Makhdoom Rashid
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Makhdum Rashid is a town in Multan
, Punjab
, Pakistan
. Makhdoom Rashid is 20 km distant from Multan
towards the east on Vehari Road (old Multan Dehli Road). The population of Makhdoom Rashid is approximately 30,000. The majority of the population is from the Makhdum Abdul Rashid family, also known as Quraishi Hashmi.
Makhdoom Rashid town is named after the Sufi saint Makhdum Abdul Rashid Haqqani who also founded this town almost one thousand year ago.Makhdum Abdul Rashid Haqqani was the cousin of Makhdum Baha ul Haq (Baha ud Din Zakrya) and the daughter son of Abdulqadir Jilani. The mausoleum of Haqqani is in Makhdoom Rashid and was built one hundred years ago.
The urs
of Hazrat Makhdum Abdul Rashid Haqqani is held throughout the month of Haar (June), and attracts pilgrims from other areas. There is a water well near the mausoleum, which is said to produce water only during the month of Haar. It is believed that the water cures physical and spiritual diseases. The origin of this belief is a story that Makhdum Abdul Rashid Haqqani suffered from disease and after recovering threw the remaining medicine into the well.
The present mausoleum of Makhdum Abdul Rashid Haqqani and adjacent to mausoleum unique five dome Masjid, the 2nd masjid of this type throughout the world and is the work of finest Multani art " Blue Pottery".
Allama Abu Al-Khair Asadi belonging to Makhdum Abdul Rashid Haqqani family was a great Sunni Hanfi Muslim Scholar of Islam http://www.scribd.com/doc/13471805/Death-of-Jesus-Christ-Isa-in-Quran-Islam-Hadith-Fiqh-by-Allama-Abu-AlKhair-Asadi-Makhdoom-Rashid.
Makhdooom Javed Hashmi descendent from Makhdum Abdul Rashid Haqqani family famous personality of Makhddom Rashid
Multan
Multan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...
, Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. Makhdoom Rashid is 20 km distant from Multan
Multan
Multan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...
towards the east on Vehari Road (old Multan Dehli Road). The population of Makhdoom Rashid is approximately 30,000. The majority of the population is from the Makhdum Abdul Rashid family, also known as Quraishi Hashmi.
Makhdoom Rashid town is named after the Sufi saint Makhdum Abdul Rashid Haqqani who also founded this town almost one thousand year ago.Makhdum Abdul Rashid Haqqani was the cousin of Makhdum Baha ul Haq (Baha ud Din Zakrya) and the daughter son of Abdulqadir Jilani. The mausoleum of Haqqani is in Makhdoom Rashid and was built one hundred years ago.
The urs
Urs
Urs is the death anniversary of a Sufi saint in South Asia, usually held at the saint's dargah . South Asian Sufis being mainly Chishtiyya, refer to their saints as lovers and God as beloved...
of Hazrat Makhdum Abdul Rashid Haqqani is held throughout the month of Haar (June), and attracts pilgrims from other areas. There is a water well near the mausoleum, which is said to produce water only during the month of Haar. It is believed that the water cures physical and spiritual diseases. The origin of this belief is a story that Makhdum Abdul Rashid Haqqani suffered from disease and after recovering threw the remaining medicine into the well.
The present mausoleum of Makhdum Abdul Rashid Haqqani and adjacent to mausoleum unique five dome Masjid, the 2nd masjid of this type throughout the world and is the work of finest Multani art " Blue Pottery".
Allama Abu Al-Khair Asadi belonging to Makhdum Abdul Rashid Haqqani family was a great Sunni Hanfi Muslim Scholar of Islam http://www.scribd.com/doc/13471805/Death-of-Jesus-Christ-Isa-in-Quran-Islam-Hadith-Fiqh-by-Allama-Abu-AlKhair-Asadi-Makhdoom-Rashid.
Makhdooom Javed Hashmi descendent from Makhdum Abdul Rashid Haqqani family famous personality of Makhddom Rashid
See also
- MakhdoomMakhdoomMakhdoom , is a meaning of in Urdu Muslim Sufi title in South Asia and Central Asia.This title is now used by the descendents of the Sufi masters who are mostly Pirs, politicians and landlords in southern Punjab and Sindh in Pakistan....
- Death of Jesus Christ Isa in Quran Islam Hadith & Fiqh by Allama Abu Al-Khair Asadi Makhdoom Rashid
- http://www.scribd.com/doc/2412197/javed-hashmi-haan-mein-baghi-hoan
- Makhdoom Muhammad Javed Hashmi