HIS POSITION IN THE SILSILA: Sultaan-ul-Munaazireen, Sayyid-ul-Mutakalimeen, Shahenshah-e-Taqreer Wa Tahreer Sultan-ul-Aashiqeen, Qudwat-ul-Waasileen Saahib-ul-Barkaat Hazrat Sayyid Barkatullah Marehrvi (radi Allahu anhu) is the thirty third Imam & Sheikh of the Silsila Aaliyah Qaadiriyah Barakaatiyah Razviyah Nooriyah.
BIRTH: He was born on the 26th of Jamadi al-Aakhir 1070 Hijri in Bilgiraam Shareef. (Khandaan-e-Barkaat pg 10)
NAME: His name is Sayyid Shah Barkatullah (radi Allahu anhu) & his titles are Sultaan-ul-Aashiqeen & Saahib-ul-Barkaat.
HIS FATHER: His father's name is Hazrat Sayyid Shah Owais (radi Allahu anhu), who was a very great Wali of his era.
GENEALOGY: Hazrat Qudwat-ul-Waasileen Sayyid Shah Barkatullah son of Shah Owais son of Hazrat Sayyid Shah Abdul Jaleel son of Hazrat Sayyid Shah Abdul Waahid son of Sayyid Shah Ibraheem son fo Hazrat Sayyid Shah Qutbuddin son of Hazrat Sayyid Shah Marehru Shaheed son of Hazrat Sayyid Shah Bud'dah son of Hazrat Sayyid Shah Kamaaluddin son of Hazrat Sayyid Shah Qaasim son of Hazrat Sayyid Shah Sayyid Hassan son of Hazrat Sayyid Shah Umar son of Hazrat Sayyid Shah Naseer son of Hazrat Sayyid Shah Hussain son of Hazrat Sayyid Shah Umar son of Hazrat Sayyid Shah Muhammad Sughra son of Hazrat Sayyid Shah Ali son of Hazrat Sayyid Shah Hussain son of Hazrat Sayyid Abul Farah Thaani son of Hazrat Sayyid Abul Firaas son of Hazrat Sayyid Abul Farah Waasti son of Hazrat Sayyid Dawood son of Hazrat Sayyid Hussain son of Hazrat Yahya son of Hazrat Zaid Saum son of Hazrat Sayyid Umar son of Hazrat Sayyid Zaid Daum son of Hazrat Sayyid Ali Iraqi son of Hazrat Sayyid Hussain son of Hazrat Sayyid Ali son of Hazrat Sayyid Muhammad son of Hazrat Sayyid Essa son of Hazrat Zaid Shaheed son of Hazrat Sayyiduna Imam Zain-ul-Abideen son of Hazrat Sayyid-ush-Shuhada Hazrat Imam Hussain son of Hazrat Ameer al-Momineen Ali-e-Murtaza husband of Sayyidatuna Faatima Zahra (ridwaanullahi ta'ala alaihim ajmaeen) the beloved daughter of the Most Beloved Rasool Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa (sallallahu alaihi wasallam). (Khandaan-e-Barkaat Pg. 10)
HIS FAMILY HISTORY: His forefather Hazrat Abul Farah (radi Allahu anhu) came to India & after his wisaal, his grandson Hazrat Sayyid Shah Muhammad Sughra (radi Allahu anhu) came to India. Sultan Shamsuddin Al-Tamish had great respect for him & honoured him with an army equal to the Raaja of Bilgiraam & sent him to conquer the city. Hazrat Sayyid Muhammad Sughra (radi Allahu anhu) conquered Bilgiraam & turned the hearts of many towards Islam, firmly planting the flag of Islam in Bilgiraam. Sultaan Shamsuddin Al-Tamish was very pleased & gave Bilgiraam to him as his property. Hazrat then summoned the rest of his family to Bilgiraam.
EDUCATION: His was born into a family of knowledge. He thus did not have to travel out initially to attain knowledge. He studied Tafseer, Hadith & the principles of Hadith, Fiqh & Usool-e-Fiqh etc. under the tutorship of his father. He then attained knowledge under the guidance of his father Hazrat Sayyid Shah Owais (radi Allahu anhu). His father blessed him with Ijaazat & Khilaafat of various Silsilas.
