Sunday, 2 March 2014
Sleeping and Missing salaat al-fajr
Sleeping and Missing salaat al-fajr
Problems and Solutions
Book by Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
The solution to this problem, like others, has two aspects: theoretical and practical.The theoretical aspect may be further broken down into two points:
(1) The Muslim should know the great status of salaat al-fajr in the sight of Allah, may He be glorified.The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever prays the dawn prayer incongregation, it is as if he had prayed the whole night long.” (Muslim, p. 454, no. 656; al-Tirmidhi,221).
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said: “The most burdensome prayers for the hypocrites are salaat al-isha and salaat al-fajr, but if they only knew what they contain, they would come even if they had to crawl.” (Reported by Imaam Ahmad, al-Musnad, 2/424; Saheeh al- Jaami, 133).
“Whoever prays fajr is under the protection of Allah. Do not put yourselves in a situation where Allah has to call you to account for your negligence.” (Reported by al-Tabaraani, 7/267; Saheeh al- Jaami, no. 6344).
“Angels come to you in shifts by night and by day. They meet at salaat al-fajr and salaat al-asr, thenthose who had stayed with you at night ascend, and are asked by the One Who knows better than they: How did you find My servants? They say, We left them when they were praying, and we came to them when they were praying.’” (Reported by al-Bukhaari, al-Fath, 2/33).
According to a saheeh hadeeth: “Whoever prays al-Bardayn will enter Paradise.” (Reported by al-Bukhaari, al-Fath, 2/52). Al-Bardayn are fajr and asr.
(2) The Muslim should understand the seriousness of missing salaat al-fajr. This is explained by the hadeeth already quoted: “The most burdensome prayers for the hypocrites are salaat al-isha and salaat al-Fajr…” In al-Saheeh, it is reported that Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: “If we did not see a person at fajr and isha’ prayers, we would think badly of him.” (Reported by al-Tabaraani in al-Mu’jam al-Kabeer, 12/271. Al-Haythami said, the men of al-Tabaraani are muwaththaqoon (trustworthy). al-Majma, 2/40). They thought badly of a person who was absent from these two prayers because regular performance of them is an indication of a persons faith and a measure of his sincerity. Other prayers may be easier to do because they are more convenient to a persons circumstances and fit in with his work and his sleep, but only those who are determined and sincere, people whom one hopes are good people, will be able to pray fajr and isha regularly in congregation.
Another hadeeth which indicates the seriousness of missing salaat al-fajr is: “Whoever prays fajr isunder the protection of Allah. Do not put yourselves in a situation where Allah has to call you to account for your negligence, because whoever finds himself in this situation will be sorted out and then thrown on his face in the Fire of Hell.” (Reported by Muslim, p. 454).
These two points are sufficient to guarantee that the Muslims heart will burn with the concern to ensure that he does not miss fajr. The first motivates him to strive to earn the reward for fajr, and the second acts as a warning that will deter him from committing the sin of negligence.
The practical aspect of dealing with this problem includes a number of steps which the Muslim can take in order to get used to performing salaat al-fajr regularly in congregation.
These steps include:
• Sleeping early. According to a saheeh hadeeth, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to dislike sleeping before isha and talking afterwards. The Muslim should not sleep before salaat al-isha because it is obvious that most of those who sleep before it will spend the rest of the night feeling so tired and heavy that it will be as if they are ill.
• It is a fact that people differ with regard to their need for sleep, so it is not possible to dictate a set number of hours that people should sleep, but each person should stick to the time that will give him enough sleep to wake up refreshed for salaat al-fajr.
• Making sure that one is clean (taahir) and reciting adhkaar (prayers) before sleeping. This helps aperson to
get up for fajr.
• Having a sincere intention and being determined, when going to sleep, that one will get up for fajr. But a person who goes to sleep hoping that the alarm will not go off, and that no one will come and wake him up, will not – with such a corrupt intention – be able to get up to pray fajr whilst he still has this bad intention.
• Remembering Allah as soon as one wakes up. Some people may initially wake up, then they go back to sleep again. But if a person remembers Allah straight after waking up, this will loosen one of the knots of Shaytaan, and will motivate him to get up. When he performs wudoo, his determination becomes stronger, and Shaytaan is driven further away, and when he prays, his shaytaan is defeated, his balance (of good deeds) becomes heavier, and he will feel happy and energetic.
• Seeking help from ones family and friends to pray fajr, and encouraging one another in this regard. This is essential, and is undoubtedly included in the words of Allah (interpretation of the meanings):
“… Help you one another in al-birr and al-taqwa (virtue, righteousness and piety)…” [al-Maaidah 5:2]
“By al-asr (time). Verily! Man is in loss, except those who believe and do righteous good deeds, and recommend one another to the truth and recommend one another to patience.” [al-‘Asr 103:1-3]
• The Muslim should encourage his wife, for example by waking her up to pray fajr, and she shouldencourage him, no matter how tired and exhausted he may be. Children should also seek their father’s help to wake up, so he can wake them when it is time for the prayer. No father should say “They have exams, they are tired, let them sleep, poor kids.” It is a mistake to think that be doing this one is being a kind and merciful parent; true parental mercy means that the father wakes them up to worship Allah. “And enjoin al-salaah (the prayer) on your family, and be patient in offering them (the prayers)…” [Ta-Ha 20:132 – interpretation of the meaning].
• Just as family members should help and encourage one another to pray fajr, so brothers in Islam can also help one another. For example, university students living in the same residence or neighbours in the same neighbourhood can help one another by knocking on a neighbours door to wake him for prayer and helping him to worship Allah.
• Praying to Allah to help him to wake up to pray fajr in congregation. Duaa is one of the greatestsources of strength and success in all things.
• Using various means of being woken up, such as alarm clocks. These should be put in the mostappropriate place. Some people put the alarm clock next to their head, and when it rings, they turn if off at once and go straight back to sleep. Such a person should put the clock a little further away, so that he can feel that it is really waking him up.
One can also arrange to receive alarm calls from the telephone company, and no Muslim should think that it is too much to pay for this service if he needs it, because this is spending in the way of Allah, and waking up to obey the command of Allah cannot be measured in terms of worldly wealth.
• Throwing water in the face of the person who is sleeping.The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) praised the man who gets up at night to pray, and wakes his wife, and when she refuses to get up, he throws water in her face; and he praised the woman who gets up at night to pray, and wakes her husband, and when he refuses to get up, she throws water in his face. (Reported by Imaam Ahmad in al-Musnad, 2/250; Saheeh al-Jaami, 3494).
