Dargah Sharif
Name: Qutb-e-Aalam Madaar-e-Aazam Niyaz be Niyaz Hazrat Qibla Shah Niyaz Ahmed Alvi Barelvi Qadri Chishti Soharwardi Naqshbandi Nizami Sabri Faqri (R.A)
Birth: 6th Jamadi-us-sani 1155 Hijri ( 7 August 1742 C.E)
Parental Lineage: From his father side the lineage (silsila-e-nasab) goes to Maula-e-Kainaat Hz. Ali (K.W.K) & from his mother side it goes to Imamain Kareemain Sayyida-tun-Nisa Hz. Fatima-tuz-zahra (R.A). He was Alvi Syed from his patenal family & Rizvi Syed from the maternal side. His great grandfathers belonged to royal family of Bukhara (present day Uzbekistan).Among his great grandfathers Hz. Shah Ayaatullah Alvi (R.A) left the Sultanat & got settelled in Multan (Punjab province of present Pakistan).His grandson Hz. Azmatullah Alvi (R.A) came to Sirhind (Punjab, India), his Son Hz. Hakeem Elahi Shah Muhammad Rahmatullah (R.A) later came & settelled in Delhi.He was father of Hz. Niyaz-be-Niyaz (R.A).He was appointed Kazi-ul-kuzzat (Chief Justice) in Delhi.He earned the title of “Hakim-e-Elahi”. Hz. Shah Niyaz-be-Niyaz (R.A) got birth in Sirhind & came to Delhi with his father. His mother's Name was Bibi Ladoo but was famous by the name of Hz. Bibi Garib Nawaz .She was daughter of Syed Maulana Sa'id Uddin, who traced his descent from Hazrat Imam Musa Raza (R.A). He was a spritual caliph of Hazrat Sheikh Kalim-ul-lah (R.A)of Shahjahanabad(Delhi).She was hereself a buzurg.Her Peer-o-Murshid Hz. Shah Mohiuddin Diyasanami & Giyasnami (R.A) inducted her twice in Silsila-e-Qadria, the reason for making her Mureed for the second time he told was that he was actually making the child in her womb (Hz. Niyaz be Niyaz RA) his mureed.
Education: His primary education started at home under guidence of his mother's father Hz. Syed Maulana Sa'id Uddin.He got higher education from Madarsa Faqriya Delhi which was equivalent to a collage at that time.He completed his education including Quran, Hadith, Tafseer, Fiqh at the age of 15 .He was awarded the degree of Farigh-ut-tahsil after 3 days of questioning by various scholars.He then became Ustad (teacher) their.He later became the principal of the Madarsa.
Initiation in Sufi Order: Hz. Shah Niyaz-be-Niyaz (R.A) inherited spiritual qualities from his parents, particularly from his Mother from Childhood.
His mother gave him in the care of Hz Sayed Faqruddin Muhammad Dehalvi (R.A) who is famous by the name Maulana Faqr-e-paak & Fakr-e-Zahaan who later made Hz. Shah Niyaz (R.A) his spritual desciple. He used to call him Miyan. Hz. Faqr-e-paak deputed Hz Niyaz Be Niyaz to Barelvi (Uttar pradesh, India) to carry out the work of silsila.
Hz. Niyaz be Niyaz (R.A) was inducted in Qadri Silsila by Hz. Abdullah Baghdadi (R.A.),who was direct descendent of Hz. Ghaus-ul-Aazam (R.A).The incidence is such that one day Hz. Fakr-e-Paak (R.A) told that in his dream Piran-e-Pir Hz. Ghaus Paak (R.A) has introduced him to a certain person (closely related to him) who would be sent to initiate Hz. Niyaz-be-Niyaz (R.A) as his desciple & Hz. Fakr-e-Paak should have him accepted by the person.After six days Hz. Fakr-e-Paak (R.A) told one day that Hz. Ghaus Paak (R.A. has told him that the person has reached Delhi. Hazrat Fakr-e-Paak placed a tray full of sweets on his head & holding the hand of Hz. Niyaz-be-Niyaz (R.A) went to Jama Masjid Delhi,where the person (Hz. Abdullah Baghdadi RA) was staying.Hazrat Fakr-e-Paak recognized Hz. Abdullah Baghdadi at once & placed the tray infront of him.Hazrat Niyaz-be-niyaz was accepted by Hz. Abdullah Baghdadi (R.A) as his spritual desciple in front of huge crowd in the arch of Jama Masjid.
Hazrat Shah Niyaz Ahmed (R.A) also recieved spritual blessings from other saints of other sufi orders. In brief it can be put that he was initiated in Qadri order by Hz. Syed Abdullah Baghdadi (R.A.) & Hz. Mohiuddin Diyasnami (R.A), in Chishti, Nizami order by Hz Maulana Fakr-e-Jahaan (R.A) & Hazrat Saiduddin (R.A), in Soharwardi order by Hz. Maulana Fakr-e-Jahaan (R.A) & in Chishti, Sabri, Naqshbandi order from Hazrat Shah Rahmatullah.
Marriage & Children: He was married with the daughter of Hz. Abdullah Baghdadi (R.A) who died after some year. He had two sons, Hz. Shah Nizamuddin Husain (R.A) & Shah Nasiruddin, from his second wife.
Death (Wafaat & Wisaal): 6th Jamadi-us-sani 1250 Hijri (9th October 1834 C.E)
Mazar-e-aqdas: His tomb is in bareilly (Uttar pradesh, India) .His Urs is celebrated anually in traditional way which is attended by huge crowd.
Khalifa (Caliphs): His elsest son Hazrat Shah Nizamuddin Hussain (R.A) was his premier khalifa & sajjada nashin. He had lot of other caliphs, in which some prominent are Syed Muhammed Sani of Badakshan,Maulvi Abdul Latif of Samarkand, Maulvi Nematullah of Kabul, Maulvi Yar Muhammed of Kabul, Mulla jan Muhammed of Kabul, Maulana waz Muhammed of Badakshan, Maulvi Muhammed Hussain of Mecca & Mirza Asadullah Beg of Bareilly.
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