Urs of Pious Predecessors in the Month of Rajabul Murajjab

Our Pious Predecessors

Mawlana Abu Majid Muhammad Shahid Attari Madani

Rajab al-Murajjab is the seventh month of the Islamic year. Regarding the noble saints, and scholars رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْهمْ who passed away in this month or whose anniversaries of passing are commemorated in it, 105 have been mentioned in Faizan-e-Madinah Monthly Magazine (1438 AH- 1445 AH editions). A further 11 are mentioned herein.

Noble saints رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ

1.   Shaykh Ḥājī ꜤAbd al-Karīm Chishtī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه was a scholar, a disciple and spiritual representative of Khawājah Niẓām al-Dīn al-Balkhī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه, he was an accomplished spiritual guide, a commentator of Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam and renowned for his saintly marvels. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه passed away on 27^th Rajab, 1045 AH, and his resting place is next to Bagh Zayb al-Nisa, Nawan Kot, Chapar Stop, Yatim Khana Road, Lahore.^[1]

2.   Dūre or Dūrī Shāh Qādirī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه was a great saint of Allah Almighty. He travelled to India during the reign of Shah Jahan. Prince Dara Shikoh was his devotee and would call him Mādhū-thānī. He passed away on 14^th Rajab 1050 AH, and his resting place is located opposite to Kuchai Muhammadi on Barlab road, Sultanpura, Lahore.^[2]

3.   Shāh Muḥibullāh Goryānawī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه was a shaykh of the Chishtiyyah Niẓāmiyyah spiritual order, a disciple and spiritual representative of Shaykh Mirzā Bakhshullāh Beg, and the spiritual guide of Khawājah Miyān Muḥammad Shāh Hoshyār Purī. He was born in Goryani, Gorganwah district, Haryanah, India, and passed away on 12^th Rajab 1295 AH in Delhi.^[3]

4.   Khawājah Muḥammad Hāshim Naqshbandī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه was born in Baghar, Kahuta, Rawalpindi to a Rajput Janjuah family, and passed away on 27^th Rajab 1313 AH. He was a disciple and spiritual representative of Khawājah Muḥammad ꜤUthmān Dāmānī of Musa Zai Sharif, he was exemplarily pious and devoted to the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, a reflection of the pious predecessors, and the founder of the Astanah Aliyah Baghar Sharif.^[4]

5.   Sayyidunā ꜤAbdullāh Musāfir Ṣaḥrāˈi Qādirī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه was born in Surkh Dheri, Mardan Province. He acquired Islamic knowledge in Mardan and then Peshawar, pledged allegiance to Khawājah Ḥabībullah Shāh Qādirī Shaṭārī, and travelled to Mumbai and then Lahore to guide the people. He was renowned for saintly marvels and his supplication were known to be accepted. He passed away on 5^th Rajab 1339 AH and is laid to rest in Baghbanpura cemetery.^[5]

6.   Khawājah Sufi Bābā Faḍl Karīm Shāh Muzzammilī Gujrātī Qurayshī Hāshimī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه was born in Gujrat, Punjab 1320 AH, and passed away on 14^th Rajab 1407 AH and is laid to rest in Mauze Fidai Shah, Manchanabad, Bahawalnagar. He is a shaykh of the Qādiriyyah Ganjāloviyyah Muzammiliyyah spiritual order, the spiritual guide of scholars and memorisers of the noble Quran, and the founder of the Al-Muzzammilī Masjid, Fidai Shah. The blessings of his efforts can be seen in JāmiꜤah Anwār al-Islam Manchanabad.^[6]

Honourable scholars of Islam رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ

7.   The Great Hadith master, Imām Ṭalq bin Ghannām al-NakhaꜤī al-Kūfī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه reported noble Aḥādīth from Qāḍī Imam Sharīk, Imām MasꜤūdī, Imām Shaybān and more. His students include great scholars of Hadith such as Imām al-Bukhāri and Imām Abū Shaybah b. Abū Bakr. He passed away in Rajab 211AH.^[7]

8.   Sayyidunā Bishr b. Ḥakam ꜤAbdī Nīshāpūrī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه was born in Nishapur, Iran. He reported Aḥādīth from great Hadith masters such as Imām Mālik and Imām Sufyān b. ꜤUyaynah. Imām al-Bukhārī and Imām Muslim رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ are some of the great scholars who reported Hadith from him. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه passed away in Rajab 237 AH or 238 AH.^[8]

9.   Muftī ꜤAṭā Muḥammad Ratwī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه was a brilliant orator born to a family steeped in knowledge and spirituality in 1301 AH in Ratta, Chakwal. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه travelled to many cities in order to attain knowledge and expertise of various sciences, and he learnt from ꜤAllāmah Faḍl Ḥaqq Rāmpūrī when he arrived at Rampur. When he returned to his hometown, he took over his father’s position in teaching and taught for the rest of his life. He was a disciple of the Naqshbandiyyah Lillah Sharif spiritual centre and a representative of it. He passed away on 10^th Rajab 1376 AH and is laid to rest in his hometown.^[9]

10.   The striving scholar, Muftī ꜤAbd al-ꜤAziz Mazangwī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه was born in Changanwali, near Jalalpur Jattan, Gujrat. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه was proficient at reading and understanding books, and he loved teaching the noble Quran and sacred Aḥādīth. He was the founder of Anjuman Islamiyyah Mazang, and a scholar who authored books. He was an active participant in the Pakistan movement. He passed away on 30^th Rajab 1384AH and is laid to rest in Miyani Sahib Cemetery.^[10]

11.   The student of Muḥaddith AꜤẓam Pakistan, Bulbul Sindh, Mawlānā Qāḍī Dost Muḥammad Ṣiddīqī  رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه was born into a knowledgeable family in 1336 AH in Goth Terai, Ghari Yasin, Shikarpur. He passed away on 1^st Rajab 1407 AH and is laid to rest in Dargarah Makhdūm Muḥammad ꜤUthmān Qurayshī in Larkanah. He was an expert scholar, spokesman of Ahl al-Sunnah, student of Jamia Manzar-e-Islam Bareilly Sharif and a graduate of Jamia Razawiyyah Mazhar-e-Islam Faisalabad. He was also a disciple of the Qādiriyyah Rāshidiyyah spiritual order, a great orator of Sindh and melodious reciter of the noble Quran.^[11]