Saad
16-03-2011, 10:40 PM
Imam al-Dhahabi and Sufism (http://www.deoband.org/2011/03/tasawwuf/shariah-and-tariqah-tasawwuf/imam-al-dhahabi-and-sufism/)
Imam Hafiz Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali mentions in Dhayl Tabaqat al-Hanabilah (part 2, p.301) in the biographies of some jurists: ‘Abdullah ibn Abu Bakr ibn Abu al-Badr Muhammad al-Harbi al-Baghdadi, the faqih, the faqir, the ascetic (zahid), the exemplar and the remainder of the shaykhs of Iraq. He was also known by the name Katilah … He was an exemplary person, an ascetic, a person of worship and one of many spiritual states (hal) and miracles. The people of government and others would extol and revere him; he had many followers and companions. He remained in the company of Shaykh Ahmad al-Muhandiz and other pious men. Abu ‘Abdullah ibn al-Dubahi, the ascetic, has narrated from him. Al-Dhahabi said: “Ibn Al-Dubahi narrated to us regarding the shaykh that in spite of his rank he would at times trill and sing to himself. He would do this with skill, elegance and cheeriness. Ibn Al-Dubahi said he heard the shaykh say, ‘I was on a rooftop in Baghdad on the Day of ‘Arafah lying on my back. I then felt I was standing in ‘Arafah with the people for a short while. Then I felt I was in my original state in Baghdad lying down. When the pilgrims returned a man approached me saying out aloud: “Oh my master, I have sworn I saw you at ‘Arafah this year, let my wife be divorced if that so not be.” A group of people replied: “You must be imagining. The shaykh didn’t perform the Hajj this year.”’ Al-Dubahi said that the shaykh said: “I told him, go your way and you have not issued a talaq.”
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Imam Hafiz Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali mentions in Dhayl Tabaqat al-Hanabilah (part 2, p.301) in the biographies of some jurists: ‘Abdullah ibn Abu Bakr ibn Abu al-Badr Muhammad al-Harbi al-Baghdadi, the faqih, the faqir, the ascetic (zahid), the exemplar and the remainder of the shaykhs of Iraq. He was also known by the name Katilah … He was an exemplary person, an ascetic, a person of worship and one of many spiritual states (hal) and miracles. The people of government and others would extol and revere him; he had many followers and companions. He remained in the company of Shaykh Ahmad al-Muhandiz and other pious men. Abu ‘Abdullah ibn al-Dubahi, the ascetic, has narrated from him. Al-Dhahabi said: “Ibn Al-Dubahi narrated to us regarding the shaykh that in spite of his rank he would at times trill and sing to himself. He would do this with skill, elegance and cheeriness. Ibn Al-Dubahi said he heard the shaykh say, ‘I was on a rooftop in Baghdad on the Day of ‘Arafah lying on my back. I then felt I was standing in ‘Arafah with the people for a short while. Then I felt I was in my original state in Baghdad lying down. When the pilgrims returned a man approached me saying out aloud: “Oh my master, I have sworn I saw you at ‘Arafah this year, let my wife be divorced if that so not be.” A group of people replied: “You must be imagining. The shaykh didn’t perform the Hajj this year.”’ Al-Dubahi said that the shaykh said: “I told him, go your way and you have not issued a talaq.”
Read the entire article... (http://www.deoband.org/2011/03/tasawwuf/shariah-and-tariqah-tasawwuf/imam-al-dhahabi-and-sufism/)