Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi
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Shah Abdullah alias Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi (1743–1824, Urdu
:) was a very prominent Sufi Shaykh in Delhi
during early 19th century. He was a master of the Naqshbandi
tradition and also in other major Sufi orders such as Qadri and Chishti.
. His father was Shah Abdul-Latif, a scholar and Sufi shaykh belonging to the Qadri tariqah
. It is reported in his biographies that his father had a dream before his birth in which he saw Sayyadna Ali
who told him to name the baby on his name (Ali). Later after he grew up, he modified his own name to be Ghulam Ali (literally meaning slave of Ali, a common name in Indian Muslims today). Similarly, his mother had a dream in which she saw Prophet Muhammad who told her to name the baby Abdullah. Hence his real name is still known to be Abdullah while his alias is Ghulam Ali.
Due to his powerful memory, he is reported to have memorized the Quran in a single month's duration. In 1170 AH he came to Delhi to take the oath of allegiance to Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan
who was a famous Shaykh of Naqshbandi
tariqah in Delhi at that time. After getting trained in the major Sufi orders including Naqshbandi
for 15 years, he received complete Khilafat (spiritual Ijazah
) from his Shaykh.
He had many Khulafa (deputies) who spread the Naqshbandi
Sufi order to a vast number of people in the whole Muslim world at that time. His Khulafa went to Bukhara
, Baghdad
, Madinah and Turkey
. His famous khalifa was Mawlana Khalid al-Baghdadi who had hundreds of thousands of followers in his lifetime, and many Naqshbandi
's today in Turkey and nearby countries follow him.
He is quoted to have said: "My Faid (spirituality) has reached far off countries. Our Halqa is held in Makkah and our Halqa is held in Madinah. Similarly our Halqa is held in Baghdad
, Rome (now Turkey and Cyprus) and Maghrib (Parts of Europe and Africa facing Asia). And Bukhara
is our parental home."
He died on 22 Safar
1240 AH (15/16 October 1824) and was buried alongside his Shaykh's grave in Khanqah Mazharia in Delhi
.
Shaheed. His other books are:
in multiple tariqah
s of Sufism, mainly the Naqshbandi
.
Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi received the Qadri tariqah
from Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan
, who received it from Khwaja Muhammad Abid Sanaami, who received it from Shaykh Abdul Ahad Sirhindi, who received it from Shaykh Muhammad Saeed alias Khazin, who received it from Shaykh Ahmed Sirhindi, who received it from his father Shaykh Abdul Ahad Faruqi, who received it from Shaykh Shah Kamal Kethali, who received it from Shaykh Shah Fuzail, who received it from Shaykh Gada-e-Rahman Thani, who received it from Shaykh Sayyad Shamsuddin Arif, who received it from Shaykh Sayyad Gada-e-Rahman Awwal, who received it from Sayyad Shamsuddin Sehrai, who received it from Shaykh Sayyad Aqeel, who received it from Shaykh Sayyad Abdul-Wahhab, who received it from Shaykh Sayyad Sharfuddin, who received it from Shaykh Sayyad Abdur-Razzaq, who received it from Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani, who received it from Khwaja Abu Saeed Makhzumi, who received it from Khwaja Abul Hasan Qureshi, who received it from Khwaja Abul Farah Tartusi, who received it from Khwaja Abdul-Wahid Tamimi, who received it from Khwaja Abu Bakr Shibli
, who received it from Khwaja Junaid Baghdadi, who received it from Khwaja Sirri Saqti, who received it from Khwaja Maroof Karkhi, who received it from Imam Ali Raza, who received it from Imam Musa Kazim, who received it from Imam Jafar Sadiq, who received it from Imam Muhammad Baqir, who received it from Imam Zain al-Abideen, who received it from Imam Hussain, who received it from Imam Hassan, who received it from Imam Ali
al-Murtaza, who received it from Sayyidna Muhammad
al-Mustafa.
Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi received the Chishti tariqah
from Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan
, who received it from Khwaja Muhammad Abid Sanaami, who received it from Shaykh Abdul Ahad Sirhindi, who received it from who received it from Shaykh Muhammad Saeed alias Khazin, who received it from Shaykh Ahmed Sirhindi, who received it from his father Shaykh Abdul Ahad Faruqi, who received it from Shaykh Ruknuddin, who received it from Shaykh Abdul Quddus Gangohi
, who received it from Shaykh Muhammad Arif, who received it from Shaykh Ahmed Abdul-Haq, who received it from Shaykh Jalaluddin Pani-pati, who received it from Shaykh Shamsuddin Turk, who received it from Shaykh Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari
, who received it from Shaykh Fariduddin Ganjshakar, who received it from Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
, who received it from Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Ajmeri, who received it from Khwaja Usman Harooni, who received it from Haji Muhammad Sharif Zandani, who received it from Khwaja Modood Chishti, who received it from Khwaja Abu Yousuf Chishti, who received it from Khwaja Abu Ahmed Chishti, who received it from Khwaja Abu Muhammad Chishti, who received it from Khwaja Abu Ishaq Shami, who received it from Khwaja Mamshad Alu Dinori, who received it from Khwaja Habeera Basri, who received it from Khwaja Huzaifa Mar'asi, who received it from Ibrahim Bin Adham
, who received it from Khwaja Fuzail Ayyaz, who received it from Khwaja Abdul-Wahid, who received it from Khwaja Hasan Basri, who received it from Sayyadna Ali al-Murtaza
, who received it from Sayyidna Muhammad
al-Mustafa.
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
:) was a very prominent Sufi Shaykh in Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
during early 19th century. He was a master of the Naqshbandi
Naqshbandi
Naqshbandi is one of the major Sufi spiritual orders of Sufi Islam. It is considered to be a "Potent" order.The Naqshbandi order is over 1,300 years old, and is active today...
tradition and also in other major Sufi orders such as Qadri and Chishti.
Biography
He was born in 1156 AH (1743 C.E) in Patiala, Punjab in current-day IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. His father was Shah Abdul-Latif, a scholar and Sufi shaykh belonging to the Qadri tariqah
Tariqah
A tariqa is an Islamic religious order. In Sufism one starts with Islamic law, the exoteric or mundane practice of Islam and then is initiated onto the mystical path of a tariqa. Through spiritual practices and guidance of a tariqa the aspirant seeks ḥaqīqah - ultimate truth.-Meaning:A tariqa is a...
. It is reported in his biographies that his father had a dream before his birth in which he saw Sayyadna Ali
Ali
' |Ramaḍān]], 40 AH; approximately October 23, 598 or 600 or March 17, 599 – January 27, 661).His father's name was Abu Talib. Ali was also the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and ruled over the Islamic Caliphate from 656 to 661, and was the first male convert to Islam...
who told him to name the baby on his name (Ali). Later after he grew up, he modified his own name to be Ghulam Ali (literally meaning slave of Ali, a common name in Indian Muslims today). Similarly, his mother had a dream in which she saw Prophet Muhammad who told her to name the baby Abdullah. Hence his real name is still known to be Abdullah while his alias is Ghulam Ali.
Due to his powerful memory, he is reported to have memorized the Quran in a single month's duration. In 1170 AH he came to Delhi to take the oath of allegiance to Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan
Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan
Mirzā Mazhar Jān-i Jānān , also known by his laqab Shamsuddīn Habībullāh , was a renowned Naqshbandī Sufi poet of Dehli, distinguished as one the "four pillars of Urdu poetry." He was also known to his contemporaries as the sunnītarāsh, "Sunnicizer", for his absolute, unflinching commitment to and...
who was a famous Shaykh of Naqshbandi
Naqshbandi
Naqshbandi is one of the major Sufi spiritual orders of Sufi Islam. It is considered to be a "Potent" order.The Naqshbandi order is over 1,300 years old, and is active today...
