Abdul Sattar Edhi - An Icon of Fulfillment

Kissing an Orphan 

Among all great people, Abdul Sattar Edhi became a true inspiration for me. He has been serving the country for the last 60 years. His selflessness and devoution can never be described in words.

Looking back to his childhood he told " Every day before school, my mother would give me two paisa and say, 'Spend one paisa on yourself and give the other away,'" Edhi remembers. "When I came home, she would ask me where I had given away my one paisa. It was her way of creating an awareness in me of the need for social welfare."
Just 20 years old, he volunteered to join a charity run by the Memons, the Islamic religious community to which his family belonged. Initially Edhi performed his duty but soon he realized that the charity's compassion was confined to Memons only so he confronted his employers and said "humanitarian work loses its significance when you discriminate between the needy".

Eating with the Students at Edhi Village

He set up a small medical centre of his own, sleeping on the cement bench outside his shop so that even those who came late at night could be served.

He served people without discriminating on the basis of religion. ‘The ambulance is more Muslim than you’. That was the answer Sir Abdul Sattar Edhi gave to a question when once asked ‘why must you pick up Christians and Hindus in your ambulance?’

Simplest Ways of Living

 His simple ways of living and whole family taking part in the charity work are great example set by the whole family.

Around 400 ambulances of Edhi Foundation operate around the country.
He is a living legend and a true Saint. Looking at his life, I got the lesson that gets real fulfillment only by serving others devoutedly. By becoming sensitive for others. And by enjoying small things in life.
Difficult times can shape humans in many ways. But difficult times helped Abdul Sattar Edhi to rise to true greatness. We all pray for him and wish him every service till his last breath.