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The Knowledge of Shaykh Abd al Qadir al Jilani رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ عَلَیْہِ
The young man looked at me, picked up the food, and brought it to me. He asked me where I was from and what I did. I replied, “I am from Jīlān and I am here to study Islam.”
He further asked, “Do you know about a young man named ꜤAbd al-Qādir, who hails from Jīlān?’
I said, ”I am the person you are looking for.”
Hearing this, he became nervous, apologised to me, and said, “Your mother gave me eight dinars to give to you. When I arrived in Baghdad, I had money for my living expenses, but it took me many days to find you and I ran out of money. I have not eaten for three days. As I had no alternative, I have spent some of your money that I was entrusted with to buy this bread and meat for a meal. You eat this, as it belongs to you. In truth, you are not my guest, but I am yours.”
I comforted him and expressed my happiness with this. When we finished eating, I gave him the remaining food with some money, and saw him on his way.[1]
Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānīرَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه went about acquiring sacred knowledge in amazing and dedicated fashion. He himself recalls:
In my student days, I would take a lesson given to me by my teachers and head to the wilderness. There, whether I was in arid deserts, empty wastelands, whether it was day or night, no matter the weather, I would never stop studying.
I wore a small ʿimāmah in those days and I would eat ordinary vegetables to remedy my hunger. Sometimes, I would not even
BOOK TOPIC
- The excellences of reciting ṣalāt upon the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- The Knowledge of Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ عَلَیْہِ
- Speech intentions
- Sea of knowledge
- Glad tidings issued by the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Glad tidings given by the noble Prophets عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام
- The Shaykh’s appearance
- Early education
- An indication to gain Islamic knowledge
- Hunger and patience
- Passion for Islamic knowledge
- More about the Shaykh’s scholarly rank
- His academic and scholarly prowess
- The Shaykh as a teacher
- Expertise in 13 sciences
- His love for students of sacred knowledge
- Helping students of knowledge in their studies
- The utmost authority in issuing fatāwā
- The dire consequences of not having knowledge
- The books of Ghawth al-AꜤẓam رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه
- His speeches
