Sunday 4 November 2012


Calendar



وَذَكِّرْهُم بِأَيَّامِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ
“‘And remind them of the days of Allah.’ There are certainly signs in that
for everyone who is steadfast, thankful.” [Al-Qur'an 14:5]
In addition to the mandated festivals (i.e. ‘Idu-l Fitr and ‘Idu-l Adha), the Islamic calendar is replete with milestones and anniversaries. The birth of the Paragon of creation in Makkatu-l Mukarramah (Allah bless him and give him peace), his receiving of the first revelation, his migration to Madinatu-l Munawwarah, the defining battle of Badr, the various conquests, the farewell Hajj, and his eventual return to his Lord in pure bliss are some of the key events in the life of the beloved Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace.
The earlier generations used to recount such significant events and anecdotes not just from the life of the holy Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace). They also recounted fondly the stories from the lives of his pure family (Ahlu-l Bayt), the righteous Caliphs (Khulafâ’u-r Râshidîn), the other companions (Ashâb), the successive generations (tâbi’în wa taba tâbi’în), the worshipful slaves (‘Âbidîn), the pious ascetics (‘Ârifîn), those annihilated in the love of Allah and His Prophet (‘Âshiqîn) and the intimate friends of Allah (Awliya-Allah) – may Allah be well pleased with all of them.
The people of the bygone eras did not measure blessings by tangible wordly possessions alone. They revered pious individuals in their midst like they were precious treasures and viewed their presence – be they alive or in their resting abodes – as great blessings and undoubted mercy from Allah. They internalised the belief that when the Awliya raise their hands in humble entreaty, Allah causes rain to fall; for their sake, Allah makes the earth hospitable; were they not to shoulder the brunt of the bala’ and musiba, our existence would be a painful one.
وَمَن يُعَظِّمْ شَعَائِرَ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّهَا مِن تَقْوَى الْقُلُوبِ
“And whosoever honours the symbols of Allah, then it is truly
from the piety of the heart.” [Al-Qur'an 22:32]
To accept a fellow creation as being better and of being in closer proximity to Allah than one’s self, is a sign of humility – a trait that the previous generations possessed in abundance. It is out of this acceptance of one’s fraility, weakness and sinfulness that they celebrated the lives of savants and saints who were beloved to Allah in the ardent hope that He, Most High, will bless, honour and look favourably upon those still treading the face of the earth for their sake.
Mawlid‘Urs (in the Indo-Pak tradition), Hawl (in the Arab tradition), andMoussem (in the African tradition) all stemmed from the desire to practically implement the above verses of the Qur’an so that people may express gratitude for the favours bestowed by Allah and honour the symbols that He has sent. The greatest of these favours and symbols is the beloved Prophet himself, Allah bless him and give him peace. It is for this reason that when the month of Rabi’u-l Awwal arrives, the young and old celebrate his birth with fondness.
The term ‘Urs [wedding] is used to denote the anniversary of an ‘Âshiq who annihilated him/her self in the love of Allah and His Messenger, Allah bless him and give him peace. While it may appear strange, ‘Ursis indeed a fitting term as death is but a beginning. It is the day when the lover, freed from the shackles of this worldly prison, reaches the Promised Land, and gets to sleep the sleep of a bridegroom (Hadith: nimka nawmati-l ‘Arûs) - thus completing his/her destiny in this worldly plane.
إِذَا قُبِرَ الْمَيِّتُ أَوْ قَالَ: أَحَدُكُمْ أَتَاهُ مَلَكَانِ أَسْوَدَانِ أَزْرَقَانِ، يُقَالُ لِأَحَدِهِمَا مُنْكَرٌ وَالْآخَرِ نَكِيرٌ، فَيَقُولَانِ: مَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الرَّجُلِ؟ فَيَقُولُ: مَا كَانَ يَقُولُ هُوَ عَبْدُاللهِ وَرَسُولُهُ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، فَيَقُولَانِ: قَدْ كُنَّا نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ هَذَا، ثُمَّ يُفْسَحُ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فِي سَبْعِينَ، وَيُنَوَّرُ لَهُ فِيهِ، ثُمَّ يُقَالُ لَهُ: نَمْ، فَيَقُولُ: أَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَهْلِي فَأُخْبِرُهُمْ، فَيَقُولَانِ: نَمْ نَوْمَةَ الْعَرُوسِ الَّذِي لَا يُوقِظُهُ إِلَّا أَحَبُّ أَهْلِهِ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَبْعَثَهُ اللهُ مِنْ مَضْجَعِهِ ذَلِكَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مُنَافِقًا قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ النَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ: فَقُلْتُ مِثْلَهُمْ لَا أَدْرِي، فَيَقُولَانِ: قَدْ كُنَّا نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ هَذَا، فَيُقَالُ لِلْأَرْضِ: الْتَئِمِي عَلَيْهِ فَتَلْتَئِمُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى تَخْتَلِفَ أَضْلَاعُهُ، فَلَا يَزَالُ فِيهَا مُعَذَّبًا حَتَّى يَبْعَثَهُ اللهُ مِنْ مَضْجَعِهِ ذَلِك
“When the dead – or one of you – is buried, two dark and blue angels will come to him; one is called Munkar and the other is called Nakir. They will ask him, “What did you say about this man (Muhammad)?” He will reply, “What he used to say, that he is Allah’s servant and Messenger. I bear witness that there is no true deity except Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.” They will reply, “We know that you used to say that,” and his grave will be made larger for him to seventy forearms length by seventy forearms length and will be filled with light for him. He will be told, “Sleep,” but he will reply, “Let me go back to my family in order that I tell them!”
They will say, “Sleep, just like the bridegroom who is awakened by the dearest of his family, until Allah resurrects him from that slumber.”
If he was a hypocrite, his answer will be, ‘I do not know! I heard people say something, so I used to repeat what they were saying.’ They will say, ‘We know that you used to say that.’ The earth will be commanded, ‘Come closer all around him,’ and it will come closer to him until his ribs cross each other. He will remain in this torment, until Allah resurrects him from that state.”
[At-Tirmidhi classed this narration as Hasan, Gharib]
It is our hope to have a comprehensive database of the ‘Urs dates of Awliya around the world. We begin with the following, grouped by the months in the Islamic calendar. We have called these dates, Days of Allah:
  1. Muharram Al-Haram
  2. Safar Al-Muzaffar
  3. Rabî’u-l Awwal
  4. Rabî’u-l Akhir
  5. Jumâda’u-l Awwal
  6. Jumâda’u-l Âkhir
  7. Rajab Al-Murâjab
  8. Sha’bân Al-Mu’azzam
  9. Ramadân Al-Mubârak
  10. Shawwâl Al-Mukarram
  11. Dhu-l Qa’da
  12. Dhu-l Hijjah
“Mercy descends when the righteous are mentioned and remembered.”
- ‘Abdullah b. Mubarak, may Allah be pleased with him.