tariqah in Delhi at that time. After getting trained in the major Sufi orders including Naqshbandi
Naqshbandi
Naqshbandi is one of the major Sufi spiritual orders of Sufi Islam. It is considered to be a "Potent" order.The Naqshbandi order is over 1,300 years old, and is active today...
for 15 years, he received complete Khilafat (spiritual Ijazah
Ijazah
An ijazah is a certificate used primarily by Sunni Muslims to indicate that one has been authorized by a higher authority to transmit a certain subject or text of Islamic knowledge...
) from his Shaykh.
He had many Khulafa (deputies) who spread the Naqshbandi
Naqshbandi
Naqshbandi is one of the major Sufi spiritual orders of Sufi Islam. It is considered to be a "Potent" order.The Naqshbandi order is over 1,300 years old, and is active today...
Sufi order to a vast number of people in the whole Muslim world at that time. His Khulafa went to Bukhara
Bukhara
Bukhara , from the Soghdian βuxārak , is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 263,400 . The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time...
, Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
, Madinah and Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. His famous khalifa was Mawlana Khalid al-Baghdadi who had hundreds of thousands of followers in his lifetime, and many Naqshbandi
Naqshbandi
Naqshbandi is one of the major Sufi spiritual orders of Sufi Islam. It is considered to be a "Potent" order.The Naqshbandi order is over 1,300 years old, and is active today...
's today in Turkey and nearby countries follow him.
He is quoted to have said: "My Faid (spirituality) has reached far off countries. Our Halqa is held in Makkah and our Halqa is held in Madinah. Similarly our Halqa is held in Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
, Rome (now Turkey and Cyprus) and Maghrib (Parts of Europe and Africa facing Asia). And Bukhara
Bukhara
Bukhara , from the Soghdian βuxārak , is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 263,400 . The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time...
is our parental home."
He died on 22 Safar
Safar
Safar is the second month in the Islamic calendar.The root of the name, صفر ṣafr, has three basic areas of meaning: 1) whistle, hiss, chirp; 2) be yellow, pale ; 3) to be empty, devoid, vacant...
1240 AH (15/16 October 1824) and was buried alongside his Shaykh's grave in Khanqah Mazharia in Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
.
Writings
He wrote multiple books, the most famous of them is Maqamat Mazhari in Persian, which is a complete biography of his shaykh Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-JanaanMirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan
Mirzā Mazhar Jān-i Jānān , also known by his laqab Shamsuddīn Habībullāh , was a renowned Naqshbandī Sufi poet of Dehli, distinguished as one the "four pillars of Urdu poetry." He was also known to his contemporaries as the sunnītarāsh, "Sunnicizer", for his absolute, unflinching commitment to and...
Shaheed. His other books are:
- Edah-e-Tariqat
- Ahwal-e-Buzurgaan
- Risalah dar Tariqah Ba'yat wa Azkar
- Risalah dar Tariqah Naqshband
- Risalah Sitri Chand dar Ahwal-e-Shah-e-Naqshband
- Risalah-e-Azkar
- Risalah-e-Muraqbat
- Risalah dar Aitarazat Shaykh Abdul-Haq bar Hazrat Mujaddid
- Risalah Mashgooliyah
- Sulook Raqia Naqshbandia
- Makateeb Shareefa (collection of his letters)
- Kamalat-e-Mazhariya
Spiritual Chain of Succession
Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi received IjazahIjazah
An ijazah is a certificate used primarily by Sunni Muslims to indicate that one has been authorized by a higher authority to transmit a certain subject or text of Islamic knowledge...
in multiple tariqah
Tariqah
A tariqa is an Islamic religious order. In Sufism one starts with Islamic law, the exoteric or mundane practice of Islam and then is initiated onto the mystical path of a tariqa. Through spiritual practices and guidance of a tariqa the aspirant seeks ḥaqīqah - ultimate truth.-Meaning:A tariqa is a...
s of Sufism, mainly the Naqshbandi
Naqshbandi
Naqshbandi is one of the major Sufi spiritual orders of Sufi Islam. It is considered to be a "Potent" order.The Naqshbandi order is over 1,300 years old, and is active today...