Throwing water in a persons face is one of the means of waking a person for prayer that is prescribed by shareeah. In fact it is quite refreshing and energizing. Some people may become enraged when woken in this manner, and they may shout and swear and issue threats, so the person who is seeking to wake another should employ wisdom and patience, and remember that the pens are lifted from the record of one who is sleeping (i.e., his deeds are not being recorded while he is asleep) – so he should put up with any bad treatment, and not let this put him off trying to wake people up for prayer.
• Not sleeping alone. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade any man to sleep alone. (Reported by Imaam Ahmad in al-Musnad, 2/91; al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, no. 60). Perhaps the wisdom behind this prohibition is that a person could sleep too long if there is no-one to wake him up for prayer.
• Not sleeping in remote places where it would not occur to anyone that someone could be sleeping there, such
as a person sleeping on the roof of a house without telling his family where he is, or sleeping in a remote part of the house or student residence, so that no-one will know to wake him for prayer, but everyone will think that he is in the mosque when in fact he is fast asleep. Anyone who needs to sleep in a remote place should tell the people around him where he will be so that they can come and wake him.
• Being lively and active upon waking. One should get up straightaway, and not wake up in stages, as some people do. A person could be woken up several times, and each time he gets up, but when his friend leaves, he goes back to bed. Waking up in stages usually ends in failure, and the only way to prevent falling asleep again is to get up straight away.
• Not setting the alarm too early. If a person knows that there is still a long time to go until the time of the prayer, he may think, “I still have time, let me sleep a little more…” Everyone should know how to handle himself and avoid this situation.
• Lighting a lamp when waking up – or, in our modern times, switching on the light. This has the effect of dispelling sleepiness.
• Not staying up late, even to pray qiyaam al-layl. Some people may stay up late to pray qiyaam allayl,then fall asleep a few minutes before fajr and be unable to wake up for the prayer. This happens a lot in Ramadaan – people stay up late and sleep a little while before fajr, so they miss the prayer. No doubt this is a grave error, because fard (obligatory) prayer should take precedence over naafil (supererogatory) prayer. So what about those who stay up late not to pray but to commit sin, or at best to do permissible things? The Shaytaan may make the idea of staying up late to discuss important matters attractive to some daaiyahs (Islamic workers), then they sleep late and miss the prayer, thus losing much more than they gained.
• Not eating too much before going to sleep. Eating too much makes one sleep deeply. The one who eats a lot gets very tired, and sleeps a lot, thus losing a lot. So one should try to eat lightly in the evening.
• Warning about the misinterpretation of the sunnah to lie down after praying the sunnah of fajr.Some people may have heard the hadeeth in which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “When any one of you has prayed, let him lie down on his right side.” (Reported by al-Tirmidhi, no. 420; Saheeh al-Jaami’, 642). It was also reported that when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had prayed the sunnah of fajr, he would lie down, then Bilaal would call him to prayer, and he would stand up to pray.
People may have heard these ahaadeeth, and be keen to follow this proven sunnah, but they do not understand how to do it properly. So a person may pray the sunnah of fajr, then lie down on his right side, and fall fast asleep until the sun rises. This is because of a lack of proper understanding. The lying down is not for the purpose of sleeping, and Bilaal used to come and tell the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) when it was time to pray. Moreover, as was reported by Imaam Ahmad and Ibn Hibbaan in a saheeh hadeeth, if the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) wanted to rest before fajr, he would put his head on his right palm, propped up on his elbow. (Reported by Ahmad in al-Musnad, 5/298; Saheeh al-Jaami, no. 4752). This kind of resting prevents one from falling fast asleep, because in this case ones head is propped up on ones palm and elbow, and will drop if one dozes off, thus waking one up again. In addition to this, Bilaal was entrusted with the responsibility of waking the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) for the fajr prayer.
• Praying qiyaam al-layl late in the night, just before fajr, so that when one finishes witr, the call for fajr prayer is given, making the worship continuous. The night prayer should be offered during the last third of the night – which is the preferred time – and immediately followed by the fajr prayer, whilst one is feeling awake and energetic.
• Following the example of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in lying down to sleep. So a person should lie on his right side, placing his right cheek on his right hand. This position makes it easy to wake up. The best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and this is better than sleeping in any other position which may make it difficult to wake up.
• Helping oneself by taking a nap during the day, because this will help a person by making him
need less sleep at night.
• Not sleeping after asr or maghrib, because this will make a person sleep late, and whoever sleeps
late will find it difficult to wake up.
• Finally, sincere devotion to Allah is the best thing to motivate a person to get up for prayer, because Allah is the One Who is controlling all means of help. If a person has that true sincerity and his heart is burning with devotion to Allah, then Allah will help him to get up to pray fajr in congregation, even if he goes to sleep only a few moments before fajr.
This sincerity and devotion may cause some very enthusiastic people to find unusual ways to helpthemselves to wake up to pray, which is a sign of their eagerness and keenness. One of them may set a number of alarm clocks to wake him up, setting each one a few minutes later than the other, so that if he turns the first one off, the next one will wake him a few moments later, and so on. Another may tie a string to his wrist, with the other end dangling from his window, so that when one of his friends passes by on his way to the mosque, he can pull on the string and wake him for fajr prayer.
See what can be achieved with sincerity and determination, may Allah guide you! But the bitter truth is that weakness of faith and lack of sincerity are widespread among people nowadays, as we can see from the small numbers of people to be found praying in the mosques at fajr, despite the fact that there are so many people living around the mosques in many neighbourhoods. But no doubt there are people who sleep so heavily that it is almost like an illness, and they may be excused, because the matter is beyond their control. People in this situation should turn to Allah for help, and do everything that they possibly can, and visit the doctor, to try to find a cure. Finally, a word about a well known phenomenon: some people claim that there is a hadeeth which says that the person who wants to get up for fajr should recite the last part of Soorat al-Kahf before sleeping, and have the intention in his heart to get up at a certain hour, and this will make him get up at that time. They claim that this is a tried and tested method. Our response is that there is no such saheeh hadeeth, and this carries no weight whatsoever.The best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).
Sunday, 29 December 2013
Abdul-Qadir Gilani
Abdul-Qadir Gilani
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Abdul Qadir Gilani Religion Islam School Hanbali Personal Born 1077 AD
Gilan, Iran Died 1166 AD
Baghdad, Iraq Senior posting Title Sheikh, Ghaus-e-Azam Religious career Works Al-Ghunya li-talibi tariq al-haqq wa al-din, etc.
