Thursday, May 26, 2011

Hazrat Khawaja Ghareeb Nawaz Pir Syed Ghulam Haider Ali Shah Baadshah


Allah Almighty loved mankind – His divine concern for His creatures prompted Him to send ambassadors of love bearing the message – His Prophets. From Adam to Hazrat Muhammad (P.B.U.H), the last in line, the message centered on the Oneness of Allah and the true path of righteous deeds. This was to be the nucleus of success both herein and hereafter. The light of peace and harmony as the word Islam stands for, emanating from Hazrat Muhammad (P.B.U.H) the last torchbearer, reached and enlightened the darkest corners of the world – in geographic terms as well as the spiritual sense. After him, his Holy companions and later, Awlia-e-Allah, the loving friends of Allah, kept the torch burning.Love, compassion and understanding for all shaped and practiced out of sincere and selfless devotion marked their preaching of the divine message. Irrespective of caste, color or creed, regardless of rigid socio-economic disparities or similar myopic barriers, these friends of Allah, the Holy Saints, reached out to mankind in general, from Central Asia to the far flung areas of the globe.
They spread Islam through compassion not by force or sword. They conquered the human heart and purged it of varying fake ideologies. One such highly eminent of the Awlia-e-Allah of his time was Pir Syed Ghulam Haider Shah BaadShah. He was originally form Jalalpur Sharif, which is located about 150 kilometers east of Rawalpindi and 50 kilometers south-west of Jehlum.
Jalalpur Sharif is a piece of land situated in districts Jehlum which has got the honor of being dwelling and tomb of Hazrat Khawaja Ghareeb Nawaz Pir Syed Ghulam Haider Ali Shah Baadshah. This town is situated among the beautiful mountains and meadows on the bank of river Jehlum. This town is not only the home of Marfat and spirituality but it has also the center of Religious knowledge that is J.H.F.U. Thus, God has bestowed upon this piece of land with the natural beauty, the wealth of spirituality, Marfat and Modern education.
Here is some reflection of a brief summary of Khawjah Ghareeb Nawaz's biography.
Note*: This information below is referred to the Respected Book "Zikr-e-Habeeb".

Birth, Early Life and Education
Hazrat Khawaja Ghareeb Nawaz (R.A) was born on third of Safr-ul-Muzaffar in 1254 (26 April, 1838) in a noble family on Friday which is the most important day in our lives. His father Syed Jummah Shah Baadshah (R.A) was one of those who are friends of Allah, the Holy Saints, and Resigned. Child hood of Khawjah Ghareeb Nawaz (R.A) was excellent and unique from other kids of his time. It is reported that Khawjah Ghareeb Nawaz (R.A) performed fasting of Ramadan in the age of 5 – 6 years. Hazrat Ghareeb Nawaz learned Holy Quran from His Uncle Syed Imaam Shah Sahib (May Allah kareem be pleased with Him). Mian Khan Muhammad AA`zam puri and Mian Abdullah chakravi Sahib were the Hazrat’s Teacher for basic Urdu and Persian.Then a great compassion of higher education led Khawjah Ghareeb Nawaz to a Town “Pin an-Wall” where He learned Fiqah from Qazi Muhammad Kamil Sahib. When Khawjah Ghareeb Nawaz (R.A) turned to 17, His Father (May Allah kareem be pleased with Him) passed away.
Spiritual Guidance and Khilafat
As usual, one night,, Khawjah Ghareeb Nawaz was at Darbar sharif of Hazrat Syed Miraan Shakir Shah (R.A), He was ordered to visit Syed Ghulam Shah Sahib Haranpuri. Hazrat khawjah Ghareeb Nawaz (R.A), with permission of His Mother (May Allah be pleased with Her), went to Haranpur to visit Syed Ghulam Shah Sahib (R.A). He led Him to Hazrat Khawjah Shams-ul-Deen Sialvi (R.A) for the procedure of Bayat. It was seventh Rajab-ul-Murajjab (1271), when Khawjah Ghareeb Nawaz became disciple (Mureed) of Khawjah Sialvi (R.A). Hazrat khawjah Sialvi taught Him few books of Tasawwuf (Sufism) e.i “Muraqa` Sharif” and “Kashkol Sharif”. After about five years, Khawjah Ghareeb Nawaz (R.A) was bestowed dignity (khilafat) from Khawjah Shams-ul-Din Sialvi (R.A). Khawjah Ghareeb Nawaz (R.A) was extremely found of visiting Khawjah Sialvi (R.A) and He (R.A) was very favoured by Khawjah Sialvi (R.A). Hazrat's life was full of obedience, abstinence, modesty, morality and tolerance. He was the best example of honesty, humanity, liberality and kindness. He was on the top list of Khawjah Sialvi (R.A)
Ghareeb Nawaz’s Last moments
It was Monday, sixth of Jamadu-us-Sani (1326), when Khawjah Ghareeb Nawaz (R.A) passed away (reciting the Holy word “Allah”) before the prayer of Zohr. There were numbers of poet, who wrote about Khawjah Ghareeb Nawaz on His death. Some of them are Dr.Mohammad Iqbal (M.A, P.H.D), Syed Akbar Hussain Sahib(Justice/Aala Abad), Hafiz Mohammad Yaqoob Sahib and Dill Mohammad Sahib(M.A,Pr/Islamia College of Lahore).



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