He was born in 956 H at Shuster ,
Iran
Initially, he was educated by his father and his uncle. At
the age of 19, he was admitted into Hauza-e-Ilmia at Mashhad .
When he was 35, he felt that there was a need for him in India
and for 26 years, he rendered his services at different places in India .
Bani Abbas professed to be the friends of Ahlul Bayt and
attracted the sympathies of all Muslims particularly Shias, but when they came
in power, they were more oppressive towards Shias. Hence, the Shias migrated
from Iran and Iraq
to India .
In India ,
The Mughal King, Humayun was
defeated in a battle with Sher Shah
and fled to Iran .
In Iran , King
Tahmasp was the ruler. Humayun stayed in Iran
for few years and was attracted towards the Ahlul Bayt faith. He requested the
king to help him regain his kingdom. The King Tahmasp agreed but on few conditions;
one of which was to protect the Shias in India
to which he agreed. Humayun with the help of the Iranian king recaptured his
kingdom. Within 14 or 15 months of the recapture, Humayun died due to a fall
from stairs. His 12 years old son Akbar, succeeded him under the regency of
Bairam Khan.
During the rein of Humayun, when his wife Hamida Bano, who
was also a friend of Ahlul Bayt, Azadari of Imam Hussayn (a.s.) commenced in
the country. Bairam Khan, who had come with King Tahmasp’s army, was also a
friend of Ahlul Bayt.
As usual, Bairam Khan was being blamed for nepotism and that
he was appointing Shia officers in the government jobs. Being young and
inexperienced, Akbar was mislead by the vested ulemas who were bitter enemies
of Ahlul Bayt and succeeded in getting Bairam Khan out. They practically
encircled Akbar ensuring that no new person be allowed to come near the king if
he was a friend of Shias. They accumulated wealth.
One night, he saw the
Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (a.s.) in his dream. He was holding a
copy of the commentary of the Noble Qur’an and asked him to read the following
Ayah; “Innama Waliukum Allah wa
Rasoolahu wallazeena amanu allazeena Yakhemoonas Salata wa
yutoonaz Zakat wa Hum Rakeoon” Meaning “Your Wali (guardian) is Allah and His
Prophet and those believers of Faith who give Zakat (charity) in the state of
Ruku” By faith, Mullah Ahmad accepted Imam Ali as a Khalifa Rashid.
Awakened from dream, he searched for the book in vain.
A scholar from Iran ,
Mulla Muhammad Hassan was preparing to leave for India .
He saw the Commander of the Faithful,
Imam Ali in his dream saying: “O My follower! You are going to India Mashhad , acquired the Uloom-e-Ale
Muhammad and returned to India .
In short, there were 4 Shia ulemas in the royal court; Faizi, Abul Fazl, Fateh
Ali Shirazi and Mullah Ahmad. Overall,
the conditions were very bad for the Shias as they were made to pay Jiziya,
which was a tax on Christians and Jews!
Shaheed-e-Saalis in
Akbar’s court:
In 993, He came to India
in Taqayya and the king entrusted a project to survey Kashmir .
The Shaheed submitted a detail report showing the area and population with
which the King was impressed. Within 2 years the King was so much impressed by
him that he appointed him the Chief Qazi. Thenceforward, he was called Qazi
NoorAllah Shustari. He promised to deliver justice not restricting to one Fiqh
but any of the four Fiqh. He started propagating the Fiqh of AhlulBayt also in
a very subtle manner. After some time, the ulemas of other Fiqh thought that he
was dispensing justice according to Shia Fiqh . He was the Chief Qazi for 26
years. When complaints increased, the King called and questioned him. He said
that he gave decision according to Hambali Fiqh. Because he was an expert in
all 5 Fiqh, it was difficult for his opponents to pin him down. Once, there was
a case of “Mutaa” the short marriage, in which the king was also interested. He
proved that it was allowed under Maliki Fiqh (apart from Shia Fiqh). Qazi Noor
Allah Shustari continued his mission of promoting Shia Fiqh.The opponents
started intrigues against him. By that time he had more than 1500 disciples.
At one time, one sentence came out of his mouth that Ali
Alaihis Salaam said so and so.
They raised hue and cry that the phrase should be used only
for the prophets; but Shias use it hence he was a Shia. Fortunately, one of the
alim of their faith quoted a Tradition:
“If Ali’s flesh is my flesh is the Nabi’s tradition then
taking Ali’s name without ‘Salle Ala
Jehangir’s reign and
Shaheed-e-Saalis:
Akbar died at the age of 50 and Jehangir succeeded him. He
was surrounded by the enemies of Ahlul Bayt led by Ahmad Sirhindi and they molded
him in such a way that he became the most bigoted king. But it was the Grace of
Allah that in the court, Noor Jehan was there who made her best efforts to give
protection to the followers of Ahlul Bayt.
Martyrdom of
Shaheed-e-Saalis:
He was writing a book named “Ahqaq al-Haq” which covered the Five Pillars of Shia Islam. He
had kept the book very carefully to himself. One person entered the inner
circle of his disciples and presented himself as a great admirer of Ahlul Bayt.
In many years he had entered so much into confidence of Qazi Noor Allah
Shustari that one day the person asked to lend him the book for one night, he could
not refuse him. The man immediately took the book to those ulema, they read it
and drafted a Fatwa against Qazi Noor Allah Shustari. It was reported that 42
or 55 ulema put their seals over the Fatwa saying he was a separatist and fit
to be executed! On reading the Fatwa, Jehangir inquired about the punishment.
They suggested 4 punishments: He was to
be flogged 100 times, he was to be forced to drink molten lead, his tongue to
be pulled out of the mouth, and his head should be severed from his body!
The Shaheed-eSaalis
breathed his last at 15th flog, they pulled his tongue out, poured
boiling lead on his head so that his skull was exposed! His only crime was that
he was a believer in Ale Muhammad!
History books in India
Let the new history
of 21st Century decide!
Was this a crime in
Islam?Was the punishment in accordance with Noble Qur’an? Or the Sunnah of Holy
Prophet (s.a.w.s.)? When Imam Ali was martyred, he instructed his sons that his
murderer should be killed by ONLY one strike of sword as he had inflicted one
stroke over his head! Ponder over the “Justice” of Imam Ali.
Reference: Islamic Laws.com
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