Siraajus Saalikeen Noorul Aarifeen
Hazrat Sayyid Shah Abul Hussain Ahmad-e-Noori Marehrwi
(radi
Allaho anhu)
HIS
POSITION IN THE SILSILA: Siraajus
Saalikeen, Noorul Aarifeen, Sheikh-e-Tariqat, Aalim-e-Shariat Hazrat Sayyid Ash
Shah Abul Hussain Ahmad-e-Noori (radi Allaho anhu) is the thirty eight Imam and
Sheikh of the Silsila Aaliyah Qaaderiyah Barakaatiyah Razviyah Nooriyah.
BIRTH: He
was born on the 19th of Shawwal 1255 Hijri (26th December
1839) on a Thursday in Marehrah Shareef.
NAME: His name
is Sayyid Abul Hussain Ahmad Noori (radi Allaho anhu).
HIS FATHER: His
father was Hazrat Sayyid Shah Zahoor Hassan Marehrwi (radi Allaho anhu).
FAMILY HISTORY:
On his father’s side, his family is Hussaini Zaidi Sayyids from Bilgiraam and
from his mother’s side, his mother is in the family of Hazrat Sayyid Muhammad
Sughra Bilgiraami (radi Allaho anhu).
HIS
FEATURES: He was of medium height, but
he looked taller than everyone around him. He was tan in complexion, had a firm
head on strong shoulders. His forehead
was very wide. His eyebrows where not very thick. His eyelashes were full, his
eyes big and glowing. He had very white and beautiful teeth, a very broad
chest, small fingers, broad stomach with a thin line of hair on it. Towards the
latter part of his physical life, his back was bent. His heels were small and
very beautiful. His walk was very brisk, he never laughed, rather he smiled. He
usually wore a turban and a colourful Kurta, white Naqshbani pants, a loose hat
and
sometimes a long Kurta. He wore a shawl around his neck, which took the form of
the Laam Alif. He usually wore a white shawl.
EDUCATION: When
he was two and a half years old, his beloved father passed away. It is for this
reason, that he attained all his education under the care of Hazrat Sayyid Shah
Aale Rasool Marehrwi (radi Allaho anhu). Hazrat Aale Rasool (radi Allaho anhu)
taught him his first sabaq (lesson), embraced him, gave him duas, and then
enrolled him into the Farsi (Persian) class. He studied, Persian, Arabic, Fiqh,
Tafseer, Hadith, Logistics and various other subjects, and received proficiency
in every one of them. He studied under various great teachers and even if some
one taught him one single thing, he respected that person as his teacher. Some
of his teachers were: Hazrat Mianji Rahmatullah Saahib, Hazrat Jamaal Roshan
Saahib, Hazrat Abdullah Saahib, Hazrat Sher Baaz Khan Marehrwi, Hazrat Ashraf
Ali Marehrwi, Hazrat Amaanat Ali Marehrwi, Hazrat Imam Bakhsh Marehrwi, Hazrat
Sayyid Aulaad Ali Marehrwi, Hazrat Ahmed Khan, Hazrat Molvi Muhammad Saeed
Uthmani Badayouni, Hazrat Ilahi Khair Marehrwi, Hazrat Haafiz Abdul Kareem
Punjabi, Hazrat Haafiz Qaari Muhammad Fayaaz Rampuri, Hazrat Molvi Fazlullah
Jalesri, Hazrat Maulana Noor Ahmed Uthmani, Hazrat Mufti Muhammad Hassan Khan
Uthmani Barelvi, Hazrat Hakeem Muhammad Saeed bin Hakeem Imdad Hussain
Marehrwi, Hazrat Molvi Hidaayat Ali Barelvi, Hazrat Molvi Muhammad Turaab Ali
Marehrwi, Hazrat Molvi Muhammad Hussain Shah Walayati, Hazrat Molvi Muhammad
Hussain Bukhari Kashmeeri, Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Abdul Qaadir Uthmani
Badayouni (ridwaanullahi ta aala alaihim ajmaeen).
Hazrat attained
Roohani (mystical) knowledge through the following great personalities: Hazrat
Sayyid Ghulam Muhiyudeen, Hazrat Mufti Sayyid Ainul Hassan Bilgiraami, Hazrat
Shah Shamsul Haq Tinka Shah, Hazrat Molvi Ahmad Hassan Muradabadi and Hazrat Haafiz
Shah Ali Hussain muradabadi (ridwaanullahi ta aala alaihim ajmaeen).
