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Abdul Hakim Sialkoti (1560 - 1657) was a Muslim scholar. He was born in Sialkot during the era of Mughal Emperor Akbar. He was the son of Sheikh Shams-ud-Din. He was a scholar of Qur'an & a leading philosopher of Islam in his time. He was also known as "Fazil Sialkoti" & "Fazil Lahori". He wrote many books on logic & philosophy. His books are taught at international level Islamic universities. The Mughal emperor Shah Jahan had him weighed in gold once & in silver twice. He died on 24th Safar. His tomb is in Sialkot on the back of Abdul Hakim Park close to a Power House. He is also well known for introducing the Persian philosopher Mulla Sadra in India. He gave the title of Mujaddid Alif Thani to one of the prominent scholars of Islam, Ahmad Sihindi.
Education:
He was the student of a renowned relegious scholar of his time, Abdul Hakim Sialkoti or called as Moulana Kamaluddin Kashmiri (1017 AH - 1608). Moulana was the brother of another renowned scholar of his time Moulana Jamaluddin & he was the disciple of Baba Fatah Allah Haqqani who was very close to Khawajah Abdushaheed Naqshbandi. He was a great scholar remembered in the history as Allama Mashriqayn, Scholar of East & Moallem-e-saqalain, master of universe. He had two universities one in Lahore & one in Sialkot & people from far away came to learn under his brilliance.
Classmates:
Mullah had two very famous class fellows, Mujaddid Alif Thani, who is one of the most prestigious spiritual personality from Subcontinent & Nawab Saadullah Khan, who was the president of the court of Emperor Shah Jahan. Ahmad Sirhindi & Mullah were both classmates but after the completion of their studies they remained separated till 1022 AH - 1613 but later in that year, one of Mullah's students remained absent for few days from the class. Mullah got concerned & he sent word for him. After that, the student came back with few pages in his hands on Mullah's curiosity, he told that he read these pages & caught his attention that he got so distracted from his studies. When Mullah read the pages, he was also surprised. In the end, he figured out that these pages were written by Ahmad sirhandi himself. After that one night in Mullah's dream, he saw Ahmad Sirhindi who was reciting some verses & interpreting the meanings of those to Mullah, when Mullah woke up he wrote a letter to Ahmad & mentioned the dream about him too, it is written in books that between 1023 AH - 1614 to 1024 AH - 1615, mullah went to Sirhand to meet Ahmad & Mullah accepted his discipleship. Ahmad too respected him a lot & even the title Mujaddid Alif Thani was given by Mullah himself while his true name is Sheikh Ahmed Sirhandi & also the Mujaddid gave Mullah a title of Aftab-e-Punjab ( A sun in the scholars of Punjab).
Career & Achivements:
Mullah in the reign of Emperor Akbar was officialy appointed professor at the University in Lahore that was constructed by Akber himself. In the reign of emperor Jahangir he was greatly honoured & was given a huge land in acknowledging his services also in the early days of Emperor Shah Jahan, he was the principal of Agra University. It was reported that he was given six thousand coins equivalent to the weight of his own as a gift.
Students:
He had only two notable students out of thousands in his lifetime, Mullah Abdur Raheem, justice of Muradabad & Mir Syed Ismail Baig.
Meeting with Sufi Poet Saint Shah Hussain:
It is written by Prince Dara Shikoh in his book Hasanat ul Arifin (1064 AH - 1653) that Mullah Abdul Hakim Sialkoti visited to the most famous sufi master of his time Shah Hussain (945 AH - 1538 - 1008 AH - 1599) who is one of the most celebrated sufi poet of Punjabi language & is the father of the famous gener of punjabi poetry named as Kafi & asked him to take him as one of his disciples but Shah Hussain refused to say that you are a Mullah religious man & is not fit for my discipleship. Mullah witnessed two spiritual miracles of Shah Hussain which he described as a man came to shah complaining about a woman he loved but she was not responsive so he was told to find a place of seclusion & to recall her name for few days after which he came & said that the woman herself came to him & answered his love calls. Another place a man came to the shah & told him that he has a dream but it does not seem to come true. Shah Hussain handed over him a cow & asked him to urine over her. Lo & behold, his dream came true.
Titles:
Mullah was given several titles in his lifetime as Aftab-e-Punjab, Fazil Lahori, Fazil Sialkoti, Malik-ul-Ulama & Allama-e-Zaman.
Death:
He died in 1068 AH - 1657 & was buried in Sialkot Punjab.
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