Chosen Saints of God and the Bigoted Mullas — Page 31
(2) HAZRAT TAJ-UD-DIN SIBKI (born 727, died 771 Hijra). . Hazrat Taj-ud-Din was a renowned sufi, an able jurisprudent, a fine historian and a great literary man. He also was declared a heretic as is mentioned on page one of Al-Yawaaqeet Wal. Jawaahar, vol. 1. . The ninth century Hijra (1) HAZRAT MAULANA ABDUL RAHMAN JAMI (born 817, died 898 Hijra). Maulana Jami is an admitted master in all branches of learnings. He was a great saint and a most popular writer. From his writings "Sharah Kaafiya" and "Sharah Mukhtasir-ul-Waqaaya” are very popular. He also came under the axe of heresy. (Weekly ‘Khursheed'-Sandela: 25th February, 1938) (2) HAZRAT SAYYD MUHAMMAD JONPURI (born 847, died 902). Hazrat Sayyad Muhammad of Jonpur was the founder of. Mahdaviya school in mysticism. He was a great thinker and an acknowledged saint. He claimed to be the Mahdi of his time for which he was branded as an infidel. . In his 'Tazkera' Maulana Abul Kalaam Azaad writes, "In those days every one talked about the Mahaviya sect and for the Ulema (Mullas) of the court this claim proved to be a windfall. Because they all revelled in dubbing godly persons as infidels and renegades. This was their fruitful and favourite pastime. They are always in search of controversial amusements and love contentions between the Muslim sects. Because it is through these polemics that they gain popularity among the masses and acquire a hold over the ignorant laity. For them these are the means of widening their circle of influence. And nothing was more appropriate than the sincere exhortations of. Sayyad Muhammad of Jonpur, for it is said that he claimed to be a Mahdi". "In one of his letters Shah Abdul Aziz has mentioned the views of Hazrat Shah Wali Ullah describing Sayyad Muhammad as a great religious scholar and a saint who had direct communion with God. He failed to correctly interpret some of his 31