📜 *LESSONS FROM THE ANNALS OF MUSLIM HISTORY*
*STEADFASTNESS TO THE LAST BREATHE: ABŪ BAKR AN-NĀBULUSĪ*
Our History is full of great Men and Ulamā but few greater men have walked the Earth than the Hāfidh Imām and Steadfast Servant of Allāh Abū Bakr An-Nābulusī - rahimahullāh.
He was born Muhammad bn Ahmad bn Sahl bn Nasr, Abū Bakr Ar-Ramlī. He was an Ascetic, a Servant of Allāh who dedicated his life to the fervent worship of Allāh, learning the Dīn and teaching it.
He was known for his steadfastness and persistence in fasting and 'Ibādah. He excelled in the Sciences of Fiqh and Hadīth in which regard he was an Imām and an authority. Many travelled to him from far and wide to study from him and take of his Ilm, emulate his dedication to Ibādah and take after his Manners.
Imām Adh-Dhahabī - rahimahullāh - mentioned in the Siyar that of his many students who transmitted Hadīth from him was the Muhaddith Imām, _Hāfidhu Ad-Dunyā_ Imām Ad-Dāraqutnī - rahimahullāh.
An-Nābulusī lived in the era of the Fātimiyyah Dawlah which had been established by 'Ubaydullah Al-Mahdī, the extreme Shī'ite heretic. Of the excesses of the sons of Ubaydullah and his dynasty was their claim to having knowledge of the Unseen, commanding people to make Sujūd to them, the cursing of the Sahābah, and many others.
The Mālikī Imām Qādī 'Iyyādh - rahimahullāh - said in _Tartību Al-Madārik_:
_"Abū Yūsuf Ar-Ru'aynī said: all of the Ulamā in Qayrawān were in agreement that the ruling of the sons of 'Ubayd was Apostasy and Heresis"_
The Fātimī Capital city was the city of Mahdiyyah, so named after Ubaydullah, and existed 16 miles South East of Qayrawān in the Tunisian Sahel.
After the passing of 'Ubaydullah, his sons after him took to expanding the borders of their State. In the era of Abū Tamīm Al-Mu'izzu Lidīnillāh Ma'ad Ibn Ismā'īl, the Fātimis captured the city of Misr on the Day of Jumu'ah, the 8th day of Ramadān, 362 years after the Hijrah.
When the Fātimis took control of Misr and Shām, the Pious of the City and it's Ulamā fled from their Fitnah for they tortured and killed thousands to force them to insult and curse the Sahābah alongside them, and to make Sujūd to them.
In the surge of the Fātimīs and when they entered the city of Ramlah, Imām An-Nābulusī left it to the city of Dimashq until the Fātimīs took control of it too. Mu'izuddīn forced people to curse the Sahābah, abolished the observance of the _Tarāwīh_ and _Duhā_ and commanded that _Qunūt_ be observed in _Salātu Adh-Dhuhur_.
But in the face of that, Imām An-Nābulusī was an Imām, he stood his grounds and once declared: _"If I were to possess 10 Spears, I would shoot one unto the Romans and reserve 9 for this Tyrant"_. After his statement spread and his name became known for his position on the 'Ubaydiyyah and his steadfastness, The then Ruler of Dimashq Abū Mahmūd Al-Kitāmī, in order to please the Ubaydiyyah captured Imām An-Nābulusī in the month of Ramadān, imprisoned him in a wooden cage and handed him over to the Ubaydiyyah who transferred him to Misr.
It was mentioned that when he was brought into Misr, one of the Scholars who had taken the weak stance and submitted to the Fātimiyyah said:
_"I thank Allāh that you're safe"_
Upon hearing this An-Nābulusī said:
_"I thank Allāh for the safety of my Dīn and the safety of your Dunya!!!"_
Upon his handing over in Misr, the Fatimi Emperor asked him saying:
_"I learnt that you said: whosoever has ten Spears should shoot nine unto us and one upon the Romans?"_
*STEADFASTNESS TO THE LAST BREATHE: ABŪ BAKR AN-NĀBULUSĪ*
Our History is full of great Men and Ulamā but few greater men have walked the Earth than the Hāfidh Imām and Steadfast Servant of Allāh Abū Bakr An-Nābulusī - rahimahullāh.
