"The Spirituality Of Mehbool Ul Aalam (R.A). It Was The Time When The Present Nallahmar Road Was A Famous Waterway Connecting Srinagar With Wullar Via Ganderbal. Hazrat Sultan Ul Arifeen (R.A) Was Performing Ablution At The Bank Of This River At Kalashpora Ghat. There Came A Procession Of Few Boats Decorated With Gold And Silver, The Music Of The Ores Was Heard From A Distance. It Was The Procession Of The Qazul Qazzah The Then Chief Justice Of Kashmir, Allama Baba Dawood Khaki (R.A) Coming From Koolipora, Nowpora To Attend
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"The Spirituality Of Mehbool Ul Aalam (R.A).
It Was The Time When The Present Nallahmar Road Was A Famous Waterway Connecting Srinagar With Wullar Via Ganderbal. Hazrat Sultan Ul Arifeen (R.A) Was Performing Ablution At The Bank Of This River At Kalashpora Ghat. There Came A Procession Of Few Boats Decorated With Gold And Silver, The Music Of The Ores Was Heard From A Distance. It Was The Procession Of The Qazul Qazzah The Then Chief Justice Of Kashmir, Allama Baba Dawood Khaki (R.A) Coming From Koolipora, Nowpora To Attend His Court. A Man Performing Ablution At The Bank Directed The Boat Men To Ask Their Chief Justice To Come To Me. Baba Dawood Khaki (R.A) Refused At The Very First Instance To
Obey The Order Of A Person Ordinarily Dressed. The Entire Procession Of Boats Came To Standstill, Despite The Efforts Made By Boatmen To Carry Boats Forward. No Boat Moved From Its Place. Baba Dawood Khaki (R.A) Was Again Remained By His Men That He Denied The Order Of A Godly Person Which May Be The Cause For This Episode. This Was The Turning Point For Allama Khakhi (R.A), He Came, As Usual, Well Dressed, Wearing Costly Costumes With Golden Belts And Jewellery To See The Man Performing Ablution. The Godly Person Asked A Few Questions To The Qazi, The Questions Were How Much Gold Did Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) Wear? Which Fatwa You Are Going To Give For A Case That You Don’t Follow Yourself? Allamas Khakhi (R.A) Could Not Reply Instead Took Out His Outfit
And Began To Follow Hazrat Sultan Ul Arifeen(R.A) Whom He Considered His “Pir Murshad” Now On And Till He Was Alive. Baba Dawood Khaki (R.A) Narrates The All Dealings, Teachings, Mission And Vision Of Hazrat Sultan Ul Aarifeen (R.A) In “Virdul Muzeedeen”.
Shukur Lillah Hale Maanhar Lehzanay Kotaar Shudaast,Sheikhu Sheikha Sheikh Hamzah Ta Mara Rehber Shudaast.
Hazrat Makhdoom Hamza(R.A) Bin Usman Was Born At Tujar, A Peripheral Village In Zainageer Area Of Kashmir. He Originated From Shahi Chak Dynasty. The Elders Of His Dynasty Were Rich, Honest, And Pious And His House Was Then A Super Centre For Learning And Teaching Of Islam Quotes Allma
Khakhi. I Met A Few Elders Of His Village Who Were Pious, Well Adapted With The Shariah, As I Inquired Cause Of Their Being So Religious They Quoted Baba Usman’s (R.A) Company With Them As Reason Adds Allma Khaki(R.A). Hazrat Makhdoom’s (R.A) Family Used To Send Zakat Of Their Wealth And Livestock To The Khankhah Of Hazrat Moulana Sheikh Ismail (R.A) Who Was Scholar And Religious Leader Of That Time Besides Being A Good Friend Of Baba Usman (R.A) , The Father Of Hazrat Sultan Ul Arifeen(R.A) In Srinagar.