Sins of the Heart



Among the sins of the heart are:
  1. Insincerity in performing good deeds [riya'] i.e. doing good deeds for the sake of the people to earn their praise, thus nullifying their reward
  2. Priding oneself in obeying Allah ['ujb] i.e. forgetting the grace of Allah and deeming one’s worship was by one’s own ability
  3. Havings doubts in Allah
  4. Feeling safe from the punishment of Allah
  5. Despairing of Allah’s mercy
  6. Having arrogance towards the slaves of Allah [kibr]
  7. Having enmity in the heart for a Muslim
  8. Being envious i.e. to hate and feel bitter about the endowment on a Muslim and act in accordance with this feeling
  9. Reminding a person of the charity given to him with the purpose of breaking his heart i.e. To utter words such as, ”Did I not give you a so-and-so on such and such a day?” This nullifies the reward
  10. Persisting on sinning
  11. Believing that Allah shall not forgive him
  12. Thinking ill of Muslims
  13. Denying the qadar
  14. Being happy with a sin done by oneself or others
  15. Betraying someone, even a blasphemer, such as to kill him after promising him safety
  16. Harming a Muslim deceptively
  17. Hating the Companions [ashab], the family of the Prophet [ahlu-l bayt], and the righteous Muslims [salihin]
  18. Being a miser in paying what Allah made obligatory [bukhl]
  19. Abstaining from paying what Allah made obligatory [shuhh]
  20. Having a strong desire to be rich in a bad, sinful manner [hirs]
  21. Breaching the rules of glorification regarding the things Allah made glorified [istihanah]
  22. Belittling what Allah rendered great, as in status and consequence, be it obedience, disobedience, the Qur’an, Islamic knowledge, Paradise, or Hellfire
And Allah and His Messenger know best!

