Chosen Saints of God and the Bigoted Mullas — Page 23
The sixth century Hijra (1) HAZRAT GHAUTH-I-AZAM, SAYYAD ABDUL QADIR JEELANI (born 470, died 561 H. ). Hazrat Sayyad Abdul Qadir Jilani is the most popular and well-known saint and sage of the Sunni sect. He was the founder of the Qaadiriyya school in Islamic mysticism. He was an incomparable scholar and a humble godly person. He wrote a number of books out of which "Ghunyat-ulTaalibeen”, “Futooh-al-Ghaib" "Futooh-al-Ghaib” and “Bahjat-ul-Asraar" are widely known. Another book "Al-Fath-ur-Rabbaniya" is a collection of his discourses. . This prince among the sages and saints was also made a target of heresy and apostasy: "No one in the eyes of the Beloved ever gained the position of the 'Truthful' unless and until he had not been made a renegade and an apostate in the eyes of the ignorant enemy". . It is very well known that Allama Abul Farah Abdul Rahman Jauzi with his band of two hundred supporters pronounced their verdict of heresy and apostasy against this godly scholar and saint of the age. The so-called scholar named above, in his book, "Talbees-i-Iblees" (False colouring of Satan) has adversely criticised the mystic system and has at several places indirectly and at others directly attacked the noble saint popularly known as "Ghauth-i-Azam". . In the book "Haalaat-i-Janaab-i-Ghauth-ul-Azam" that: "Some stupid and narrow-minded persons. . . gave a verdict against him like a pack of faithless and worldly-minded irreligious people”. (p. 1: edited by Ibn-i-Waseem: Maktaba Azizia,. Kashmiri Bazar, Lahore) (2) HAZRAT KHWAJA FAREED-UD-DEED 'ATTAAR (born 513, died 627 Hijra). Khwaja Fareed-ud-Deen was an exceptionally brilliant scholar of the Sharia and mysticism. The very famous book concerning mysticism, "Tazkerat-ul-Auliya" is his work. . He was accused by his enemies of being a Shia for which reason he prefered to live a retired life. 23