.
Naqshbandi chain
- Sayyadna MuhammadMuhammadMuhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...
d.11AH, buried Madinah SA (570/571 - 632 CE) - Sayyadna Abu BakrAbu BakrAbu Bakr was a senior companion and the father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He ruled over the Rashidun Caliphate from 632-634 CE when he became the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad's death...
Siddiq, radiya-l-Lahu`anh d.13AH, buried Madinah, SA - Sayyadna Salman al-Farsi, radiya-l-Lahu`anh d.35AH buried Madaa'in, SA
- Imām Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu BakrQasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu BakrAl-Qāsim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr as-Siddiq was an important jurist in early Islam. He is considered the fourth in the Naqshbandi Golden Chain of Sufi masters. Naqshbandis also consider him to have passed the chain to his grandson Ja'far as-Sadiq...
d.107AH buried Madinah SA. - Imām Jafar Sadiq, alayhi-s-salam (after which moves to Iran) d 148AH buried Madinah SA.
- Shaikh Bayazid BastamiBayazid BastamiBayazid Bastami , also known as Abu Yazid Bistami or Tayfur Abu Yazid al-Bustami, was a Persian Sufi born in Bastam, Iran.- Background :...
, radiya-l-Lahu canh d 261AH buried Bistaam, Iraq (804 - 874 CE). - Shaikh Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 425AH buried Kharqaan, Iran.
- Shaikh Abul Qasim Gurgani, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d.450AH buried Gurgan, Iran.
- Shaikh Abu Ali Farmadi, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah (after which moves to Turkmenistan) d 477AH buried Tous, Khorasan, Iran.
- Khwaja Abu Yaqub Yusuf HamadaniYusuf HamdaniHadrat Abu Yaqub Yusuf Hamdani is the first of the group of Central Asian Sufi teachers known simply as Khwajagan of the Naqshbandi order.-Life:...
, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 535AH buried Maru, Khorosan, Iran. - Khwaja Abdul Khaliq GhujdawaniAbdul Khaliq GajadwaniAbdul Khaliq Gajadwani was one of a group of Central Asian Sufi teachers known simply as Khwajagan of the Naqshbandi order....
, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 575AH buried Ghajdawan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan. - Khwaja Arif Reogari, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 616AH buried Reogar, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
- Khwaja Mahmood Anjir-Faghnawi, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 715AH buried Waabakni, Mawralnahar.
- Shaikh Azizan Ali Ramitani, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 715AH buried Khwaarizm, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
- Shaikh Muhammad Baba Samasi, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 755AH buried Samaas, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
- Shaikh Sayyid Amir KulalAmir KulalShams ud-Din renowned as Amir Kulal was born in Bukhara, Uzbekistan to the well known scholar Saif ud-Din Hamza a descendant of Nabi Muhammad. Saif ud Din Hamza was also Amir of Tribe of Kulal , hence the title Amir...
, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 772AH buried Saukhaar, Bukhara, Uzbekistan. - Shaikh Muhammad Baha'uddin NaqshbandBaha-ud-Din Naqshband BukhariBaha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari was the founder of what would become the Naqshbandi. He was born in Bukhara which is located in Uzbekistan...
, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 791AH buried Qasr-e-Aarifan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan (1318–1389 CE). - Shaikh Ala'uddin Attar Bukhari, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah buried Jafaaniyan, Mawranahar, Uzbekistan.
