HIS POSITION IN THE SILSILA: Maqbool-e-Bargah-e-Ilaahi, Gohar Darya-e-Wilaayat, Qutb-ul-Aqtaab, Fard-ul-Ahbaab, Hazrat Abu Muhammad, Sayyid Mohiy'uddin, Mahboob-e-Subhani Sheikh Abdul Qaadir Jilaani (radi Allahu anhu) is the seventeenth Imam & Sheikh of the Silsila Aaliyah Qaadiriyah Barakaatiyah Razviyah Nooriyah.
BLESSED BIRTH: He was born on the eve of the 1st of Ramadaan 470 Hijri in the city of Gilan.
HIS BLESSED NAME: His blessed name was Sayyid Abdul Qaadir.
TITLES: His title was Abu Muhammad & he is famously known as Mohiyuddin, Ghaus-e-Azam, Ghaus-e-Paak & Ghaus Piya (radi Allahu anhu) etc. He is tarafain Sayyid (descendant of Imam Hassan & Hussain)
HIS PARENTS: He was a descendant of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) from both his mother's & father's side. His blessed father's name was Sayyid Abu Saleh Moosa (radi Allahu anhu) & his blessed mother's name was Sayyida Umm-ul-Khair Faatima (radi Allahu anha).
HIS FEATURES: He was very well built & of medium height. Broad chest, a long broad beard, tan in color, joint eyebrows, strong voice & of beautiful character.
HIS FAMILY TREE: His family tree reaches Sayyiduna Ali-e-Murtaza (radi Allahu anhu) from his father through 14 generations a& through his mother by 12 generations.
Hazrat Sayyiduna Abdur Rahmaan Jaami (radi Allahu anhu) said the following concering the geneology of Sarkaar-e-Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu):
- Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa (sallallahu alaihi wasallam)
- Sayyidatun Nisa Faatima
- Sayyiduna Ali-e-Murtaza
- Shaheed-e-karbala Imam Hussain
- Sayyiduna Imam Hassan
- Sayyiduna Imam Zain-ul-Abideen
- Sayyid Hassan Mathni
- Imam Muhammad Baaqir
- Sayyid Abdul Mahdh
- Sayyiduna Imam Jaafar Saadiq
- Sayyid Moosa Al-Jawn
- Sayyiduna Sheikh Ali Raza
- Sayyid Moosa Thaani
- Sayyid Aboo Ala'uddin
- Sayyid Dawood
- Sayyid Kamaal'uddin Esa
- Sayyid Muhammad
- Sayyid Abul Ataa Abdullah
- Sayyid Yahya Az-Zaahid
- Sheikh Sayyid Mahmood
- Sayyid Abi Abdillah
- Sayyid Muhammad
- Sayyid Abu Saleeh Moosa (Father)
- Sayyid Aboo Jamaal
- Sayyid Abdullah Soom'ee
- Sayyida Umm-ul-Khair Faatima (Mother)
- Sayyiduna Mohiy'uddin Abu Muhammad Abdul Qaadir Jilaani (Ridwaanullahi Ta'ala Alaihim Ajmaeen)
SHEIKH-UL-MASHA'IKH SAYYIDUNA JUNAID-E-BAGHDADI (radi Allahu anhu): lived two hundred years before Sarkaar-e-Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu). He foretold his coming in the following manner. Once while Hazrat Junaid-e-Baghdadi (radi Allahu anhu) was in a state of Spiritual Ecstacy, He stated: "His foot is on my shoulders, His foot is on my shoulders." After he had come out of this spiritual condition, his disciples questioned him concering these words & he said, "I have been informed that a great Saint will be born towards the end of the fifth century. His name shall be Abdul Qaadir (radi Allahu anhu) & his title will be Mohiy'uddin. He will be born in Jilaan & he will reside in Baghdad. One day, on the command of Allah, he will say, "My foot is on the shoulders of all the Auliyah Allah." While in my spiritual condition, I saw his excellence & these words were uttered by me without my control."
