A Verse of Hazrat Nanotawi

Question

Likewise an objection has been raised to another verse as well: at a mawlid gathering this verse was recited: [ar]جو چھو بھی دیوے سگِ کوچہ تیرا اس کی نعش ٭ تو پھر تو خلد میں ابلیس کا بنائیں مزار[/ar] “Should the dog of your lane but touch his corpse, ٭ then they would build a shrine for Iblis in Paradise.

Answer

This verse belongs to a very long qasida. The poet who composed this na‘t (a poem in praise of the Prophet ﷺ) — his whole qasida is steeped in love for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and it is the fruit of that love that he also has great love for Madina Munawwara, the abode of his hijra, and love even for the animals of Madina Tayyiba — to the point that he said in praise of its…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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