Hazrat Sayyiduna Sheikh
Sirri Saqti
(radi Allaho anhu)
HIS
POSITION IN THE SILSILA : Saalik-e-Hazrat-e-Malakoot, Shaahid Izzat-e-Jabroot Hazrat Sheikh
Sirrudeen Sirri Saqti (radi Allaho anhu) is the tenth Imam and Sheikh of the
Silsila Aaliyah Qaaderiyah Barakaatiyah Razviyah Nooriyah.
BIRTH : He was born around the year 155 Hijri
in Baghdad Shareef.
NAME : His name is Sirrudeen and he was
also known as Abul Hassan.
SHEIKH-E-TARIQAT
: He was the mureed and
Khalifa of Hazrat Maroof Karghi (radi Allaho anhu). He also served Hazrat
Habeeb Raa’ee (radi Allaho anhu). He says, "Once I was sitting in my shop, when Hazrat Habeeb Raa’ee (radi
Allaho anhu) passed by my shop, and I gave him some bread. He then made dua for
me, and since then I decided to change my life for the better."
[Masaalikus Saalikeen]
HIS FATHER
: His father's name was
Hazrat Mughlis (radi Allaho anhu). [Masaalikus
Saalikeen]
HIS
EXCELLENCE : He was the
Imam of the Ahle Tasawwuf and he possessed in-depth knowledge. He was a huge
mountain of knowledge, yet he was blessed with kindness. He was amongst the
students of Hazrat Fuzail ibn Ayaaz (radi Allaho anhu) and was also Tabbe
Taabi'een. He was amongst the first persons to openly spread the knowledge of
tasawwuf in Iraq.
Various great Sheikhs of Baghdad were blessed with being in his silsila. He was
also the maternal uncle, and the Peer-o-Murshid of Hazrat Junaid-e-Baghdadi
(radi Allaho anhu). Hazrat Junaid-e-Baghdadi (radi Allaho anhu) says, "I did not see any person as Kaamil
(perfect) as my Peer-o-Murshid." Hazrat Bishr Haafi (radi
Allaho anhu) said, "I never
used to ask for anything from anyone but
Hazrat Sirri Saqti (radi Allaho anhu), as I was very well aware of his piety
and I knew that he was always happy to give." [masaalikus saalikeen vol.1
pg.292]. It was his habit, that he performed on thousand rakats of
nafil salaah daily. Hazrat Junaid Baghdadi (radi Allaho anhu) says, "I have never seen a more greater Aabid
and Zaahid than him, and I did not see this in anyone else, that he had reached
the age of 98, and the only time I saw him rest, was at the time of his
demise." [masaalikus saalikeen]
He was the perfect example of his
illustrious predecessors. Once some of his devotees came to him, and asked him
to explain the reality of Sabr (patience). He thus began to deliver a lecture
on the topic of patience. Whilst he was delivering his lecture, a scorpion
began to sting him on his feet. He continued delivering his lecture. Those,
present said, "Huzoor! Kill the
scorpion and move it away." On hearing this, he said, "I am ashamed to behave contrary to that
which I am discussing, in other words show impatience due to the sting of the
scorpion."
DUA OF HIS
SHEIKH-E-TARIQAT : He
says, "Once my Peer blessed me
with the opportunity of clothing an orphan child. After I did this, he made dua
for me and said, “May Allah make the world
your enemy and may he give you freedom from this.’ The power of his dua
was such, that my entire life changed, and I divorced myself from the
world."