Al-Syed Muhiyudin Abu Muhammad Abdal Qadir al-Gilani al-Hasani wal-Hussaini ,[1][2] (Persian: عبد القادر گیلانی,Urdu: عبد القادر گیلانی AbdolqÄder GilÄni) (also spelled Abdulqadir Gaylani, Abdelkader, Abdul Qadir, Abdul Khadir - Jilani, Jeelani, Jilali, Gailani, Gillani, Gilani, Al Gilani) or simply known as Ghaus-e-Azam (470–561 AH) (1077–1166 AD) was a Persian[3] Hanbali preacher, Sufi sheikh and the figurehead of the Qadiri Sufi order. He was born on a Wednesday the 10th Rabi at-Thani in 470 AH, 1077 AD,[4] in the Persian province of Gilan (Iran) south of the Caspian Sea.
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Lineage and Biography
Abdul-Qadir ibn Abi Salih Musa ibn Abdullah ibn Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Muhammad AbuBakr Dawud ibn Musa ibn Abdullah ibn Musa Jawni ibn Abdullah ibn Hassan al-Muthanna ibn Hassan ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib , and this on his father side so you can see why they call him al-Hassani due to his tracing up to Muhammad's grandson Hassan ibn Ali. On his mother side, she is the daughter of a saintly person Abdullah Sawmai who was a direct descendant of Imam Husain ibn Ali making the Shaykh also al-Husayni due to this.
Al-Gilani was born in 1078 AD (471 AH) in a small town of Iranian Gilan Province. His ancestors were Syeds who settled in Gilan (arabacized to Jilan) hence the epiphet of al-Jilani.[5][6]
“ Sayyid Abu Muhammad Abdul Qadir R.A was born in Naif in the District of Gilan in Persia (Iran) in the month of Ramadan....His father's name was Abu Salih, a God-fearing man and a direct descendant of Hazrat Imam Hasan R.A., the eldest son of Ali R.A, the Holy Prophet's (SAW) first cousin, and of Fatima R.A his beloved daughter. His mother was the daughter of a saintly person- Abdullah Sawmai who was a direct descendant of Imam Husain A.S, the younger son of Ali R.A and Fatima R.A. Thus Sayyid Abdul Qadir was both a Hasani and Hussaini[7] â€
His complete name Al-Syed Muhiyudin Abu Muhammad Abdal Qadir al-Gaylani al-Hasani wal-Hussaini,[1][2] Syed denoting his honorific title of descendancy from the Islamic prophet Muhammad,[8] Muhiyudin his title for being known popularly as "the reviver of religion",[9] Abu Muhammad his Kunya or nick name (meaning 'father of Muhammad'), al-Gaylani denoting the region he hailed from[10][11] although however he also had the epiphet al-Baghdadi. [12][13][14] (denoting also the city of Baghdad where he was now residing in and therefore also geographically recognised through, eventually being buried there), and al-Hasani wal-Hussaini affirming his lineal descent from both Syed Imam Hasan and Imam Hussain, the grandsons of Muhammad.[1][15]
His father, Syed Abu Saleh Musa al-Hasani[16] was a direct descendant of the Syed Imam Hasan.[15][17] He was an acknowledged saint of his day "..and was popularly known as Jangi Dost, because of his love for Jihad"[18] Jangi dost thereby being his sobriquet[5][19]
His mother Ummal Khair Fatima,[20] daughter of Syed Abdullah Sawmai az-Zaid a descendant of Syed Imam Hussain[15][21] through Imam Zain ul Abideen,[22] he was known himself as a "great saint of his time and a direct descendant of Hazrat Imam Husain, the Great Martyr of Karbala"[23]
Education
He spent his early life in the town of his birth. At the age of eighteen he went to Baghdad (1095), where he pursued the study of Hanbali law under several teachers. The Shaikh received lessons on Fiqh from Abu Ali al-Mukharrimi, Hadith from Abu-Bakar-bin-Muzaffar, and tafsirfrom the renowned commentator, Abu Muhammad Jafar. When he was on the way going to "Baghdad" with a large convoy (Qafila), a group of thieves attacked the convoy and took all of their precious belongings, one of the thieves came to him (Sheikh Abdul-Qadir Gilani) and asked him "Boy, tell me what you have in your luggage". He replied "I have forty dinars." The thief searched all of his luggage and could not find the dinars. He then took the boy to his sardar (master) and told him that this boy (Sheikh Abdul-Qadir Gilani) claims he has forty dinars, but after searching his belongings I could not find the dinars. The sardar (master) then asked, "Boy, do you lie?" He replied "No, I am not lying, the dinars were sewn by my mother into my shalwar." Then one of the thieves checked and found the money. The sardar then asked him. "Boy, you could have lied to us and could have saved your money, why you didn't you lie?" Sheikh Abdul-Qadir Gilani replied "Before I started my journey, my mother advised me to tell the truth even if someone tries to kill me as Allah frowns upon those who do not speak the truth." After listening to this the sardar began to cry, as this little boy had so much fear of Allah that he did not lie in such a situation. He felt guilt for all his wrongdoings and felt the fear of Allah so the sardar then gave back all of the looted things to their owners.
In Tasawwuf (the sciences of the heart), his spiritual instructor was Shaikh Abu'l-Khair Hammad bin Muslim al-Dabbas. From him, he received his basic training, and with his help he set out on a spiritual journey.
After completion of education, Abdul-Qadir Gilani abandoned the city of Baghdad, and spent twenty-five years as a wanderer in the desertregions of Iraq as a recluse.[24]
Later life
He was over fifty years old by the time he returned to Baghdad in 1127, and began to preach in public. He moved into the school belonging to his old teacher Qur'an.
He busied himself for forty years in the service of Islam from 521 to 561 AH. During this period hundreds of thousands of people converted to Islam because of him and organized several teams to go abroad for dawah purposes.
He was also the teacher of Ibn Qudamah whom he also designated as a Caliph of his Qadri order (amongst others). Ibn Qudamah also later fought as a general in Sultan Saladin Ayyubi's army and conquered Jerusalem from the Christian dominance. His work and jurisprudent works influenced Ibn Taymiyyah who referred to both Ibn Qudamah and Shaikh Al-Gilani as his Shaikhs with full honorifics.
