Salam When living in Saudia Arabia I recall one day sitting with some Salafi colleagues. One of them (who was from the UK) all of a sudden mentioned to the brothers present that “Not many people know this, but Shaykh al-Uthaimeen’s teacher Allamah al-Sadi wrote poetry in Persian”. I was struck by the oddness of the claim, especially considering the fact as to how would Allamah al-Sadi from Najd have learnt Persian, more less authored poetry in the language which could remain unknown for so long. Still perplexed a few moments later it dawned on me that perhaps the brother had mistaken Sadi al-Shirazi for his namesake Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi. I felt it necessary to clarify this point in the gathering, and felt a little bad seeing the expression on the brothers face when I did so. Anyways regarding this same Sadi al-Shirazi, Shah Waliullah mentions the following incident from his father in the ‘Anfas al-Arifin’ (pg.111-112):
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Salam When living in Saudia Arabia I recall one day sitting with some Salafi colleagues. One of them (who was from the UK) all of a sudden mentioned to the brothers present that “Not many people know this, but Shaykh al-Uthaimeen’s teacher Allamah al-Sadi wrote poetry in Persian”. I was struck by the oddness of the claim, especially considering the fact as to how would Allamah al-Sadi from Najd have learnt Persian, more less authored poetry in the language which could remain unknown for so long. Still perplexed a few moments later it dawned on me that perhaps the brother had mistaken Sadi al-Shirazi for his namesake Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi. I felt it necessary to clarify this point in the gathering, and felt a little bad seeing the expression on the brothers face when I did so. Anyways regarding this same Sadi al-Shirazi, Shah Waliullah mentions the following incident from his father in the ‘Anfas al-Arifin’ (pg.111-112):