Qadriya Order

Qadriya Order 

• Hazarat Syede Kounain Mohammad Mustafa (Sal)
• Hazarat Syedna Ali Karamallahu Wajuhu
• Hazarat Hasan Basri (rh)
• Hazarat Shaik Habib Ajmi (rh)
• Hazarat Abu sulaiman Dawood bin Tusair Tai (rh)
• Hazarat Abu mahfooz Maroof bin Feroz Kirqi (rh)
• Hazarat Abul hasan Sirri Saqti (rh)
• Hazarat Abul qasim Junaid bin Mohammad Zajaj Boghdadi (rh)
• Hazarat Abu bakar Abdullah Shubli (rh)
• Hazarat Abdul Azeez Saheeli Tameemi (rh)
• Hazarat Abul fazal Abdul wahed Tamimi (rh)
• Hazarat Abul farah Yousuf Tartusi (rh)
• Hazarat Abul hasan Ali alqurshi alhankari (rh)
• Hazarat Abu sayeed bin mubarak Maqzoomi (rh)
• Hazarat Shaik Abdul Qadar Jilani (rh)
• (Founder of Qadriya Order)
• Hazarat Shaik Abdul Razzaq Qadri (rh)
• Hazarat Syed Abi nasar Peer (rh)
• Hazarat Syed Abu saleh ibn Abdul Razzaq (rh)
• Hazarat Shaik Ahmed (rh)
• Hazarat Syed Mohammad Sha (rh)
• Hazarat Syed Naseeruddin (rh)
• Hazarat Syed Nooruddin (rh)
• Hazarat Syed sha Inayatullah (rh)
• Hazarat Syed Shuja (rh)
• Hazarat Haji Ishaq Qadri Chisti (rh)
• Hazarat Raji Mohammad Geeti Noorud Qadri Chisti (rh)
• Hazarat Junaid Sani Aashiq Rabbani Qadri Chisti (rh)
• Hazarat Sha Hidayatullah Aini Qadri Chisti (rh)
• Hazarat Syed Kamaluddin Buqari Qadri Chisti (rh)
• Hazarat Jamaluddin Buqari Qadri Chisti (rh)
• Hazarat Shah Meer Qadri Chisti (rh)
• Hazarat Sha Kamal Qadri Chisti (rh)
• Hazarat Allauddin Qadri Chisti (rh)
• Hazarat Syed Burhanuddin Qadri Chisti (rh)
• Hazarat Sultan Mahmoodullah sha Qadri Chisti (rh)
• Hazarat Kamalullah Sha Almaroof Machilivale sha Qadri Chisti (rh)
• Hazarat Alhaj Peer Gousi sha Akbari Qadri Chisti (rh)
• Hazarat Sha Sadullah sha Almaroof Kamalisha Qadri Chisti (rh)
• Hazarat Syed Ameen Badasha Qadri Chishti Naqshabandi [Rh]

Chishtiya Order

• Chishtiya Order

• Hazarat Syede Kounain Mohammad Mustafa (Sal)

• Hazarat Syedna Ali Karamallahu Wajuhu

• Hazarat Hasan Basri (rh)

• Hazarat Abdul Wahed (rh)

• Hazarat Abu ali Fuzail bin Ayaz (rh)

• Hazarat Sultan Ibrahim bin Adham Balqi (rh)

• Hazarat Sadiduddin Huzaifa Marashi (rh)

• Hazarat Khwaja Ameenuddin al Basri (rh)

• Hazarat Mamshad Alvi (rh)

• Hazarat Khwaja Ibrahim abu Ishaq Shami (rh)

• Hazarat Qudwatuddin abi Ahmad (rh)

• Hazarat Khwaja Abu Mohammad (rh)

• Hazarat Nasiruddin Abi Yousuf (rh)

• Hazarat Qutbuddin Moudood (rh)

• Hazarat Haji shareef Zandani (rh)

• Hazarat Khwaja Usman Harooni (rh)

• Hazarat Khwaja Moinuddin Ajmeri (rh)

• (Founder of Chistiya Order)

• Hazarat Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki (rh)

• Hazarat Fareeduddin Ganj e Shakar (rh)

• Hazarat Nizamuddin Auliya (rh)

• Hazarat Naseeruddin Mahmood Chirag (rh)

• Hazarat Syed Mohammad Gesodaraz (rh)