IMAM HASSAN ASKARI (radi Allahu anhu): Sheikh Abu Muhammad (radi Allahu anhu) states that before his demise, Imam Hassan Askari handed his Jubba (Cloak) over to Sayyiduna Imam Maaroof Karkhi (radi Allahu anhu) & asked him to pass it over to Sarkaar-e-Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu). Hazrat Imam Ma'roof Karkhi (radi Allahu anhu) passed this Cloak over to Sayyiduna Junaid-e-Baghdaadi (radi Allahu anhu), who in turn passed it over to Sheikh Danoori & it was then passed down until it reached Sarkaar-e-Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) in the year 497 Hijri. (Makhzan-ul-Qaadiriah)
SHEIKH ABU BAKR BIN HAW'WAAR (radi Allahu anhu): lived before the time of Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam & was amongst the distinguished Mashaaikh of Baghdaad. Once while sitting in his majlis, he said, "There are seven Aqtaab of Iraq:
- Sheikh Maaroof Karkhi (radi Allahu anhu)
- Hazrat Imam Ahmad bin Hambal (radi Allahu anhu)
- Hazrat Bishr Haafi (radi Allahu anhu)
- Sheikh Mansoor bin Amaar (radi Allahu anhu)
- Sayyiduna Junaid Baghdaadi (radi Allahu anhu)
- Hazrat Sahl bin Abdullah Tastari (radi Allahu anhu)
- Hazrat Abdul Qaadir Jeeli (radi Allahu anhu)."
Sheikh Abu Bakr (radi Allahu anhu) replied by saying, "Abdul Qaadir (radi Allahu anhu) will be a non-Arab (& a) pious man. He will be born towards the end of the fifth century Hijri & he will reside in Baghdaad." (Bahjat-ul-Asraar)
SHEIKH KHALEEL BALKHI (radi Allahu anhu): He is a great Wali-Allah & had passed away before the time of Sarkaar-e-Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu). One while seated with his disciples he said, "A pure servant of Allah will become apparent in Iraq towards the end of the fifth century. The world will gain brightness from his presence. He will be the Ghaus of his time. The creation of Allah will be obedient to him & he will be the Leader of the Auliyah Allah." (Azkaar-ul-Abraar)
IMAM MUHAMMAD BIN SAEED ZANJANI (radi Allahu anhu): stated as follows in his distinguished work Nuzhat-ul-Khawatir: "From the era of Hazrat Abi Ali Hassan Yasaarajuvi (radi Allahu anhu), up to the era of Sheikh Abdul Qaadir Jilaani (radi Allahu anhu), every Wali that passed this earth, foretold the coming & the excellence of Hazrat Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu)". (Nuzhat-ul-Khawatir)
HIS BLESSED BIRTH: There are two narrations concerning the date of birth of Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu). The first narration is that he was born on the first of Ramadaan 470 Hijri & the second is that he was born on the eve of Ramadaan 470 Hijri. The second narration seems to be the one more favoured amongst the learned scholars. The birth of Sarkaar-e-Ghaus-e-Azam was a great blessing to the Ummah as it was not only the birth of a child, but it was the coming of the King of the Auliyah, which had been foretold for centuries before his birth. Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) was blessed to his mother at an age when women are usually unable to have children. Sayyida Umm-ul-Khair Faatima (radi Allahu anha) was sixty years old when Sarkaar-e-Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) was born. This alone was one of the astonishing incidents relating to the birth of the Great Saint.
MIRACULOUS EVENTS SURROUNDING HIS BLESSED BIRTH: Apart from this, there were nemerous other miraculous events which surrounded the birth of Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam. Hazrat Sayyiduna Shahabuddin Soharwardi (radi Allahu anhu) quoted the following five miracles (Karamaat) which surrounded the birth of Ghaus-e-Azam, in his distinguished book, Manaqib-e-Ghausia:
(1). On the eve of the birth of Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu), his father, Sayyidi Abu Saaleh, saw in his dream, the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) who gave him the following glad thing: "O Abu Saaleh! Almighty Allah has blessed you with a pious son. He is my beloved & the beloved of Almighty Allah & he is the most exalted amongst the Auliya & Aqtaab."
(2). When he was born, he had the impression of the footprint of Rasoolullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) on his shoulder. This alone was the proof of his Wilaayah.
