Chosen Saints of God and the Bigoted Mullas — Page 30
Just imagine the large-heartedness of the noble Imam and let us praise God who created such noble souls among the followers of our glorious master, the Holy Prophet. (May peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his progeny). (5) HAZRAT SHAMS TABREZ (died 645 Hijra). Hazrat Shams was a noble saint of his time. Maulana Jalal-ud-Din Rumi was one of his disciples. He was accused of heresy because he said that singing of hymns were quite lawful. It is said that he was skinned alive and that his body was thrown into a well. (Maulana Rum by Imtiaz Muhammad Khan: p. 44-45 and. Qamus-ul-Mashaahir: vol. 2: p. 23-24) (6) HAZRAT MAULANA JALAL-UD-RUMI (born 604, died 672. Hijra). Maulana Rumi was the founder of the Jalaali school of thought in Sufism. This school became very popular in Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Iran and Arabia. His monumental poetic work 'Mathnavi Maulana Rum' is a famous work of poetry looked with admiration and love by everyone and is one of the most popular works in the literature of Islam. Even he, a person of world-wide fame could not escape the octopus-grasp of the heresy-loving Mullas who went to the length of declaring that anyone who does not think the noble Maulana to be an apostate is himself an apostate. (Weekly ‘Khursheed'-Sandela. 25th February, 1938: p. 6). The eighth century Hijra (1) HAZRAT IMAM IBN-I-QAYYUM (born 691, died 751 Hijra). . Imam-Ibn-i-Qayyum was a great writer and a renowned orator. . In his biography it is mentioned that "He also, like Imam Ibn-i. Timiya, was greatly tortured. He was made to sit on the back of a camel and taken round the whole town. He was cruelly beaten with lashes and then thown into the prison along with his teacher. The allegation brought against him was that he did not believe in making a show of special preparation with zeal and eagerness for visiting the tomb of Prophet Abraham like one did for the Hajj and the visit to the sacred tomb of the. Holy Prophet". (Life of Hafiz Ibn-i-Qayyum: p. 107) 30