Ustaaz-ul- Ulama Hazrat
Sayyid
Ibraheem Erji
(radi
Allaho anhu)
HIS POSITION IN
THE SILSILA: Ustaazul Ulama, Katheerul Ilm, Faadhil-e-Akmal, Hazrat Sheikh
Sayyid Ibraheem Erji (radi Allaho anhu) is the twenty sixth Imam and Sheikh of
the Silsila Aaliyah Qaaderiyah Barakaatiyah Razviyah Nooriyah.
BIRTH: He was
born in a place called Erj.
NAME: His Name
is Sayyid Ibraheem Erji (radi Allaho anhu). His father’s name was Hazrat Sayyid
Mo’een bin Abdul Qaadir bin Murtudha Al Hassani Al Qaaderi (radi Allaho anhu).
HIS TEACHERS:
He attained knowledge in both the fields of Shariat and Tariqat, and attained
blessings from all the great Masha’ikh of his era. He gained his academic
education under the tutorship of Hazrat Sheikh Aleemud’deen Muhadith (radi
Allaho anhu) and he gained the spiritual knowledge from Hazrat Sheikh
Baha’ud’deen Shataari (radi Allaho anhu).
HIS
SHEIKH-E-TARIQAT: He is the mureed and Khalifa of Hazrat Sheikh Baha’ud’deen
Shataari (radi Allaho anhu). His Peero Murshid wrote a book for him, which has
been mentioned in the chapter on Hazrat Sheikh Baha’ud’deen (radi Allaho anhu).
This book is also famously known as the Risaala Shataariyah.
HIS EXCELLENCE:
Hazrat Ibraheem Erji (radi Allaho anhu) is a very great saint and was very
pious, Allah fearing and humble. Many of the learned Ulama have written about
him. Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Haq Muhadith-e-Dehlwi (radi Allaho anhu) narrated in
great detail about him in his world renowned book Akhbaarul Akhyaar, in which
he also says, “The reality is this, that in his era, their was none in Delhi
equal to him in knowledge and understanding, and anyone of his contemporaries
who did not take benefit from him, or did not accept his vast knowledge is definitely
a very unjust person.” He spent much of his time alone, due to the ignorance,
and disrespectful behavior of the people. He would spend lengthy hours reading
religious books and revising some of them. Many of those Sufis and Ulama who
came to him, showed great respect and always attained knowledge from him. He
used to give his books to those, who he felt were sincere in gaining knowledge.
He was also a
very great philosopher of his time. He solved very difficult problems as if
they did not even exist. He explained issues so well, that even an ordinary
uneducated person would be able to understand what he said. After his wisaal,
so many kitaabs were found in his library, that they can not be all listed.
However, most of them were kitaabs handwritten by him.
He also spent a
lot of time in the companionship of other Sufis and Dervishes (Darvesh). He
loved the Silsila Qaaderiyah dearly and always made mureeds in the Silsila
Qaaderiyah through the silsila of his Sheikh, Hazrat Baha’ud’deen Shataari (radi
Allaho anhu).
HIS
INSIGHT: He never presented himself in the Mehfil-e-Sama. Hazrat Sheikh
Ruknudeen says, “Once I went to him and said, today is the Urs of Hazrat
Qutbudeen Bakhtiyaar Kaaki (radi Allaho anhu). It would thus be appropriate if
you partook in the Mehfil. He said, ‘Go away, Go and make Ziyaarat of the
Mazaar Shareef and then pay attention to the Saahib-e-Qabr and see what Hazrat
Qutbudeen Bakhtiyaar Kaaki (radi Allaho anhu) is saying.’ I thus went and sat
down near the Mazaar of Hazrat Bakhtiyaar Kaaki (radi Allaho anhu). During this
time, the Mehfil was in full go, and many of the Qawaals and Sufis were lost in the Mehfil. I then
made ziyaarat of Hazrat Bakhtiyaar Kaaki (radi Allaho anhu) and he said to me,
‘these shameful persons have caused great discomfort to me, and worried my
mind.’ On hearing this command of Hazrat, I returned to Hazrat Ibraheem Erji (radi
Allaho anhu). He smiled at me and said, ‘Will you now excuse me from the Mehfil
or not?’ and I said, you are in the love of your Lord and for you to be in the
mehfil is not appropriate. The best is that which I have been informed
spiritually through Hazrat Qutbudeen Bakhtiyar Kaaki (radi Allaho anhu).
[Akhbaarul Akhyaar]
HIS KHULAFA:
The names of some of his Khulafa are, Hazrat Sheikh Ruknudeen, Hazrat Sheikh
Abdul Aziz bin Hassan Dehlwi, Hazrat Sheikh Nizaamudeen Saifudeen Kaakori,
Hazrat Sheikh Abdullah Dehlwi, Bandgi Sheikh Pyaare bin Sheikh Islam Sheikh
Chand, Hazrat Sheikh Mia Laawun, Hazrat Sheikh Maulana Abdul Qaadir Saboongar (ridwaanullahi
ta aala alaihim ajmaeen).
WISAAL: He
passed away on the 5th of Rabi-ul-Aakhir 953 Hijri.
MAZAAR SHAREEF:
His Mazaar shareef is situated in Delhi,
inside the Dargah of Hazrat Sultanul Masha’ikh Mahboob-e-Ilahi Hazrat
Nizaamudeen Awliyah (radi Allaho anhu), at the feet side of Hazrat
Ameer-e-Khusroo (radi Allaho anhu).