Sins of the Stomach




Among the sins of the stomach are:
  1. To consume from usurious gain [riba]
  2. To consume from taxes on trade [maks]
  3. To consume from others taken from them by force
  4. To consume from stealing (and stolen property)
  5. To consume anything taken through a transaction considered unlawful by the Islamic law
  6. To consume alcohol. The punishment for the drinker who is free is forty lashes and the slave receives one-half of the punishment. The caliph may add to that as a disciplinary action [ta'zir]
  7. To consume whatever is intoxicating, filthy [najas], or revolting
  8. To consume the property of the orphan
  9. To consume the property of the endowments [Awqaf] in a way contrary to the condition set by the one who established it
  10. To consume what was not given out of one’s good will, but out of shyness
And Allah and His Messenger know best!

Sins of the Eyes



Among the sins of the eye are:
  1. For men:
    1. To look at the faces and hands of marriageable women with desire
    2. To look at other parts of their bodies with or without desire
  2. For women:
    1. To look between the navel and the knees of marriageable men with or without desire
    2. To look at other parts of their bodies with desire
  3. For both genders
    1. To look at the unlawful nakedness ['awrat]
    2. To needlessly uncover one’s private parts when in private. However, the non-marriageable person [mahram] or the person of the same sex may see other than what is between the navel and the knee, if it is without desire
    3. To look down on a Muslim (with the eye of disdain)
    4. To look into someone else’s house without his permission or to look at something he has kept hidden
And Allah and His Messenger know best!

Sins of the Ears



Among the sins of the ear are:
  1. To eavesdrop or listening to private conversations
  2. To listen to the flute, lute, and/or the rest of the unlawful sounds
  3. To listen to gossip about a Muslim that he hates to be said [ghibah], talebearing to stir up enmity among Muslims [namimah], and/or the like. One is not sinful if one hears this involuntarily and hates it, but if one is able to, then one must renounce it
And Allah and His Messenger know best!

Sins of the Tongue



Among the sins of the tongue are:
  1. To commit gossip [ghibah] i.e., to say something true about a Muslim in his absence that he hates to be said
  2. Talebearing between two or more Muslims to stir up trouble between them [namimah]
  3. Stirring up trouble without passing words between others – even if it is goading animals to fight each other [tahrish]
  4. To lie, i.e., to say what is different from the truth
  5. To commit perjury, i.e., to solemnly swear to a lie
  6. Every word which attributes adultery or fornication [zina] to a person or to one of his relatives either explicitly or implicitly with that intention. The punishment for he who is free is eighty lashes; the slave receives one-half of that
  7. To cuss the Companions
  8. To give false testimony
  9. To procrastinate paying one’s debt when it is due and one is able
  10. To curse, mock, or utter what harms a Muslim
  11. To lie about Allah and His Messenger, Allah bless him and give him peace
  12. To make a false claim
  13. To divorce one’s wife while she is menstruating or during a period of purity [tuhr] in which he had sexual intercourse with her [bid'iyy divorce]
  14. To utter the dhihar, which is to say to one’s wife: “I now do not copulate with you just as I do not copulate with my mother.” If one does not divorce immediately after uttering this, he is obliged to perform an expiation [kaffarah] which is to free a Muslim slave who has no defects; if unable, to fast two consecutive lunar months; and if unable, to feed sixty poor Muslims sixty mudds
  15. To commit mistakes when reciting the Qur’an whether or not those mistakes change the meaning
  16. For the one who is solvent to beg
  17. To utter a vow [nadhr] with the purpose of depriving the inheritor
  18. To neglect leaving a will which states one’s debts or trusts to others no one other than oneself knows
  19. To attribute oneself to other than one’s own father or liberator, such as to say: “So and so liberated me,” naming as his liberator someone other than the one who liberated him
  20. To propose to a woman after she is already engaged to another Muslim
  21. To give an Islamic legal opinion [fatwa] without knowledge
  22. To teach or to seek harmful knowledge without an Islamically valid reason
  23. To judge by other than the Law of Allah
  24. To wail and to lament the good attributes of the deceased as if he is hearing
  25. To utter words which encourage one to do the unlawful or discourage one from doing the obligatory
  26. To utter words which defame Islam, one of the prophets or scholars, the Qur’an, or any of the rites of Allah
  27. To play flutes
  28. To refrain from commanding the obligations [ma'ruf] and forbidding the unlawful [munkar] without an excuse
  29. To withhold the Obligatory Knowledge from the one who requests it
  30. To laugh because a Muslim passed gas or to laugh at a Muslim to degrade him
  31. To withhold testimony
  32. To neglect returning the Islamic salutation i.e as-salamu ‘alaykum
  33. For the one with the intention to be in a state of pilgrimage [muhrim] of the Hajj or ‘Umrah or the one involved in the obligatory fast to give an arousing kiss intentionally
  34. To kiss those whom one is not allowed to kiss
And Allah and His Messenger know best!

