✿ Derived from:
Monthly al-Ḥadīth, Hazro
Muḥaddith Muḥibb Allāh Shāh Rāshdī (may Allāh have mercy upon him) is mentioned by Maulānā Muḥammad Isḥāq Bhaṭṭī (may Allāh have mercy upon him) as follows:
“Collecting books was a family passion inherited by him and his younger brother, Sayyid Badīʿ al-Dīn Shāh Rāshdī. Their esteemed ancestor, Sayyid Muḥammad Rāshid Shāh Rāshdī, had amassed a large collection of books, and every successor added to this collection. At present, their library houses forty to fifty thousand books, including many rare and precious printed and unprinted works.
According to Sayyid Muḥibb Allāh Shāh, their father, Sayyid Iḥsān Allāh Shāh, would spend substantial sums to acquire books from Shām, Egypt, Madīnah Munawwarah, Makkah Muʿaẓẓamah, and various cities in India. At that time, printing presses were limited, so the number of books in libraries was also limited. Sayyid Iḥsān Allāh Shāh had appointed experts in different cities to copy books and send them to him, for which he paid them fair compensation according to the standards of that era.”**
(Kārwān-e-Salaf, pp. 385-386)
Monthly al-Ḥadīth, Hazro
Muḥaddith Muḥibb Allāh Shāh Rāshdī (may Allāh have mercy upon him) is mentioned by Maulānā Muḥammad Isḥāq Bhaṭṭī (may Allāh have mercy upon him) as follows:
“Collecting books was a family passion inherited by him and his younger brother, Sayyid Badīʿ al-Dīn Shāh Rāshdī. Their esteemed ancestor, Sayyid Muḥammad Rāshid Shāh Rāshdī, had amassed a large collection of books, and every successor added to this collection. At present, their library houses forty to fifty thousand books, including many rare and precious printed and unprinted works.
According to Sayyid Muḥibb Allāh Shāh, their father, Sayyid Iḥsān Allāh Shāh, would spend substantial sums to acquire books from Shām, Egypt, Madīnah Munawwarah, Makkah Muʿaẓẓamah, and various cities in India. At that time, printing presses were limited, so the number of books in libraries was also limited. Sayyid Iḥsān Allāh Shāh had appointed experts in different cities to copy books and send them to him, for which he paid them fair compensation according to the standards of that era.”**
(Kārwān-e-Salaf, pp. 385-386)
