Sustained By Ibaadat

Hadhrat Abdur Rahmaan Bin Abi Naeem Bijli Rahmatullah alaih was a Taabi’ee. He was famous for his Ibaadat and renunciation of the world. (A Taabi’ee is a Muslim who saw the Sahaabah). He flourished during the time of the notorious tyrant, Hajjaaj Bin Yusuf.

One day he went to the court of Hajjaaj and admonished him. He warned Hajjaaj about the consequences of Zulm (oppression) for which Hajjaaj was notorious.

Hajjaaj was inflamed. He ordered that Hadhrat Abdur Rahman be imprisoned in a small, intensely dark cell which was windowless. Not a ray of light entered this dungeon. Hadhrat Abdur Rahmaan Rahmatullah alaih was incarcerated in this dungeon for 15 days without food and water. His ties with the world were completely severed.

For fifteen days he remained locked in the pitch dark dungeon where there was not even a soul with whom he could communicate. After 15 days, Hajjaaj ordered his men to remove the body of Hadhrat Abdur Rahmaan Rahmatullah alaih and bury it.

When the guards opened the dungeon, they found Hadhrat Abdur Rahmaan Rahmatullah alaih performing Salaat.