• Hazarat Jamalullah sha Mograbi (rh)

• Hzt. Kamaluddin Wahedul Asrar Bayabani (rh)

• Hazarat Syed Miranji Shamsul Isaq (rh)

• Hazarat Syed Burhanuddin Janam (rh)

• Hazarat Haji Ishaq Qadri Chisti (rh)

• Hazarat Raji Mohammad Geeti Noorud Qadri Chisti (rh))

• Hazarat Junaid Sani Aashiq Rabbani (rh)

• Hazarat Sha Hidayatullah Aini Qadri Chisti (rh)

• Hazarat Syed Kamaluddin Buqari Qadri Chisti (rh)

• Hazarat Jamaluddin Buqari Qadri Chisti (rh)

• Hazarat Shah Meer Qadri Chisti (rh)

• Hazarat Sha Kamal Qadri Chisti (rh)

• Hazarat Allauddin Qadri Chisti (rh)

• Hazarat Syed Burhanuddin Qadri Chisti (rh)

• Hazarat Sultan Mahmoodullah sha (rh)

• Hazarat Kamalullah Sha Almaroof Machilivale sha Qadri Chisti (rh)

• Hazarat Alhaj Peer Gousi sha Akbari (rh)

• Hazarat Sha Sadullah sha Almaroof Kamalisha Qadri Chisti (rh)

• Hazarat Syed Ameen Badasha Qadri Chishti Naqshabandi [Rh]

Hazrat Hasan Basri

Hasan of Basra

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Hasan Al-Basri (Arabic: الحسن البصري‎; full name: Al-Hasan ibn Abi-l-Hasan al-Basri), (642–728), was a well-known Sunni preacher, theologian, and scholar of Islam who was born in 642 from Persian^[1][2] parents. Brought up in the house of Umm Salama, Hasan met many companions of Muhammad including, it is said, seventy of the warriors who fought in the Battle of Badr. Hasan grew up to become one of the most prominent figures of his generation, being famous for his piety and condemnation of worldliness. When he died on Friday 5th of Rajab 110 AH, at the age of 89, the entire population of Basra attended his funeral, so that the first time in history of Basra the Jami Masjid of the city remained empty at the hour of the Asr prayer.^[3]Hasan quickly became an exemplar for other saints in the area and his personality made a deep impression upon his contemporaries.^[4]

Biography

Hasan's father, Peroz, was made a prisoner at the town of Maysan, in Iraq. He was later brought toMedina, where he met Khayra, who was to be Hasan's mother. According to tradition, Hasan was born inMedina in 642 C.E.^[5] He grew up in and around the area but later, after the Battle of Siffin, decided to move to Basra. As a young man, Hasan took part in the conquests and campaigns in eastern Iran, but he became a famous personality after denouncing arrogance and sin to take up life as pious Muslim in Basra.

Hasan's sermons played an integral part in confirming his status as one of the most notable scholars of the area. In his sermons, Hasan warned his fellow citizens of the dangers of committing sin, and commanded them to regulate their whole life in a more pious manner. These sermons, of which only fragments have been preserved, are considered to be among the outstanding examples of early Arabicprose.^[6] Some scholars have remarked upon the vivid images that Hasan developed in his sermons and it is because of this that anthologists grouped Hasan's sermons with the speeches of political leaders as models of style and some of his sermons have even found their way into the early Arab dictionaries.

Historical documents do not record much from Hasan's early years. One of the earliest instances concerning Hasan is his conversion. Hasan was a jewel merchant and was called Hasan of the Pearls.Attar narrates that he traded with Byzantium and with the Caesar, on one occasion, going to Byzantium, Hasan called on the prime minister and conversed with him for a while, after which Hasan and the minister mounted a horse and set off to reach a mysterious desert. It was at this desert, after witnessing a vision involving an army, some philosophers, a group of sages and some fair maidens that Hasan converted, devoting himself to all manner of devotions and austerities, "such that no man in his time could exceed that discipline".^[7]

