CHAND SHAH WALI Dargah Powai
Mazar of Hazrat LaL ShAhBaZ Qalander At sehwan shareef
KAMAR ALI DARVESH
Hazrat Haji Sayed Gulab Shah Baba,Byculla, Mumbai.
This mazar opens only once in a year on 26th January as this mazar is inside Richardson and Cruddas Iron works at Byculla.
Hazrat Haaji Bakhtawar Shah Baba Ra. (Old)
First Salaami
Hazrat Sultaan Shah Baba Ra. (Old)
Second Salaami
Haji Malang Dargah Sharif
Third salami
Sabirpia Bawa
Mazar-e-Sabir Piya
Naugaja Peer Baba
Indore Sharif
Sharif Hazrat Bahauddin Shah Baba (r.a)- Mumbai
Main roza of Hazrat Peer Sayyed Baddruddin Hussaini- India
Hazrat Ismail Shah Baba-India
Hazrat Kamli Shah Baba
Makhdoom Shah Baba
Unjha Sharif-Mira Datar
Before the Mazar was built
This is a photo at Bawa's grave of the 40th day of the passing of Muhammad Raheem Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, the Sufi saint, who left this earthly existence on December 8th 1986.
East Fallowfield PA
Photo taken January 1987
A STORY
I must tell this story which I have not shared with only a few since 1987.
I stood right center (in the photo) for most of the prayers on the 40th day for Bawa.
About halfway through I heard a flock of Canadian geese. They came at an angle about 100 yards away (which would now be the field in back of the Mazar) They turned and in a V formation they flew right over top of Bawa's grave. They were about 25-30 feet off the ground. So close I swear you could see the details in their feathers. They honked as they did the flyover saluting Bawa. I was so awestruck that I never even took a photo. I could not believe what was happening.
BAWA'S GRAVE AT SUNSET
BEFORE THE MAZAR WAS BUILT OVERTOP
BEFORE THE MAZAR WAS BUILT OVERTOP
Muhammad Raheem Bawa Muhaiyaddeen in PHILEDEPHIA
M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
"Within your heart in a space no bigger than an atom, God has placed the 18,000 universes, good and evil, and the wisdom to differentiate between them. That is your farmland. If you plow that land deep with your wisdom and sow God's qualities and actions with the knowledge of the difference between good and evil, you will receive the wealth of your soul, the bountiful harvest of undiminishing grace."
"What we are slaves to will prevent us from praying to God. If we are slaves to all the thoughts we think, if we are slaves to everything our eyes see, if we are slaves to all the music our ears hear, if we are slaves to everything the nose smells and the tongue tastes, if we are slaves to everything the body wants, then how can we ever reach a state of peace? We can never know peace or tranquility this way. We have to escape from this slavery and become a slave only to God."
"Always use positive words, and never use negative or evil words. Cultivate good thoughts, not bad thoughts. Make sure your intentions are constructive intentions. Never be jealous; be grateful. Be tolerant, peaceful, and honest instead of vengeful. Always be compassionate, never proud and arrogant. Praise God, because God is the Deserving One. You need these in your life. If you can teach yourself to follow these suggestions, you will have a very good life."
God's Psychology (unpublished to date)
"You must place your faith in the one indestructible, imperishable God. To do this, you must stop depending on the kings, forces, and armies within you. When you give up all this and stand defenseless and alone, saying, O God, it is all Your will! The sheikh will stand by your side. It is only when you surrender to Allah that the sheikh, who is the explaining wisdom of the Qutbiyyat which guides you on the path of God, will come to stand by your side. 'Son' he will say, 'Now you are ready. Come, let us go'."
"This is the only path on which we can proceed with ease. It is the path to the freedom of our soul. Therefore, may we protect ourselves and give love to others. May we protect others as we would protect ourselves, love our neighbors as ourselves, and make all mankind our relatives, our brothers and sisters. May we make everyone our loved ones and help them become those who trust in God. May we all go together on this path as the followers of God, as the representatives of God, as the children of the one Father."