Death
The sheikh died on Saturday night 1166 (8th Rabi' al-Awwal 561AH) [25] at the age of ninety one years (by the Islamic calendar), and was entombed in a shrine within his Madrassa in Baghdad.[26][27][28] His Shrine and Mosque are in what used to be the school he preached in, located in Babul-Sheikh, Resafa (East bank of the Tigris) in Baghdad, Iraq. Worldwide the Qadiriyyah celebrate Ghawth al-a'tham day on Wednesday closest to his birthday not his death-date for respect and elevation of their Shaykh which is 10th of Rabi at-Thani in the islamic calendar[25]
Al-Gilani succeeded the spiritual chain of Junayd Baghdadi. His contribution to thought in the Muslim world earned him the title Muhiyuddin(lit. "The reviver of the faith"), as he along with his students and associates laid the groundwork for the society which later produced stalwarts like Nur ad-Din and Saladin. His Sufi order named after him is generally thought to be one of the most popular Sufi orders of the Islamic world.[29]
Family
The Shaikh had four virtuous wives and forty-nine children, twenty-seven sons and twenty-two daughters. The most famous of his sons are Shaikh Abdul-Wahab, Sheikh Abdul-Razzaq, Shaikh Abdul-Aziz, Shaikh Isa, Shaikh Musa, Sheikh Yahya, Sheikh Abdullah, Sheikh Muhammed and Sheikh Ibrahim. His sons and grandsons reached the Indian sub-continent throughout the years preaching Islam in his method (Arabic=Tareqa,طريقة). As they have reached the Western part of the Arab world of North Africa and Morocco, and parts of the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia (a country that predominantly professes to the Qadiriyyah order only in the Sufi sect though small patches of Ahmed ibn Idris' order is found) ). In Somalia the order is subdivided to Zaylaiyyah order and Uwaisiyyah order.
Among the Sufis, who came to India from Baghdad, and who belonged to the family of Shaykh Abd-ul-Qadir Jilani Hz. Shah Badr Dewanwhose real name was Hasan, and whose honorific title was Badr-ud-Din, is one of the top most Sufis. He stayed near Batala, and laid the foundation of Masania, a kind of inn in his times, but later populated by his children, grand children and great grand children, became a village of its own culture. The progeny of Baba Shah Badr Dewan is one of the biggest Syed Families, whose origin goes straight to Shaykh Syed Abd-ul-Qadir Jilani
Works
Some of Jilani's more well known works include:
- Al-Ghunya li-talibi tariq al-haqq wa al-din (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth and Religion)
- Al-Fath ar-Rabbani (The Sublime Revelation)available for download (urdu)
- Malfuzat (Utterances)
- Futuh al-Ghaib (Revelations of the Unseen) available for download (urdu) (English)
- Jala' al-Khatir (The Removal of Care)
- Bahajja-Tul Asrar (Ground Secerets)
Bibliography
- Utterances of Shaikh Abd al-Qadir al-JÄ«lÄnÄ« (MalfÅ«zÄt) / transl. from the Arabic by Muhtar Holland MalfÅ«zÄt
Author: Muhtar Holland (1935-) Year: 1994, Publisher: Kuala Lumpur : S. Abdul Majeed & Co, ISBN 1-88221-603-2
- Fifteen letters, khamsata ashara maktÅ«ban / Shaikh Abd Al-QÄdir Al-JÄ«lÄnÄ« ; translated from the Persian into Arabic by AlÄ« usÄmu ÌD-DÄ«n Al-MuttaqÄ« ; and from Arabic into English by Muhtar Holland, Kamsata aÅ¡ara maktÅ«ban
Author: Ê¿AlÄʾ al-DÄ«n Ê¿AlÄ« b. Ê¿Abd al-Malik al- MuttaqÄ« al-HindÄ« (ca1480-1567); Muhtar Holland (1935-) Year: c1997 Edition: 1st ed Publisher: Hollywood, Fla : Al-Baz Pub ISBN 1-88221-616-4
- The removal of cares = JalÄ Al-KhawÄtir : a collection of forty-five discoures / Shaikh Abd Al-QÄdir Al-JÄ«lÄnÄ« ; transl. from the Arabic by Muhtar Holland
JalÄ al-KhawÄtir Author: Muhtar Holland (1935-) Year: c1997 Publisher: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla : Al-Baz Pub Extent: xxiii, 308 p Size: 22 cmISBN 1-88221-613-X
- The Sultan of the saints : mystical life and teachings of Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani / Muhammad Riaz Qadiri
Author: Muhammad Riyaz Qadiri Year: 2000, Publisher: Gujranwala : Abbasi Publications, Size: 22 cm, ISBN 969-851016-8
- The sublime revelation = al-Fath ar-RabbÄnÄ« : a collection of sixty-two discourses / Abd al-QÄdir al- JÄ«lÄnÄ« ; transl. from the Arabic by Muhtar Holland, al-Fath al-RabbÄnÄ«
Year: 1998 Edition: 2nd ed, Publisher: Ft. Lauderdale : Al-Baz Publishing, ISBN 1-88221-602-4
- Al-Ghunya li-talibi tariq al-haqq wa al-din (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth and Religion) ,(Arabic),PartI,II,Abd Al-Qadir Al-Gaylani,Pub.Dar Al-Hurya, Baghdad, Iraq, 1988.
- Al-Ghunya li-talibi tariq al-haqq wa al-din (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth and Religion)
(Arabic), Introduced by Dr. Majid Irsan Al-Kilani, Pub. Dar Al-Khair, Damascus-Bairut, 2005.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica
See also
- Qadiriyyah
- Ali Hujwiri
- Sufi Barkat Ali
- List of Sufism related topics
- List of famous Sufis
- Sufism
- Sayyid
- Khwaja Maudood Chishti
- Khwaja Wali Kirani
List of notable personalities
- Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi Gilani, founder of Sharif University of Technology
- Ardeshir Mohassess, cartoonist
- Soviet Republic of Gilan
- Mirza Kuchek Khan, Founder of Constitutionalist movement of Gilan
- Arsen Minasian
- Hazin Lahiji, poet
- Hengameh, singer
- Mohammad Taghi Bahjat Foumani, Twelver Shi'a Marja
- Al-Jilani
- Mahmoud Behzad
- Majid Samii, brain surgeon in Germany
- Pejman Nouri, football player
- Mohammad Moin, prominent Iranian scholar of Persian literature and Iranology
- Sirous Ghayeghran, Former Captain of Iranian national Football team
- Ghafour Jahani, Footballer
- Hushang Ebtehaj, contemporary poet
- Mardavij, former king of Iran
- Shams Langeroodi, contemporary poet
- Fazlollah Reza, 2nd Head of Sharif University of Technology
- Ahmad (HajAgha) Koutchesfahani, founder of Iranian Telephone Company of Rasht
- Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, Prime Minister of Pakistan. His forefathers migrated from the province of Gilan.