Sins of the Hands



Among the sins of the hands are:
  1. To stint when measuring by volume, weight, or arm
  2. To steal. If one stole the equivalent of one-quarter of a dinar from its secured place, one’s right hand would be amputated; if one stole again, the left foot would be amputated, then one’s left hand, then one’s right foot.
  3. To loot
  4. To take the money of others by force
  5. To take the traders tax [maks]
  6. To misappropriate the spoils of war [ghulul]
  7. To kill; An expiation [kaffarah] is always due for killing, i.e., to free a Muslim slave who has no defects; if unable, one fasts two consecutive lunar months. Deliberate killing is punishable by death, except if the heirs of the killed person forgive the killer for an indemnity [diyah] or for free. In the case of killing by mistake or by mistake in a deliberate injury the due indemnity [diyah] is one-hundred camels for the free, male Muslim and half of that for the free, female Muslim. The indemnity [diyah] varies with the way the killing took place.
  8. To beat a person unjustly
  9. To take and to give a bribe
  10. To burn an animal, unless there was no other way to avoid its harm
  11. To dismember an animal
  12. To play with the die or anything which contains gambling, including children’s games
  13. To play unlawful musical instruments like the lute, rabab, flute, and instruments with strings
  14. To intentionally touch the marriageable woman without a barrier or to touch her lustfully with a barrier even if the person in this case is a non-marriageable kin or of the same sex
  15. To depict that which has a soul
  16. To refrain from paying one’s Zakah or part of one’s Zakah after it is due when one is able to pay it, or to pay an invalid Zakah, or to give the Zakah to those who do not deserve it
  17. To refuse to pay an employee his salary
  18. Without an excuse, to refuse to give the starving what fulfills his hunger and to refrain from saving a drowning person
  19. To write what is prohibited to say
  20. To betray, which is opposite to sincere advice, and this includes deeds, sayings, or conditions

Important Note

The punishments mentioned above are only meted out if an Islamic government is functioning. Individuals/groups are not permitted by Sacred Law to administer them on their own accord. To do so is vigilantism, which is anathema to Islam.
And Allah and His Messenger know best

Sins of the Feet




Among the sins of the feet are:
  1. To walk towards committing a sin, such as walking to the ruler to inflict harm on a Muslim or the like or to walk to kill a Muslim unlawfully
  2. The inexcusable escaping/walking-away of the slave, the wife, or he who owes a right to others from what is incumbent upon him – be it punishment, debt, obligatory spending, kindness to the parents, or raising the children
  3. To walk arrogantly with a strutting gait
  4. To step over the shoulders of people except for the purpose of filling a gap
  5. To pass in front of the person performing prayer if the conditions of the barrier placed in front of one’s prayer place [sutrah] are fulfilled
  6. To extend the leg towards the Book of the Qur’an if it is not raised
  7. Every walking towards committing an unlawful matter
  8. Every abandonment of an obligation
And Allah and His Messenger know best!

Sins of the Private Parts



Among the sins of the private parts are:
  1. To commit adultery or fornication, i.e. to insert the glans penis into the vagina.
  2. To commit sodomy, i.e. to insert the glans penis into the anus. The penalty for the free sodomite is the same as the adulterer and fornicator. However, the penalty for the sodomitee is one-hundred lashes and one lunar year in exile; the slave receives half of this penalty.
  3. For one to commit bestiality, i.e., to have sexual intercourse with animals, even if one owns them.
  4. To masturbate by the hand of other than one’s wife or female slave.
  5. To copulate with the woman having menstrual or postpartum bleeding, or to copulate with the woman whose menstruation or postpartum bleeding had terminated but she did not perform her obligatory bath [Ghusl] yet, or it was performed without the proper intention, or without any of its conditions being satisfied.
  6. To uncover one’s unlawful nakedness ['awrah] in front of those who are prohibited from looking at it, or to uncover one’s unlawful nakedness while alone for no reason.
  7. To face the Qiblah or turn one’s back to it while urinating or defecating without placing a barrier in front of one which is two-thirds of a cubit or more high and not more than three cubits away, or if the barrier was less than two-thirds of a cubit high, except if the place of urination and defecation was prepared for that purpose, such as the toilet seat; In this prepared place, it is allowed to face or turn one’s back to the Qiblah.
  8. To urinate or defecate on a grave.
  9. To urinate in a mosque – even if it was done in a container.
  10. To neglect circumcision until after becoming pubescent, however this is allowed according to Imam Malik.