IBAADAT: He kept fast for 26 years. He used to fast for the entire day & make iftaar with one Khajoor (date). His condition of Roohaniyah was such that for three years, he only ate minimum food & lived only off the water strained from the rice. He would be in spiritual ecstasy for weeks on end & he used to be completely out of contact with the material world & that, which is within it. He would spend lengthy nights in the Ibaadat of Allah. It was his manner, that he recited the Holy Quran after Zohar Salaah. He would only stop on hearing the Azaan of Asr Salaah. He would be engrossed in wazifas from Fajr Salaah right up to the time of Ishraaq. He used to go to the Madrassah at the time of Chasht & teach all his students & devotees that were present at the time. Between Asr & Maghrib, he showered his spiritual blessings upon those present.
SHEIKH-E-TARIQAT: He is the mureed & Khalifa of Hazrat Shah Fazlullah (radi Allahu anhu).
HIS EXCELLENCE: His personality was so dynamic, that any person who saw him would immediately recognize that he was a Wali Allah or the Qutb of his time. This quality of his was more evident than anything else. He spent his entire life serving the cause of the Ahle Sunnat Wa Jama'at. He filled many empty hearts with the love of Allah & His Rasool (sallallahu alaihi wasallam). He assisted thousands of people to find the path towards Allah. Huzoor Ghause-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) blessed him spiritually & placed the crown of Wilaayat on his blessed head. He was a master in various branches of learning, including Tafseer, Hadith, Fiqh, Mathematics, Logistics, Philosophy, History etc. He 58 was also a poet & a dynamic orator. His lectures & words of wisdom brought hundreds of thousands of unbelievers into the folds of Islam. for thirty years he did not move from his position of being the Sajaada Nasheen. He took care of this position with complete responsibility. He used to make jihad against his desires & reached such an exalted position in Roohaniyah, that he only took two physical breaths in a day.
ARRIVAL IN KALPI SHAREEF: Hazrat Shah Barkatullah (radi Allahu anhu) heard about the excellence of Hazrat Shah Fazlullah (radi Allahu anhu) & thus travelled to Kalpi Shareef to meet him. When he arrived in Kalpi Shareef, he presented himself before Hazrat Shah Fazlullah (radi Allahu anhu). When Hazart Shah Fazlullah (radi Allahu anhu) saw him, he immediately walked towards him & embraced him with great love & emotion. He held Hazrat Shah Barkatullah (radi Allahu anhu) close to his chest & said, "The Sea has met with the Sea." He continued saying these words & in just a few moments, Hazrat Shah Barkatullah (radi Allahu anhu) reach a very exalted spiritual level.
RETURN FROM KALPI SHAREEF: Hazrat Shah Fazlullah (radi Allahu anhu) blessed him with Ijaazat & Khilaafat. When he was about to leave Kalpi Shareef, Hazrat Shah Fazlullah placed his blessed sight upon him & adorned him in the garb of mysticism. He then made dua for him & told him that he had already reached a very exalted level in spiritualism. He also said that there was no need for him to teach or to go out to learn. He then blessed him with certain wazaa'if & gave him the Ijaazat & Khilaafat in the Qaadiriyah, Chishtiya, Naqshabandiya, Soharwardiya & Madaariya Silsila's. He also presented him with the certificate of Khilafat. He then said that his personality would be a means of great blessings for all those who came to him & that there was no need for those who came to him, to go to Kalpi Shareef.
MAREHRAH SHAREEF: Hazrat Saahib-ul-Barkaat (radi Allahu anhu) arrived in Marehrah Shareef after his spiritual exercises which took place from the year 1111 Hijri up to 1117 Hijri. This was during the rule of Muhiyudeen Aurangzeb. Marehrah Shareef is approximately 16 miles east from the city of Eta, in the Northern Province of India. It is a town of Ulama, Auliyah & Sufis. Hazrat Shah Barkatullah (radi Allahu anhu) once dreamt of Huzoor (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) & Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) who commanded him to live in Mahrerah Shareef, in the area where the Khanqah-e-Barkaatiyah is today. A house was then constructed for Hazrat & he lived therein. Hazrat then summoned the rest of his family to join him in Marehrah Shareef. Due to Hazrat’s arrival in Marehrah Shareef, people from all over began to live in & around Marehrah Shareef. By 1118 Hijri, there was a complete population of people living around the Khanqah Shareef.