"To all those who say they believe in God, please realize with faith that God hears every word you say. God hears your every thought. Realizing this, speak only what is truth and act only with God's qualities of love, compassion, justice, patience, and the realization that each life is as important as your own."
January 10, 1979
Abdul Raheeman Video Interview 5/15/2011 Bawa Muhaiyadeen Fellowshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkkgHSKTHXY
Urs Bawa Muhaiyaddeen RA MAY 2012 (Recent)
Haji Abdul Rehman Shah Baba,Mumbai
Mama Haji Ali Dargah. - Worli, Mumbai, India.
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Hazrat Shaikh Khwaja Syed Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya
ROZA SHARIF HAZRAT KHAWAJA MOINUDDIN CHISTI (AJMER INDIA)
Life History of Khawaja Ghareeb Nawaz of Ajmer Shareef - MUST WATCH -b
Life History of Khawaja Ghareeb Nawaz of Ajmer Shareef - MUST WATCH -b
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iRqF8s4vUc
Sultan E Hind"
Sahenshah E Hind"
Waliyo Ke Wali"
Hind Ke Raja"
Son of Hazrat Khawaja Moinudin Chisty R.A.
Hazrat Khawaja Fakaruddin Chisty R.A. Ka Urs Sharif Mubarak Ho.
Sahenshah E Hind"
Waliyo Ke Wali"
Hind Ke Raja"
Son of Hazrat Khawaja Moinudin Chisty R.A.
Hazrat Khawaja Fakaruddin Chisty R.A. Ka Urs Sharif Mubarak Ho.
Mazar of Hazrat Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya Aurangabadi ( rahmatullah alayh)
Panch Peer- India
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The Holy Mazar Shairf of The Great Sufi Saint GaosePak MuhiUddeen Abdul Qadir Jilani (RA) of Baghdad |
He is Hasani and Husaini
Shaikh Muhammad Raheem Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
See a movie at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBBmfo2u_Dw
A short visit on May 9th 2010 to the mazar in East Fallowfield Pennsylvania near Philaselphia.
Andavan song sung in Tamil by Bawa Muhaiyaddeen - copyright by the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship
More about the mazar athttp://www.bmf.org/fellowship/index.html
Some forty miles from Philadelphia, among the rolling hills and tall trees of Chester County, is the Mazar, the resting place of Muhammad Raheem Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, the Sufi saint, and founder of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, who passed away in 1986.
This beautiful Mazar, the first in the United States, was conceived, designed, and built by the members of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, and dedicated in 1987.
All are welcome to visit the Mazar of Sheikh M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) between sunrise and sunset everyday.
The most universally acclaimed saint of all times and the most celebrated, in all the aalameen (worlds), among jinnn and men as well as among the arwaah (souls) and the malaika (angels), the beloved ofAllahTa'ala who throughout history has been showered the titles of muhyudeen (reviver of faith),qutbRabbani and ghauth-al-a'zam (the greatest helper), Sayyidi wa Imami Shaykh-ul-AkbarAbu Muhammad Abdul Qadir Jilani, Radhu Allahu Anh was born in Ramadan 470 A.H/1077 CE in Jilan, Persia. His father's name was Abu Salih, a man of taqwa (piety) and a direct descendant ofHadrat Imam Hasan ibn Ali Rady Allahu Anh. His mother Ummul-Khair Fatima was a saintly daughter of a saintly father Shaykh Abdullah Sawma'ee who was a direct descendant of Hadrat Imam Husain ibn AliRady Allahu Anh.
Thus Muhyudeen Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani was both Hasani and Husaini, a descendant of the Holy Prophet, Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam. For this reason, the Sindhis for example, lovingly call him "putarmithe mahboob jo" (the blessed son of the sweet beloved Holy Prophet), Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam.