Important Note

The punishments mentioned above are only meted out if an Islamic government is functioning. Individuals/groups are not permitted by Sacred Law to administer them on their own accord. To do so is vigilantism, which is anathema to Islam.
And Allah and His Messenger know best!

Sins of the Body



Among the sins of the body are:
  1. To treat one’s parents with what harms them
  2. To flee the battlefield
  3. Severing the obligatory ties of kinship
  4. To inflict an apparent harm upon the neighbor, even if he is a blasphemer, as long as he has been granted safety
  5. To dye the hair black; some scholars state that it is allowed if it does not result in cheating or tricking
  6. For men to imitate women or women to imitate men in the clothing specific to the gender of the opposite sex and in other matters
  7. To wear the dress lower than the ankle bones out of vanity
  8. For a man to needlessly dye his hands and feet with henna
  9. To interrupt the obligatory worship without an excuse
  10. To interrupt the optional Hajj and ‘Umrah
  11. To imitate the believer mockingly
  12. To spy on the people pursuing their defects
  13. To tattoo
  14. To shun a Muslim for more than three days without a valid reason
  15. To sit with an innovator [bid'ati] or one who commits enormous sins [fasiq] and to entertain him in his sinning
  16. For a man to wear gold, silver, silk, or what is mostly silk – with the exception of a silver ring
  17. To be with the marriageable [ghair-mahram] woman when a third person whom one would be shy in front of – either male or female – is not present [khalwah]
  18. For a woman to travel without a non-marriageable [mahram] male and the like
  19. To coerce a free person
  20. To have enmity with a highly ranked pious righteous Muslim [sing. waliyy | pl. awliya]
  21. To help others to sin
  22. To circulate counterfeit money
  23. To use and to have gold and silver utensils
  24. To neglect an obligation, to do an obligation leaving out one of its integrals or conditions, or to intentionally commit an act that invalidates while performing an obligation
  25. To leave out the Friday prayer [salatu-l jumu'ah] when it is one’s obligation, even if one prayed the afternoon prayer [salatu-z zuhr]
  26. For the inhabitants of a place to leave out praying the obligatory prayers in congregation [jama'a]
  27. To defer one’s obligations until the time is over without an excuse
  28. To hunt with something that kills the animal by its weight, such as a stone
  29. To use an animal as a shooting target
  30. For the woman who is in a post marital-waiting period for death [iddah] to adorn herself in clothing, jewelry, scent, and inexcusably leaving the home
  31. To stain the mosque with a filth [najas] or to make it dirty even with something pure [tahir]
  32. To delay performing Hajj until death, while able to perform it when alive
  33. To take a loan without the ability to pay it back, without informing the lender
  34. To refuse to grant more time for the one who is unable to pay his debt
  35. To spend money in disobedience
  36. To belittle the book of the Qur’an and every Islamic Knowledge and to enable the child who has not reached an age of mental discrimination [ghair mumayyiz] to carry or handle the Mushaf
  37. To change property line markers, i.e., to unjustly change the markers between one’s own property and that of others
  38. To use the street in that which is unlawful
  39. To use a borrowed thing in other than what one is permitted, to keep a borrowed thing longer than permitted, or to lend a borrowed thing to someone else without permission
  40. To prevent others from using what is permissible – such as the meadow, or the collection of fire-wood from the unowned land, or the extraction of salt, gold, silver, and other resources from their unowned origin, i.e., to appropriate those resources and prevent people from grazing their animals, or using drinking water from a self-
    replenishing source
  41. To use the lost and found article [luqatah] before satisfying the conditions of notification
  42. To sit in a place where disobedience is being committed without an excuse
  43. Sponging in banquets, i.e., to enter without permission or be admitted out of shyness
  44. To commit inequity among the wives in terms of obligatory spending and overnight turns; the preference in attraction to one wife over another and in the heartfelt loving is not a sin
  45. For a woman to go out with the intention to pass by men to tempt them
  46. Sorcery
  47. To rebel against the caliph, like those who rebelled against our liege-lord ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib and fought him. Imam Al-Bayhaqi said: “All who fought ‘Ali were aggressors.” Imam Al-Shafi’i has said the same, even though some of the best Companions were among those aggressors. The Awliya are not impeccable from committing a sin [ghair ma'sum], even if it is an enormous sin; however, he repents off it
  48. To accept taking care of an orphan or a mosque, or to act as a judge and the like knowing that one will be unable to perform the task appropriately
  49. To shelter an unjust person i.e. to protect him from those who want to obtain their right from him
  50. To terrorize Muslims
  51. To waylay; depending on the committed crime, the waylayer’s punishment is either a disciplinary action [ta'zir] or cutting the right hand and the left foot, or killing him, or killing him and hanging his body on a pole
  52. To neglect fulfilling the vow [nadhr]
  53. To continue fasting for two or more days without eating or drinking anything
  54. To occupy someone else’s seat in a street or the like, to harmfully crowd him, or to take his turn

