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idea vehemently to the extent that he inscribed on his door the
following line: “Glorified is He, Who has neither a companion nor
anyone sitting beside Him on the Throne.” This created a fury
among the people of Baghdad who pelted his house with stones
till his door was covered by them. 552
The Qasidah of Moulana Jamee 553
Moulana Zakariyah mentions in ‘The Virtues of Darood’ 554 , “The
Qasidah 555 of Hazrat Moulana Jamee (a renowned Sufi saint) is in
Persian. “A story has been reported by him related to this
Qasidah that when Moulana Jamee went for Hajj, he intended to
recite this Qasidah at the grave of the Messenger of Allah . The
ruler of Mecca dreamt of the Messenger of Allah , who said to
him, “Do not let him (Moulana Jamee) go to Medina.” The Ruler of
Mecca prohibited Moulana Jamee from leaving for Medina but the
Moulana managed to leave for Medina secretly. The Messenger of
Allah again came in the dream of the ruler of Mecca and said:
“He has started for Medina, Do not let him on his way to
Medina.” Upon this, Moulana Jamee was brought back to Mecca,
and imprisoned. The Messenger of Allah again came in the
dream of the ruler of Mecca, and said, “He is not guilty. He has
552 Tahdhir al-Khawas min Ahadith al-Qussas, p.161 by Jalal al-Din as-
Suyutee (Beirut - 1972). See Criticism of Hadeeth among Muslims
with reference to Sunan Ibn Majah, p.40.
553 Abd al Rehman Jami (d. 898/1492), a mystic, philosopher and
poet, was born in Jam in Khurasan. Besides many works in poetry,
Jami wrote a large commentary on Fusus ‘l-Hikam of Ibn Arabi and a
short one, Naqd an-Nusus, the exposition of the basic doctrines of
Wahdat al-Wajood; Lawai’ih, partly in prose and partly in verse, a work
on theology and an introduction to the lives and teachings of almost
600 Soofis, Nafahat ‘l-Uns. [For his poetry see: A.J.Arberry: Classical
Persian Literature (London, Allen & Unwin, 1958), p.425-50] [Soofism
and Shari’ah, p.149]
554 Fazaail-e-Aamaal, (Eng. Trans.), Virtues of Durood, (Arabic Qasidah
for the Holy Prophet), p.157. (Edt. 1985, Published by Dini Book
Depot - Delhi).
555 (Qasidah) Eulogy, i.e. a speech or writing in praise of a person,
especially a set oration in honor of a deceased person. [The World
Book Dictionary]
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