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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Strengthening of the Faith Invitation To Jihad Upon his return from the pilgrimage, Shah Shaheed {May Allah have mercy on him} dedicated himself wholeheartedly for the sole purpose of inviting people to Jihad as per the instructions of his religious preceptor.

Sir Saiyid in one of his writings says: "According to the instructions of his chief, leader of the virtuous ones and preceptor of the path of guidance, he adopted such a style of speech and sermonizing that it mainly elaborated on the details and explanations concerning Jihad in Allah's course to such an extent that the burnishing effect of his speeches made the inner conscience of Muslims clean and immaculate like a mirror.

He became so much involved and dedicated to this cause of righteousness that everybody was involuntarily intrigued with a longing that his life be sacrificed for this esteemed cause of virtuosity and his whole self be exerted for the upliftment of religion of {Peace be upon Him}. Migration: He spent more or less one year and nine months in the task of his invitations to Jihad.

When different groups of Mujahidin were formed at different places, it was decided after due exchange of thoughts and deliberations that Jihad should be commenced starting from the frontier region where the Sikh government of the Punjab had started committing aggressions. On 7th Jumada-al- Ukhra 1241 H (17th January 1826 G), Shah Shaheed {May Allah have mercy on him} commenced his migration on his way to Jihad. Then he was accompanied by only 500 or 600 people.

It was decided that once they reached the prescribed centre, they would first run an appraisal on the prevalent circumstances and then the remaining groups would be called in. During this journey, Shah Shaheed was bearing a special responsibility of the administrative matters in general as well as being a flag-bearer of the targets concerning the mission of propagating Islam.

This group commenced its journey from Rai Baraili and went all the way to Peshawar via Bundhail Khand, Gwallior, Tonk, Ajmer, the desert of Marwar, Umar Kot, Hyderabad (Sind), Shikarpur, Quetta, Qandhar, Ghazni and Kabul. It was about three thousand miles journey comprising searing deserts where there was no trace of water for miles and miles, big and mighty rivers, intractable mountains as well as frosty landscape. It took ten months to cover all this distance. Jihad: Jihad with sword (i.e.