Important Note

The punishments mentioned above are only meted out if an Islamic government is functioning. Individuals/groups are not permitted by Sacred Law to administer them on their own accord. To do so is vigilantism, which is anathema to Islam.
And Allah and His Messenger know best!

Sufis

 



“To seek knowledge is obligatory on every Muslim”
    - Hazarat Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him) 

 
Ahl-i-Suffa, were the sahabas of veranda of Masjid-e-Nabavi who were praised for their self mortification and poverty by the Afzalul Ambiya Hazrat Mohammed (PBUH) “Rejoice! For whoever of my community perseveres in the state in which ye are, and is satisfied with his condition, he shall be one of my comrades in Paradise”. Ashab-e-Safa were the earliest Sufi in the Islam and the word Sufi has originated from Suffa, the veranda. 
Prophet Mohammed once said “ Ala fakhrun faqri wa faqra minni” – I am proud of Faqiri and Faqir is from me. The Sufis are the people who have taken the true intent of Islam forward and have spread the Message.
Ashab-e-Sufa spent their life in the company of Rasulallah (PBUH) and received the knowledge, safeguarded and propagated correct interpretation of Quran and Hadith to Tabaien and then the knowledge was propagated by Tabaien to Tab-e-Tabaien and then to Khulfa of various orders of Sufism.
Ilm-e-Haq is found in its purest form in the teachings and practices of these Sufi Saints of Islam. These are the Awliya Allah ,the friends of Almighty , in whose honor He says in Holy Quran ..
"Lo! verily the friends of Allah! no fear comes upon them, nor shall they grieve." 
-          (Quran-10:62)

The hearts of the Awliya is the Arsh of Allah and the hearts of lovers of Awliya are the true seekers of Haq. This website has a single objective to disseminate the teachings and practices of Awliya Allah and help seekers reach nearness to Allah.

The lives and teachings of earliest Sufis were recorded morethan 1000 years ago by Hazrat Ali Bin Usman Al-Hujwiri, populary known as Hazrat Data Ganj Baksh Lahori (RA) in his Kashf Al Mahjub,the oldest Persian treatise on Sufism. Tadhkirat al-Auliya is another source of authentic information on Sufi Saints written by Hazrat Farid al-Din Atta. SaintsofIslam.com brings you the authentic information on the lives of  
Sufi Saints, their teachings and lots more about the the right path of Islam.




Tazkira e Auliya (Biographies)



Click on the name of the Auliya Allah to read about their life and teachings

 
Iraq
Persia :
Afghanistan /Baluchistan/Iran
Middle East
۞ Hazrat Hasan Basri (RA)   
۞ Hazrat Imam Kazim (RA)   
۞  Bibi Rabia Basri (RA) 
۞ Hazrat Ibrahim Bin Adham(RA)   
 ۞ Hazrat Fazal Bin Ayaz (RA)   
۞Hazrat Bayazid Bastami (RA)  
۞ Hazrat Hasan Basri (RA)     
۞ Hazrat Maruf Karkhi (RA)  
 ۞ Hazrat Sirri Saqti (RA)
 ۞ Hazrat Abubakkar Shibli (RA)  
۞ Hazrat  Abul Farha Tartusi (RA)      
۞ Hazrat Habib Ajami (RA) 
۞ Hazrat Ghouse-e-Azam Sheikh Abdul Khadar Jeelani  (RA)
۞ Hazrat Sultan Shahbuddin Suhrawardy (RA)  
۞ Hazrat Abu Ishaq Shami (RA)  

 ۞ Hazrat Imam Ghazali (RA)     
۞ Hazrat Fariduddin Attar (RA)   

