Miracles of the Saints 6

Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Ibn Ustaz Azam

Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Ibn Ustaz Azam’s sister Fatima, owned a cow. The governor of the time had taken this cow away from her. When the Shaykh heard of his sister’s misfortune he went to the house where the cow was kept and prayed something by the wall of the house. Immediately the wall fell down and the cow returned to her owner. (Jame’ Karamaatul Auliya)

Aba Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Yahya Khawnas Abi Sha’ba Hazrami

A great many people gained benefit from the Shaykh in jurisprudence. Jundi says that one of his students once informed me, that I, as was my usual practice went to study by him. When I arrived at the door of the Masjid I heard the sound of a gathering conversing with the Shaykh. I assumed that they were people who had come to visit him. I waited for a short while, when the sound of talking diminished I coughed to alert the people within of my presence. At the sound of my cough Shaykh asked, “Who’s there?” He asked me to enter. Upon entering I found the room to be empty. I questioned, “But Hadhrat I heard you conversing with people in here”. He said, “So you heard”, I replied in the affirmative. He explained to me that a group of Jinn from amongst his students were taking lessons from him.

(Jame’ Karamaatul Auliya)

Muhammad Ibn Abil Jadd Al Hirani

Once someone keen to see his miracles asked him about them. From the Jami Masjid Shaykh extended his leg out of the window and dipped his foot into the River Euphrates. He summoned his foot back and it was dripping with water. (Jame’ Karamaatul Auliya)

Muhammad Jalaq

The governor of the time in his ignorance didn’t understand the teachings and talk of Muhammad Jalaq and held a number of queries regarding him.

On one occasion both the Shaykh and the Governor happened to be in the same gathering. The Shaykh complained to the Governor about his lack of belief. The Governor replied “I am helpless, as some of the happenings around you and your fellows raise far too many objections for me. If you could only show us something that would enable us to fully believe in you”. At this request the Shaykh recited Bismillah (with the Name of Allah), and said “I shall now die and you may bury me in any manner you see fit. Five months shall pass and I shall return”. The Governor agreed to this. The Shaykh passed away instantly. The Governor had the body of the Shaykh prepared for burial. A grave was dug as deep as a well and the Shaykh placed inside. Then a barrier of strong stones was built on top. The Governor behaved in this manner out of stubbornness and as an ultimate test to see if the Shaykh could re-appear at the designated time. After this a wooden construction was built over the grave and various men were seated at regular intervals next to it in order to keep guard.

The time that had been agreed passed and the Shaykh did not re-appear, so the Governor began punishing the companions of the Shaykh that were left behind in revenge for the Shaykh breaking his word. Twenty more days passed and the Shaykh emerged. The Governor presented himself drowned in shame and embarrassment and said “Hadhrat you did not come at the date you had set”. Shaykh replied “Oh ye of ill understanding, I was kept back for the allocated time by the will of Allah and then I had to overcome the barriers that you had placed before me through your haram earnings. This is where I spent the excess days. The Governor acknowledged that in fact all that he had spent had been haram and repented for his ill doings and asked for forgiveness.

The companions of Shaykh that he had
previously disgraced were now honoured by him and he showed them great affection and love. Siraj states that one of the companions of the Shaykh named Hasan afterwards questioned, “when you emerged from the grave it remained intact, this I can accept as your rank is far superior for me to doubt this, however I realised that when you were initially buried you were of slim build. When you re-appeared you came to us healthier and fuller in build?” Shaykh quietly explained, “The reason for this was that I would open my fasts with the Prophet (SAW) and his four Khalifa’s”. During his lifetime it was as known that

Muhammad Jalaq would eat nothing other than stones. When someone asked him, “May I eat that which you eat?” He handed him a stone, which when tasted, tasted like a beautiful sweet dish.

(Jame’ Karamaatul Auliya)

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