Shamsud'deen Abul Fadhl
Hazrat Sayyid Shah
Aale Ahmed Ache Mia Marehrwi
(radi
Allaho anhu)
HIS POSITION IN
THE SILSILA: Qudwatul Kaamileen, Abul Fadhl Hazrat Sayyid Shah Aale Ahmed Ache
Mia (radi Allaho anhu) is the thirty sixth Imam and Sheikh of the Silsila
Aaliyah Qaaderiyah Barakaatiyah Razviyah Nooriyah.
BIRTH: He
was born on the 28th of Ramadaanul Mubaarak 1160 Hijri.
NAME: His name
is Sayyid Aale Ahmed and his title is Ache Mia. His father was has Hazrat
Sayyid Shah Hamza (radi Allaho anhu)
PREDICTION OF
HIS BIRTH: Hazrat Saahibul Barkaat Shah Barkatullah (radi Allaho anhu) said that
he would be blessed with a son (descendant) in the fourth generation, who will
strengthen the brightness of the Khandaan. He also gave a cloak to his eldest
son, Hazrat Sayyiduna Shah Aale Muhammad (radi Allaho anhu) to pass it over to
the child. When the Bismillah Khwaani of Hazrat Ache Mia (radi Allaho anhu) was
taking place, Hazrat Shah Aale Muhammad, seated him down on his lap and said,
“This is the child concerning whom my father foretold.”
EDUCATION: He
attained his education under the watchful eye of his father, and also studied
tib (medicine) under the tutorship of Kaleem Nasrullah Saahib Marehrwi.
HIS EXCELLENCE:
He was a very powerful Aarif Billah. There was no example to him in Karaamat
and knowledge in his time. He was well known for his Mujahida and wazaaif. He
personally took care of his disciples and was an excellent example of the
character of the Prophet (Sall Allaho alaihi wasallam). He showed love to all
his disciples, but paid special attention to those who came from Badayoun
Shareef. He would often say, “Badayoun is our property which was given to us by
Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allaho anhu).”
Once, a person
went to the Naqeebul Ashraaf of Iraq
and asked a question relating to the oneness of Allah. He asked him to travel
to India
and ask his question to Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Aziz Muhadith-e-Delhwi. The man
traveled to India
and met Hazrat Muhadithe Delhwi. Hazrat answered his query but he was still not
fully satisfied. Hazrat Sheikh Muhadith-e-Delhwi then said that he should
travel to Marehrah Shareef and meet with Hazrat Ache Mia (radi Allaho anhu), as
he would get the most satisfying answer from him. Hazrat spent most of his time
in Ibaadat. With the exception of his five daily Salaah, he always performed
Salaatul Maaqoos and various other wazeefas and amals. He had a special pattern
in his daily life. He would wake up in the third portion of the night, make
fresh wudhu and then perform his Tahajjud Salaah. He then lifted his hands and
made dua for prosperity in Deen and for the maghfirat of those close to him.
After this, he would read the Kalima Shareef aloud eleven times. The door of
the house would then be closed, and none would be allowed to enter. He would go
into his room for a while and then enter the Khanqah Shareef. He would then sit
in the company of the dervishes and fulfill their needs, and as a manner of
encouragement, he would revise some of their wazaaif. He would then enter the
Dargah Shareef, and first make Fateha at the Mazaar of his father. He would
then make Fateha at the Mazaar of his beloved mother and all his other
forefathers. He would then go into the garden, which was adjacent to the
Dargah. He would lay a carpet and sit under a fruit tree. After a while, he
would then go into the Khanqah again. This was the open court, where everyone
was allowed to present his or her problems and difficulties before him. He
trained his disciples with firmness. He very seldom gave wazifas and amals to
ordinary people. Like his predecessors, he assisted those who needed financial
assistance etc, very discreetly. He ate two or three thin rotis with some gravy
or moong dhall for lunch. He would then rest for a while (Qailullah). He would
then make fresh wudhu and pray his Zohar Salaah. He would then become engrossed
in the recitation of the Holy Quran. He would then go to the Khanqah and read
the wazifa of Duroods. He would then pray Asar Namaaz at the Musjid and return
to the Khanqah. He would go into the Musjid for Maghrib Salaah and then pray
the Khatm-e-Khajegaan after Maghrib, and then return to the Khanqah. He would
then sit a while with his Khaadims who showed great respect and honour to him.
He would then pray his Esha Salaah and the doors would be closed.
BOOKS AND
TREATIES: One of the most famous books
written by Hazra Ache Mia (radi Allaho anhu) is a book called Aa’in-e-Ahmadi,
another book was a compilation of wazeefas and special amals. He also wrote the
famous Adaabus Saalikeen and the Diwan Ash’aar.
