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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

No innovator ever embarked on such retreats without becoming unsettled: his reason grows corrupted, his mind dries up; he starts seeing visions and hearing words that have no reality outside his own head. If he is well-grounded in knowledge and faith, that grounding may save him from a collapse in his monotheism. But if he is ignorant of the Sunnah and the principles of belief, his tawḥīd is shaken, Satan sets his sights on him, he claims to have “arrived” at the ultimate goal, his footing remains treacherous, and he may even fall into outright heresy, declaring, “I am He!”

We seek refuge in Allah from the ever-commanding self and from capricious desire, and we ask Allah to preserve our faith. Āmīn.

Jalāl al-Dawla Fayrūzjird ibn Bahāʾ al-Dawla al-Daylamī
He was the ruler of Iraq—the king Jalāl al-Dawla, Abū Ṭāhir Fayrūzjird, son of King Bahāʾ al-Dawla Abū Naṣr, son of the sultan ʿAḍud al-Dawla ibn Rukn al-Dawla ibn Būya al-Daylamī.

He reigned for seventeen years, and his rule was mild. After him his son, King al-ʿAzīz Abū Manṣūr, assumed power; his affairs were as weak as his father’s.

Jalāl al-Dawla was a Shiʿite, as was the rest of his household, and he was given to cowardice; his army, small as it was, coveted him.

He lived a little over fifty years and endured much hardship, as we have noted in our History under the events of that period.

…as Abu Hurayra reported: the Messenger of Allah said, “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from hunger, for it is a wretched bed-fellow; and I seek refuge in You from betrayal, for it is a wretched confidant.” The chain of transmission is sound. * Al-Muntazam, vol. 8, p. 118; Al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh, vol. 9, pp. 361, 362, 366, 374, 408, 430, 431, 446, 453, 455, 459, 471, 489, 511, 516; Al-Mukhtasar fi Akhbar al-Bashar, vol. 2, pp. 166–167; Al-Ibar, vol. 3, pp. 183–184; Tammat al-Mukhtasar, vol. 1, p. 526; Al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, vol. 12, p. 52; Al-Nujum al-Zahira, vol. 5, p. 37; Shadharat al-Dhahab, vol. 3, p. 255; Muʿjam al-Ansab wa al-Usar al-Hakima, pp. 12 and 66.

المُبْتَدعَة إِلاَّ وَاضطرَبَ، وَفَسَدَ عَقْلُه، وَجفَّ دمَاغُه، وَرَأَى مرَأْىً، وَسَمِعَ خِطَاباً لاَ وُجودَ لَهُ فِي الخَارج، فَإِنْ كَانَ مُتَمَكِّناً مِنَ العِلْمِ وَالإِيْمَان، فَلَعَلَّهُ ينجُو بِذَلِكَ مِنْ تَزَلْزُل توحيدِهِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ جَاهِلاً بِالسُّنَن وَبقَواعد الإِيْمَان، تَزَلْزَلَ تَوحيدُه، وَطمع فِيْهِ الشَّيْطَانُ، وَادَّعَى الوُصُوْلَ، وَبَقِيَ عَلَى مَزلَّةِ قَدِمَ، وَرُبَّمَا تزَنْدَقَ، وَقَالَ: أَنَا هُو. نَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ النَّفسِ الأَمَّارَة، وَمن الهوَى، وَنسأَلُ اللهَ أَنْ يحْفَظَ عَلَيْنَا إِيْمَانَنَا آمِين. ٣٨٢ - جَلاَلُ الدَّوْلَةِ فَيْرُوْزَجِرْدُ بنُ بَهَاءِ الدَّوْلَةِ الدَّيْلَمِيُّ * صَاحِبُ العِرَاقِ، المَلِكُ، جَلاَلُ الدَّوْلَةِ، أَبُو طَاهِرٍ فَيْرُوْزَجِرْدُ ابْنُ المَلِكِ بَهَاءِ الدَّوْلَةِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ ابْنِ السُّلْطَانِ عَضُدِ الدَّوْلَةِ بنِ رُكنِ الدَّوْلَةِ بنِ بُوَيه الدَّيْلَمِيُّ. تَمَلَّكَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، وَكَانَتْ دَوْلَتُهُ لَيِّنَةً، وَتَمَلَّكَ بَعْدَهُ ابْنُه المَلِكُ العَزِيْزُ أَبُو مَنْصُوْرٍ، فَكَانَتْ أَمورُه وَاهيَةً كَأَبِيهِ. وَكَانَ جَلاَلُ الدَّوْلَة شِيْعِيّاً كَأَهْل بَيْتِه وَفِيْهِ جُبْنٌ، وَعسكَرُهُ مَعَ قلَّتِهم طَامعُوْنَ فِيْهِ. عَاشَ نَيِّفاً وَخَمْسِيْنَ سَنَةً، وَذَاق نكداً كَثِيْراً كَمَا ذكرنَاهُ فِي (تَاريخنَا) فِي الحوَادث.

= أبي هريرة ﵁ قال: كان رسول الله ﷺ يقول: " اللهم إني أعوذ بك من الجوع فإنه بئس الضجيع، وأعوذ بك من الخيانة، فإنها بئست البطانة " وسنده حسن. (*) المنتظم ٨ / ١١٨، الكامل في التاريخ ٩ / ٣٦١، ٣٦٢، ٣٦٦، ٣٧٤، ٤٠٨، ٤٣٠، ٤٣١، ٤٤٦، ٤٥٣، ٤٥٥، ٤٥٩، ٤٧١، ٤٨٩، ٥١١، ٥١٦، المختصر في أخبار البشر، ٢ / ١٦٦ و١٦٧، العبر ٣ / ١٨٣، ١٨٤، تتمة المختصر ١ / ٥٢٦، البداية والنهاية ١٢ / ٥٢، النجوم الزاهرة ٥ / ٣٧، شذرات الذهب ٣ / ٢٥٥، معجم الأنساب والاسرات الحاكمة ١٢ و٦٦.