Attar, in his Memorial of the Saints, narrates that Hasan had a neighbour named Simeon who was a fire-worshipper. When Simeon fell ill and was nearing death, Hasan visited the aged man and warned him to "fear God" and told him to finish his life by asking for forgiveness. Simeon answered that he had been a fire-worshipper for over seventy years, but Hasan remained persistent and told him to end his life by accepting the belief in God. Simeon, with much weeping, accepted and told Hasan: “When I die, bid them wash me, then commit me to the earth with your own hands, and place this document in my hand. This document will be my proof.” Feeling guilt at forcing someone to convert, Hasan fell asleep much distressed. That night, Hasan witnessed a miraculous dream: he saw Simeon "glowing like a candle; on his head a crown, robed in fine raiment, he was walking with a smile in the garden of Paradise." Hasan was struck with awe, and asked Simeon of his fate, to which Simeon thanked Hasan for his warning and gave him back the paper with the declaration of faith. When Hasan awoke, he saw the parchment in his hand and began to contemplate, thanking the Lord for His mercy and asking for forgiveness.^[8]

Hasan did not take sides in the Ibn al-Zubair's revolt.^[9] In 700 CE he joined the camp of Ibn al-Ash'ath during his revolt,^[10][11] Hasan is not known to have supported any Caliph after Abu Bakr,^[12] but he was on decent terms with Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz. After the revolt Hasan became a teacher in Basra and founded a school there. Among his many followers were Amr Ibn Ubayd (d.761) and Wasil ibn Ata (d.749), the founder of the Mu'tazilites – which name derives from Arabic verb i'tizàl ("to part from", "to separate from"), Wasil ibn Ata having broken all relations with his ancient Master.^[13] Among Hasan's juristic students were the Imam Ayyub al-Sakhtiyani and also Humayd.^[14] Hasan's other companions included fellow saint Farqad as-Sabakhi, an Armenian Christian convert to Islam.^[15]

Under the reign of Caliph 'Abd al-Malik and his governor in Iraq al-Hajjaj, Hasan came to oppose the inherited caliphate of the Umayyads (r. 660–750).^[16] Hasan held to a doctrine of human free will, but did not reject the predestination as rejection of predestination constitutes disbelief in Islam, Hasan was a great supporter of asceticism in the time of its first development. Hasan was also held in high regard by theSufis for his asceticism,^[17] though he predated Sufism as a self-aware movement.^[18] Many writers testified to the purity of his life and to his excelling in the virtues of Muhammad's own companions.^[19]

[edit]Apocryphal Writings

He is associated with the authorship of several epistles, many of which are known to be forged.^[20] Among the forgeries is an epistle to Abd al-Malik espousing human free will, first attested by Abd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad (d. 415 / 1024);^[21] which survives in three MSS.^[22] This epistle, despite claiming "some of the ... best examples of Arabic linguistic prose style",^[23] is based on the theology of al-Rassi's Kitab al-Radd and on the politics of the Zaydi Shi'a; that is, it comes from Abd al-Jabbar's circle if not from Abd al-Jabbar himself.^[24]

Hazrat Abdul-Qadir Jilani Ghaus-e-Azam [Rh]

Abdul-Qadir Gilani  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani^[1][2] (Persian: عبد القادر گیلانی‎,Urdu: عبد القادر آملی گیلانی Abdolqāder Gilāni) (also spelled Abdulqadir Gaylani, Abdelkader, Abdul Qadir, Abdul Khadir - Jilani, Jeelani, Gailani, Gillani, Gilani, Al Gilani, Keilany) (470–561 AH) (1077–1166 CE) was a Persian^[3]Islamic preacher who is highly esteemed by Sunni scholars. Among followers in Pakistan and India, he is also known as Ghaus-e-Azam. He was born on a Wednesday the 1st of ramadan in 470 AH, 1077 CE^[4] south of the Caspian Sea in what is now the Mazandaran Province of Iran.

Lineage and biography

Al-Gilani was born in 1078 CE (471 AH)1st of ramadan and passed away 11 rabi usani in a small town of Gilan Province.^[5][6]

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Sayyid Abu Muhammad Abdul Qadir R.A was born in Naif in the District of Gilan in Persia (Iran) in the month of Ramadan.... His father's name was Abu Salih, a God-fearing man and a direct descendant of Hazrat Imam Hasan R.A., the eldest son of Ali R.A, the Holy Prophet's (SAW) first cousin, and husband of Fatima R.A his beloved daughter. His mother was the daughter of a saintly person- Abdullah Sawmai who was a direct descendant of Imam Husain R.A, the younger son of Ali R.A and Fatima R.A. Thus Sayyid Abdul Qadir was both a Hasani and Hussaini.[7]