SHEIKH-E-TARIQAT:
He is mureed and Khalifa of Hazrat Sayyid Shah Aale Rasool Marehrwi (radi
Allaho anhu).
HIS EXCELLENCE:
Hazrat Sarkaar Noori Mia (radi Allaho anhu) is a very great Aalim Faadhil,
Saint and Sufi. Aala Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan (radi Allaho anhu) says the
following stanza in his praise:
“Bartar Qiyaas
se he Maqaam-e-Abul Hussain
Sidra se Poocho
Rif’at-e-Baam-e-Abul Hussain”
He was blessed
with many mureeds who loved and honored him. Before preparing a person
spiritually, he first prepared him in Aqida. He first made sure that the person
who wished to be trained knew the proper Aqida of the Ahle Sunnat Wa Jamaat. He
wrote books against the bud mazhabs (mislead and corrupt sects) such as the
shias etc. He was only seven years old, when Hazrat Aale Rasool Marehrwi (radi
Allaho anhu) started to train him spiritually. He kept fast from the age of
seven and for eighteen years, he remained in the zikr of Allah. He was very
firm on the Shariah and this can be seen from his writings. Like the rest of
his family, he was also a great Imam of Tasawwuf. From childhood, Hazrat Aale
Rasool (radi Allaho anhu) put him on the path of tasawwuf and Hazrat’s wife
would always ask Hazrat to go easy on him. Hazrat Aale Rasool (radi Allaho
anhu) would then say, “Let him be. What need does he have for comfort and
relaxation? He is something else, and he is to become something else. He is one
of the Qutbs from the seven Qutbs whom Hazrat Bu Ali Shah Qalandar and Hazrat
Shah Badiudeen (radi Allahu anhum) informed us, and he is the seal of this
chain of Qutbs.” [Tazkira-e-Noori pg 55/56]
SPIRITUAL
BLESSINGS: Hazrat Noorul Arifeen (radi Allaho anhu) attained spiritual
blessings through the following Ambia-e-Kiraam and Awliyah-e-Izaam:
The Beloved
Rasool (Sall Allaho alaihi wasallam). He embraced and shook the blessed hands
of the Prophet (Sall Allaho alaihi wasallam). He attained spiritual blessings
from Hazrat Moosa (alahis salaam), Hazrat Esa (alahis salaam) and Hazrat
Sulaiman (alahis salaam)
He attained
blessings from the following Awliyah Izaam :
Hazrat
Ghaus-e-Azam Jilani (radi Allaho anhu)
Hazrat
Khwaja-e-Khwajegaan Khwaja MueenudeenChishti (radi Allaho anhu)
Hazrat
Zulnoon Misri (radi Allaho anhu)
Hazrat
KhwajaUthmanHaarooni (radi Allaho anhu)
He also
made Ziyaarat of all the Awliyah AllahofMarehrah Shareef.
He was a
very pious and patient personality. His son Hazrat Sayyid Muhiyyudeen Jilani (radi
Allaho anhu) passed away as a child, but he remained patient. When he would
become very ill, he never complained. All that saddened him was that he was not
able to go to the Musjid in his illness. Sarkaar Noori Mia (radi Allaho anhu)
was also a very kind and generous personality. He never turned away any one who
asked for any assistance. He always gave those in need more than they
requested. He preferred old things for himself, but gave his khaadims the best
of everything. He would give his blanket, clothing, shawls etc. to those in
need. He would always say that he intended to give it away, so that the person
receiving it did not feel uncomfortable. He used to say, “Keep away from a
miser. The best way to do this is to ask him for some money. In this way, he
will always avoid you.” Once a person presented Hazrat Noori Mia (radi Allaho
anhu) with a beautiful watch. Hazrat’s son preferred the watch and thought that
he would take it from Hazrat a little later. When he asked for the watch in the
afternoon, Hazrat said, “I already gave the watch away. Why did you not take it
when you saw that I had it with me?” He never gathered any valuables. He always
distributed it amongst others.
He always hid
the wrongs of those around him. He never embarrassed anyone or hurt his or her
feelings. One of his Khaadims was seen taking money from Hazrat’s pen case.
