MOLANA MUSHTAQ AH KHAN — THE GREAT SUFI POET.
Some people leave this world only after leaving an undying legacy behind them. Things around us disappear or change constantly, even our ideas, perspectives, likes, and dislikes witness variation; nevertheless, their ideology survives. Their footprints invite others to follow them. Liking and admiration for them surges with time and memories attached to them do not fade. Molana Mushtaq Ahmed Khan Sahb (1952–2019) is one such personality whose vision, mission, and passion live on to influence people. He was a Sunni scholar, persuasive orator, poet, educationist, and Sufi. Influenced by scholars like Allama Syed Qasim Shah Bukhari and seers like Ali Bab Sahib, Molana dominated the religious landscape of the valley for nearly four decades. His journey started as a teacher from the village of Seer Hamdan Anantnag and culminated after touching the zenith of prominence as Khateeb-I-Millat, Naqeeb-e-Ishq Mustafa SAW, and President Anjuman Tableegul Isl