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His complete name al-Sayyid Muhiyudin Abu Muhammad Abdal Qadir al-Jilani al-Hasani wal-Hussaini,^[1][2] Sayyid denoting his descent from Muhammad,^[8] Muhiyudin the title "Reviver of Religion",^[9] al-Jilani his home region,^[10][11]although however he also had the epithet al-Baghdadi.^[12][13][14] (denoting also the city of Baghdad where he was now residing in and therefore also geographically recognised through, eventually being buried there), and al-Hasani wal-Hussaini affirming his lineal descent from both Hasan ibn Ali and Hussein ibn Ali, the grandsons of Muhammad.^[1][15]

His father, Abu Salih Musa al-Hasani^[16] was a sayyid.^[15][17] He was an acknowledged saint of his day "and was popularly known as Jangi Dost, because of his love for Jihad"^[18] Jangidost thereby being his sobriquet^[5][19]

His mother Umm al-Khair Fatima,^[20] daughter of Sayyid Abdullah Sawmai az-Zaid^[15][21] through Zain ul Abideen,^[22] was known as a "great saint of his time and a direct descendant of Hazrat Imam Husain, the Great Martyr of Karbala"^[23] He was known as the greatest Sufi scholar of all time as proved in Qaseedada-tul-Gausia where he states " I am Hassani and my abode is my cell, And my feet are on the neck of each Saint. Abdul Qdir is my famous name. And my ancestor is one possessed of an insight Perfect"

[edit]Education

He spent his early life in the town of his birth. At the age of eighteen he went to Baghdad (1095), where he pursued the study of Hanbali law under several teachers. The Shaikh received lessons on Fiqh from Abu Ali al-Mukharrimi, a hadith from Abu Bakr ibn Muzaffar and tafsir from the renowned commentator, Abu Muhammad Ja'far. In tasawwuf, his spiritual instructor was Abu'l-Khair Hammad ibn Muslim al-Dabbas. From him, he received his basic training, and with his help he set out on a spiritual journey.

After completion of education, Abd al-Qadir Gilani abandoned the city of Baghdad, and spent twenty-five years as a wanderer in the desert regions of Iraq as a recluse.^[24] it is also notable that in Iraq or arb "sheikh" known as a saint and those saint or religious leader are syed they known as "sharif" like allama razi sharif etc. hence it is unstandable that how sheikh abdul qadir jillani is knowned as syed. please clarify

[edit]Later life

He was over fifty years old by the time he returned to Baghdad in 1127, and began to preach in public. He moved into the school belonging to his old teacher al-Mukharrimii; there he engaged himself in teaching. Soon he became popular with his pupils. In the morning he taught hadithand tafsir, and in the afternoon held discourse on science of the hearts and the virtues of the Qur'an.

He busied himself for forty years in the service of Islam from 521 to 561 AH. During this period hundreds of thousands of people converted to Islam because of him and organized several teams to go abroad for dawah purposes.

He was also the teacher of Ibn Qudamah whom he also designated as a Caliph of his Sufi order. Ibn Qudamah also later fought as a general in Sultan Saladin Ayyubi's army and conquered Jerusalem from the Christian dominance.

[edit]Death

He died on Saturday night 1166 (11 Rabi'us sani 561AH)^[25] at the age of ninety one years (by the Islamic calendar), and was entombed in a shrine within his Madrassa in Baghdad.^[26][27][28] His Shrine and Mosque are in what used to be the school he preached in, located in Babul-Sheikh, Resafa (East bank of the Tigris) in Baghdad, Iraq. Worldwide the Sufi orders celebrate Ghouse-al-azham day on 11th al-thani closest to his birthday not his death-date for respect and elevation of their Shaykh which is 10th of Rabi at-Thani in the Islamic calendar^[25]

Al-Gilani succeeded the spiritual chain of Junayd Baghdadi. His contribution to thought in the Muslim world earned him the title Muhiyuddin(lit. "The reviver of the faith"), as he along with his students and associates laid the groundwork for the society which later produced stalwarts like Nur ad-Din and Saladin.