(3). Almighty Allah gave glad things to his parents in their dream that their son would be the Sultaan-ul-Auliyah & those who oppose him would be misled (Gumraah).
(4). On the eve of his birth approximately eleven hundred males were born in Jilaan & every one of them a Wali Allah.
(5). He was born on the eve of Ramadaan. During the entire month of Ramadaan between Sehri & Iftaar, he never drank milk after the time of sehri & before the time of Iftaar. In other words, he kept fast from the day he was born. His blessed mother says that he would never cry for milk the entire day & would only take milk at the time of Iftaar. Subhaan allah!
DEMISE OF HIS FATHER: After the demise of his father, he was taken under the care of his illustrious grandfather Hazrat Abdullah Soom'ee, the very same personality who was responsible for the marriage of the parents of the Great Saint. He took Hazrat Ghaus-e-Azam under his wing & blessed him with gems of spiritualism. He groomed the Great Saint from childhood into the personality that he was to be. He nutured him with gentleness & showered him with words of wisdom.
VOICE FROM THE UNSEEN: Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) was not like other children who spent their time playing & fooling around. From a tender age, he spent his time in the remembrance of Almighty Allah. If he at any time ever intended to join the other children, then from the unseen a voice would be heard saying, "Come Towards Me O' Blessed one" At first, on hearing this voice, he would become afarid & go to his mother & sit on her lap. As the time passed, he became accustomed to this voice & instead of going to his mother, he would abandon the thought of playing & occupy himself in the remembrance of Allah.
COMMENCEMENT OF ACADEMIC STUDIES: When Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) was four & a half years old & according to certain narrations, five years old, his mother enrolled him into a local Madrassah in Jilaan. He thus commenced his early education at the Madrassah. He remained in this Madrassah until the age of ten. During this period a certain amazing event occurred. Whenever Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam would enter the Madrassah he would see bright figures walking ahead of him saying, "Give way to the Friend of Allah" His son Sayydi Abdur Razzaq (radi Allahu anhu) reports that once Hazrat Ghaus-e-Paak (radi Allahu anhu) was asked regarding when he first noticed the signs of his Wilaayah & Hazrat Ghaus-e-Paak (radi Allahu anhu) answered by saying, "When I was ten years old, I found Angels walking beside me on my way to the Madrassah & when we reached the Madrassah I would hear them say, "Give way to the Wali Allah, Give way to the Wali Allah" It was when this continued that I knew that I had been blessed with Wilaayah."
DEMISE OF SAYYIDI ABDULLAH SOOM'EE (radi Allahu anhu): Hazrat Ghaus-e-Paak (radi Allahu anhu) was still a student at the Madrassah in Baghdaad when his grandfather Hazrat Abdullah Soom'ee (radi Allahu anhu) journeyed from this world into the hereafter. After the demise of his grandfather, the responsibility of his education fell upon the blessed shoulders of his respected mother. With patience, sincerity & dedication, she fulfilled this responsibility that had been blessed to her. Once, while Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) was about eighteen years old. he went out of his house for a stroll. He walked in the streets of Jilaan & found an ox in front of him. He walked behind it for some time. Then the animal turned around & in the language of humans said, "You have not been created for this & you have not been commanded to do this." On hearing this, he immediately returned home & explained this incident to his mother. He then requested permission to journey to Baghdaad in order to complete his academic studies & seek more spiritual knowledge. His mother, without a second thought who was now seventy eight years old, acceded to this noble request.
HIS MOTHER'S ADVICE: So, in her old age, Sayyida Umm-ul-Khair Faatima (radi Allahu anha) said farewell to her eldest son Sayyiduna Abdul Qaadir Jilaani (radi Allahu anhu). It was that time in her life, where parents usually depend on their children for moral & financial support, but this pious & pure servant of Allah wanted only the pleasure of Allah & His Rasool (sallallahu alaihi wasallam). Whilst she was very attached to Sarkaar-e-Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu), she did not let her personal feelings come before the pleasure of Allah. She wanted her son to be a man of knowledge & wisdom.
