It is A'la Hadrat (Radi Allah Anhu) who showed the Muslim world how to respect the descendants or family of the Beloved Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam). His entire life is filled such with incidents.
Many are aware of this famous incident. Once, Imam Ahmad Raza Khan (Radi Allah Anhu) was invited to the home of a certain person. In those days, the Ulema were carried in chariots as a means of transport. A'la Hadrat (Radi Allah Anhu) was sitting in one of these chariots that was carried by the chariot-bearers. As they proceeded along the way, Sayyiduna A'la Hadrat (radi Allahu anhu) suddenly commanded the chariot-bearers to stop. He immediately alighted from the chariot and asked, "Who is a Sayyad from amongst you? I am receiving the scent of a Sayyad." One of the chariot-bearer's, who was a Sayyad, was too scared to speak. Nevertheless, when A'la Hadrat (Radi Allah Anhu) further prompted that person to reveal himself, he came forward and admitted that he was Sayyad.
With tears in his eyes, A'la Hadrat (Radi Allah Anhu) fell at his feet and began asking for pardon. The Sayyad continuously asked A'la Hadrat (Radi Allah Anhu) to refrain from doing so but, A'la Hadrat (Radi Allah Anhu) continued asking for pardon, by saying, "Please forgive me. What would I do on the Day of Qiyamah if the Beloved Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) asks me concerning this incident, and says to me that I showed disrespect to his family?"
The Sayyad readily forgave A'la Hadrat (Radi Allah Anhu). But this Aashiq-e-Rasool (Salla Allahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was yet not satisfied. He commanded the Sayyad to sit on the Chariot, and placing the chariot on his blessed shoulders, carried the Sayyad for the same distance which he had been carried!
Allahu Akhbar!
Those who had been witnesses to this incident could not believe that the Imam of the Ahl as-Sunnah Wa'h Jama'ah, the Mujaddid of Islam was carrying a chariot-bearer on his blessed shoulders. But to A'la Hadrat (Radi Allah Anhu), that person that he was carrying was no ordinary chariot-bearer. It was a family of the Beloved Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)!
It has also been stated that a child, who was a Sayyad, used to live in the vicinity of Bareilly Shareef. The child used to play in the presence of A'la Hadrat (Radi Allah Anhu) while A'la Hadrat (Radi Allah Anhu) would be busy writing. EACH TIME THAT THE CHILD RAN PASS THE DOOR OR CAME IN THE PRESENCE OF A'LA HADRAT (Radi Allah Anhu), HE WOULD STAND UP IN RESPECT FOR THAT CHILD. EVEN WHEN THE CHILD PASSED THE DOOR TEN TIMES IN A DAY, THEN A'LA HADRAT (Radi Allah Anhu) USED TO STAND UP TENS TIMES IN A DAY IN RESPECT FOR THAT SAYYAD CHILD.
When Imam Ahmad Raza Khan (Radi Allah Anhu) was asked about the Islamic punishment that was to be meted out to a Sayyad, he remarked, "Even though a Judge is called upon to declare judgement and punishment upon a Sayyad, and the penalty that he has decreed is within the tenets of Islam, he (the Judge), should not have the Niyah (intention) that he is punishing the Sayyad. Rather, he should think that a small amount of mud has smeared itself on the Sayyad's feet, which he is merely washing away". (Al Malfooz Shareef)
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