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum
He Reached The State of Siddiqeen
The Holy Prophet MuhammadMustafaSallallahu alaihi wa Sallam is the last Prophet, there is no prophet after him. But people can still aspire to spiritual progress, acquire taqwa (piety) and saintliness and become Awliya Allah (friends of Allah). And the highest spiritual state after anbiya (prophets), belongs to the Siddiqeen (the truthful) that is why the Holy Prophet taught us to make thedua:Allahummaj 'alna min-as-Siddiqeen (O Allah make us among the truthful). Well, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani Rady Allahu Anh manifested to the world that he ranked among the siddiqeen at the ripe age of 18. At that age, his thirst for knowledge and eagerness for the company of the Awliya Allahtook him to the city of Baghdad.
It is related that as he was about to leave home on this momentous journey, his widowed mother sewed forty gold coins inside his coat as part of his inheritance, and as parting advice told him to be forever truthful. The caravan with which he was travelling had gone as far as Hamadan when it was attacked by a gang of robbers. In the course of their loot, one of the robbers asked him whether he had anything with him and he truthfully replied that he had forty gold coins sewn in his coat. The robber obviously thought he was joking and narrated this incident to his chief who decided to come and see this young man. When his coat was torn open, sure enough there were forty gold coins. The gang leader was astounded. He asked Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani as to why he revealed this when he could have very well kept it secret. Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani told him that his mother had advised him not to lie and he was duty bound to obey his mother, Hearing this, the gang leader was overpowered with remorse, repented, accepted Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani as his Shaykh and so did all his followers and they went on to acquire wilayah (sainthood) themselves. This is how Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani came to be ranked among the Siddiqeen. Allahummaj 'alna min-as-Siddiqeen, Aameen Yaa Rabbal 'Aalameen.
Sayyid Hajji Abdul Raheem Bin Sayyid Muhammad Ismail Shirazi has captured the essence of this incident most beautifully in the following verses of his Urdu poem on the Gauth-al-A'zam:
Choron pay tum nay kar kay tawajjoh Abdaal banaaya 'aali shaan Yaa Gauth-al-A'zam ajab tumhaaree shaan
Focussing your spiritual glance at the thieves You turned them into great saints O, the great helper, your stature is truly astounding (Gulzare Tayyiba, vol 3, p 18)
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum
Sharia, Tariqa and Haqeeqi Ma'rifa
In matters of Shariah (sacred Muslim law), Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani Rady Allahu Anh followed the Hanbal Madh-hab (school of sacred Muslim law) but was an authority on the Shafi-i-Madh-hab as well, and a chief exponent of the Ahl us-Sunnah wal Jama'ah (the people who follow the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet and the Jama'ah of his blessed companions). The way to draw nearer to Allah Ta'alais through additional voluntary prayers day and night, through constant remembrance (Zikr), unceasingsalawaat (Durood) on the Holy Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam, Sunnah fasting, charity, zuhd(abstinence) and juhd (exertion in the way of Allah Ta'ala) as exemplified by the Holy Prophet himself. This then is the tariqa (spiritual path leading to Allah Ta'ala) which is rooted in sharia (sacred Muslim Law).
A Shaykh, musk-scented in shariah, tariqa and haqeeqi-ma'rifa (knowledge of Allah Ta'ala) is able to ascertain the spiritual level of a mureed (disciple) and can assign additional awraad and azkaar(voluntary prayers) to be performed to attain spiritual progress. Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani learnedtariqa at the hands of Shaykh Hammad Bin Muslim al-Dabbas, Rahmatullahi alaih. Traditionally when someone is appointed a khalifa of a Shaykh in tariqa, he is given a khirqa. Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani was bestowed the khirqa by ShaykhQadi Abi Said al-Mukhrami, Rahmatullahi alaih.