Those who saw him informed Hazrat of this. When Hazrat asked about the money in
the box, he said that it was possible the muakkils who frequent Hazrat’s place
must have taken the money. Hazrat said, “I think you are probably right. I will
call all the muakils together, find the thief and punish him.” The Khaadim was
very afraid when he heard this, so he discreetly put the seventy rupees that he
had taken, back into the pen case. He then came to Hazrat and said that the
money was in the pen case. Hazrat smiled at him and said, “Mia, it seems that
the muakil got scared. It’s a good thing that he returned the money, if not
tonight we would have caught and punished him.” [Tazkira-e-Noori Pg.106/107]
He always
showed love to those who were Sunni Sahihul Aqida. If he befriended any person,
it was for the sake of Allah and His Rasool (Sall Allaho alaihi wasallam) and
if he shunned anyone, it was for the sake of Allah and His Rasool (Sall Allaho
alaihi wasallam).
LOVE FOR HUZOOR
GHAUS-E-AZAM (radi Allaho anhu): He had true love for Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam
Jilani (radi Allaho anhu). He used to always say that the Barkaati Khandaan are
very close to Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allaho anhu) and those linked to them
will never be troubled anywhere he went. He would always quote the following
words of Sheikh-e-Akbar Hazrat Muhiyudeen Ibn Arabi (radi Allaho anhu), “One
woman cannot be the wife of two men and one Taalib cannot be the mureed of two
persons.” He would say, “The first and last stages in the path of sulook is the
Peer. Until this is not present, there is nothing. One who is shunned from one
door will find that even his path is closed. What shortage is there in our
house, that we may have a need to go elsewhere? Some of our own have taken
bai’at with others, and this has caused them various hardships, and then they
say that someone has cursed them. Never! We do not even think of doing such
things. What can we do? Some of the Akaabireen of our Khandaan are so close to
Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam (radi Allaho anhu) that they do not wish for any of those
linked to us to be disgraced or insulted. Thus, whomsoever insults this family,
he will be disgraced, since we are Qaaderi by nine generations and this honours
us. We claim that those that are linked to us, least of all will never be
harmed through the hands of a faqeer of another khandaan, and no matter what
his life may be, but towards the end of his life, he will be given the
opportunity to repent, and his end will be good, for this is a very great
Court.”
His daily life
and routine was an example of his pious predecessors. He always read Namaaz in
Jamaat in the Musjid and never made Imaamat. He always made others Imam (those
who were worthy of Imaamat). He spent a lot of time reading wazifas and
striving in the path of Allah (Mujahida). He always ate in wudhu and all those
present at the time would be requested to join him during a meal. He always ate
in wudhu. He used to eat paan. After paan, he immediately gargled his mouth. He
used to also spend time reading and studying books of the pious predecessors.
He always read Dalaail Khairaat Shareef and Hisan Hasin (wazeefa kitaab). He
ate very little food after Maghrib Salaah and would then prepare for Esha
Salaah. He gave advice to those present after Namaaz-e-Esha.
BOOKS AND
TREATIES: The list of books written by
Sarkaar Noori Mia is very lengthy. The names of a few books are being quoted
for the sake of barkat: Ishtihaar-e-Noori, Tahqeequt Taraweeh, Daleelul Yaqeen
min Kalimaatil Aarifeen, Aqeeda Ahle Sunnat, Salaatul Ghausia,
Salaat-e-Mueeniyah, Salaat-e-Naqshbandia, Salaat-e-Saabiria and Asraar Akaabir
Barkaatiyah.
POETRY: Hazrat
was also a very dynamic poet and everything that he wrote, was in the love of
Rasoolullah (Sall Allaho alaihi wasallam). Some Stanzas written by him are:
Door Ankho se
he aur dil me he Jalwa Unka
Saari Dunya se Niraala he ye pardah Unka
Dil ki Aankho se kare Koyi Nazaara Unka
Nigah
deeda-e-Zaahir se he parda Unka
Nigaho me sub
he jo parde me too he
Chupe sub Nazar
se ke too roo baroo he
Khudi ka jo
pardah Uthe to bataa de
Na hum aur kuch
he na kuch aur tum he
HIS KARAAMATS:
Hazrat Sarkaar Noori Mia (radi Allaho anhu) was definitely a Saahib-e-Karaamat.
His greatest Karaamat was without doubt, his firmness on the Shariah.