CHARACTER
AND HABITS : He was a
very kind and honourable person. He was also a very humble personality. Once he
said, "Thirty years have passed
now, and I am still making tauba because of one thing that I made shukr
(thanks) for." People asked what he meant, and he said, "Once there was a fire in the market
place and all the shops burnt down except mine. When I was informed of this, I
made shukr (thanked Allah). I thus make tauba, since it meant that by saying
Alhumdulillah my shop was saved, meant that I felt I was better than my other
Muslim brothers and that I was pleased that a worldly possession was
saved." [masaalikus saalikeen]
Once Hazrat was delivering a lecture
in Baghdad, and
one of the ministers of the Khalifa came with great pomp and splendour and sat
in his mehfil. His name was Ahmad bin Yazeed. At the time when he entered,
Hazrat was saying, "From all
Allah’s creation, the weakest creation is man, yet he is so brave in committing
major sins. It is sad, very sad." These words of Hazrat entered
the heart of the minister. He immediately went home and remained in silence. He
did not even eat a meal on that night. He remained hungry the entire night and
in the morning, he dressed in the clothes of a faqeer and presented himself in
the darbaar of Hazrat Sirri Saqti (radi Allaho anhu). He said, "Yesterday, your lecture made a great impact on my heart, so please
help me to gain closeness to Allah." Hazrat said, "The normal method is that you should
read your five times salaah with Jamaat and give Zakaat from your wealth, and
follow all the laws of Shariah with sincerity. The special method is this, that
you should divorce yourself from the world and remain engrossed in the ibaadat
of Allah, and that you should only desire the pleasure of Allah and nothing
else." Hazrat was still advising him, when Ahmad bin Yazeed
stood up and immediately walked towards the jungle. After a few days, his
mother arrived crying. She said that he was her only son, and she did not know
where he had gone. Hazrat said, "O
Dear old woman! Your son will return soon, and I shall inform you when he
returns." After a few days, he returned in the garb of a faqeer
and only stayed for a while, and then left. He then came to Hazrat once more,
and during that visit, he passed away in the hands of Hazrat Sirri Saqti (radi
Allaho anhu). [Masaalikus saalikeen]
A DRUNK
BECOMES A NAMAAZI: Once
he saw a drunk lying on the ground, calling the name of Allah. Hazrat washed
his mouth and said, "He does
not know that he is taking the most exalted name with his impure mouth." After
he left, the drunk man became sober. Those that were present told him what had
happened while he was intoxicated. He
was very embarrassed, and he began to curse his nafs and weep bitterly. He
said, "O shameless nafs! Sirri
Saqti has now seen you in this sad state, and he too left. Now fear Allah and
repent." That night, Hazrat Sirri Saqti (radi Allaho anhu)
heard a voice from the unseen which said, "You washed his mouth for my sake, and I have washed his heart for
your sake." When Hazrat went to the Masjid, for Tahajjud
Salaah, he found the once drunk man, now in the Musjid reading his Tahajjud
Salaah. Hazrat asked how the sudden change had occurred in him, and he said, "Why do you ask me concerning this, when
Allah has already informed you about it." Hazrat Junaid
Baghdadi (radi Allaho anhu) says,
"Once I presented myself at the home of Hazrat, and I found him very sad
and silent. I asked the reason for his condition, and he said, 'A Pari (female
Jinn) from amongst the fairies came to me and asked the meaning of (Haya)
modesty, and when I explained the meaning to her, she melted like wax.' Even, I
saw the water from the body of the Pari."
GEMS OF
WISDOM : * An Aarif is
like the sun with its beauty and qualities, for its light passes over all. He
is like the earth, that it holds the weight of the entire creation. He is like
the water, through which the hearts gain life, and he is like fire that the
entire domain is brightened by him. * Do whatever you can before you become
old, since in old age you will be able to do nothing, just as I can not do
anything. (Even though not even the young where Like Hazrat Sirri Saqti in his
old age). *Stay away from the wealthy, those Qaaris who recite for name and
fame, and from very wealthy Ulama. * One who can not control his own nafs can
not be of assistance to others. *All become obedient to him, who is obedient to
Allah. * A man abstains from sins for three reasons., from the fear of Allah,
the hope of attaining Jannat, and through the modesty in the court of Allah.
*The most intelligent and wise amongst men are those who understand the secrets
of the Quran and ponder over it. * An Aarif is he, whose food is like the food
of the sick, his sleep is like that of a person bitten by a snake, and his lavishness
like that of a person who is drowning in water. * The bravest deed is to take
control of your nafs (desires).
HIS KHULAFA
: Sayyidut Taaifa Hazrat
Junaid-e-Baghdadi, Hazrat Shah Abu Muhammad, Hazrat Shah urf Sheikh-e-Kabeer,
Hazrat Shah Hartaboon, Hazrat Shah Abul Abbas Mazroof, Hazrat Shah Abu Hamzah,
Hazrat Shah Abul Hassan Noori, Hazrat Shah Fatal Al Mausuli, Hazrat Shah
Abdullah Har’raar and Hazrat Shah Saeed Abraar (ridwaanullahi ta aala alaihim ajmaeen).
WISAAL : Hazrat Junaid-e-Baghdadi (radi Allaho
anhu) says, "I went to visit
him when he took ill. There was a fan kept close to him, so I used it to fan
him. He then said, 'O Junaid! Put it down. Fire is more powerful than wind.' I
then asked him about his condition and asked him to advise me, and he said, 'Do
not be diverted from the love of Allah through the companionship of the
people.' He then passed from this world travelling into the
hereafter. He passed away on a Tuesday,
the 13th of Ramadaan, 253 Hijri at the age of 98, in Baghdad Shareeef.
MAZAAR
SHAREEF : His Mazaar
Shareef is in Baghdad Shareef in a place called Shawneez.