THE BLESSINGS OF HUZOOR GHAUS-E-AZAM (radi Allahu anhu): He had great love & respect for Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam Jilani (radi Allahu anhu). Even though he was blessed with the Ijaazat & Khilaafat of five Silsilas, he entered his mureeds into the Qaadiri Silsila & he paid more attention to the Qaaderi order. He attained a very exalted glad tiding from the Darbaar of Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu). Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) said, "“I am responsible for the intercession of those mureeds linked to your khandaan. I will not enter Jannat, until I do not enter the mureeds & those linked to your Khandaan into Jannat."
THE REALITY OF SHEIKH SADOO THE CURSED: Hazrat Sayyiduna Shah Ache Mian (radi Allahu anhu) writes as follows in Aa'in-e-Ahmadi: "Sheikh Sadoo was a human. He lived around the middle of the eleventh century, during the rule of Hazrat Mohiyuddin Aurangzeb Alamgir. He used to do a very powerful amal, that used to be done on the hair of a camel. He was a very sinful person & enjoyed sinning. He spent his days & nights committing major sins. He used to make use of his amal, to lure one woman to him self every night. He used to attain the most beautiful women, through the use of his muakils. He would then commit adultery with them. This action of his was disliked by his muakils but they were now in his control. When he intended to commit zinna, he would draw a Hisaar (fortification circle) around him & keep water inside this hisaar. One day, when he completed making zinna, he realised that he had forgotten to keep water inside his hisaar for ghusl, so he asked his muakils. The muakils were waiting for an opportunity like this, to kill him. The Because, Sheikh Sadoo's asr (venom) was already in the hearts & minds of many, he caused them to worship him & do things for him. This evil of Sheikh Sadoo reached Marehrah Shareef & this was because, many people who lived in Marehrah Shareef had relatives who lived in the town where Sheikh Sadoo used to live."
When Hazrat Saahib-ul-Barkaat arrived in Marehrah Shareef; he saw some amazing behavior. He found that the people of Marehrah made the niyaaz of Sheikh Sadoo, some of them presented things on his behalf etc. He commanded the people to leave their false ways & to stop showing respect towards an evil person. He explained to them that their actions were against the Shariah. Hazrat's words made a difference & the people now rectified the false practices. Once Sheikh Sadoo came to Hazrat & said that Hazrat was not one of his followers & he was causing those who followed him to leave his way. He thus said that he wished to challenge Hazrat Shah Barkatullah (radi Allahu anhu). Hazrat Saahib-ul-Barkaat reprimanded him in a very harsh voice & Sheikh Sadoo ran away. It was Hazrat's manner that every year he went twice into seclusion for forty days. Once whilst in seclusion, he needed to make ghusl. Hazrat was on his way to the river to make ghusl, when the khabees Sheikh Sadoo confronted him. He said, "You have caused great harm to me & insulted me. I am now going to cause you to burn." Hazrat then reprimanded him & asked him not to confront a true faqeer. Hazrat then said, "You must burn me when you want to, but now you must see the way I burn" Hazrat then made ghusl & took Sheikh Sadoo into a ver powerful hisaar (grasp). He continued to make the hisaar tighter, until he brought sheikh sadoo very close to him. He then said, "Look how I cause you to burn & how I destroy you in a moment." Sheikh Sadoo began to cry & begged to be released. Hazrat then promised to leave him on condition that:
(b). He will never enter, even by mistake, any area where Hazrat or any member of Hazrat's family is present.
POETRY: Hazrat had a deep love for poetry & wrote many Naats in praise of the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam). His pen name in the field of poetry is Ishqi. A few stanzas of his world renowned Salaam is being presented for the sake of blessings:
Ya Shafi al-Waraa Salaamun Alaik Ya Nabi Al-Huda Salaamun Alaik
Khaatim-ul-Ambiya Salaamun Alaik Sayyid-ul-Asfiyah Salaamun Alaik
Ahmadun laisa misluka Ahadun Marhaba Marhaba Salaamun Alaik
Waajibun Hubuka ala al-Makhlooq Ya Habeeb al-Ulaa Salaamun Alaik
Matlabi Ya Habeebi Laisa Siwaak Anta Matloobina Salaamun Alaik
Sayyid Ya Habeebi Maulaa'ee La ka Roohi Fidaa Salaamun Alaik
Haaza Qaulu Ghulaamikal Ishqi Minhu Ya Mustafa Salaamun Alaik
BOOKS & TREATIES: Hazrat Saahib-ul-Barkaat (radi Allahu anhu) wrote various books & treaties. The power & excellence of his works can only be seen after reading some of them. A few of his works are as follows:
- Risa'la Chahaar Anwaa'
- Risa'la Sawaal wa Jawaab
- Awaarif hindi
- Diwan-e-Ishqi
- Masnawi Riyaz-ul-Aashiqeen
- Wassiyat Naama
- Biyaaz-e-Baatin
- Biyaaz-e-Zaahir
- Risa'la Takseer
- Tafseer Surah Faatiha
- Irshaad-us-Saalikeen etc.