Hazrat Moinuddin Chishti

Moinuddin Chishti From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sultan-ul-Hind, Moinuddin Chishti (Urdu/Persian: معین الدین چشتی‎) was born in 1141 and died in 1230 CE. Also known as Gharīb Nawāz "Benefactor of the Poor" (غریب نواز), he is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order of the Indian Subcontinent. He introduced and established the order in South Asia. The initial spiritual chain or silsila of the Chishti order in India, comprising Moinuddin Chishti, Bakhtiyar Kaki, Baba Farid and Nizamuddin Auliya (each successive person being the disciple of the previous one), constitutes the great Sufi saints of Indian history.^[1]

Early life and background

Moinuddin Chishtī is said to have been born in 536 A.H./1141 CE, in Chishti in Sistan region ofAfghanistan.^[2] He was a Sayed, a descendant of Muhammad through Ja'far aṣ-Ṣādiq. He grew up in Persia. His parents died when he was only fifteen years old. He inherited a windmill and anorchard from his father. During his childhood, young Moinuddin was different from others and kept himself busy in prayers and meditation. Legend has it that once when he was watering his plants, a revered Sufi, Shaikh Ibrāhim Qundūzī (or Kunduzi) -- the name deriving from his birth place, Kunduz in Afghanistan -- came to his orchard. Young Moinuddin approached him and offered him some fruits. In return, Sheikh Ibrāhīm Qundūzī gave him a piece of bread and asked him to eat it. The Khwāja got enlightened and found himself in a strange world after eating the bread. After this he disposed of his property and other belongings and distributed the money to the poor. He renounced the world and left forBukhara in search of knowledge and higher education.^[3]

He became the Murid (disciple) of Usman Harooni.

Journey to India

Moinuddin Chishtī turned towards India, reputedly after a dream in which Prophet Muhammad blessed him to do so. After a brief stay at Lahore, he reached Ajmer along with Sultan Shahāb-ud-Din Muhammad Ghori, and settled down there. In Ajmer, he attracted a substantial following, acquiring a great deal of respect amongst the residents of the city. Moinuddin Chishtī practiced the Sufi Sulh-e-Kul (peace to all) concept to promote understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims.

[edit]Establishing the Chishtī order in India

The Chishtī order was founded by Abu Ishaq Shami (“the Syrian”) in Chisht, some 95 miles east of Herat in present-day western Afghanistan.^[4] Moinuddin Chishti established the order in India, in the city of Ajmer in North India.

Moinuddin Chishti apparently never wrote down his teachings in the form of a book, nor did his immediate disciples, but the central principles that became characteristics of the Chishtī order in India are based on his teachings and practices. They lay stress on renunciation of material goods; strict regime of self-discipline and personal prayer; participation in Samā' as a legitimate means to spiritual transformation; reliance on either cultivation or unsolicited offerings as means of basic subsistence; independence from rulers and the state, including rejection of monetary and land grants; generosity to others, particularly, through sharing of food and wealth, and tolerance and respect for religious differences.

He, in other words, interpreted religion in terms of human service and exhorted his disciples "to develop river-like generosity, sun-like affection and earth-like hospitality." The highest form of devotion, according to him, was "to redress the misery of those in distress – to fulfill the needs of the helpless and to feed the hungry."

It was during the reign of Emperor Akbar (1556–1605) that Ajmer emerged as one of the most important centers of pilgrimage in India. The Mughal Emperor undertook an unceremonial journey on foot to accomplish his wish to reach Ajmer. The Akbarnāmah records that the Emperor's interest first sparked when he heard some minstrels singing songs about the virtues of the Walī (Friend of God) who lay asleep in Ajmer.

Moinuddin Chishtī authored several books including Anīs al-Arwāḥ and Dalīl al-'Ārifīn, both of which deal with the Islamic code of living.

Quṭbuddīn Baktiyār Kākī (d. 1235) and Ḥamīduddīn Nagorī (d. 1276) were Moinuddin Chishtī's celebrated Khalīfas or successors who continued to transmit the teachings of their master through their disciples, leading to the widespread proliferation of the Chishtī Order in India.

Among Quṭbuddīn Baktiyār's prominent disciples was Farīduddīn Ganj-i-Shakar (d. 1265), whose dargāh is at Pakpattan, (Pakistan). Farīduddīn's most famous disciple was Nizāmuddīn Auliyā' (d. 1325) popularly referred to as Mahbūb-e-Ilāhī (God's beloved), whose dargāh is located in South Delhi.

From Delhi, disciples branched out to establish dargāhs in several regions of South Asia, from Sindh in the west to Bengal in the east, and the Deccan in the south. But from all the network of Chishtī dargāhs the Ajmer dargāh took on the special distinction of being the 'mother' dargah of them all.