Initially He Was Admitted To A Local Khankah Run By Sultan Shuhab Ud Din In This Village. One Fine Morning This Child Hazrat Hamza (R.A) Left His House For School, But Joined Other Children Who Were Busy In
Playing On Road Side. He Didn’t Go To School. In The Evening When His Father Asked About The Lesson Of The Day, The Child Emphatically Agreed That He Didn’t Go To School Despite Knowing Consequences He Could Have Abstained Himself From Saying The Truth. His Father Got Annoyed And Furious And Beat Child To Pulp So Much So That He Was Down With Fever For A Couple Of Days. Hazrat Sheikh Hamza(R.A) Was Not Yet Adolescent, When He Was Made To Leave Tujar Shariaf And Come To Srinagar After He Recovered, His Grandfather Brought Him To Srinagar Where He Was Admitted In The Khankah Of Hazrat Sheikh Fattahullah, The Successor Of Moulana Ismail, Situated On The Foothills Of Kohimaran. This Khankah Consisted Of A Library, Langer (Community Kitchen)/ Hostel, An
Academy That Was A Well Known Establishment Of Baba Ismail , It Named Dar Ul Shifa. He Stayed Here For One Year And Learned One Para Of Quran. From Here Sheikh Hamza (R.A) Was Shifted To Another Khankah Built By Malikh Shams Chak On The Bank Of Nallahmar A Most Distance From Jamia Masjid . The Khankah Had A Provision For Separate Rooms For The Scholars To Live In. He Had A Long Stay Of 20 Years In This Khankah. For This Long Span He Kept Busy In Ibadah.
Hazrat Sultan (R.A) Had A Wonderful Memory Power, As This Is Known From The Fact That He Was Admitted In The Malik Shams Chak Khankha. Being A Minor, A Very Elderly Righteous Person Was Kept As A Roommate With Him. The Roommate Used To Get Up During Middle Of The
Night And Recite “Surat Ul Kahaf” Of Quran. The Minor Used To Leave The Bed And Listen The Same. Within Few Days He Posed Challenge To His Roommate That He Can Remember The Surat Ul Khaf Without Any Mistake. He Was Given A Test And Proved Successful. The Elderly Roommate Was Amazed To See His Alarming Memory.
In Beginning I Developed Affection Of Quran And Repeatedly Reciting This Holy Book During A Night, I Remembered It By Heart, Says Hazrat Sultan(R.A) As Quoted By Allama Khaki In Dastooru Salikeen.
Meanwhile What Happens Is That One Person Namely Makhdoom Syed Jamal Ud Din Bukhari (R.A) Went For Hajj Along With His Brother Syed Abdul Wahab Bukhari. During Their
Stay In Madina, An Amazing Episode Occurred With Jamal Ud Din (R.A). He Was Reported Turned Drowsy, And Was Taken In A Meeting Being Conducted By Prophet (P.B.U.H) With His Pious Suhabis. As In This Meeting, A Lucky Young Man Was Introduced To Whom Prophet (P.B.U.H) Shared Special Attention To The Extent That Jamal Ud Din(R.A) Was Amazed And Inquired Whereabouts Of The Young Man. The House Was Informed That The Young Man Hails From Kashmir. His Name Is Hamza(R.A) And Prophet (P.B.U.H) Has Fixed You For His Training As Murshad. Jamal Ud Din Bukhari (R.A) Was Directed To Proceed To Kashmir Immediately For The Purpose. Here In Kashmir, One Might While Sleeping, Some Unknown Person Told Me That You Should Be Thankful To Allah As We Have Finalized And Fixed A Murshad, The
Guide For You. His Name Is Makhdoom Syed Jamal Ud Din Bukhari (R.A), He Has Reached Srinagar And You Can See Him In Khankha Ahmad Yatoo, Whatever He Directs You Follow In Letter And Spirit. Allma Khaki (R.A) Quotes Said Hazrat Sultan Ul Arifeen (R.A).