- Hazrat Pir Sayyid Abdul Qadir Gilani, Prominent Islamic Scholar In The U.K
- Hazrat Syed Qalandar Ilm Ali Shah Jilani, Sufi Saint Article deleted.
References
- ^ a b c Biographical encyclopaedia of Sufis: Central Asia and Middle East by N. Hanif, 2002, p123
- ^ a b The Sultan of the saints: mystical life and teaching of Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, Muhammad RiyÄz QÄdrÄ«, 2000, p24
- ^ Philip Khuri Hitti, "Islam, a way of life ", University of Minnesota Press (August 12, 1970). pg 64: "The earliest and most attractive Sufi order was al-Qadiri, named after its founder, the Persian ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jili (al-Jilani 1077–1166)
- ^ The works of Shaykh Umar Eli of Somalia of al-Tariqat al-Qadiriyyah 1260H
- ^ a b [1]
- ^ History of Multan: from the early period to 1849 A.D. Ashiq Muhammad KhÄn Durrani, 1991, p31
- ^ The Election of Caliph/Khalifah and World Peace by Khondakar G. Mowla, 1998, p180
- ^ Muslim communities of grace: the Sufi brotherhoods in Islamic religious life by Jamil M. Abun-Nasr, 2007, p94
- ^ Mihr-e-munÄ«r: biography of Hadrat Syed PÄ«r Meher AlÄ« ShÄh by Faid Ahmad, Muhammad FÄdil KhÄn, 1998, p21
- ^ Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics: Volume 1. A - Art. Part 1. A - Algonquins By James Hastings, John A Selbie Published by Adamant Media Corporation, 2001. pg 10:"and he was probably of Persian origin"
- ^ J. Spencer Trimingham, John O. Voll, "The Sufi Orders in Islam", Edition: 2, reprint, illustrated, revised Published by Oxford University Press US, 1998. pg 32: "The Hanbali Qadirriya is also included since 'Abd al-Qadir, of Persian origin was contemporary of the other two
- ^ Devotional Islam and politics in British India: Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi by Usha Sanyal, 1996, p144
- ^ Cultural and Religious Heritage of India: Islam by Suresh K. Sharma, Usha Sharma, 2004, p321
- ^ Indo-iranica‎Iran Society (Calcutta, India) 1985, p7
- ^ a b c The Election of Caliph/Khalifah and World Peace by Khondakar G. Mowla, 1998, p176
- ^ Historical and political who's who of Afghanistan‎ by Ludwig W. Adamec, 1975, p177
- ^ The Sultan of the saints: mystical life and teaching of Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, Muhammad RiyÄz QÄdrÄ«, 2000, p19
- ^ Mihr-e-munÄ«r: biography of Hadrat Syed PÄ«r Meher AlÄ« ShÄh by Faid Ahmad, Muhammad FÄdil KhÄn, 1997, p27
- ^ Encyclopaedia of Sufism, Volume 1 By Masood Ali Khan, S. Ram
- ^ Hadrat Sultan Bahu: life and work‎ Sayyid Ahmad SaÄ«d HamdÄnÄ«, 2001, p66
- ^ Mystical discourses of Ghaus-e-Azam Hazrat Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani‎Muhammad RiyÄz QÄdrÄ« 2002, p66
- ^ Biographical encyclopaedia of Sufis: Central Asia and Middle East by N. Hanif, p123
- ^ Ghous ul Azam Dastgir: by Abdul azīz Urfī, 1973, p2
- ^ Abd-al-Haqq, Akbar, p.11
- ^ a b The works of Shaykh Umar Eli of Somalia of al-Tariqat al-Qadiriyyah
- ^ Al-Ghunya li-talibi tariq al-haqq wa al-din (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth and Religion), (Arabic), PartI,II, Abd Al-Qadir Al-Gaylani, Pub.Dar Al-Hurya, Baghdad, Iraq, 1988. ,Al-Ghunya li-talibi tariq al-haqq wa al-din (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth and Religion) (Arabic), Introduced by Dr. Majid Irsan Al-Kilani, Pub. Dar Al-Khair, Damascus-Bairut, 2005
- ^ Majid 'Ursan al-Kilani, Nash'at al-Tariqat al-Qadiriyah
- ^ The Qadirya Shrine, Baghdad (PDF)
- ^ A brief history of Islam‎ by Tamara Sonn, 2004, p60
External links
- 160 Names and Titles of 'Abdu-l Qadir al-Jilani
- Website dedicated to Shaikh Muhyi'din 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
- Dedicated to his lineage, life, works and progeny
- Website regarding Shaykh Abdul-Qadri al-Gilani and his descendants.
- Website dedicated to the Lovers & Followers of the Great Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani
- A complete website regarding Ghaus ul Azam and Gilani Syeds.
- Ghauth ul Azam
- A Site of Web Links About Ghouse Azam Dastagir rz.
- A web site links related to Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani
- [2][3][4] Excerpts/Books by Abdul Qadir Jilani
His Works
Branches and affiliated organisations of the Qadiri Order
- 'Arusiyyah - Qadiriyyah (Founder: Imam al-'Arus Sayyid Muhammad)
- Darul Ehsan (Founder: Hazrat Abu Anees Muhammad Barkat Ali)
- Qadiri - Rifa'i (Founder: Muhyiddin Ansari)
- Sarwari - Qadri Order (Founder: Hazrat Sultan Bahu)
- International Qadiri Order
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Jilani redirects here. For others of the same name, see Gilani| Abdul Qadir Gilani | |
|---|---|
| Religion | Islam |
| School | Hanbali |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1077 AD Gilan, Iran |
| Died | 1166 AD Baghdad, Iraq |
| Senior posting | |
| Title | Sheikh, Ghaus-e-Azam |
| Religious career | |
| Works | Al-Ghunya li-talibi tariq al-haqq wa al-din, etc. |
Al-Syed Muhiyudin Abu Muhammad Abdal Qadir al-Gilani al-Hasani wal-Hussaini ,[1][2] (Persian: عبد القادر گیلانی,Urdu: عبد القادر گیلانی AbdolqÄder GilÄni) (also spelled Abdulqadir Gaylani, Abdelkader, Abdul Qadir, Abdul Khadir - Jilani, Jeelani, Jilali, Gailani, Gillani, Gilani, Al Gilani) or simply known as Ghaus-e-Azam (470–561 AH) (1077–1166 AD) was a Persian[3] Hanbali preacher, Sufi sheikh and the figurehead of the Qadiri Sufi order. He was born on a Wednesday the 10th Rabi at-Thani in 470 AH, 1077 AD,[4] in the Persian province of Gilan (Iran) south of the Caspian Sea.