HIS KARAAMATS: The greatest karaamat of Saahib-ul-Barkaat (radi Allahu anhu) was his firmness in the matters of Deen. Ahsan-ul-Ulama Hazrat Sayyid Shah Hassan Mian Barkaati (radi Allahu anhu) says, "The grandson of Hazrat Makhdoom Shah Barkaat, Hazrat Sayyid Shah Hamza (radi Allahu anhu) recorded a few of Hazrat's karaamats in Kaashif-ul-Astaar Shareef & then wrote, "If the karaamats of my grandfather Saahib-ul-Barkaat have to be written, then one complete volume would not be enough." A few Karaamats of Hazrat Saahib-ul-Barkaat are being presented for the sake of attaining blessings.
It is in Kaashif-ul-Astaar Shareef, Shuja'at Khan; the servant of Nawaab Muhammad Khan always presented himself at the annual Urs of Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu), which used to be commemorated in Marehrah Shareef. Once he went to the Urs in Ajmer Shareef & the date of the Urs of Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) had drawn very near. He travelled from Ajmer Shareef until he reached Marehrah Shareef for the Urs. He went to Marehrah Shareef, where he saw a light, which changed his life. He now intended to become a Darvesh (Dervish). He then said that he would accept Hazrat Saahib-ul-Barkaat as a great mystic, if he gave him some food when they met. The time of Asar Salaah arrived & Shuja'at Khan went to meet with Hazrat. Hazrat had just emerged from his home to make wudhu. Hazrat had some bread, methi & mutton curry in his hands. He saw Shuja'at Khan & smiled. He gave this food to Shuja'at Khan & said, "There is no need to become a dervish. The servants of Allah are attaining benefit from you even without you being a Dervish." When Shuja'at Khan heard this, he immediately knew that Hazrat was a great mystic.
One of his Karaamats was that during his era, even the Hindus of Marehrah Shareef used to make the Zikr of Allah. Hazrat Sayyid Hamza (radi Allahu anhu) says that even the birds could be heard reading the Kalima-e-Tauheed.
RESPECT & HONOR: All those who knew him respected Hazrat Saahib-ul-Barkaat. People came from far & wide to Marehrah Shareef to meet this great saint. Even Sultans & Kings of the Moghul Empire came to take his duas & blessings. Amongst those who visited his Darbaar, were Hazrat Aurangzeb Alamgir (rehmatullah alaih), Bahad-ur-Badshah, Farkh Seer, Jahandaar & Muhammad Saleem.
RELICS: Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Mian Marehrvi (radi Allahu anhu) says, "The Khanaqah attained the blessed hair of the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) in the time of Hazrat Saahib-ul-Barkaat (radi Allahu anhu). Hazrat's Khalifa Shah Roohullah (radi Allahu anhu) brought this blessed hair from the belongings of Nawaab Khair Andesh Khan Alamgiri. The certificate depicting how the blessed hair reached Khair Andesh Khan is written in deatil in Aasar-e-Ahmadi & in Kashif-ul-Astaar Shareef. Alhamdulillah, the blessed hair of the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) is still present at the Khanqah & ziyaarat takes place during the Urs. Hazrat also had the Cloak of Hazrat Ali (radi Allahu anhu) & the hair of Imam Hussain (radi Allahu anhu) amongst the Tabarukaat.
