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A collection of small books written by Sunni scholars for answering Shi'a claims.

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EXALTED SONS <strong>of</strong> IMÂM-I-RABBÂNÎ<br />

‘qaddas-Allâhu ta’âlâ erwâhahum’<br />

Imâm-i-Rabbânî has eight sons and two daughters:<br />

Muhammad Sâdiq ‘quddisa sirruh’ is <strong>the</strong> Imâm’s ‘quddisa<br />

sirruh’ eldest son. He was born in <strong>the</strong> hijrî year 1000. He was only<br />

eight years old when Imâm-i-Rabbânî attained Khwâja Bâkîbillâh’s<br />

sohbat. He took him along. So he was blessed with hadrat<br />

Khwâja Bâkî-billâh’s looks at that very young age. With <strong>the</strong><br />

barakat <strong>of</strong> his tawajjuh he attained hâls, raptures and unbelievable<br />

valuables. He was flooded with kashfs, zawks, ecstacies and<br />

immersion into haloes, so much so that his blessed fa<strong>the</strong>r (Imâmi-Rabbânî)<br />

told his disciples to “Buy Muhammad Sâdiq some food<br />

from <strong>the</strong> market place [because food from a market place would<br />

be somewhat doubtful]. This will deplete <strong>the</strong> inundation <strong>of</strong> hâls to<br />

some extent!”<br />

He acquired most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> teachings pertaining to mental<br />

(scientific) and traditional (religious) knowledge in <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>of</strong><br />

his fa<strong>the</strong>r. By <strong>the</strong> time he was eighteen years old he had completed<br />

his education in zâhirî knowledge and taken up teaching in due<br />

diligence and perseverance.<br />

His fa<strong>the</strong>r ‘quddisa sirruh’, in a letter he sent to him, wrote as<br />

follows: “It has been inferred from your letter that you have an<br />

affinity with <strong>the</strong> Wilâyat-i-khâssa-i-Muhammadiyya ‘sall-Allâhu<br />

alaihi wa sallam’. I thank Allâhu ta’âlâ for this. For I have been<br />

desiring for some time that you attain this great blessing. One day,<br />

I made tawajjuh towards you so that you should reach this fortune.<br />

I happened to find you in <strong>the</strong> Wilâyat-i-Mûsawiyya. So you were<br />

made to progress in that path and were transferred into Wilâyat-i-<br />

Muhammadiyya. I pay my hamd to Allâhu ta’âlâ for this.”<br />

His blessed fa<strong>the</strong>r said about this son <strong>of</strong> his, “My esteemed son<br />

Muhammad Sâdiq ‘rahmatullâhi aleyh’ has become an abstract <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> ma’rifats which this faqîr (Imâm-i-Rabbânî) possesses. He has<br />

passed beyond <strong>the</strong> grades <strong>of</strong> Jazba and Sulûk. My son is among<br />

those who are privy to my subtle, occult and secret ma’rifats. He<br />

has been protected against erring.”<br />

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