The Aalim Of The Haq

Allaamah Muhammad Bin Ahmad Abi Suhail Sarakhsi Rahmatullah alaih, better known by the title Shamsul
Aimmah (The Sun of the Imaams) was born in the year 400 Hijri. He was a fearless proclaimer of the Haqq.

Once when he admonished the king and advised him to be kind and just to the people, the king in anger ordered Shamsul Aimmah to be imprisoned. This illustrious Aalim of the Haqq was imprisoned in a disused well in the city of Shehruzjand. He remained there for a very long period of time. 

His students would assemble at the mouth of the well while he would impart lessons of Fiqh from within. In this manner five volumes of the famous Hanaf kitaab, Al-Mabsoot, was written. This kitaab occupies a very lofty pedestal in Hanafi Fiqh. He dictated from memory, from within the depth of the well.

When he was ultimately released from his imprisonment, he together with all his students migrated to Farghanah in Central Asia. He passed away at the age of 90, Rahmatullahi alaih.