- Shaikh Yaqub Charkhi, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 851AH buried Charkh, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
- Shaikh Ubaidullah Ahrar, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 895AH buried Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
- Shaikh Muhammad Zahid Wakhshi, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 936AH buried Wakhsh, Malk Hasaar
- Shaikh Durwesh Muhammad, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 970AH buried Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
- Shaikh Muhammad Amkanaki, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah (after which moves to India) d 1008AH buried Akang, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
- Shaikh Razi ūd-Dīn Muhammad Baqī BillahKhwaja Baqi BillahKhwaja Baqi Billah was a Sufi saint from Kabul.Khawaja Baqi Billah was the originator and pioneer of the Naqshbandia Order in the sub-continent. His name was Razi-ud-Din Muhammad Baqi but he was commonly known as Khwaja Baqi Billah His father Qazi Abdul Salam Khilgi, Samarkandi Qureshi was a...
, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 1012AH buried Delhi, India. - Shaikh Ahmad al-Farūqī al-Sirhindī, Imām RabbānīAhmad SirhindiImām Rabbānī Shaykh Ahmad al-Farūqī al-Sirhindī was an Indian Islamic scholar from Punjab, a Hanafi jurist, and a prominent member of the Naqshbandī Sufi order. He is described as Mujaddid Alf Thānī, meaning the "reviver of the second millennium", for his work in rejuvenating Islam and opposing...
, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 1034AH buried Sarhand, India (1564–1624 CE) - Muhammad Masum Sirhindi, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 1079AH buried Sarhand, India.
- Muhammad Saifuddin Faruqi Mujaddidi, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 1096AH buried Sarhand, India
- Hafiz Muhammad Mohsin, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah
- Sayyid Nur Muhammad Badayuni, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah, d.1135AH
- Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-JanaanMirza Mazhar Jan-e-JanaanMirzā Mazhar Jān-i Jānān , also known by his laqab Shamsuddīn Habībullāh , was a renowned Naqshbandī Sufi poet of Dehli, distinguished as one the "four pillars of Urdu poetry." He was also known to his contemporaries as the sunnītarāsh, "Sunnicizer", for his absolute, unflinching commitment to and...
, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah, d.1195AH - Abdullah Dahlawi, alias Shah Ghulam Ali, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah, d.1240AH
Qadri chain
Extracted from Maqamat Mazhari by Shah Ghulam Ali DehlaviShah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi received the Qadri tariqah
Tariqah
A tariqa is an Islamic religious order. In Sufism one starts with Islamic law, the exoteric or mundane practice of Islam and then is initiated onto the mystical path of a tariqa. Through spiritual practices and guidance of a tariqa the aspirant seeks ḥaqīqah - ultimate truth.-Meaning:A tariqa is a...
from Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan
Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan
Mirzā Mazhar Jān-i Jānān , also known by his laqab Shamsuddīn Habībullāh , was a renowned Naqshbandī Sufi poet of Dehli, distinguished as one the "four pillars of Urdu poetry." He was also known to his contemporaries as the sunnītarāsh, "Sunnicizer", for his absolute, unflinching commitment to and...
, who received it from Khwaja Muhammad Abid Sanaami, who received it from Shaykh Abdul Ahad Sirhindi, who received it from Shaykh Muhammad Saeed alias Khazin, who received it from Shaykh Ahmed Sirhindi, who received it from his father Shaykh Abdul Ahad Faruqi, who received it from Shaykh Shah Kamal Kethali, who received it from Shaykh Shah Fuzail, who received it from Shaykh Gada-e-Rahman Thani, who received it from Shaykh Sayyad Shamsuddin Arif, who received it from Shaykh Sayyad Gada-e-Rahman Awwal, who received it from Sayyad Shamsuddin Sehrai, who received it from Shaykh Sayyad Aqeel, who received it from Shaykh Sayyad Abdul-Wahhab, who received it from Shaykh Sayyad Sharfuddin, who received it from Shaykh Sayyad Abdur-Razzaq, who received it from Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani, who received it from Khwaja Abu Saeed Makhzumi, who received it from Khwaja Abul Hasan Qureshi, who received it from Khwaja Abul Farah Tartusi, who received it from Khwaja Abdul-Wahid Tamimi, who received it from Khwaja Abu Bakr Shibli
Abu Bakr Shibli
Shaykh Abu Bakr Shibli was an important Sufi of Persian descent, and a disciple of Junayd Baghdadi.-Biography:He was born in Baghdad or Samarra, although his family was originally from Khorasan in Persia. He was a high official of Baghdad before he embarked on the spiritual path and became a...