HIS KARAAMATS:
Janaab Sheikh Rasool Bakhsh says that once a soldier came to meet Hazrat. He
suffered from leprosy and thus stood very far away from Hazrat. Hazrat saw him
and called him closer. He said that he was not worthy of coming too close.
Hazrat again asked him to come closer. When he came close to Hazrat, Hazrat placed
his hand over the area that was affected with white patches and said, “There is
nothing here” When the man looked, he found that there was no sign of the
illness. It is in Asaar-e-Ahmadi that a person from Bukhara came to Marehrah Shareef. He performed
Zohar Namaaz at the Khanqah and then presented himself before Hazrat Ache Mia (radi
Allaho anhu). He said, “I heard your name and came here to gain spiritual
excellence, as I do not have the ability to make Mujahida etc. I wish to attain
this without any striving, and just through your blessed sight.” Hazrat smiled
at him and said, “You wish to attain such a huge valuable and yet you do not
wish to go through any strenuous exercise?”
One person
from amongst those seated in the gathering mocked the man and said, “Do you
think that it is some type of sweet, that it can just be put into your mouth?”
On hearing
this, Hazrat said, “Do not say such a thing. Nothing is far from the Power of
Allah.” Hazrat then gave him a Durood Shareef and asked him to read it. That
night, he read the Durood Shareef and was blessed with seeing the Prophet (Sall
Allaho alaihi wasallam) in his dream. The man’s entire life changed in a few
moments. The mystical secrets dawned upon him and he entered the world of
Tasawwuf.
In the
morning, he went to Hazrat Ache Mia (radi Allaho anhu) and said, “Last night,
the Prophet (Sall Allaho alaihi wasallam) said to me, ‘after every century,
there will be such a person in my Ummah, who will revive my Deen.” He said,
“Huzoor! In this Century, you are that personality.”
Molvi
Riyaazudeen Sahawani, the Khalifa of Hazrat Ache Mia (radi Allaho anhu) writes
as follows in Gulshan-e-Abraar: A villager came to Hazrat and became mureed.
After becoming mureed, he did not get the opportunity of coming to the Khanqah
for a very long time. One year, he managed to present himself at the Khanqah
for the Urs of Hazrat Sayyid Hamza (radi Allaho anhu). The Khanqah was filled
with thousands of devotees’ and disciples.
The man
thought that Hazrat had thousands of mureeds and new groups of people become
his mureed on a daily basis. He thus thought that it was not going to be
possible for Hazrat to recognize him. After a while, he managed to reach Hazrat
Ache Mia (radi Allaho anhu) and presented his salaam to him and spoke a few
words. Hazrat then pointed him out and called him close. He asked about him and
about his village.
Hazrat then
said, “You take the flock of your fellow villagers with you when you go to
graze your own flock. How do you recognize your own flock from those of the
others?” He answered by explaining the method that is used to differentiate the
flocks.
Hazrat then
said, “Mia! This Faqeer also recognizes his flock in the same way. There is a
(spiritual) string of love that is around their necks.”
Hazrat had a
small trunk, which was called Ghala-e-Ghausiyah. He kept his money in this
small trunk. He distributed money to the needy, took care of the Khaadims and
financed the entire Khanqah, but there was never a shortage in this trunk. This
too was a Karaamat of Hazrat Ache Mia (radi Allaho anhu).
HIS CHILDREN:
Hazrat married Fazal Faatima, the daughter of Sayyid Ghulam Ali Salharwi
Bilgiraami. He was blessed with a son and a daughter. His daughter passed away
on the 11th of Rabi ul Awwal 1196 Hijri and his son Hazrat Saa’in
Saahib (radi Allaho anhu) passed away just a few days after his bismillah
khwaani due to fever, on the 13th of Rabi ul Awwal 1196 Hijri.
