Sayyid 'Ali Qadi Tabataba'i: Difference between revisions

It is quoted from [[Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i]] that Sayyid 'Ali Qadi was attributed to no Sufi movements, but rather he followed spiritual disciplines of [[Mulla Husaynquli Hamidani|Husayn Quli Hamidani]] and his teacher, [[Sayyid 'Ali Shushtari]], who themselves followed an unknown ascetic called [[Jula]].

In [[Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Husayni Tihrani|Husayni Tihrani]]'s (one of the students of 'Allamah Tabataba'i) opinion, Qadi followed the conduct of his father at the beginning, but after his father's death, he became the student of [[Sayyid Ahmad Karbala'i]] and followed the conduct of [[Husayn Quli Hamidani]]. Qadi was also the companion of [[Sayyid Murtada Kashmiri]] for ten years, but he is not counted as his student in [[ethics]] and [[mysticism]]. Because Kashmiri vigorously opposed [[Ibn 'Arabi]] and his works, while Qadi's view point was totally different.

Among Qadi's other methods of spiritual wayfaring towards [[Allah]] are observing on-time [[daily prayers]], observing night prayer, keeping a vigil, and repeating various [[dhikr]]s which he himself used to say all the time and also advised his students to do so, such as reciting [[Yunusiyya dhikr]] together with the [[Qur'an]] in prostration, reciting [[Sura al-Qadr]] hundred times on Thursday nights, and reciting [[Sura al-Tawhid]], [[Du'a al-Kumayl]], and [[Ziyarat Jami'a]] frequently. He loved to keep a vigil in the [[Masjid al-Kufa]] and [[Masjid al-Sahla]] and had small rooms in these two [[Masjid]]s to worship Allah. He recommended visiting Masjid al-Sahla especially on foot. He also believed that the spiritual wayfarer have to be the Islamic authority, because when some spiritual realms are opened up for him, he would be charged with some duties which only an Islamic authority can find out how to fulfil them properly.

===Risalah Siyr wa Suluk===

Among mystic books, Qadi recommended ''[[Risalah Siyr wa Suluk]]'' by [[Bahr al-'Ulum]]. However, it is quoted from [['Abbas Quchani]], his student, and [[Muhammad Hasan Qadi]], his son, that Qadi allowed nobody to follow some difficult instructions of this book. He loved ''[[Futuhat al-Makkiyya]]'' and ''[[Mathnawi Mulawi]]'' and believed that some mystics such as [[Rumi]] and [[Ibn 'Arabi]] were [[Shi'a]]. On the contrary, he believed that keeping some books at home, such as ''[[al-Aghani]]'' [by Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani], would bring bad omen because of introducing singers and musicians and describing their immoral behaviors.

So many miraculous deeds by Qadi such as Instantaneous Teleport and taking the life of a snake saying the word of al-Mumit [a name of [[Allah]] which means giver of death] have been reported. It is quoted from [[Sayyid Abu l-Qasim Khoei|Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei]] that extraordinary events took place at the death of Sayyid 'Ali Qadi. It is also said that some miraculous events have been occurred upon his grave.