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Hazrath Khwaja Abul Faiz | |||||
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 Dargah of Khaja Abul Faiz, a Sufi saint from India | |||||
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| Born | Syed Shah Min Allah Hussaini Mohammed Mohammad ul-Hussaini alias Aminuddin and patronymic name Abul Faiz 1408 (811 Hijri) | ||||
| Died | 21 July 1474(6th Rabi Al-Awwal 879)(aged 66) | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
| Era | Islamic golden age | ||||
| Denomination | Sunni | ||||
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi | ||||
| Creed | Maturidi[1] | ||||
| Main interest(s) | Sufism | ||||
| Muslim leader | |||||
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Hazrath Khwaja Abul Faiz (RA) sadath Zaidi Hussaini (1408 − 21 July 1474)[citation needed], commonly known as Hazrat Khwaja Abul Fai, was a Hanafi Maturidi scholar and Sufi saint from India of the Chishti Order.
Khaja Abul Faiz was a disciple and then successor of Sufi saint Bande Nawaz. He moved to Bidar around 1400, owing to the request of of Sultan Aladdin to the Khaja Gunj Baksh but he sent his brother Khaja Abul Faiz to Bidar. He took the Chishti Order to BidarSouth India.[2] He finally settled down in Bidar, at the invitation of Bahmani Sultan, Ala-ud-Din_Bahman_Shah.[3]
Family Tree
[edit]Hazrath Khwaja Abul Faiz (RA) sadath Zaidi Hussaini. He hails in the 23d generation of the family of Hazrath Ameer-ul-Mo'mineen Syedna Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib. He is the Paternal grand son of Hazrath Khwaja Bande Nawaaz Gesu Daraaz. Hazrath Maqdoom Abul Hassan Bin Syed Hussain is the first ancestor to him, who migrated Hirat to India and He was buried in the Masjid-e-Ayaaz, Delhi. All his children made Delhi as their native place. After migration from Delhi Hazrath Khwaja Bande Nawaaz undertook the journey for a period of 3 years and during the regime of Sultan Feroz Shah Behmani, he proceeded to Humnabad, Gulbarga and arrived there in the year 803 hijri. Hazrath Khwaja Bande Nawaaz had two sons. One Hazrat Syed Hussain alias Mohammed Akber Hussaini and the second son was Hazrath Syed Yousuf alias Mohammed Asghar Hussaini. Khwaja Abul Faiz (RA) is the sixth (6th) son of Hazrath Asghar Hussaini (RA). [4]
Life
[edit]His name is Syed Shah MinAllah Mohammed Mohammed-ul-Hussaini and surname is Ameenuddin and alias name is ABUL FAIZ.
After the death of Sultan Ahmed Shah Wali Bahmani (838 Hijri), corresponding to 1435AD, He was succeeded by his son Sultan Allahuddin Bahmani. Sultan requested Khwaja Ganj-e-Baqsh (Hazrath Syed Shah Yedullah Hussaini- Sab-e-Rauza Khurd Gulbarga Shareef) that He should come over to Bidar shareef. In his reply he deputed the most beloved brother and khalifa Hazrath Khwaja Abul Faiz along with the following lines:
"If the entire world is handed over to me, I shall not leave my place. My legs are tied with gratefulness and hope my the blessings of the God Almighty"
After the demise of Hazrat Khwaja Bande Nawaz. He migrated from Bidar shareef to Gulbarga shareef. He enjoyed 3rd Mutawalli the masnad-e-Sajjadagi (Throne of Sajjadagi) only for few days and later on He handed over the service of Sajjadagi in favor of His eldest son Syed Ahmed Mohammed-ul-Hussaini (RA) and came over to Bidar shareef. The continuity was maintained for numerous generations. He had two wives, one by the name Bibi Khadeeja, who was hailing from his relatives and the second wife Bibi Niyamath, who was the daughter of Mahmud Gawan, the Prime Minister of Bahmani Kingdom. He had six sons. He expired on 6th Rabi-ul-Munawwar, 879 Hijri.
Khankha
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During the tenure of his life in Bidar, he resided in the khankha which is shown here. Today the blessed place is resided by the custodian and grand children of this famous sufi saint which hold many holy relics of Islamic importance and historical value.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Nawaz, Bande. Tafseer-Al-Multaqat. Vol. 1. Maktabah Nafais al-Quran. p. 6.
- ^ Jihad in the East: A Crescent Over Delhi The Shade of Swords: Jihad and the Conflict Between Islam and Christianity, by M. J. Akbar. Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0-415-28470-8. Page 111.
- ^ Urs-e-Sharief of Khwaja Bande Nawaz in Gulbarga from tomorrow "The Hindu", 27 November 2007.
- ^ Eaton, Richard (2005). A Social History of The Deccan 1300–1761, Eight Indian Lives. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-51442-2.
Bibliography
[edit]- Askari, Syed Hasan, Tazkira-i Murshidi—Rare Malfuz of the 15th-Century Sufi Saint of Gulbarga. Proceedings of the Indian Historical Records Commission (1952).
- Hussaini, Syed Shah Khusro, Gisudaraz on Wahdat al-Wujud. Studies in Islam 19 (1982), pp. 233–45.
- Hussaini, Syed Shah Khusro, Sayyid Muhammad al-Husayni Gisu Daraz: On Sufism Delhi: Idarah-i Adabiyat-i Delli, 1985.
- Hussaini, Syed Shah Khusro, Shuhud vs. Wujud: A Study of Gisudiraz Islamic Culture 59 (1985), pp. 323–39.
- Siddiqi, Mohd. Sulaiman, Syed Mohd. al-Husaini Gisudaraz Islamic Culture 52 (1978), pp. 173–84.
- Syed Shah Khusro Hussaini, "Gulbarga: Dargha of Hazrat Khwaja Bandanawaz Gisudaraz" in Mumtaz Currim, George Michell (Eds.), Darghas. Abodes of the Saint, Bombay, The Marg Foundation, 2004, 152 p. (ISBN 978-8-185-02665-7), p. 120-135
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