IndianSubcontinent.I heard about Ahmed Rida Khan when I was a little boy..in Damascus.

Qstn. Is Shaykh Ahmed Rida Khan related to any of your teachers?
Ans. Definetely.I read about Ahmed rida Khan in the famous work of Al
Beig Akhtari caled Al-Faharis.. because Al Beig Akhtari(not sure if I
spell it righly here).. took Ijaza from Imam ahmed Rida Khan..and also some years ago ..I believe approx 10 years ago I read in the book of Shaykh ZamZam Kathani, I got the copy of it , a manuscript in 1997 and then it was publised in a magzine in Pakistan.. and he mentions the encounter b/w his father ,great Muhammad Jafar Kathani ..father of My teacher .. and Shaykh Ahmed Rida Khan of Bareily in Al-Madina munawwara and he refers to his book Al Daulat Makkiya on knowledge of Rasulullah(Sallalahu Alaih Wa Sallam) and how vast it is and how he was given the knowledge of Everything and shaykh Muhammad Jafar Kathani wrote a book on the same subject Al Jila Al Ghaibiyah ....in three Volumes which was published recently in Egypt.So my first encounters with Syed Rida Khan,was in my Father's library.He had a small book ,very tiny,but of gr8 significance called Al Mujmalul Muaddad li tarifi Mujaddid,that was an index of the books which Imam Ahmed Rida Khan(Rehimuhullah wa Radiyaon) authored and was published during his lifetime in India in the Indian Writing style and it has sections on his books in Arabic,in Urdu ,in Persian ,books on Tafseer,Fiqh ,.. and so on..So these are the early encounters with Imam Ahmed Rida Khan(Rehimuhullah) and later on.. I learned more and more of his works and I got the first book of his called Al Daulah Makkiyah..and I read it twice and benefited from it a lot and enjoyed reading it.one of the best works on this subject.I refer now to the book by Shaykh Muhammad
Jafar Kathani,its a vast work ,very elaborate work and adds a lot of
information on the subject.
I read more of his works later on ...very deeply affected by reading
his book which was translated into English language which was given
actually about six months ago as a gift from one of the brothers gave
me Al-Malfuzat in English and I was reading it in Birmimgham and I was
a guest of Muslim community there and this is like before Fajr time
and I was in a state of Rapture reading his fatwas and reading his
comments on Awliya ..I was in rapture .. I went into state of Takbeer Allahu Akbar!! Allahu Akbar!! Allahu Akbar!!

for having such a scholar defending ,advocating the doctrine of AhlusSunnah Wal Jamah so strongly ..having this deep love of awliyah andUlema and,Wallahi to be honest I feel like Imam Ahmed Rida Khan and ourgreat Shaykhs in Damascus have drunk from the same river ,from te same cup even...

This is what we are taught about ..about the Noor of Rasulullah(Sallalahu Alaih Wa Sallam) ,about our connection and imagining,visualising our presence in from of Rasulullah (Sallalahu Alaih WaSallam) ,about being firm who is Ahlus Sunnah ? ... who is a deviator?many issues and then finally Imam Ahmed rida Khan Really predicted atthat time about what's going on now and how to put an end and he spoke about Multi Faith dialogue in Al-Malfuzat and I was very happy to read this..as early as that time ..writing a warning of it how it is going on now.... because multi -faith dialogue is Dawah...A way of Dawah presnting Islam ...showing people a true way of Islam ,true nature of Islam and not making a concession of our deen as people are doing now ..so I went to bed after Sunrise sometime and I saw Imam Ahmed Rida Khan in my dream..that was like a peak..I was in Rapture ,Joy.. I said ..Subhanllah!!
It happened to me several times because I read about scholars or I read their books or I make mention of them or I read their Isnads and I see them in my dreams,but about Imam Ahmed Rida Khan, it was like top of Joy...seeing him and I believe Muslims in the Sub Indian Continent were given this great bounty from Allah Subhanuhu Wa Taala by having this scholar who was a great scholar of Fiqh,great scholar of Hadith,great scholar of Arabic language ,a great poet himself... his books show his level of his knowledge !!!!