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came along with him accusing him of heresy and apostasy". (Al. Yawaaqeet Wal Jawaahar: vol. 1: p. 14) (3) HAZRAT SEHL TESTARI (born 203 H. , died 283 Hijra). . Sehl Testari was a widely known scholar and saint of his age. . But the heresy-framing mentality of the bigoted Mulla did not leave him alone and dragged him into the fold of the so-called apostates. It is mentioned in the famous book "Al Yawaaqeet. Wal Jawaahar” that they exiled Sahal bin Abdullah and brought him down to Basra and accused him of all sorts of heinous crimes. In spite of his learning and piety he was also denounced as an apostate". (p. 13) (4) HAZRAT AHMAD BIN YAHYA (born 205 and died 298. Hijra). Umar Raza Kahhaala, a renowned scholar, on page 200 of his book, "Mu'ajjam-ul-Muallafeen" wrote, "Ahmad bin. Yahya bin Ishaq of Baghdad, better known as 'Rawindi', was a greatly renowned man of letters and a great orator. He was also accused of apostasy and heresy”. (5) HAZRAT ABU SAEED KHARAAZ (died 285 Hijra). Hazrat. Abu Saeed Kharaaz, a most renowned sage was given tribute by a great sage and a poet of very high fame, Sheikh Fareedud. Deen 'Attar in the following words, "He lived in Baghdad and was a great reformer. It was he who wrote a scholarly treatise on the very difficult subject of 'Existence and Non-Existense' and did full justice to it. He also wrote a book entitled "Kitaabus-Sirr" which deals with very intricate and complicated problems of mysticism and which a layman cannot easily understand. . As the subject-matter was far beyond the mental reach of the heresy-fabricating Mullas, they pronounced him to be a heretic". (Tazkerat-ul-Auliya: chapt. 45: Al-Yawaqeet Wal Jawaahar, vol. 1: p. 14) (6) HAZRAT IMAM AHMAD BIN HAMBAL (born 164 H. , died 241 Hija). Imam Ahmad bin Hambal holds a very high position among the greatest in Islam of all ages. Imam Shaf'aee acknowledges him as a very brilliant scholar of the highest rank and an undisputed authority in Traditions, Jurisprudence, Lexicology and : 14