The tariqa followed by Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani Rady Allahu Anh came to be called after him theQadiriyya tariqa and it came to be universally accepted as a divinely-guided path to spiritual progress through zikr of Allah to polish one's heart of all evil, to lead a virtuous life, to attain the love of the Holy Prophet, Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam, the love of the sahaba (companions) and the Ahle Bayt (the Prophet's blessed household), the love of the awliya (saints), and to follow the sharia (sacred Muslim law) according to the teachings of any one of the four Imams of madh-hab, that is Imam Abu Hanifa, Imam Shafi-i, Imam Malik and Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal, may Allah Ta'ala be pleased with them all.
Any tariqa has a silsila or spiritual chain linking the teachings of the Shaykh to the teachings ofRasulullah Sallallahu aliahi wa Sallam. The spiritual geneology of Shaykh Abdul Qadir JilaniRadyAllahu Anh is traced back to the Holy Prophet as follows:
Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani, disciple of
Shaykh Qadi Abi Said Ali Mubarak al-Mukhrami, disciple of
Shaykh Abul Hasan Ali Ahmad Qareshi al-Hankari, disciple of
Shaykh Abu Farah Muhammad Yusuf Tartusi, disciple of
Shaykh Raziuddin Abul Fazl Abdul Wahid Abdul Aziz, disciple of
Shaykh Abu Bakr Abdullah Shibli, disciple of
Shaykh Abul Qasim Junaid of Bagdad, disciple of
Shaykh Abul Hasan Siri Saqti, disciple of
Shaykh Maroof Al-Karkhi, disciple of
Shaykh Sulaiman Dawood Tai, disciple of
Shaykh Habib ul Ajami, disciple of
Shaykh Hasan al-Basri, disciple of
Sayyidina Ali ibn Abi Talib, Khalifaof
Sayyidina Muhammad ibn Abdillah, Nurin-min-Nurillah,
Allahumma Salli wa Sallim wa baarik alaih.
The names in this silsila (spiritual chain) are given in the Tawassul of Qadiriyya in the kitab Abdul Qadir Fee Eedahittasawwuf compiled by Nuriddeen ibn Shaykh Husain Mahmud al-Ghasani as well as in the biography of the Shaykh by Dr. Zahurul Hasan Sharib.
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum
Nasiha
Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani Rady Allahu Anh taught Muslims and preached to non-Muslims in Baghdad. His Khutbas (sermons) and Nasiha (advice) have been compiled and handed down through centuries as classics of Muslim spirituality.
His major spiritual works in the field are:
1. Sirr al-asrar (The secret of secrets)
2. Futuh al-ghayb (Revelations of the Unseen)
3. Ghunyat al-talibeen (Wealth for Seekers)
4. Al-Fat'hu Rabbani (The Endowment of Divine Grace)
Besides the Qur'an Kareem and Hadith Shareef, these are required minimum reading for someone who aspires to be an aalim (learned). As we read his masterpieces, we are struck by the fact that his style of expression is different from that of any other Shaykh, aalim or wali. He is so much saturated with the spiritual power of Tawheed that his exposition and its flow has a spiritually confident personality all its own so that anyone who reads his khutbas spontaneously admits that he is thequtb-al-aqtaab, the Shaykh-ul-Mashaaikh, the Gauth-al-A'zam and much more.... a Shaykh who epitomised mujaddidiyya (faith revival) and wilayah (sainthood).
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum
Azkaar, Salawaat and Qasida
The Qadiriyya tariqa is a tariqa of Zikrullah, remembrance of Allah. The plural of Zikr is azkaar. Theazkaar and awraad (daily voluntary prayers) of Shaykh Abdul Qadir JilaniRady Allahu Anh have been compiled in many kitaabs (religious books), one of which is Fuyudhaatur-Rabbaniyya, compiled by al-Hajj Ismail Ibn Sayyid Muhammad Sa'eed Al-Qadiri. It gives the awraad and azkaar ofShaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani for each day of the week as well as for various special occasions.