He was born Muhammad bn Ahmad bn Sahl bn Nasr, Abū Bakr Ar-Ramlī. He was an Ascetic, a Servant of Allāh who dedicated his life to the fervent worship of Allāh, learning the Dīn and teaching it.
He was known for his steadfastness and persistence in fasting and 'Ibādah. He excelled in the Sciences of Fiqh and Hadīth in which regard he was an Imām and an authority. Many travelled to him from far and wide to study from him and take of his Ilm, emulate his dedication to Ibādah and take after his Manners.
Imām Adh-Dhahabī - rahimahullāh - mentioned in the Siyar that of his many students who transmitted Hadīth from him was the Muhaddith Imām, _Hāfidhu Ad-Dunyā_ Imām Ad-Dāraqutnī - rahimahullāh.
An-Nābulusī lived in the era of the Fātimiyyah Dawlah which had been established by 'Ubaydullah Al-Mahdī, the extreme Shī'ite heretic. Of the excesses of the sons of Ubaydullah and his dynasty was their claim to having knowledge of the Unseen, commanding people to make Sujūd to them, the cursing of the Sahābah, and many others.
The Mālikī Imām Qādī 'Iyyādh - rahimahullāh - said in _Tartību Al-Madārik_:
_"Abū Yūsuf Ar-Ru'aynī said: all of the Ulamā in Qayrawān were in agreement that the ruling of the sons of 'Ubayd was Apostasy and Heresis"_
The Fātimī Capital city was the city of Mahdiyyah, so named after Ubaydullah, and existed 16 miles South East of Qayrawān in the Tunisian Sahel.
After the passing of 'Ubaydullah, his sons after him took to expanding the borders of their State. In the era of Abū Tamīm Al-Mu'izzu Lidīnillāh Ma'ad Ibn Ismā'īl, the Fātimis captured the city of Misr on the Day of Jumu'ah, the 8th day of Ramadān, 362 years after the Hijrah.
When the Fātimis took control of Misr and Shām, the Pious of the City and it's Ulamā fled from their Fitnah for they tortured and killed thousands to force them to insult and curse the Sahābah alongside them, and to make Sujūd to them.
In the surge of the Fātimīs and when they entered the city of Ramlah, Imām An-Nābulusī left it to the city of Dimashq until the Fātimīs took control of it too. Mu'izuddīn forced people to curse the Sahābah, abolished the observance of the _Tarāwīh_ and _Duhā_ and commanded that _Qunūt_ be observed in _Salātu Adh-Dhuhur_.
But in the face of that, Imām An-Nābulusī was an Imām, he stood his grounds and once declared: _"If I were to possess 10 Spears, I would shoot one unto the Romans and reserve 9 for this Tyrant"_. After his statement spread and his name became known for his position on the 'Ubaydiyyah and his steadfastness, The then Ruler of Dimashq Abū Mahmūd Al-Kitāmī, in order to please the Ubaydiyyah captured Imām An-Nābulusī in the month of Ramadān, imprisoned him in a wooden cage and handed him over to the Ubaydiyyah who transferred him to Misr.
It was mentioned that when he was brought into Misr, one of the Scholars who had taken the weak stance and submitted to the Fātimiyyah said:
_"I thank Allāh that you're safe"_
Upon hearing this An-Nābulusī said:
_"I thank Allāh for the safety of my Dīn and the safety of your Dunya!!!"_
Upon his handing over in Misr, the Fatimi Emperor asked him saying:
_"I learnt that you said: whosoever has ten Spears should shoot nine unto us and one upon the Romans?"_
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