۞ Hazrat Khwaja Usman Harooni (RA)   
۞ Hazrat Jalaluddin Rumi (RA)  




Sri Lanka
USA
Singapore/Malaysia
۞ Chasm e Arifien of Hazrat Syedna Khwaja Baba Fakhruddin (RA)
۞ Bibi Sharifah Ruqaiyah (RA)

 ۞ Hazrat Al Habib As Syed Abdur Rahman bin Salim Al Habsyi 
۞ Al Habib As Syed Omar bin Aljunied
۞ Al Habib As Syed Omar bin Aljunied
۞ Al Imam Al Faqih Haji Abdul Jalil 

Egypt
Pakistan/ Bangladesh
۞ Hazrat Dhun Nun Misri (RA)    
۞ Hazrat Bahauddin Zakriya (RA) 
۞ Hazrat Ibrahim Garamseel (RA)   
۞ Hazrat Sheikh Ali Juwalqi (RA)     
۞ Hazrat Data Ganj Baksh Lahori (RA) 
۞ Hazrat Baba Bulleh Shah (RA)  
 ۞ Hazrat Shah Hussain (RA) 
۞ Hazrat Khwaja Fariduddin Shakar Ganj (RA)        
SIND 
۞ Abdullah Shah Ghazi, Clifton, Karachi 
۞ Haji Turabi, Gujjo Village, National Highway 
۞ Mai Makli, Makli 
۞ Abdullah Shah Sahabi, Makli 
۞ Pir Patho Debali, Pir Patho Village 
۞ Shah Jamil Datar Girnari, Pir Patho Village 
۞ Shah Inayat, Miranpur near Pir Patho Village 
۞ Shah Murad Shah Sherazi, Makli 
۞ Makhdoom Mohammad Hashim Thatvi, Makli 
۞ Hazrat Magar Been, Village Jati 
۞ Shah Aqeeq, Taluka Shah Bunder 
۞ Makhdoom Fatehuddin Shah Jehanian 
۞ Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, Village Bhit Shah 
۞ Makhdoom Nuh, Hala Town 
۞ Syed Abdul Wahab Shah Jilani 
۞ Hazrat Muhammad Shah Makki 
۞ Shah Karim, Bulri Township 
۞ Khawaja Abdul Rehman, Wasih Malukshah 
۞ Syed Qasim Shah Bokhari 
۞ Mohammad Usman Marwandi (Lal Shahbaz Qalander) Sehwan Sharif 
۞ Makhdoom Bilawal Shaheed 
۞ Shah Sadar Lakyari 
۞ Sikander Shah Bodlo, Sehwan Sharif 
۞ Naeeng Sharif 
۞ Abdullah Shah Godrio, Maher Taluka 
۞ Shah Khairuddin Jilani 
۞ Syed Rashid Shah Pir Pagaro, Pir Goth 
۞ Fazil Shah, Village Ghosarji 
۞ Nahro Shah, Ghotki 
۞ Mubarak Shah, Village Adalpur, Ghotki Taluka 
۞ Asghar Ali Shah Jam Dattar 
۞ Abdul Wahab Faruqi (Sachal Sarmast), Darza 
۞ Sultan Ibrahim Bin Adam 
۞ Khawaja Mohammad Zaman, Luari Sharif 
۞ Syed Saman Sarkar, Panjrio Town 
۞ Makhdoom Shaheed Abdul Rahim Girohi, Girohri Sharif 
۞ Mai Sohni and Mehiwal, Shadapur 
۞ Makhdoom Abdul Ghafoor Humayuni 
۞ Syed Razi Shah Lakyari, Nawankot Town 
۞ Hazrat Abul Fateh Ruknuddin (Shah Rukn-e-Alam) 
۞ Shamsuddin Sabzwari (Shams Tabrez) 
۞ Mohammad Yusuf Gardezi 
۞ Shaikh Abul Hassab (Musapak Shaheed) 
۞ Shrine of Totla Mai 
۞ Shah Ali Akbar 
۞ Muluk Shah 
۞ Channar Pir, Cholistan 
۞ Khawaja Noor Mohammad 
۞ Mohkam Din, Khanqah Sharif 
۞ Syed Jalaluddin Munir Shah Surkh Bukhari 
۞ Hazrat Jalaluddin Bukhari (Makhdoom Jahanian Jahangasht) 
۞ Shaikh Saifuddin Ghazrooni 
۞ Syed Mohammad ghuos Jilani Hallabi 
۞ Makhdoom Hazrat Bhawal Haleem 
۞ Bibi Javindi 
۞ Syed Ahmad Sultan (Sakhi Sarwar Sultan) 
۞ Khawaja Farid, Mithankot 
۞ Shaikh Ali Bin Usman Al-Hajveri (Data Ganj Bakhsh) 
۞ Mir Mohammad (Mian Mir) 
۞ Shah Hussain (and Madho Lal) 
۞ Sher Mohammad, Village Sharqpur 
۞ Baba Bulhey Shah 
۞ Sheikh Fariduddin Masud Ganj-e-Shakar (Baba Farid Shah Ganj), Pak Pattan 
۞ Sakhi Ghulam Qadir , Pak Pattan 
۞ Syed Imam Ali Lahaq 
۞ Hazrat Shahdoula 
۞ Shah Abdul Latif Kazmi (Barri Shah Latif) 
Rawalpindi District 
۞ Pir Mehar Ali Shah, Golra Sharif 
Jhang District 
۞ Sultan Bahu, Garh Maharaj Heer Ranja 
Chakwal District 
۞ Sheikh Abdul Kadir Jilani, Kallar Kahar 
۞ Saidan Shah, Village Choa 
BALUCHISTAN 
۞ Lahoot Sharif (Lahoot-i-Lamakan) 
۞ Shah Bilal Noorani (Jeay Shah) 
Khuzdar District 
۞ Khalifa Mulli Muali, Kodak 
Pishin District 
۞ Masoom Baba Pir Lakha 
Chagai District 
۞ Pir Sultan Qaiser 
Loralai District 
۞ Mian Abdul Hakim (Nana Sahib), Dakki 
Sibi District 
۞ Baba Kharwari, Ziarat 
NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE 
۞ Rehman Baba, Peshawar 
۞ Pir Baba, Swat 
Bangladesh
 ۞ Hazrat Jamaluddin Mujarrad (RA) 