Then we have the salawaat (durood) on the Holy Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam recited by theGauth-al-A'zam and we have to read Fuyudhaatur-Rabbaniyya as well as his major classics to appreciate how profuse Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani was in sending salawaat and salaam on the Holy Prophet, Allahumma salli wa sallim alaih. His most famous salaat is called As-Salatu Gauthiyaafter him while he also recited As-Salatul Kubra (The big salaat) and kibritil ahmar (the philosopher's stone). Kibritil ahmar is given in both Fuyudhaatur-Rabbaniyya as well as in Miskaatus-Salawaat ofMawlana Muhammad Elias Burney. "The pholosopher's stone" means something very rare to find.
His emphasis in immersing yourself in the Asma Allah-ul-Husna (the most Beautiful Names of Allah Ta'ala) until they run through your veins is breathtaking. He has woven a qasida (hymn) of 63 verses around these Asma-ul-Husna whose opening verses are:
Shara'tu Bi Tawheedil Ilahi Mubasmilaa
Sa Akhtimu Bi-dh-dhikril Hameedi Mujammila
Wa Ash-Hadu Annallah Laa Rabba Ghairuhu
Tanazzaha 'an Hasril Uquli Takammulaa
(transliteration from Fuyudhaatur-Rabbaniyya, p 52)
I start the Tawheed of Allah with Bismillah.
I will finish with the Zikr of Allah, the Most Beautiful.
And I bear witness that there is no Lord other than Allah. Glorified is He, beyond human understanding, Most Perfect.
And his qasida Gauthiya is universally popular. It is chanted from Rabat to Lahor and from Mombasa to Toronto. Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani Rady Allahu Anh passed away on 11 Rabi-ul-Akhir 561 A.H/1166 C.E, at the age of 91. Those in the Qadiriyya tariqa recite Qur'an Kareem and do Zikr on that night. In the Indian sub-continent, it is called Gyaarween shareef, or the blessed eleventh night of the month. Qasida Gauthiya is also recited. In it, ShaykhAbdul Qadir Jilani gives us some of the secrets of his own spiritual stature. Consider the spiritual force with which the opening lines burst upon you:
Saqaanil hubbu kaasaatil wisaalee
Faqultu likhamratee nahwee ta'aalee
When we read the classics of Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani Rady Allahu Anh like Sirr al-asrar, Futuh al-ghayb, Ghunyat al-talibin, Al-Fat'hu Rabbani, and qasida Gauthiya and recite the awraad andsalawaat that he recited, we begin to understand why he is considered to be the Gauthul A'zam(greatest saint). But the initiate sometimes wonders why he revealed so many spiritual secrets when most other Shaykhs are reticent. To answer that question, we will need to turn to Sayyidi wa Imami Mawlana Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad, Rady Allahu Anh. In Gifts for the Seeker, he explains that Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani, Rady Allahu Anh had received permission to divulge these spiritual secrets-"for the man who receives such permission is under an order which he can but obey-and the secret of the permission granted in such matters is itself one that cannot be divulged." (Gifts for the Seeker, translation by Dr. Mostafa al-Badawi, p.11).
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum \
Spread of Islam Through Sufi Saints
Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani, Rady Allahu Anh as the model of a Sufi saint, through his nasiha, azkaar and salawaat, through giving a living reality to Islam, in his complete surrender to the Will of Allah and in his showing of tawakkul (trust in Allah) and through his teachings and preachings converted more than five thousand Jews and Christians to Islam while more than a hundred thousand ruffians, outlaws, murderers, thieves and bandits repented and became devout Muslims and gentle dervishes, explains Shaykh Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi al-Halveti in his Introduction toSirr al-asrar, p xxxi. And the halaqa of Zikr (Zikr congregations) which he instituted have continued to attract millions of people to Islam through centuries and will continue to do so, Insha-Allah, till the Day of Judgement, Aameen.