HIS
KHULAFA: The actual number of his mureeds is not known, but many have said that
Hazrat had approximately two hundred thousand mureeds. Hazrat’s Khulafa were
all very great personalities. Some of the names of his Khulafa are as follows:
Hazrat Sayyid Shah Aale Rasool Marehrwi, Hazrat Peer Baghdad Saahib (descendant
of Ghaus-e-Azam radi Allahu anhu), Hazrat Shah Khairaat Ali (grandson of Hazrat
Shah Fazlullah Kalpwi), Hazrat Maulana Abdul Majeed Ainul Haq Badayouni, Hazrat
Maulana Abdul Majeed Usmani Badayouni, Hazrat Haafiz Sayyid Ghulam Ali
Shahjaanpuri, Hazrat Molvi Riyaazudeen Sahsawani, Hazrat Maulana Fakhrudeen Usmani Badayouni,
Hazrat Maulana Zikrullah Shah Saahib, Hazrat Sayyid Ahmed Shah Shahjahanpuri,
Hazrat Sayyid Shah Meeran Barelvi, Hazrat Ghulam Jilani Badayouni, Hazrat
Maulana Abul Hassan Usmani Badayouni, Hazrat Maulana Habeebullah Saahib Abbasi
Badayouni, Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Baha ul Haq Abbasi Badayouni, Hazrat Maulana Sayyid Muhammad Ali Saahib
Ghulam Darvesh Lucknowi, Hazrat Maulana Fazl Imam Rai Barelvi, Hazrat Shah Muhammad Ghulaam Ghaus Badayouni,
Hazrat Shah Gul, Hazrat Mia Habeebullah Shah Badayouni, Hazrat Maulana Muhammad
Nizaamudeen Saahib Abbasi Badayouni, Hazrat Mia Shah Aalam, Hazrat Maulana Shah
Salaamatullah Badayouni Kanpuri, Hazrat Mia Shah Hassan, Hazrat Shah Hussain
Mughl, Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Afzal Siddiqi Badayouni, Hazrat Maulana Ghulam Abbas Bardwaani, Hazrat
Khwaja Kilan Qaazi Suroonj, Hazrat Allama Muhammad Azam Sahsawani, Hazrat
Haafiz Muraad Shah, Hazrat Maulana Noor Muhammad, Hazrat Shah Ghulam Qaadir, Hazrat Shah Shahabudeen Mast, Hazrat Chaudri
Niyaz Ali Marehrwi, Hazrat Maulana
Badrudeen Bukhari, Hazrat Maulana Sheikh Ahmed Delhwi, Hazrat Maulana Abdul Jabaar Shahjahananpuri, Hazrat Maulana Abdul Qaadir Daghistani,
Hazrat Shah Be Fikr, Hazrat Khwaja Ghulam Naqshbandi Khan Delhwi, Hazrat Mian
Ji Abdul Malik Ansari Badayouni, Hazrat
Qaazi Zaheerudeen Siddiqi Badayouni,
Hazrat Sayyid Qudrat Ali Shahjahanpuri,
Hazrat Shah Najf Ali Shah, Hazrat Sayyid Munawwar Ali Shah, Hazrat
Haafiz Muhammad Mahfood Aanola, Hazrat Maulana Abdul Ulaa Farshori Badayouni,
Hazrat Shah Ilah Yaar, Hazrat Mian Jee Shahabudeen, Hazrat Sayyid Shah Fazl
Ghaus Barelvi, Hazrat Hafiz Murad Shah Punjabi, Hazrat Deendaar Shah Rampuri,
Hazrat Shah Abdul Haq Shahjanpuri, Hazrat Maulana Ibaadatullah Siddiqi, Hazrat
Ne’matullah Shah, Hazrat Luft Ali Shah, Hazrat Sheikh Baarikullah Siddiqi, Hazrat Sheikh Ashraf Ali Ansari, Hazrat
Munshi Zulfikaarudeen Badayouni, Hazrat Sheikh Mubaazirudeen, Hazrat Sayyid
Rif’at Ali Shah, Hazrat Maulana Qaazi Abdus Salaam Abbasi, Hazrat Qaazi Imam
Bakhsh Siddiqi, Hazrat Mia Abdullah Shah Sahraa’ee, Hazrat Isaalat Khan, Hazrat
Sayyid Mahmood Makki, Hazrat Jalaaludeen Purbi, Hazrat Maulana Naseerudeen
Uthmani Badayouni and Hazrat Shah Khaamoosh (ridwaanullahi ta aala alaihim
ajmaeen).
GEMS OF WISDOM:
*Try only
to desire the closeness of Allah. If you have attained closeness to Allah, then
you have attained everything.
* Always
show respect from your heart, to those, who have a link to the Prophet (Sall
Allaho alaihi wasallam), such as the Sayyids, Masha’ikh, Awliyah and the Ulama.
* Know that
your Peero Murshid is the most exalted for you compared to all the other
Sheikhs in the world. Always follow his commands, for they are the commands of
the Prophet (Sall Allaho alaihi wasallam) and never look at any of his actions
or sayings with contempt.
* Try to
eat less and sleep less, as there is great benefit in this.
WISAAL:
He passed
away on a Thursday, the 17th of Rabi ul Awwal 1235 Hijri, at the age
of 75.
MAZAAR SHAREEF:
His Mazaar Shareef is Marehrah Shareef. (India)