Al-Gilani was born in 1078 AD (471 AH) in a small town of Iranian Gilan Province. His ancestors were Syeds who settled in Gilan (arabacized to Jilan) hence the epiphet of al-Jilani.[5][6]
His complete name Al-Syed Muhiyudin Abu Muhammad Abdal Qadir al-Gaylani al-Hasani wal-Hussaini,[1][2] Syed denoting his honorific title of descendancy from the Islamic prophet Muhammad,[8] Muhiyudin his title for being known popularly as "the reviver of religion",[9] Abu Muhammad his Kunya or nick name (meaning 'father of Muhammad'), al-Gaylani denoting the region he hailed from[10][11] although however he also had the epiphet al-Baghdadi. [12][13][14] (denoting also the city of Baghdad where he was now residing in and therefore also geographically recognised through, eventually being buried there), and al-Hasani wal-Hussaini affirming his lineal descent from both Syed Imam Hasan and Imam Hussain, the grandsons of Muhammad.[1][15]
His father, Syed Abu Saleh Musa al-Hasani[16] was a direct descendant of the Syed Imam Hasan.[15][17] He was an acknowledged saint of his day "..and was popularly known as Jangi Dost, because of his love for Jihad"[18] Jangi dost thereby being his sobriquet[5][19]
His mother Ummal Khair Fatima,[20] daughter of Syed Abdullah Sawmai az-Zaid a descendant of Syed Imam Hussain[15][21] through Imam Zain ul Abideen,[22] he was known himself as a "great saint of his time and a direct descendant of Hazrat Imam Husain, the Great Martyr of Karbala"[23]
In Tasawwuf (the sciences of the heart), his spiritual instructor was Shaikh Abu'l-Khair Hammad bin Muslim al-Dabbas. From him, he received his basic training, and with his help he set out on a spiritual journey.
After completion of education, Abdul-Qadir Gilani abandoned the city of Baghdad, and spent twenty-five years as a wanderer in the desertregions of Iraq as a recluse.[24]
He busied himself for forty years in the service of Islam from 521 to 561 AH. During this period hundreds of thousands of people converted to Islam because of him and organized several teams to go abroad for dawah purposes.
He was also the teacher of Ibn Qudamah whom he also designated as a Caliph of his Qadri order (amongst others). Ibn Qudamah also later fought as a general in Sultan Saladin Ayyubi's army and conquered Jerusalem from the Christian dominance. His work and jurisprudent works influenced Ibn Taymiyyah who referred to both Ibn Qudamah and Shaikh Al-Gilani as his Shaikhs with full honorifics.
Al-Gilani succeeded the spiritual chain of Junayd Baghdadi. His contribution to thought in the Muslim world earned him the title Muhiyuddin(lit. "The reviver of the faith"), as he along with his students and associates laid the groundwork for the society which later produced stalwarts like Nur ad-Din and Saladin. His Sufi order named after him is generally thought to be one of the most popular Sufi orders of the Islamic world.[29]
Among the Sufis, who came to India from Baghdad, and who belonged to the family of Shaykh Abd-ul-Qadir Jilani Hz. Shah Badr Dewanwhose real name was Hasan, and whose honorific title was Badr-ud-Din, is one of the top most Sufis. He stayed near Batala, and laid the foundation of Masania, a kind of inn in his times, but later populated by his children, grand children and great grand children, became a village of its own culture. The progeny of Baba Shah Badr Dewan is one of the biggest Syed Families, whose origin goes straight to Shaykh Syed Abd-ul-Qadir Jilani
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Lineage and Biography
Abdul-Qadir ibn Abi Salih Musa ibn Abdullah ibn Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Muhammad AbuBakr Dawud ibn Musa ibn Abdullah ibn Musa Jawni ibn Abdullah ibn Hassan al-Muthanna ibn Hassan ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib , and this on his father side so you can see why they call him al-Hassani due to his tracing up to Muhammad's grandson Hassan ibn Ali. On his mother side, she is the daughter of a saintly person Abdullah Sawmai who was a direct descendant of Imam Husain ibn Ali making the Shaykh also al-Husayni due to this.Al-Gilani was born in 1078 AD (471 AH) in a small town of Iranian Gilan Province. His ancestors were Syeds who settled in Gilan (arabacized to Jilan) hence the epiphet of al-Jilani.[5][6]
| “ | Sayyid Abu Muhammad Abdul Qadir R.A was born in Naif in the District of Gilan in Persia (Iran) in the month of Ramadan....His father's name was Abu Salih, a God-fearing man and a direct descendant of Hazrat Imam Hasan R.A., the eldest son of Ali R.A, the Holy Prophet's (SAW) first cousin, and of Fatima R.A his beloved daughter. His mother was the daughter of a saintly person- Abdullah Sawmai who was a direct descendant of Imam Husain A.S, the younger son of Ali R.A and Fatima R.A. Thus Sayyid Abdul Qadir was both a Hasani and Hussaini[7] | †|
His father, Syed Abu Saleh Musa al-Hasani[16] was a direct descendant of the Syed Imam Hasan.[15][17] He was an acknowledged saint of his day "..and was popularly known as Jangi Dost, because of his love for Jihad"[18] Jangi dost thereby being his sobriquet[5][19]
His mother Ummal Khair Fatima,[20] daughter of Syed Abdullah Sawmai az-Zaid a descendant of Syed Imam Hussain[15][21] through Imam Zain ul Abideen,[22] he was known himself as a "great saint of his time and a direct descendant of Hazrat Imam Husain, the Great Martyr of Karbala"[23]
Education
He spent his early life in the town of his birth. At the age of eighteen he went to Baghdad (1095), where he pursued the study of Hanbali law under several teachers. The Shaikh received lessons on Fiqh from Abu Ali al-Mukharrimi, Hadith from Abu-Bakar-bin-Muzaffar, and tafsirfrom the renowned commentator, Abu Muhammad Jafar. When he was on the way going to "Baghdad" with a large convoy (Qafila), a group of thieves attacked the convoy and took all of their precious belongings, one of the thieves came to him (Sheikh Abdul-Qadir Gilani) and asked him "Boy, tell me what you have in your luggage". He replied "I have forty dinars." The thief searched all of his luggage and could not find the dinars. He then took the boy to his sardar (master) and told him that this boy (Sheikh Abdul-Qadir Gilani) claims he has forty dinars, but after searching his belongings I could not find the dinars. The sardar (master) then asked, "Boy, do you lie?" He replied "No, I am not lying, the dinars were sewn by my mother into my shalwar." Then one of the thieves checked and found the money. The sardar then asked him. "Boy, you could have lied to us and could have saved your money, why you didn't you lie?" Sheikh Abdul-Qadir Gilani replied "Before I started my journey, my mother advised me to tell the truth even if someone tries to kill me as Allah frowns upon those who do not speak the truth." After listening to this the sardar began to cry, as this little boy had so much fear of Allah that he did not lie in such a situation. He felt guilt for all his wrongdoings and felt the fear of Allah so the sardar then gave back all of the looted things to their owners.In Tasawwuf (the sciences of the heart), his spiritual instructor was Shaikh Abu'l-Khair Hammad bin Muslim al-Dabbas. From him, he received his basic training, and with his help he set out on a spiritual journey.