A few examples suffice to illustrate this. The first example is that of Mawlana Mu'eenuddin ChishtiRahmatullahi alaih who acknowledged Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani as his Shaykh and spread Islam in India among the Hindus. He achieved such a high spiritual stature that he is calledSultanul Hind (the sultan of saints in the Indian sub-continent) and all the saints in that region are under his banner while he is under the banner of the Gauth-al-A'zam. In the same way Shaykh Uways ibn Muhammad Rahmatullahi alaih of Somalia became a khalifa in Tariqatul Qadiriyya at the shrine of Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani in Baghdad and spread Islam in the whole of Eastern Africa through congregations of Zikr. And Shaykh Hamzah Fansuri, considered to be the greatest saint in Indonesia and Malaysia proudly proclaimed that he learned Islam from Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani.
It can truly be said that the mureedeen and muhibbeen (loving disciples) of Shaykh barakaat Abdul Qadir Jilani Rady Allahu Anh have spread Islam throughout the world through Zikr. The (blessings) ofzikr are truly unending. May Allah Ta'ala make us among the Zaakireen, Aameen.
And the granting of wilayah (the stature of a saint) by Allah Ta'ala to the Zaakireen (those who remember Him), aabideen (those who worship Him) and muhibbeen (those who love the Holy Prophet) is in all instances mediated by the Holy Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani and one's own Shaykh. After all the awliya and the ulama (learned) are the Khalifatullah, vicegerants of Allah. And one must always aspire to wilayah so that one becomes 'Aarif Billah(knower of Allah). Allahummaj 'alna minal 'aarifeen, Aameen Yaa Rabbal Aalameen.
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum
HisAqeeda
His aqeeda (beliefs) was that of the Ahl us-Sunnah wal Jam'ah based on the Qur'an, and theSunnah of the Holy Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam. All the Sufi Saints through centuries have expounded on and lived by this aqeeda. Its cornerstone is Tawheed (Unity of Allah), its nurturing is with Asma ul Husna and Ishq (love) of the Holy Prophet; its daily life is governed by shariah (sacred Muslim law); its growth and spread is through nasiha (good advice), zikr of Allah Ta'ala and salawaatand salaam on the Holy Prophet, Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam, its peak is jihad and its ultimate isFana Fillah (annihilation of oneself in the Love of Allah Ta'ala) after which Allah Ta'ala showers you with Baqa Billah (spiritual life everlasting) in His Ridha (pleasure).
So you start with Ridhal Waalidain (in the pleasure of your parents) and end with Ridhallah (pleasure of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala). And the sahaba (companions) of the Holy Prophet are referred to asRady Allahu Anhum wa Radhu Anh (Allah is well pleased with them and they are pleased with Him). And according to Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani, his own position is equal to the dust under the feet of the sahaba. If that is the case, what of the stature of the blessed sahaba of the Holy Prophet,Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam? Their spiritual stature derives from the fact that they were blessed with the opportunity of beholding the Holy Prophet with the eyes of imaan (faith). That being the case how can anyone be capable enough to explain in full the sifat (attributes) of Muhammad-e-Arabi, Rasule-Rabbil Aalameen, Rahmatullil Aalameen. Only Allah Rabbul Izzat is well aware of what he bestowed on His beloved Prophet, Allahumma Salli wa sallim alaih.
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum
His Daily Life and Teachings
Imam Shihabuddeen Umar Bin Muhammad Suhrawardi Rahmatullahi alaih in his universally acclaimed classic Awariful Ma'arif refers to Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani as "Our Shaykh". He writes that according to Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani, theShaykh has to cultivate these qualities:
Of Allah Rabbul Izzat (to cover up and forgive)
Of SayyidinaMuhammad Mustafa Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam (to intercede and to accompany)
Of SayyidinaAbu Bakr Siddiq Rady Allahu Anh (truthfulness and benevolence)
Of SayydinaUmar Rady Allahu Anh (to command and to forbid)
Of Sayydina Uthman Rady Allahu Anh (to feed the poor and to pray when others sleep)
Of Sayydina AliRady Allahu Anh (to be knowing and brave).