THE CLOAK OF HAZRAT ALI (radi Allahu anhu): It is reported that Hazrat's cloak belonged to Hazrat Ali (radi Allahu anhu) & was worn by Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu), Hazrat Khawaja Ghareeb Nawaaz (radi Allahu anhu), Hazrat Qutbuddin Bakhtiyaar Kaaki (radi Allahu anhu), Hazrat Baba Fareeduddin Ganj Shakar (radi Allahu anhu), Mahboob-e-Ilaahi Hazrat Nizaamuddin Auliyah (radi Allahu anhu), Hazrat Naseeruddin Chiragh Dehlvi (radi Allahu anhu), Hazrat Makhdoom Shah Bare Makhdoom, Shah Safi, Hazrat Meer Abdul Waahid Bilgiraami & then from one generation until the next, till it reached Hazrat Sayyid Shah Barkatullah (radi Allahu anhu). This cloak is still present in Marehrah Shareef & is kept on the shoulder of the Sajjada Nasheen at the time of the Urs.
There are also many other tabarukaat in Marehrah Shareef, which can be seen even today at the time of the Urs-e-Qaasmi.
With the expection of the above-mentioned Tabarukaat, seven beads & one turban was blessed to the Khanqah. It is state that Hazrat Saahib-ul-Barkaat (radi Allahu anhu) attained these from Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) through Hazrat Bu Ali Shah Qalandar (radi Allahu anhu). Hazrat was informed through muraqiba (spiritual meditation) that he was to attain some gifts through Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu). This was during the Urs of Hazrat Ala'uddin Ali Ahmed Saabir Kalyari (radi Allahu anhu). Hazrat sent a Darvesh to Hazrat Saabir Paak's (radi Allahu anhu) Urs. On the way, the Darvesh met a person who gave him seven beads & a turban & said, "Yahi Payaam Yahi Risa'la Kaihoo Barkaat Marehrah WA'la" This is the message, This is the letter. Say this to Barkaat Marehrah WA'la" This is the message, This is the letter. Say this to Barkaat, The one from Marehrah. When the Darvesh returned to Marehrah Shareef, he handed everything over to Hazrat Sahib-ul-Barkaat (radi Allahu anhu) & asked about the person whom he met. Hazrat said that it was Hazrat Bu Ali Shah Qalandar (radi Allahu anhu) & the gifts were from Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu). (Khandaan Barkaat Pg. 10)
HIS NIKAH: He married Waafiyah Bibi, the daughter of Hazrat Sayyid Maudood Bilgiraami bin Sayyid Muhammad Faadhil bin Sayyid Abdul Hakeem Bilgiraami.
HIS CHILDREN: Almighty Allah blessed him with five children. They are: Burhan-ul-Waasileen Hazrat Shah Aale Ahmad, Asad-ul-Aarifeen Hazrat Shah Najaatullah & three daughters.
HIS KHULAFA: There are many Khalifas of Hazrat Shah Barkatullah (radi Allahu anhu) who spread their rays of knowledge & wisdom where ever they went. Some of them are: Hazrat Shah Abdullah, Hazrat Shah Meem, Hazrat Shah Mushtaq-ul-Barkaat, Hazrat Shah Mannal laahu, Hazrat Shah Raju, Hazrat Shah Hidayatullah, Hazrat Shah Roohullah, Hazrat Shah Aajiz, Hazrat Shah Nazar, Hazrat Shah Nazar, Hazrat Shah Saabir, Hazrat Shah Jamiat, Hazrat Shah Hussain Biraagi, Hazrat Shah Saadiq, Hazrat Shah Sayyid Aale Muhammad (ridwaanullah ta'ala alaihim ajmaeen).
GEMS OF WISDOM: From amongst his gems of wisdom, are those things which he commanded his children Hazrat Sayyid Aale Muhammad & Hazrat Najaatullah (ridwaanullah ta'ala alaihim ajmaeen). He said:
- Remain engrossed in the remembrance of Allah
- Do not turn to any worldly leader for your personal needs
- Do not ever visit those who waste their time in worldly fun & games
- Always meet with those who are adorned in the garb of Deen & faithfulness
- Always be sure to visit the graves of the deceased
- The greatest Jihad is to fight against your desires
- Give preference to knowledge, practice & do not have pride over your knowledge
- Always speak gentle words to the servants of Allah
- Always have this hope that you will attain knowledge only through the Help of Allah & the Wasila of the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam).
WISAAL: He passed away on the 10th of Muharram 1142 Hijri (1729) at the time of Subh Saadiq at the age of 71 years.
MAZAAR SHAREEF: His Mazaar Shareef is in Marehrah Muqadassa.
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