Next Morning, Hazrat Sultanul Arifeen (R.A) Reached The Spot And Found Jamal Ud Din Bukhari (R.A) Sleeping In Khankah. He Stopped For A While But Didn’t Wake Him Up But Left Without Meeting. He Again Went On Very Next Day, Seeing Him In Sleep, Waited Outside The Door. The Murshad Opened His Eyes And Gazed At Him And Directed Hazrat Sultan Ul Arifeen (R.A) To Come Nearer. Don’t Feel Alone He Said, I Have Been Informed About You In Madeena Spiritually. You Have Been Handed
Over To Me Permanently, Work Hard, Be Punctual And Obedient. Some One Had Brought Mutton And Bread To Khankah. He Was Also Offered Some Share Says Hazrat Sultan (R.A). I Felt Ashamed Eating Before So Many People And Made My Mind To Carry The Share Along With And Eat In Hostel. No Said The Guide, Eat It Before Us All. We All Have Already Eaten. I Will Be Offering Two More Breads Which You Can Eat At Your Place, Said Jamal Ud Din Bukhari (R.A) To Hazrat Sultan Ul Arifeen (R.A) Then Former Kept His Cap On The Head Of Later And Directed Him To Go For Special Prayers In Isolation For A Few Days. He Did The Same. Whatsoever He Was Bestowed In Exchange, He Narrated To His Murshad The Murshad Was Happy To Note The Reward That Was Given By Allah To Hazrat Sultan Ul
Aarifeen(R.A). He Remained Initially Under The Control Of His Murshad For Six Months Continuously. Lastly The Disciple Was Stressed That Whatever His Murshad Has Sheared, Should Be Dissipated Amongst The Needy Ones. Hazrat Hamza (R.A) Has Met Many Times With Hazrat Khawaja Khazir (A.S) And Their First Meeting Was In Jamia Masjid Srinagar (Dastoor Us Saleeken). After That, Makhdoom Sheikh Hamzah (R.A)Was Blessed With A Divine Spiritual Power, Knowledge Which Goes In Agreement With A Hadith Qudsi. Prophet (P.B.U.H) Once Said When A Godly Persons Crosses A Few Stages In Allah’s Remembrances , The Malaika (Angles) Keep Them Friends And He Shines And Becomes Focus Of Affection For All. Makhdoom Sheikh Hamzah (R.A) Continued To Quench The Thirst Of Thousands Of
Devotees Who Aspire For Allah’s Favour, With His Wisdom And Knowledge. As Is Acknowledged By Allama Khaki (R.A) In Virdul Muredeen In Following Few Lines.
During The Period Of Makhdoom Sheikh Hamzah (R.A) A Number Of
Great Personalities Existed Amongst Whom Hazrat Sheikh Yaqoob Sarfi (R.A) And Hazrat Mir Syed Ahmad Kirmani Deserve A Special Mention. They Too Bear Witness To The Fact That Makhdoom Sheikh Hamzah (R.A) Had Enormous Spiritual Power As Is Quoted By Allama Khaki In Virdul Mureeden.
Mir Syed Ahmed Kirman Zaahil Kashf Bood,Ashq O Dard O Souz Awra Deedah Wahair Shudaast.
Which Means, That Mir Syed Ahmad Kirmani (R.A) Despite Being A Man With Kashf (Knowing Before Hand ) Was Amazed To See Makhdoom Sheikh Hamzah’s (R.A) Earnest Desire For Prophet’s (P.B.U.H). There Were A Number Of Khalifas Of Makhdoom Sheikh Hamzah (R.A)
Which Include Baba Ali Raina, Mir Baba Hyderi Tulmullah, Khawaja Hassan Qari, Hazrat Ishaq Qari, Mir Mubarakh Behaquee, Hazrat Roop Reshi, Mulla Chouwgali, Hazrat Zeeti Shah Wali And Mian Abdul Rehman Manak (R.A) Etc.
During The Regimen Of Ali Shah Chak, Then Administrator Of Kashmir, Makhdoom Sheikh Hamzah (R.A) Left For Aakhirah On 24th Of Safarul Muzzafar 983 Hijri At Makhdoom Mandaw, Kalashpora Srinagar. Hazrat Mullah Mohammad Tahir Rafique Offered The Gussal And Nimaze Jinazah In Iddgah. A Huge Congregation Has Been Reported Joined The Heavenly Departure Of The Saint And Kohimaran Was Decided His Permanent Place. This Is The Day When People Celebrate His Urs Mubarak With Enthusiasm"