(Awariful Ma'arif, translated by Wilberforce Clarke, p 162)
Imam Ibn Kathir Rahmatullahi alaih described the admonitions of Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilanisaying: "He enjoined the people to do what is good and abstain form what is evil. His admonitions addressed caliphs, ministers, people in authority, judges, companions and the masses. Standing on the pulpits of the mosques, he reprimanded them in the presence of witnesses as well as during his public addresses. He disavowed the civil appointment of any unjust person, chose Allah's blessings over anyone else's wrath, and was not affected by any reproach."
In his book Zail Tabaqat Al-Hanabila, Ibn Rajab quoted Shaykh Muwaffaq Al-Deen, author of the book Al-Maghni, saying: "I have never heard of anyone having as many noble deeds and miraculous blessings (Karamat) as those attributed to Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani".
Dr. Muhammad Haroon of the Raza Academy has described these in detail in "The World Importance ofGhaus al Azam Hadrat Sheikh Muhyiddin Abdul Qadir Jilani". To gain baraka (blessings), let us at this juncture recall one of these miracles. It is related that as it was cloudy, the new moon of Ramadan had not been sighted and people were confused whether or not to fast the next day. They came to Ummal-Khayrand asked if the child had taken food that day. As he had not, they surmised that the fast had begun. His mother relates; "My son 'Abdul Qadir was born in the month of Ramadan. No matter how hard I tried he refused to suckle in the daytime. Throughout his infancy he would never take food during the month of fasting." (Sirr al-asrar, Introduction by Shaykh Tosun al-Jerrahi al-Halveti, p xiii)
Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani,Rady Allahu Anh had four wives, each a model of virtue and devoted to him. He had forty-nine children, twenty-seven sons and twenty-two daughters. Four of his sons, Shaykh Abdul Wahhab, Shaykh Isa, Shaykh Abdul Razzaq and Shaykh Musa became famous for their education and learning. This is how Sheikh Tosun al-Halveti explains about the daily life of Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani,Rady Allahu Anh: "He himself had given all of himself to Allah. His nights passed with little or no sleep in secluded prayer and meditation. He spent his days like a true follower of the Prophet in the service of humanity. Three times a week he would deliver public sermons to thousands of people. Every day in the morning and the afternoon he gave lessons in Quranic commentary, Prophetic traditions, theology, religious law and sufism. He spent the time after the midday prayer giving advice and consultation to people, whether beggars or kings, who would come from all parts of the world. Before sunset prayers, rain or shine, he took to the streets to distribute bread among the poor. As he spent all his days in fasting he would eat only once a day, after sunset prayer, and never alone. His servants would stand at his door asking passers-by if they were hungry, so that they could share his table." (Sirr al-Asrar, p XLIV)
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum
Qasaid on the Shaykh
Given these realities of history, is it any wonder then to find that more qasaid (poems) have been written in praise of Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani Rady Allahu Anh than on any other saint? Gulzare Tayyiba in Urdu for example contains 17 poems in his honour while the Diwan (in Arabic) in Taraqatul Qadiriyya has 27. In a short article like this, it is not possible to do full justice to all the poetry in honour of the Shaykh. It suffices to give a sprinkling from Champay Dhee Bootee of Sultan ArifeenShaykhSultan Bahu in Punjabi, from the poetry of Shaykh Hamzah Fanzuri of Indonesia in Malay, from the salaam of Iman Ahmed Raza Khan in Urdu and from the Diwan in Tariqatul Qadiriyya in Arabic, in that order.
We begin with the translations of the abyaat (couplets) of Sultan Bahu in Champay Dhee Bootee, a classic in Kalaame Ma'rifat:
Talib Gauthul A'zam waalay
Shale kadhe na howan pandhe hoo
Jendhe andhar ishq dhee ratte
Rayn sadha kur landhe hoo
Jenun shawq dha howay
Lay khushyan nit andhe hoo
Dhono jahan naseeb tunhande Bahu
Jere zati alam kamadhe hoo
Followers of the Gauthul A'zam:
Would God, they are never ill! Those who have one grain of loving, Ever are in pang and chill. Lured by chances of a meeting Hopeful in their joyous drill
Lucky in both worlds are Bahu!