Hazrat
Saahibzaada Sayyid Hussain Haidar and Saahibzaada Hakeem Sayyid Aale Hussain
heard the following narration from Doctor Muhammad Naasir Khan Marehrwi: Once a
man came to the doctor who was in Eta and asked him to do a house call as one
of his relatives was very ill. He even paid the fee in advance. The doctor then
went with him to visit the patient. After a while, the man took Doctor Naasir
towards a river that was in a very secluded area. The man gave a sign and the
Doctor found himself surrounded by thieves. A group of bandits was aware that
he had a large some of money with him, and thus tricked him. They took all his
money and belongings and then intended to kill him and throw him into the
river. The Doctor did not know what to do. All he could think of was Hazrat
Noori Mia (radi Allaho anhu). He said, “For Allah! Assist me and protect your
disciple from these bandits.” He then turned and saw that Hazrat was walking
towards the bandits. He asked the doctor not to fear as he was now there. When
the bandits saw Hazrat, they fled into the jungle. The Doctor says that Hazrat
then asked him to follow him home. They took just a few steps and the Dcotor
found that he was already home. The next morning when he went to meet Hazrat, Sarkaar
Noori Mia said, “Alhumdulillah the end result was good. Do not be uncomfortable
and this, which you have witnessed, should not be mentioned to anyone.” (This
was only mentioned after Hazrat’s wisaal)
AJMER SHAREEF: Maulana Ghulam Shabar Badayouni narrates
the following incident in Tazkira-e-Noori: Hazrat took a group of his mureeds
with him to Ajmer
Shareef for the Urs of Sultanul Hind Hazrat Khwaja Ghareeb Nawaaz (radi Allaho
anhu). On the fifth of Rajab, Hazrat said, “I have been authorized from Hazrat
Khwaja Ghareeb Nawaaz (radi Allaho anhu) that all those of you with me may
present your special requests in writing to me and I shall arrange for your
requests to be sent to Hazrat Khwaja Ghareeb Nawaaz (radi Allaho anhu) and you
will be given the appropriate command as per your request.” One of the Khaadim
asked how the requests would reach Sultanul Hind, and Hazrat Noori Mia (radi
Allaho anhu) informed him that there were Jins that were appointed to do
certain chores at the Darbaar. Hazrat then gave all the written requests to
Hafiz Nazrullah Saahib Badayouni and said, “Go to the the easten and southern
corner of the Mazaar, where there is a well. There, a person will ask for the
letters. Present it to him and leave.” The Khaadim who had asked Hazrat about
the letters was curious and he felt that if he followed the Haafiz Saahib, he
would have the opportunity to see one of the special Khadims of Hazrat Khwaja
Ghareeb Nawaaz (radi Allaho anhu). He thus followed the Haafiz Saahib very
closely, but when he came close to the well, a huge crowd of people caused him
to lose sight of the Haafiz Saahib for a few moments. He then rushed forward
and saw the Haafiz Saahib returning without any letters in his hand. The
Khaadim asked about the letters and the Haafiz Saahib said, “Do not joke with
me. Just a little while ago you came to me and said that Hazrat had asked for
the letters, so I handed them over to you.” When the Khaadim heard this, he was
astonished. They returned to Hazrat Noori Mia (radi Allaho anhu) and Haafiz
Nazrullah explained what had happened to him. Hazrat then asked the Khaadim if
he had gone along with Haafiz Nazrullah, and he acknowledged that he had.
Hazrat said, “Then whatever happened was due to you. Tell me, what was your
intention?” The Khaadim explained his intention. Hazrat Sarkaar Noori Mia (radi
Allaho anhu) then said, “It is the great blessing of Sultanul Hind Khwaja
Ghareeb Nawaaz upon this Faqeer. There are many Faqeers like me who come here
and take their annual orders, but Alhumdulillah, a few of us are blessed with
this unique permission, that we present the requests of our disciples to
Hazrat.” After three days, all those who wrote requests had them returned, with
their orders written on the requests.
MARRIAGE: He
married the daughter of his uncle Hazrat Chotoo Mia (radi Allaho anhu). After
her demise, he married the daughter of Hazrat Sayyid Muhammad Haidar. She was
the grand daughter of Hazrat Sayyiduna Aale Rasool (radi Allaho anhu). Hazrat
had no children.