, who received it from Khwaja Junaid Baghdadi, who received it from Khwaja Sirri Saqti, who received it from Khwaja Maroof Karkhi, who received it from Imam Ali Raza, who received it from Imam Musa Kazim, who received it from Imam Jafar Sadiq, who received it from Imam Muhammad Baqir, who received it from Imam Zain al-Abideen, who received it from Imam Hussain, who received it from Imam Hassan, who received it from Imam Ali
Ali
' |Ramaḍān]], 40 AH; approximately October 23, 598 or 600 or March 17, 599 – January 27, 661).His father's name was Abu Talib. Ali was also the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and ruled over the Islamic Caliphate from 656 to 661, and was the first male convert to Islam...
al-Murtaza, who received it from Sayyidna Muhammad
Muhammad
Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...
al-Mustafa.
Chishti chain
Extracted from Maqamat Mazhari by Shah Ghulam Ali DehlaviShah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi received the Chishti tariqah
Tariqah
A tariqa is an Islamic religious order. In Sufism one starts with Islamic law, the exoteric or mundane practice of Islam and then is initiated onto the mystical path of a tariqa. Through spiritual practices and guidance of a tariqa the aspirant seeks ḥaqīqah - ultimate truth.-Meaning:A tariqa is a...
from Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan
Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan
Mirzā Mazhar Jān-i Jānān , also known by his laqab Shamsuddīn Habībullāh , was a renowned Naqshbandī Sufi poet of Dehli, distinguished as one the "four pillars of Urdu poetry." He was also known to his contemporaries as the sunnītarāsh, "Sunnicizer", for his absolute, unflinching commitment to and...
, who received it from Khwaja Muhammad Abid Sanaami, who received it from Shaykh Abdul Ahad Sirhindi, who received it from who received it from Shaykh Muhammad Saeed alias Khazin, who received it from Shaykh Ahmed Sirhindi, who received it from his father Shaykh Abdul Ahad Faruqi, who received it from Shaykh Ruknuddin, who received it from Shaykh Abdul Quddus Gangohi
Abdul Quddus Gangohi
Abdul Quddus Hanafi Ghaznavi Chishti Gangohi bin Shaykh Muhammad Ismail bin Shaykh Safi al-din, was born in Rudauli, Barabanki India.He was a Sufi poet and leading Chisti shaykh...
, who received it from Shaykh Muhammad Arif, who received it from Shaykh Ahmed Abdul-Haq, who received it from Shaykh Jalaluddin Pani-pati, who received it from Shaykh Shamsuddin Turk, who received it from Shaykh Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari
Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari
Alauddin Ali Ahmed Kaliyari also known as Sabir Kaliyari was a prominent South Asian Sufi Saint of Chishti Order in 13th century, a successor to Baba Fareed , and the first in the Sabiriya branch of Chishti Order....
, who received it from Shaykh Fariduddin Ganjshakar, who received it from Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
Qutub ul Aqtab Hazrat Khwaja Syed Muhammad Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki was a renowned Muslim Sufi mystic, saint and scholar of the Chishti Order from Delhi, India. He was the disciple and the spiritual successor of Moinuddin Chishti as head of the Chishti order. Before him the Chishti order in India...
