The wrath upon those who desecrate the graves of the Friends of Allah

Imam Nabahani writes:

Imam `Abdul Wahab Sh`arani stated, “Our brother Shaykh Salih al-Hajj Ahmed Halabi [may Allah sanctify his secret] informed me that his house was in the vicinity of the blessed mausoleum of Shaykh Muhyuddin ibn `Arabi. It was visible from his house. One night after `Isha prayer, a person -carrying fire- advanced towards the tomb, with the intention of burning the bier. When he was 8-9 metres away from the grave, he started sinking into the ground, so much so that he disappeared in the ground. Late night, when his family members could not find him anywhere, they started looking out for him. When the shaykh narrated them the entire incident, they reached the place where he had sunk. When they dug up the place, they found his head. But as they went on digging, his body kept sinking on further. After much digging up, they finally gave up, covered his body with mud and went away.”

Source: Jami’ ul-Karamat il-Awliya

Translated by Najibullah Qadiri

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From al-Malfūdh Sharīf, Pg 509:

How can one recognize a Walī of Allāh Almighty?

In a Hadīth Sharīf, our Master Sayyidunā Rasūlullah şallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam states:

أولياء الله الذين إذا رؤوا ذكر الله

The remembrance of Allāh Almighty comes to your heart when you see the Awliya of Allah Almighty.[1]

The same Hadīth Sharīf is found in al-Bayān wa al-Ta’rīf, on the authority of Sayyidunā Ibn Abbas:

أولياء الله الذين إذا رؤوا ذكر الله أخرجه الحكيم الترمذي والبزار عن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما وأخرجه أبو نعيم في الحلية من حديث سعد بن أبي وقاص رضي الله عنه سببه عن ابن عباس قال سألت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من أولياء الله فذكره


[1] Cited in Imām Abdur Ra’ūf Manawī’s [d. 1031], Fayd al-Qadīr, Vol1, Hadīth 2801, Vol3, Pg 105. Also found in Ibn Hamza al-Husaynī al-Hanafī al-Damishqī’s, al-Bayān wa al-Ta’rīf fī Asbāb Wurūd Ul-Hadīth Sharīf, Hadith 828