Because of his honorable lineage that
relates to the great messenger (cpth) he could approach the high responsible personalities of
the ruling Turkish state at that time so that his family could reside in Sarouja Quarter which was called ‘Little Istanbul’, a
dwelling place for the Turkish statesmen at that time. He also was able to
study in the Royal Ottoman Faculty in Damascus, Amber.
He completed his studies when he became
eighteen years old. He graduated in the rank of security officer. He surpassed
his colleagues in extreme courage, trust, truth, hard work and his perseverance
and continuous work with distinction. He headed many police-stations
in Damascus and became director of its counties. He was the example, for no
sooner had he taken his position than peace and safety prevailed in the region
of his work.
He was the sleepless eye and the
unmistakable arrow in the state’s quiver. Whenever the state
was confronted by a criminal or a crime, they used to ask for his help.
When fear, killing, corruption and criminality spread over a region, he was the
saving hope, who kept off danger and liberated people.
When decay began
to bite the body of the Turkish state, and the torch of Islam was quenched,
corruption and chaos prevailed all over the country until crime reached an
unbearable limit, living became difficult, and the days were encompassed by
danger, and the darkness of the night was horrifying: except in Damascus, its
countryside and suburbs, for security was prevailing as a vigilant eye was
watching and a merciful heart was dedicated to peace.
He faced storms of criminals in his work
with courage and boldness, and he besieged many guerrillas and arrested their
leaders. All his works were crowned in victory and
support until he was surnamed ‘Aslan’, meaning ‘the
lion’, for his audacity in facing difficulties. By his reliance upon God, he
was the only officer who stood in the face of injustice and terrorism so that
the criminals and thieves used to surrender to him, fearing his bravery, to
offer a plea to his justice, mercy and contentment.
Thus he advanced in the ranks and was
moved among the police-stations until he was appointed
director of the citadel of Damascus, which contained the warehouses and the
prisons. He remained in this position for a very long time during which he
achieved glories and displayed bravery that Damascus had never seen before. He
was very audacious in freeing thousands of prisoners with capital sentences and
putting them in the front lines to defend the country against the infidel
enemy. His action was the cause of removing the gallows which were planted by Jamal Pasha, the butcher, in the
marketplaces and quarters of the country and which used to swallow hundreds of
young men every day. For that reason he was exposed
many times to death. Thus Al’lah saved him by His
Greatness, His Mercy, and His Assistance.
During the French mandate, as he was a
civil security officer, he was returned to his position as the director of a
district or the chief of a police-station until the
great Syrian revolution took place. Due to his love for God and his noble wish
to serve his country, he was the iron arm of the revolutionaries and the aorta
of the revolution. Its seal was in his trustworthy hand. He disquieted the
French forces with his wonderful experiments in changing retreat into victory
and in giving the revolutionaries the greatest arms deal between France and the
Greater Syria. He handed these arms, which the French stored in Anjar castle in Lebanon, to the revolutionaries at night.
General Catro, the governor of Syria at that time,
lost his mind and ordered that Mr. Mohammad Amin be executed,
but the Almighty God saved him and his assistant through His Complete Words,
and he turned into a very trustworthy man for them despite their error of
judgment.