Lovers who gain Allah's Will.
(Sultan Bahu, Champay Dhee Bootee, (The Jasmine Plant), p 33) (Translation by Maqbool Elahi, The Abyat of Sultan Bahu, p 103)
Next, let us savour the following four lines in Malay form Shaykh Hamzah Fansuri as given in Syed Naguib al-Attas' Some Aspects of Sufism as Understood and Practiced Among the Malays, p 22
Hamzah nin asalnya Fansuri
Mendapat wujud ditanah Shahar Nawi
Beroleh Khilafat ilmu yang ali
Daripada Abdul Qadir Sayyid Jilani
I Hamzah who am of Fansur a son
At Shahar Nawi my being have won
The knowledge sublime I acquired from one Called Abdul Qadir Sayyid of Jilan.
A'la Hadrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan wrote Salaams on the Holy ProphetSallallahu alaihi wa Sallam in which after profuse salutations on the Holy Prophet, he also sent salaams on the Ahle-Bayt and the sahabaRady Allahu Anhum, as well as on the Imams of madh-hab, the awliya and the saleheen, Rahmatullahi alaihim ajma'een.
Consider just two verses from A'la Hadrat on the Gauth-ul-A'zam to appreciate his love for the Shaykh.
Gauthul A'zam Imam-ut-tuqaa wan-nuqaa
Jalwae Shaane Qudrat pe lakhon salaam
Jis ke mimbar bane gardane awliya
Us qadam ki karamat pe lakhon salaam
(Hadaiq-i-Bakhsheesh, p 149)
Gauthul A'zam Imam of saints and the pious
A million salutations on him who was pure by nature The one for whom the necks of saints became a pulpit A million salutations on the miracle of his feet
It is fitting to the end with the chorus of the Qasida in Arabic in the Diwan of Qadiriyya.
Bi Rasulillahi wal Jilan
Wa Rijaalin Min Bani Adnaan
Salaku Fee Manhajjir-Rahmaan
Bi Rasulillahi Wal Jilan.
For the sake of the Holy Prophet and Shaykh Jilani
And those in the tribe of Adnaan
They have treaded the Path of the Merciful Lord For the sake of the Holy Prophet and Shaykh Jilani.
(O Allah hear our prayers)
Tazkiratul Awliya (the Zikr of the friends of Allah) is truly unending. May AllahSubhanahu wa Ta'ala forgive us and give us the hidaya (guidance) to live Islam according to the Qur'an and the Sunnah of Rasulullah, Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallamas explained and exemplified by Gauth-ul-A'zamShaykhAbdul Qadir Jilani, Rady Allahu Anh, Aameen Yaa Rabbal Aalameen.
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum
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A short visit on May 9th 2010 to the mazar in East Fallowfield Pennsylvania near Philaselphia.
Andavan song sung in Tamil by Bawa Muhaiyaddeen - copyright by the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship
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Some forty miles from Philadelphia, among the rolling hills and tall trees of Chester County, is the Mazar, the resting place of Muhammad Raheem Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, the Sufi saint, and founder of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, who passed away in 1986.
This beautiful Mazar, the first in the United States, was conceived, designed, and built by the members of the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, and dedicated in 1987.
All are welcome to visit the Mazar of Sheikh M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.) between sunrise and sunset everyday.
Mazar and Garden Of Shaikh M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
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It as a photo of the Bawa's Mazar Being built
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Mazar through the garden
Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim
"In the name of God, most Gracious, most Compassionate". This is a digitized calligraphy piece in Arabic reading right to left in the shape of a swan. Muslims often say this phrase when embarking on any significant endeavor. This expression is so magnificent and so concise that all but one chapter of the Qur'an begins with the words Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim.