, who received it from Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Ajmeri, who received it from Khwaja Usman Harooni, who received it from Haji Muhammad Sharif Zandani, who received it from Khwaja Modood Chishti, who received it from Khwaja Abu Yousuf Chishti, who received it from Khwaja Abu Ahmed Chishti, who received it from Khwaja Abu Muhammad Chishti, who received it from Khwaja Abu Ishaq Shami, who received it from Khwaja Mamshad Alu Dinori, who received it from Khwaja Habeera Basri, who received it from Khwaja Huzaifa Mar'asi, who received it from Ibrahim Bin Adham
Ibrahim Bin Adham
Ibrahim ibn Adham is one of the most prominent of the early ascetic Sufi saints.The story of his conversion is one of the most celebrated in Sufi legend, as that of a prince renouncing his throne and choosing asceticism closely echoing the legend of Gautama Buddha.Sufi tradition ascribes to...
, who received it from Khwaja Fuzail Ayyaz, who received it from Khwaja Abdul-Wahid, who received it from Khwaja Hasan Basri, who received it from Sayyadna Ali al-Murtaza
Ali
' |Ramaḍān]], 40 AH; approximately October 23, 598 or 600 or March 17, 599 – January 27, 661).His father's name was Abu Talib. Ali was also the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and ruled over the Islamic Caliphate from 656 to 661, and was the first male convert to Islam...
, who received it from Sayyidna Muhammad
Muhammad
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al-Mustafa.
His Khulafa
His Khulafa were numerous and many of them were prominent Shaykhs at their times. Following is a list of his most prominent Khulafa as extracted from various sources.- Mawlana Hafiz Abu Saeed Faruqi Mujaddidi Naqshbandi, his successor (DelhiDelhiDelhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
) - Mawlana Hafiz Shah Ahmed Saeed Faruqi Mujaddidi, son of Hafiz Abu Saeed (MedinaMedinaMedina , or ; also transliterated as Madinah, or madinat al-nabi "the city of the prophet") is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, and...
) - Shah Rauf Ahmed Raaft Faruqi Mujaddidi Rampuri (Bhopal)
- Mawlana Khalid al-Baghdadi al-Kurdi al-Rumi (TurkeyTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
) - Mawlana Ismaeel Madani (MedinaMedinaMedina , or ; also transliterated as Madinah, or madinat al-nabi "the city of the prophet") is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, and...
) - Mawlana Ghulam Mohiuddin Qusoori (Qusoor)
- Mawlana Bashartullah Behra'ichi
- Mawlana Shah Gul Muhammad Ghaznavi (BukharaBukharaBukhara , from the Soghdian βuxārak , is the capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 263,400 . The region around Bukhara has been inhabited for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time...
) - Mawlana Muhammad Sharif (Sirhind)
- Mawlana Pir Muhammad (KashmirKashmirKashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range...
) - Mawlana Jan Muhammad (HeratHeratHerāt is the capital of Herat province in Afghanistan. It is the third largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of about 397,456 as of 2006. It is situated in the valley of the Hari River, which flows from the mountains of central Afghanistan to the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan...
) - Mawlana Muhammad Jan (Makkah, d.1266 AH), whose Khulafa spread up to Turkey
External links
- Biographical Stub in Jalwa Gah-e-dost (Urdu) 2nd Edition (2008) by Khwaja Muhammad Tahir Bakhshi
- Short Biography in Urdu by Mukhtar Ahmed Khokhar
- Faiz-e-Naqshband (Urdu) translation of Durr al-Ma'arif (Persian): Malfuzat of Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi
- Durr al-Ma'arif (Persian): Malfuzat of Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi
- Durr al-Ma'arif (Persian): Malfuzat of Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi
- Maktubat (letters) of Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi in Persian
- Maqamat Mazhari (Urdu translation) by Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi: Biography of his shaykh Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan
- Maqamat Mazhari (Turkish translation) by Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi: Biography of his shaykh Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan