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Maulana Mohammad Ilyas (founder of Tabligh in its current form) was Ammi Bi’s favourite child. She used to say to him. “Ilyas, I feel the aroma of the holy Companions in you.” Sometimes, placing her hand on his back, she would say, “How is it that I see figures resembling the holy Companions moving along with you?'”
From his childhood, there was present in Maulana Mohammad Ilyas a touch of the religious ardour and fervent feeling of the blessed Companions which had led Sheikhul Hind Maulana Mahmood Hasan to remark that “when I see Mohammad Ilyas, I am reminded of the holy Companions’ Eagerness and enthusiasm for Faith were ingrained in his nature”. Even in his early days, he, sometimes, did things which were much above tile common level of the children.
Riazul Islam Kandhlawi, a class fellow of his in’ the Maktab, says that “when we were reading in the Maktab, he i. e., Maulana Mohammad Ilyas, once, came with a stick and said, ‘Come, Riazul Islam, let us do Jihaad against those who do not offer up Namaz”
Reference: Moulana Ilyaas and his Mission, pg 8