Auliyas of India
۞ Hazrat Malik Dinar (RA)  
۞ Hazrat Tabl-e-Alam Badushah Nathar Vali (RA)  
۞ Hazrat  Baba Hyder Auliya (RA) 
۞ Hazrat Khwaja Baba Yusuf Qattal Husaini (RA)     
۞Hazrat Khwaja Sabir Alauddin Auliya (RA) 
 ۞ Hazrat Khwaja Shamshuddin Turk Panipati (RA)   
۞ Hazrat Khwaja Nasiruddin Chiragi (RA)  
۞ Hazrat Khwaja Banda Nawaz (RA)  
۞ Hazrat Mohammed Ghouse Nakshbandi (RA) 
۞ Hazrat Khadar Vali Nagori (RA)
۞ Hazrat Baba Tajuddin (RA)  
۞ Hazrat Meeran Jan Pak Qalandar (RA) 
۞ Hazrat Miskin Sha Qalandar (RA) 
۞ Hazrat Yaqin Sha Qadiri (RA) of Chikmagalur
۞ Hazrat Bod Ali Sha Qalandar (RA)
۞ Hazrat Karam Ali Sha Qalandar (RA)
۞ Hazrat Huzoor Ali Sha (RA)
۞ Hazrat  Baba Rumi (RA)
۞ Hazrat Syed Baba Tawakkal  Mastan Sha Suharwardy (RA)
۞ Hazrat Syed Baba Manik Mastan Sha Suharwardy (RA)
۞ Hazrat Syed Baba Tipu Mastan Auliya (RA)
۞ Hazrat Mir Bahadur Sha Al Maroof  Syed Pacha Qadiri (RA)


۞ Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti  Ajmeri (RA)  
۞ Hazrat Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyaar  (RA)  
۞ Hazrat Sabir Alauddin Kaliyari (RA)
۞ Hazrat Nasiruddin Chiragi Dehalvi (RA)
۞ Hazrat Shamsuddin Turk Panipati (RA)
۞ Hazrat Jamuluddin Kabirul Auliya (RA)
۞ Hazrat Bu Ali Sha (RA)
۞ Hazrat Qamar Ali Darwesh (RA)
 ۞ Hazrat Mastan Vali (RA)
 ۞ Hazrat Syed Ali Shah Chisti ul Qadri (RA) & Bibi Maryam Bi (RA)
 ۞ Hazrat Syed Khadar Mohiuddin Sha Qadri (RA)
 ۞ Hazrat Syed Abu Bakkar Qadri Yamani Al Maroof Yasin Vali (RA) of Tadipatri.