In those days, people used to travel either by foot or by camel etc & the roads passed through dense jungles & forests. There was always a real danger of travellers being robbed & killed. Knowing all this, she still supported his request & wished him well with her duas. She said, "O my dear son! I have now become very old & I do not think I will ever get to see you again, but my dua will always be with you. May Almighty Allah grant you success in your quest for academic & spiritual knowledge." She then said, "Your Marhoom father left eighty Dinaars, from which I am giving forty dinaars to you, for your journey & forty dinaars I will keep for your younger brother Sayyid Abu Ahmed Abdullah." She took the forty dinaars & sewed them under the arm of his coat. She once again made dua for him & on bidding him farewell gave him the following advice, "O my beloved son! Let this advice which I am about to give you be an important part of your life. Always speak the truth! Do not even think of lies."
On hearing this Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) said, "My dear mother! I promise from my heart, that I will always act upon your advice." Sayyida Faatima (radi Allahu anha) then embraced the apple of her eye with love & motherly gentleness for the last time & with the words "Go! May Allah be with you. It is He who is your Helper & Protector." The journey to Baghdaad began.
ADHERENCE TO HIS MOTHER'S ADVICE: After bidding farewell to his mother, Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu), joined a caravan which was on it's way to Baghdaad. In those days, people travelled in groups for the sake of safety. The caravan of Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) reached the city of Hamdaan without icident. After leaving Hamdaan, they journeyed further. Their journey took them into a dense forest, where they were attacked by sixty robbers. The leader of this band of robbers was a very notorious bandit called Ahmad Badawi. The travellers did not have the means to defend themselves against the robbers & were forced to surrender their belongings & valuables to them. After looting the travellers, the robbers gathered all the loot & began to distribute it amongst themselves. While all this was happening, Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) was standing very calmly amongst the travellers. Regarding him as just a young boy, none of the robbers approached him, until one of them decided to approach him. He went up to Hazrat Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) & asked if he had anything valuable. Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) replied by saying that he had in his possession forty dinaars. On hearing this the robber laughed at Ghaus-e-Azam & walked away, thinking that he was lying. After some time another robber asked him the same question & received the same answer. He too dismissed this statement of Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) as a joke. When the robbers had gathered, both the robbers began to joke about the young boy who thought he had forty dinaars. On hearing their discussion, their leader Ahmed Badawi asked them to bring Sarkaar-e-Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) to him. When the Great Saint was brought before Ahmed Badawi, he asked whether he had any valuables in his possession & the Saint replied in the same way as before. When Ahmed Badawi heard this, he asked for the forty dinaars. Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) calmly showed them where the dinaars were hidden. On tearing open the coat of Ghaus-e-Azam, they found that there were really forty dinaars sewn under the arm of the coat. On seeing this, Ahmed Badawi & his accomplices were taken aback. Ahmed Badawi then asked, "O Young man! None of us knew that you had any money. Knowing we are are bandits, why did you still tell us where the money was hidden?"
The young Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) replied by saying, "When I had left on this journey, I had promised my elderly & pious mother that I would never lie. How then could I break this promise just for the sake of sixty bandits."
On hearing this, Ahmed Badawi felt great shame & in tears said, "O young boy! You are so loyal in your promise to your mother, Shame on me, that for years I have been disloyal to my promise with my Creator Almighty Allah."
After saying these words, the bandit cried bitterly & then fell to the feet of Sarkaar-e-Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) & repented for his sins. When his accomplices saw this, they too did like wise & repented sincerely from all their sins. They then returned all the belongings of the travellers & escorted them out of the jungle. It has been stated that the tauba of these bandits was so sincere, that they were blessed with Wilaayah, through the sadqa of Sarkaar-e-Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu). Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) personally stated, "This was the first tauba that a group of misled persons had made at my hands."
