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Hadith Qudsi and The Rank of The Crown of The Saints
Further in the Hadith Qudsī, Allah Almighty states: وَ بَصَرَهُ الَّذِي يُبْصِرُ بِهِ “I become his eyes through which he sees.”
This means that the eyes of the saints are unique despite externally appearing like ours. They do not merely see through the lens of the eye, rather through the special power conferred upon them by Allah Almighty. So, they discern that which we cannot. Neither a wall nor time is a barrier to their sight; they see from afar as they do from close.
Marvel of Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī’s sight
It is related in Bahjat al-Asrār:
Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه had a servant, Shaykh Abū ꜤAbdullāh Muhammad al-Harawī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه. His stature was short, but the Shaykh would call him ‘Muhammad al-Ṭawīl’ (the tall). Shaykh Muhammad al-Harawī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه says, “One day, I said, ‘Dear Shaykh, my stature is shorter than normal people, so why do you refer to me as Muhammad al-Ṭawīl?’ The Shaykh replied, ‘because you are طَوِیْلُ العُمْر [i.e., you will live long] and طَوِیْلُ الْاَسْفَار [i.e., you will travel on long journeys in your lifetime].’”
The narrator states:
Indeed, this in fact happened; Shaykh al-Harawī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه lived for 137 years and undertook distant journeys to the extent that he travelled to the Caucasus Mountains.[1]
سُبْحٰنَ اللہ! This is the vision of Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه whereby he stated these facts about Shaykh al-Harawī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه.
BOOK TOPIC
- Hadith Qudsī and the Rank of the Crown of the Saints
- Excellence of sending salāt upon the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Brief introduction to Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه
- Distributor of Sainthood
- Salvation from Highway Robbers
- Seeking help from other than Allah Almighty
- Glory of the Saints
- A declaration of war from Allah Almighty
- Method of exhibiting love For Allah Almighty
- The profuse worship of Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه
- Saintly Marvels
- Marvel of Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī’s hearing
- Amazing sight of the saints
- Marvel of Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī’s sight
- Splendour of the hands of the saints
- Two marvels of the hands of Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه
- Distinction of the feet of the saints
- Marvels of the feet of Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه
- Efficacy of Saintly duas
- Efficacy of the duas of Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه
- True disciple