KHULAFA: Some
of Hazrat Sarkaar Nooi Mia’s (radi Allaho anhu) Khulafa are: Mujaddid-e-Azam
Sarkaar Aala Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan, Hazrat Shah Mahdi Hassan, Hazrat
Sayyid Shah Zahoor Haidar, Hazrat Haji Sayyid Shah Hassan, Hazrat Sayyid Ibn
Hassan, Hazrat Haji Sayyid Shah Ismaeel Hassan, Hazrat Sayyid Shah Irtida
Hussain Peer Mia, Hazrat Sayyid Muhammad Ayoob Hassan, Hazrat Nawaab Mueenudeen
Khan, Hazrat Sayyid Ishaaq Hassan, Hazrat Sayyid Iqbal Hassan, Hazrat Sayyid
Fazal Hussain, Hazrat Hakeem Sayyid Aal-e-Hassan, Hazrat Maulana Muhammad
Ata’ullah Khan, Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Jameeludeen, Hazrat Maulana Hakeem Muhammad Abdul Qayoom,
Hazrat Maulana Qaazi Musheerul Islam Abbasi, Hazrat Maulana Ghulam Hussain,
Hazrat Muhammad Jafar Khan Aarif Shah, Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Taahirudeen,
Hazrat Maulana Mushtaq Ahmed, Hazrat Sikandar Shah Khan, Hazrat Hakeem
Inaayatullah Barelvi, Hazrat Sayyid Muhammad Ibraheem Mia, Hazrat Shah Husaamul
Haq, Hazrat Qaazi Hassan Shah, Hazrat Mia Muhammad Ramadaan Shah, Hazrat
Maulana Bukhari, Hazrat Mulla Tufail Muhammad, Hazrat Haji Sayyid Muhammad Ali
Naqwi, Hazrat Haji Maulana Ataa Muhammad, Hazrat Haafiz Muhammad Siraajudeen,
Hazrat Shah Talqeen Shah, Hazrat Maulana Sayyid Muhammad Nazeer, Hazrat Muhammad Abdul Ghani, Hazrat Mufti
Azeezul Hassan, Hazrat Sayyid Shah Fakhr Aalam, Hazrat Mulla Sayyid Ahmed Shah,
Hazrat Nawaab Sayyid Yahya Hassan Khan, Hazrat Maulana Shah Haafiz Muhammad Umar, Huzoor Sayyidi wa Murshidi
Taajedar-e-Ahle Sunnat Qutb-e-Aalam Ghausul Waqt Huzoor Mufti-e-Azam Hind Ash
Shah Imam Mustafa Raza Khan Qaaderi Barelvi, Hazrat Ameenudeen, Hazrat Sheikh
Ashraf Ali, Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Aadil, Hazrat Shah Abdul Aziz, Sheikh
Karaamat Hussain, Hazrat Sayyid Ahmed Hussain, Hazrat Nawaab Rustum Ali Khan,
Hazrat Maulana Abdur Rahmaan Delhwi, Hazrat Maulana Haafiz Muhammad Ameer,
Mufti Muhammad Hassan Khan, Hazrat Haji Sayyid Abdullah, Mufti Ahmed Hassan
Khan, Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Siddique, Hazrat Maulana Siraajul Haq, Hazrat
Maulana Riyaazul Islam, Hazrat Maulana Ghulam Qaneer, Hazrat Maulana Haafiz
Ijaz Ahmed, Hazrat Maulana Abdul Hai Saahib, Hazrat Maulana Ataa Ahmed, Hazrat
Maulana Ghulaam Sadaat, Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Noorudeen, Hazrat Kifaayatullah
Khan, Hazrat Maulana Mufti Azeezul Hassan Barelvi, Hazrat Maulana Mufti Badrul
Hassan, Hazrat Maulana Ghulam Shabar badayouni, Hazrat Meer Shah Aligarhi and
Hazrat Ameenudeen Khan Meerati (ridwaanullahi ta aala alaihim ajmaeen).
GEMS OF WISDOM:
1. Stay
away from a miserly person
2. Stay
away from budmazhabs as this courses weakness in faith
3. To eat
meat continuously for forty days causes hardness of the heart
4. He says
that there are ten things that a person must do to attain true fear of Allah:
1. Keep the tongue in control; 2. Stay away from backbiting; 3. Do not look
down on anyone; 4. Do not look at strange women; 5. Always speak that which is
true and just; 6. Always acknowledge the Grace and Bounties of Allah; 7. Spend
your wealth and your belongings in the path of Allah; 8. Do not only wish good
for yourself; 9. Be punctual in your five daily Namaaz; 10. Respect the Sunnat
of the Prophet (Sall Allaho alaihi wasallam) and the consensus of the Believers
(which is righteous).
WISAAL: He
passed from this world on the 11th of Rajab 1334 Hijri (31st
August 1906)
MAZAAR SHAREEF:
His Mazaar Shareef is in Marehrah Shareef (India).
