Our Pious Predecessors

Mawlana Abu Majid Muḥammad Shahid Attari Madani

Jumādā al-Ākhirah is the sixth month of the Islamic calendar. From amongst the Companions رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُم, saints, and scholars that passed away in this month, 99 have been mentioned briefly in the Jumādā al-Ākhirah editions of Monthly Magazine Faizan-e-Madīnah from 1438 AH - 1443 AH.

A further 12 are mentioned in this edition.

Honourable Companions عَـلَيْهِمُ الرِّضْوَانْ

1. Hind b. Abī Hālah Nabbāsh b. Zurārah al-Usaydī al-Tamīmī رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ was the son of Lady Khadījah al-Kubrā رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا from her first husband and grew up under the care of the final Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. He was extremely eloquent in speech and would describe the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in a beautiful manner. He also holds the honour of narrating many hadith and was martyred in the Battle of al-Jamal in Jumādā al-Ākhirah 36 AH.^{^[1]}

2. Abū Sufyān b. Ḥuwayṭib al-Qarashī al-ꜤĀmirī رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُما accepted Islam on the day Makkah was conquered, as did his father Ḥuwayṭib رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ. The latter was from the elderly amongst the Companions عَـلَيْهِمُ الرِّضْوَانْ. Abū Sufyān b. Ḥuwayṭib himself was martyred in the Battle of al-Jamal in Jumādā al-Ākhirah 36 AH.^{^[2]}

Righteous saints رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَیْہِمْ

3. ꜤAlī b. ꜤAbd al-Malik al-Zabīdī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه was a famous saint of Yemen, known for his miracles, knowledge, and spiritual gnosis. The shaykh was the founder of the Ribāṭ Aflaḥ spiritual lodge. Born in Ramaḍān 585 AH, he passed away on the 21^st of Jumādā al-Ākhirah 699 AH. His resting place, located in the Bāb al-Sihām graveyard of Zabīd, Yemen, is known to be an area in which prayers to Allah are accepted.^{^[3]}

4. ꜤAbd al-Quddūs al-Gangohī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه was born in 861 AH in Kordoli (Faizabad district, UP), India. He passed away on the 24^th of Jumādā al-Ākhirah 944 AH, in Gangoh (Anbalah district, East Punjab). His resting place is visited in huge numbers. He was granted Ꜥilm ladunnī and was a Sufi poet. He also penned Anwār al-ꜤUyūn and Laṭāʾif Quddūsī.^{^[4]}

5. Ḥakīm Shāh Muḥammad IsmāꜤīl Muhimmī al-Qādirī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه was born in 1200 AH, in Kahnaur (East Punjab, India). He took part in the war of independence in 1857 CE and was martyred on the 27^th of Jumādā al-Ākhirah, 1274 AH. He was a scholar, spiritual guide, proficient herbalist and Islamic poet. He was also an author, with Riyāḍ al-Adwiyah and Bayāḍ Ḥāṣil al-Safar being his memorable works.^{^[5]}

6. ꜤAbd al-Razzāq al-Khāliqī al-Naqshbandī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه was born in 1308 AH in Kalanaur’s Rohtak district (East Punjab, India). He passed away on the 4^th of Jumādā al-Ākhirah 1403 AH. His resting place is in Dipalpur’s Okara Province near the side of Pakpatan Road. He was a steadfast and accomplished spiritual guide of the Naqshbandiyyah Khāliqiyyah spiritual chain, and the founder of both the Razzāqiyyah spiritual centre and Dār al-Shafqat (orphanage).^{^[6]}

Islamic scholars السَّلَام رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ

7. First, we discuss Ibn Fahd Abū al-Faḍl Jārullāh Muḥammad b. ꜤAbd al-ꜤAzīz al-Hāshimī al-Makkī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه. He was an expert scholar, erudite historian, skilled teacher, hadith master of his age, and author of many works. He was born on the 20^th of Rajab 891 AH in Makkah and passed away on the 15^th of Jumādā al-Ākhirah 954 AH.^{^[7]}

8. Shaykh al-Islam, Muḥammad b. Sālim al-Ṭablāwī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه was born in the Manūfiyyah province of Egypt in approximately 866 AH. He passed away on the 10^th of Jumādā al-Ākhirah 966 AH. He was an epitome of humility, full of saintly characteristics, profuse in his acts of worship, and possessed beautiful character. His life was spent in studying and teaching, with people from all spectrums of life coming to him for guidance. Bidāyat al-Qārī fī Khatm al-Bukhārī was authored by him.^{^[8]}

9. Shaykh al-Islam, Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad b. Ḥamzah al-Ramlī al-ShāfiꜤī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه, was born in Egypt’s Manūfiyyah province. He passed away in Jumādā al-Ākhirah 957 AH in Cairo and was laid to rest in JāmiꜤ al-Maydān, outside Bāb al-Qanṭarah. He was a practising scholar, staunch Sufi, ShāfiꜤī jurist, the main hadith scholar of his age and prolific author. His famous compendium of fatwas is known as Fatāwā al-Ramlī.^{^[9]}

10. Abū al-ꜤAzāˈim Sulṭān b. Aḥmad b. Salāmah al-Mazzāḥī al-Miṣrī al-Azharī al-ShāfiꜤī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه was born in 985 AH in Egypt and passed away there on the 17^th of Jumādā al-Ākhirah 1075 AH. He was laid to rest in the Mujāwirīn graveyard of Cairo. He was a leading scholar, an ocean of knowledge, teacher of jurists and Quranic reciters alike, the hadith expert of his time, and profoundly pious. He was a graduate and teacher of Al-Azhar University and the author of many books.^{^[10]}

11. Mawlānā Abū al-MaꜤānī Ghulām Rabbānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه was born in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on the 12^th of Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1334 AH. His family were prominent for their academia and knowledge. He passed away there on the 4^th of Jumādā al-Ākhirah 1398 AH. Studying with Shaykh Ḥāmid Razā Khān and Muftī Amjad ʿAlī Aʿẓamī rendered him a high-class scholar. He graduated from Dār al-ꜤUlūm Manẓar al-Islām in Bareilly. He was a reflection of the pious predecessors and an epitome of abstinence and humility. He also taught extensively. His poetic anthology has also been published. His brother is Shaykh al-Qur'ān, ꜤAbd al-Ghafūr al-Hazārwī.^{^[11]}

12. The lion of the Ahl al-Sunnah, ꜤInāyatullāh al-Qādirī al-Riḍawī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه, was born in Hardo Baryār (Sheikhupura) on the 17^th of Jumādā al-Ākhirah 1338 AH. He passed away on the 17^th of Jumādā al-Ākhirah 1401 AH. His resting place is near Markazī Riḍawī JāmiꜤ Masjid and JāmiꜤah Naqshbandiyyah Riḍawiyyah, Sangla Hill. Having graduated from Dār al-ꜤUlūm Manẓar al-Islām, Bareilly, he was a scholar, debater, orator, and teacher. He was a spiritual follower of Ḥujjat al-Islam, Shaykh Ḥāmid Riḍā Khān, and both student and spiritual successor of Mawlānā Sardār Aḥmad al-Qādirī. He left behind works such as Tafrīḥ al-Khāṭir and Tanwīr al-Kalām.^{^[12]}