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Imam Abu Ishaq Fazaari – may Allah be pleased with him – was considered as one of the Imams of Hadith. In fact besides this, he was also among the Mujaahideen that protected the borders in the city of Maseesah. He immensely disliked Kings and those who had false beliefs.

 

It is reported that when Imam Abu Ishaq Fazaari – may Allah be pleased with him – arrived in Damascus thousands of people attended his classes. However, before he could mention anything about the Hadith, he ordered one of his students, Abu Mas-har, to make sure that no one was present in these lessons who visited the palaces of Kings and also there was no one from the Qadriyah Sect present. Imam Abu Ishaq Fazaari – may Allah be pleased with him – Imam Abu Ishaq Fazaari – may Allah be pleased with him – also made it clear that all these types of people should not be present in his classes. Only when these people had left his classes, he began his lessons.

 

It is also reported that Sultan Harun Rashid had immense respect and reverence for him. Once when the Sultan had captured a heretic and wanted to have him killed, this person bravely declared, “You will kill me but what about all the thousands of false and fake Ahadith which I had spread among the people. What will you do about this?”

 

Sultan Harun Rashid replied, “Why should I even worry about these things when there are such eminent scholars as Ibn Ishaaq Fazaari and ibn Mubaarak – may Allah be pleased with them – present. These are such learned scholars that they will remove every word from your false narrations and have it thrown out.”

 

The famous Saint, Hadrat Sayyiduna Fuzail bin Ayyaz – may Allah be pleased with him, one day saw a dream in which he was present in the blessed court of the Holy Prophet – may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him. He also saw a place empty next to the Holy Prophet – may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him – and wanted to sit in this place. However, he heard a Voice say, “Be careful. This is the place reserved for Abu Ishaaq Faraazi.”

 

The great Saint and scholar passed away in 186 A.H. (Tadkirah Al Hufaaz, 1/282)

 

Such was the eminence of these scholars. We should also bear in mind that these were those scholars who made it clear that no badd-mazhabs should sit around them. In other words, these were those scholars and saints who made it clear that the enemy of Allah and His Prophet – peace be upon him – were also their enemy as well.

 

It is sad to see that in the present era, there are many people who say that we should not attack this person or that person simply because he also reads the Kalimah. It does not matter which beliefs he holds. How can people say something like this? Look at the lives of the great Awliya and eminent Sunni scholars of their age and we will see a completely different attitude. Look at the example of this scholar in question. Was he not aware that these Qadriyahs also read the Kalimah? Was he not aware these people also read the Salaah, yet in spite of this, he made it clear that these were not people whom he considered as Muslims in spite of their Kalimah and Ibadah. At the same time, look at our state. We mix with anyone without thinking how corrupt the person’s belief is. (Ruhani Hikaayah)