Sana Khan's ‘Jr' Tariq Jamil meets ‘senior’ Maulana Tariq Jamil

Ex-Bollywood actor Sana Khan, who bid adieu to the entertainment industry based on religion, introduced her son, ‘Junior’ Tariq Jamil, to renowned Pakistani religious preacher Maulana Tariq Jamil — as both sides are in Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah.

In a video shared by Khan on her Instagram handle, the religious scholar could be seen receiving a gift from the couple, then playing with the child — who at one point caught his beard — and later on interacting with the former actor and her husband, Mufti Anas.

The ex-Bollywood actor praised the maulana for his spirituality and said that she has the utmost respect for him.

“Love and Respect from bottom of our hearts for this beautiful soul @tariqjamilofficial,” Khan said in the Instagram post. “Jr Tariq Jamil meeting Senior Hazrat Maulana Tariq Jamil Saab,” she described her son’s meeting with the religious preacher.

Khan said that whenever she sees Jamil, she remembers God, terming the maulana a “man of beauty inside out”. She added that the cleric was a source for her coming closer to the religion of Islam.

“May Allah always protect him and give him good health,” she prayed.

Concluding her post, Khan said Jamil called her "beti (daughter)” and gave her “sabr (patience)” through his words of wisdom.

“People can try to break you and target you for their mafad (interests) but we have to be strong and this is a test from Allah,” she added.

In October 2020, Bigg Boss famed Khan announced that she had decided to quit the entertainment industry to “serve humanity and follow the order of my Creator”. She, a month later in November, tied the knot with Mufti Anas in a private ceremony.

Jamil had, in an interview, also revealed that the former actor had named her son after him with his permission.