After completion of education, Abdul-Qadir Gilani abandoned the city of Baghdad, and spent twenty-five years as a wanderer in the desertregions of Iraq as a recluse.[24]
Later life
He was over fifty years old by the time he returned to Baghdad in 1127, and began to preach in public. He moved into the school belonging to his old teacher Qur'an.He busied himself for forty years in the service of Islam from 521 to 561 AH. During this period hundreds of thousands of people converted to Islam because of him and organized several teams to go abroad for dawah purposes.
He was also the teacher of Ibn Qudamah whom he also designated as a Caliph of his Qadri order (amongst others). Ibn Qudamah also later fought as a general in Sultan Saladin Ayyubi's army and conquered Jerusalem from the Christian dominance. His work and jurisprudent works influenced Ibn Taymiyyah who referred to both Ibn Qudamah and Shaikh Al-Gilani as his Shaikhs with full honorifics.
Death
The sheikh died on Saturday night 1166 (8th Rabi' al-Awwal 561AH) [25] at the age of ninety one years (by the Islamic calendar), and was entombed in a shrine within his Madrassa in Baghdad.[26][27][28] His Shrine and Mosque are in what used to be the school he preached in, located in Babul-Sheikh, Resafa (East bank of the Tigris) in Baghdad, Iraq. Worldwide the Qadiriyyah celebrate Ghawth al-a'tham day on Wednesday closest to his birthday not his death-date for respect and elevation of their Shaykh which is 10th of Rabi at-Thani in the islamic calendar[25]Al-Gilani succeeded the spiritual chain of Junayd Baghdadi. His contribution to thought in the Muslim world earned him the title Muhiyuddin(lit. "The reviver of the faith"), as he along with his students and associates laid the groundwork for the society which later produced stalwarts like Nur ad-Din and Saladin. His Sufi order named after him is generally thought to be one of the most popular Sufi orders of the Islamic world.[29]
Family
The Shaikh had four virtuous wives and forty-nine children, twenty-seven sons and twenty-two daughters. The most famous of his sons are Shaikh Abdul-Wahab, Sheikh Abdul-Razzaq, Shaikh Abdul-Aziz, Shaikh Isa, Shaikh Musa, Sheikh Yahya, Sheikh Abdullah, Sheikh Muhammed and Sheikh Ibrahim. His sons and grandsons reached the Indian sub-continent throughout the years preaching Islam in his method (Arabic=Tareqa,طريقة). As they have reached the Western part of the Arab world of North Africa and Morocco, and parts of the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia (a country that predominantly professes to the Qadiriyyah order only in the Sufi sect though small patches of Ahmed ibn Idris' order is found) ). In Somalia the order is subdivided to Zaylaiyyah order and Uwaisiyyah order.Among the Sufis, who came to India from Baghdad, and who belonged to the family of Shaykh Abd-ul-Qadir Jilani Hz. Shah Badr Dewanwhose real name was Hasan, and whose honorific title was Badr-ud-Din, is one of the top most Sufis. He stayed near Batala, and laid the foundation of Masania, a kind of inn in his times, but later populated by his children, grand children and great grand children, became a village of its own culture. The progeny of Baba Shah Badr Dewan is one of the biggest Syed Families, whose origin goes straight to Shaykh Syed Abd-ul-Qadir Jilani
Works
Some of Jilani's more well known works include:- Al-Ghunya li-talibi tariq al-haqq wa al-din (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth and Religion)
- Al-Fath ar-Rabbani (The Sublime Revelation)available for download (urdu)
- Malfuzat (Utterances)
- Futuh al-Ghaib (Revelations of the Unseen) available for download (urdu) (English)
- Jala' al-Khatir (The Removal of Care)
- Bahajja-Tul Asrar (Ground Secerets)
Bibliography
- Utterances of Shaikh Abd al-Qadir al-JÄ«lÄnÄ« (MalfÅ«zÄt) / transl. from the Arabic by Muhtar Holland MalfÅ«zÄt
- Fifteen letters, khamsata ashara maktÅ«ban / Shaikh Abd Al-QÄdir Al-JÄ«lÄnÄ« ; translated from the Persian into Arabic by AlÄ« usÄmu ÌD-DÄ«n Al-MuttaqÄ« ; and from Arabic into English by Muhtar Holland, Kamsata aÅ¡ara maktÅ«ban
- The removal of cares = JalÄ Al-KhawÄtir : a collection of forty-five discoures / Shaikh Abd Al-QÄdir Al-JÄ«lÄnÄ« ; transl. from the Arabic by Muhtar Holland
- The Sultan of the saints : mystical life and teachings of Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani / Muhammad Riaz Qadiri
- The sublime revelation = al-Fath ar-RabbÄnÄ« : a collection of sixty-two discourses / Abd al-QÄdir al- JÄ«lÄnÄ« ; transl. from the Arabic by Muhtar Holland, al-Fath al-RabbÄnÄ«
- Al-Ghunya li-talibi tariq al-haqq wa al-din (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth and Religion) ,(Arabic),PartI,II,Abd Al-Qadir Al-Gaylani,Pub.Dar Al-Hurya, Baghdad, Iraq, 1988.
