Hazrat Maulana Syed Asghar Husain Rahima-hullahu Ta'ala (who was famously known as Hazrat Mian Sahab among his acquaintances) was one of the prominent teachers of Darul Uloom Deoband who always remained miles away from fame and ostentation. Throughout his life, he served the cause of teaching Islamic sciences and quenched the thirst of thousands of students with his knowledge. Today, there is perhaps no renowned scholar of the sub-continent (Pakistan and India) in Deoband who is not his direct or indirect student. He has also left behind several small and large publications; the topics are unique and the language is so elegant that such discourse is rarely found in writings from a hundred years ago. Despite his high stature in knowledge and excellence, his simplicity, humility, and modesty were such that an observer could not recognize his high status. He resided in a small neighborhood of Deoband (District Saharanpur) and lived in a mud house (kacha makan). Every year when the rainy season arrived, this mud house would collapse from various places, and after the rainy season passed, a significant amount of time and money had to be spent on its repair. Hazrat Maulana Mufti Muhammad Shafi Sahab Rahima-hullahu Ta'ala was a special student of Hazrat Mian Sahab, but due to their special relationship, Hazrat had made him very informal with himself. One day, he said to Hazrat Mian Sahab that you have to get your house repaired every year, which causes trouble, takes time, and also incurs a considerable expense. If you build a brick house (pukka makan) once, you would get rid of this daily trouble. Hazrat Mian Sahab possessed a lot of wit and humor in his nature. Upon hearing this suggestion from Mufti Sahab, he initially expressed great appreciation and joy and said: "Wow Mufti Sahab! What a wise thing you have said! We spent our whole life, grew old, and until now this point did not enter our mind." Mufti Sahab states that Hazrat Mian Sahab repeated this so many times that I felt deeply embarrassed. But finally, I requested: "Hazrat, my purpose was to know the wisdom due to which you have not built a brick house until now despite having the financial capacity. Now, instead of embarrassing me further, please state the real reason." Hazrat Mian Sahab initially kept putting it off, but when Mufti Sahab (my father) insisted further, Hazrat held Mufti Sahab's hand, brought him to the door of the house, and said: "Look! Look at both the right and left sides of this street. From one end of the street to the other, do you see any brick house?" Mufti Sahab replied, "No." Upon this, Mian Sahab said, "Tell me, when all my neighbors' houses are mud-built, will it look good if I alone build a brick house in the entire street? And I do not have enough capacity to build brick houses for all my neighbors, therefore, I do not build my house with bricks either, because I do not like to create a distinguished status for myself compared to my neighbors." ____📝📝📝____ Book: Monthly Ilm-o-Amal Lahore (May - 2025). Page Number: 6. Selection: Islamic Tube Pro App.