GHAUS-E-AZAM (radi Allahu anhu) ENTERS BAGHDAAD: The City of Baghdaad was blessed with the feet of Sarkaar-e-Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) in the year 488 Hijri. Upon arrival in Baghdad Shareef, the great Saint had already spent the forty dinaars given to him by his mother. He began to spend his days in hunger & poverty. Due to immense poverty, he went towards the Aracde of Chosroes in search of halaal food. There, he found that there were already seventy Auliyah Allah in search of Halaal food. Seeing this, he did not wish to be in their way & thus returned to Baghdaad Shareef. On his way back, he met a traveller from Jilaan. The traveller, on hearing that Sarkaar-e-Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) was from Jilan, asked if he knew a young man by the name of Abdul Qaadir. The traveller then handed a block of gold to Sarkaar-e-Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) saying that it had been sent to him by his mother. On hearing this, Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) immediately made the Shukr of Almighty Allah & then returned to the Arcade of Chosroes, where he presented most of the gold to the Auliyah Allah that were in search of food. He then took a little for himself & returned to Baghdaad. On returning to Baghdaad, He prepared meals & fed the poor & then shared this meal with them. Subhaan Allah! This alone shows the character of the Great Saint, then even though he was without food, he first gave most of his gold to the Auliyah Allah, then fed the poor, before he himself ate anything. Without doubt this is the sign of a true servant of Allah. It was in this manner that the life of Sarkaar-e-Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) commenced in the Holy City of Baghdaad.
DISTINGUISHED TEACHERS: After a few days in Baghdaad Shareef, Hazrat Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allahu anhu) enrolled for academic studies at the famous Jaamia Nizaamia. During this time, this Jaamia was the centre of learning & spiritualism for the entire world. Jaamia Nizaamia was blessed by Teachers of great calibre & piety. He studied with great sincerity & dedication. Amongst his Teachers were: Abul Wafa Ali bin Aqeel, Abu Ghaalib Muhammad bin Hassan Baaqilaani, Abu Zakariyah Yahyaa bin Ali Tabrezi, Abu Saeed bin Abdul Kareem, Abdul Anaa'im Muhammad bin Ali bin Muhammad, Abu Saeed bin Mubaarak Makhzoomi & Abul Khair Hamaad bin Muslim Al-Dabbas (ridwaanullahi ta'ala alaihim ajma'een). He attained knowledge in the following subjects from the above mentioned Ulama: Qirat, Tafseer Hadith, Fiqh, Shariah & Tareqqat etc. Not only did he attain knowledge in these subjects, but he excelled in every one of them.
HARDSHIPS FACED DURING STUDIES:
ATTAINMENT OF SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE:
HIS STRIVING & ENDURANCE IN THE PATH OF ALLAH:
SUPPRESSING HIS NAFS:
MEETING WITH HAZRAT KHIDR (alaihis salaam):
HIS BATTLES AGAINST EVIL FORCES:
HIS FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH SHAYTAAN:
HIS SECOND ENCOUNTER WITH SHAYTAAN:
HIS THIRD ENCOUNTER WITH SHAYTAAN:
HIS STEADFASTNESS ON SHARIAH:
BAI'AT:
ZIYAARAT OF SAYYIDUNA RASOOL ALLAH (sallallahu alaihi wasallam):
HIS REFORMATION OF THE PEOPLE:
HIS POWER OVER JINNS:
A THIEF BECOMES AN ABDAAL (SAINT):
TRANSPORTATION FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER:
PROTECTION FROM A STORM:
"MY FOOD IS ON THE SHOULDERS OF ALL THE SAINTS":
SULTAN-UL-HIND KHWAJA GHAREEB NAWAZ (radi Allahu anhu):
HUZOOR MUFTI-E-AZAM HIND (radi Allahu anhu):
HAZRAT IMAM AHMED BIN HAMBAL (radi Allahu anhu):
SHARIAT & TARIQAT:
HIS MARRIAGE & WIVES:
HIS CHILDREN:
HIS BOOKS & TREATIES:
ADVICE TO HIS CHILDREN:
PRESENCE OF OTHER BEINGS:
HIS CONDITION:
THE CONDITION OF HIS HEART:
HIS FINAL MOMENTS:
HIS DEMISE:
HIS BLESSED MAZAAR:
GEMS OF WISDOM:
- Proclaiming Ya Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani
- Names & Titles of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani
- Golden Words of Wisdom Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani
- Ghous-e-Azam Foot is on the Necks of all Auliya
- Blessed Genealogy of Syedna Ghous-ul-Azam
- Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani Ke Mukhtasar Halat
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