The Power of Truth…the Transformation
of the Robbers…Life Events -Of Shaiekh Abdul Qaadir Jilaani
[Rahmatul Laah Alaieh]
When Shaiekh Abdul Qaadir [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh] reached the age of physical maturity, then his teacher said, ‘Allaah Kareem has blessed you abundantly and much potential lies within you, so you should leave our little city, which has no facilities for higher learning and go to a bigger city that has a University for higher education.’
The
Shaiekh Abdul Qaadir [Rahmatul
Laah Alaieh] conferred with his mother, who agreed
with his teacher and said, ‘Allaah Kareem... has created you for a great
task. The circles you will move in and
the field of Divine Learning [Marifat] requires that you be highly educated
in the religion.’
Her blessed mother asked him to
undertake the journey to Baghdad, but he should not lie under any
circumstances. She sewed forty gold dinars in the seam of his coat and set him
on his way. On the way highway robbers laid siege to the traveling party.
The robbers mercilessly attacked the caravan. The young Abdul Qaadir [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh] stood on one side and watched the pillage. A robber passed by him and asked if he has anything of value. Hazrat Abdul Qaadir [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh] said he has forty dinars on him. The robber taught he was joking since he stood a lonely figure standing with no baggage. He left and when the robbers gathered in front of their leader, he inquired if they had robbed all the travelers. They answered in the affirmative. The robber who had passed by the young Shaiekh Abdul Qaadir [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh] said that one boy of eighteen to twenty of age had said he has forty dinars on him but he thinks he is joking.
The leader asked loudly, ‘who, is this boy who has the nerve to joke with us. Bring him to me immediately.’ Hazrat was brought to him and on seeing Hazrat’s beautiful face his life was transformed.’ The faces of the Beloved’s of Allaah Kareem possess blessing, spirituality, and light as an indication of their sublime status and attachment to Enlightened ‘Ones’. Shaiekh Abdul Qaadir [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh] was a member of the family of the Holy Prophet [Sallal Laahu Alaieh Wa Sallam], a born Saint and leader of all Saint. Sainthood has a class about it. The leader of the robbers had seen many people, but this was a unique face possessing, innocence, beauty, spirituality, and light.
His face indicated that
he was a flower from an exceptional garden. The leader of the robbers marveled
at the radiance of Shaiekh Abdul Qaadir [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh/’s face and asked him if he had anything on him. The
Young Scholar Abdul Qaadir replied that he had forty gold coin… dinars on him
that was sewn into his coat by his mother. The robber was amazed at his
honesty. On enquiry he told him that his name was Abdul al-Qaadir, he was a
direct descendant of Imaam Hasan and Imaam Husaien [Radiyal Laah Anhuma] traveling to Baghdad to further his studies. The leader of
the robbers said,
O ‘Abdul al-Qaadir if you told me you have nothing on you, I would never have suspected you are carrying wealth and it would have helped you in a strange land. He replied ‘I could have hidden it from you, but in the process, I would have to lie. I left home and promised my mother I would never lie. I could give my life, but I cannot break my promise to my mother.’ These words of truth uttered by the truthful one had an effect on the heart of the robber.
The words of the Friends of Allaah Kareem have great effect on the listener. The robber began crying and said, ‘This young man fears displeasing his mother whereas I have transgressed the Laws of God [Allaah Almighty] and thereby earned the displeasure of the Holy Prophet Muhammad [Sallal Laahu Alaieh Wa Sallam]’. The robber repented and sought forgiveness for his sins. He asked the Shaiekh [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh] to raise his hands and make supplicant for him with that blessed tongue that has so much of effect in it. Shaiekh Abdul Qaadir [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh] replied, ‘I will pray for you on one condition that you return all the goods you plundered from our caravan to their owners’.
The
robber returned everything, including the forty dinars. When he began his
supplication [dua] the other robbers requested that they also be included in
the supplication. During the prayers, the fate of the robbers changed to the
extent that Allaah Kareem granted them Sainthood.
As a result of the Shaiekh, practicing truthfulness the gang of robbers repented, and became true Muslim, and were admitted in the ranks of the righteous one and the plundered goods were also returned....
Sub Haan Allaah!!!
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