- Al-Ghunya li-talibi tariq al-haqq wa al-din (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth and Religion)
- Encyclopaedia Iranica
See also
- Qadiriyyah
- Ali Hujwiri
- Sufi Barkat Ali
- List of Sufism related topics
- List of famous Sufis
- Sufism
- Sayyid
- Khwaja Maudood Chishti
- Khwaja Wali Kirani
List of notable personalities
- Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi Gilani, founder of Sharif University of Technology
- Ardeshir Mohassess, cartoonist
- Soviet Republic of Gilan
- Mirza Kuchek Khan, Founder of Constitutionalist movement of Gilan
- Arsen Minasian
- Hazin Lahiji, poet
- Hengameh, singer
- Mohammad Taghi Bahjat Foumani, Twelver Shi'a Marja
- Al-Jilani
- Mahmoud Behzad
- Majid Samii, brain surgeon in Germany
- Pejman Nouri, football player
- Mohammad Moin, prominent Iranian scholar of Persian literature and Iranology
- Sirous Ghayeghran, Former Captain of Iranian national Football team
- Ghafour Jahani, Footballer
- Hushang Ebtehaj, contemporary poet
- Mardavij, former king of Iran
- Shams Langeroodi, contemporary poet
- Fazlollah Reza, 2nd Head of Sharif University of Technology
- Ahmad (HajAgha) Koutchesfahani, founder of Iranian Telephone Company of Rasht
- Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, Prime Minister of Pakistan. His forefathers migrated from the province of Gilan.
- Hazrat Pir Sayyid Abdul Qadir Gilani, Prominent Islamic Scholar In The U.K
- Hazrat Syed Qalandar Ilm Ali Shah Jilani, Sufi Saint Article deleted.
References
- ^ a b c Biographical encyclopaedia of Sufis: Central Asia and Middle East by N. Hanif, 2002, p123
- ^ a b The Sultan of the saints: mystical life and teaching of Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, Muhammad RiyÄz QÄdrÄ«, 2000, p24
- ^ Philip Khuri Hitti, "Islam, a way of life ", University of Minnesota Press (August 12, 1970). pg 64: "The earliest and most attractive Sufi order was al-Qadiri, named after its founder, the Persian ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jili (al-Jilani 1077–1166)
- ^ The works of Shaykh Umar Eli of Somalia of al-Tariqat al-Qadiriyyah 1260H
- ^ a b [1]
- ^ History of Multan: from the early period to 1849 A.D. Ashiq Muhammad KhÄn Durrani, 1991, p31
- ^ The Election of Caliph/Khalifah and World Peace by Khondakar G. Mowla, 1998, p180
- ^ Muslim communities of grace: the Sufi brotherhoods in Islamic religious life by Jamil M. Abun-Nasr, 2007, p94
- ^ Mihr-e-munÄ«r: biography of Hadrat Syed PÄ«r Meher AlÄ« ShÄh by Faid Ahmad, Muhammad FÄdil KhÄn, 1998, p21
- ^ Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics: Volume 1. A - Art. Part 1. A - Algonquins By James Hastings, John A Selbie Published by Adamant Media Corporation, 2001. pg 10:"and he was probably of Persian origin"
- ^ J. Spencer Trimingham, John O. Voll, "The Sufi Orders in Islam", Edition: 2, reprint, illustrated, revised Published by Oxford University Press US, 1998. pg 32: "The Hanbali Qadirriya is also included since 'Abd al-Qadir, of Persian origin was contemporary of the other two
- ^ Devotional Islam and politics in British India: Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi by Usha Sanyal, 1996, p144
- ^ Cultural and Religious Heritage of India: Islam by Suresh K. Sharma, Usha Sharma, 2004, p321
- ^ Indo-iranica‎Iran Society (Calcutta, India) 1985, p7
- ^ a b c The Election of Caliph/Khalifah and World Peace by Khondakar G. Mowla, 1998, p176
- ^ Historical and political who's who of Afghanistan‎ by Ludwig W. Adamec, 1975, p177
- ^ The Sultan of the saints: mystical life and teaching of Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, Muhammad RiyÄz QÄdrÄ«, 2000, p19
- ^ Mihr-e-munÄ«r: biography of Hadrat Syed PÄ«r Meher AlÄ« ShÄh by Faid Ahmad, Muhammad FÄdil KhÄn, 1997, p27
- ^ Encyclopaedia of Sufism, Volume 1 By Masood Ali Khan, S. Ram
- ^ Hadrat Sultan Bahu: life and work‎ Sayyid Ahmad SaÄ«d HamdÄnÄ«, 2001, p66
- ^ Mystical discourses of Ghaus-e-Azam Hazrat Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani‎Muhammad RiyÄz QÄdrÄ« 2002, p66
- ^ Biographical encyclopaedia of Sufis: Central Asia and Middle East by N. Hanif, p123
- ^ Ghous ul Azam Dastgir: by Abdul azīz Urfī, 1973, p2
- ^ Abd-al-Haqq, Akbar, p.11
- ^ a b The works of Shaykh Umar Eli of Somalia of al-Tariqat al-Qadiriyyah
- ^ Al-Ghunya li-talibi tariq al-haqq wa al-din (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth and Religion), (Arabic), PartI,II, Abd Al-Qadir Al-Gaylani, Pub.Dar Al-Hurya, Baghdad, Iraq, 1988. ,Al-Ghunya li-talibi tariq al-haqq wa al-din (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth and Religion) (Arabic), Introduced by Dr. Majid Irsan Al-Kilani, Pub. Dar Al-Khair, Damascus-Bairut, 2005
- ^ Majid 'Ursan al-Kilani, Nash'at al-Tariqat al-Qadiriyah
- ^ The Qadirya Shrine, Baghdad (PDF)
- ^ A brief history of Islam‎ by Tamara Sonn, 2004, p60
External links
- 160 Names and Titles of 'Abdu-l Qadir al-Jilani
- Website dedicated to Shaikh Muhyi'din 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
- Dedicated to his lineage, life, works and progeny
- Website regarding Shaykh Abdul-Qadri al-Gilani and his descendants.
- Website dedicated to the Lovers & Followers of the Great Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani
- A complete website regarding Ghaus ul Azam and Gilani Syeds.
- Ghauth ul Azam
- A Site of Web Links About Ghouse Azam Dastagir rz.
- A web site links related to Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani
- [2][3][4] Excerpts/Books by Abdul Qadir Jilani
His Works
Branches and affiliated organisations of the Qadiri Order
- 'Arusiyyah - Qadiriyyah (Founder: Imam al-'Arus Sayyid Muhammad)
- Darul Ehsan (Founder: Hazrat Abu Anees Muhammad Barkat Ali)
- Qadiri - Rifa'i (Founder: Muhyiddin Ansari)
- Sarwari - Qadri Order (Founder: Hazrat Sultan Bahu)
- International Qadiri Order
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