Mehboob-e-ilahi
Mehboob-e-Ilahi
Sultan-ul-aulia, Hazrat Pir Khawaja Saiyedina Nizamuddin Aulia (R.A) Delhi
Name :- Saiyed Mohammed
Title :- Mahboob-e-Ilahi, Sultan-Ul-Aulia,
Sultan-Ul-Mashaikh and Sultan-Ul-Salatin
Father:- His grand father, Syed Ali, a
resident of Bukhara, and father, Syed Ahmad, were well known Syeds and traced
their lineage to Hazrat Ali with 15 of his ancestors falling in the chain. His
maternal grandfather, Khawaja Arab Husain was Syed and resided in Bukhara. Both families
migrated to India.
Syed Ahmad was married to, Bibi Zulekha. Badaun, in those days, was a great
center of learning so his father settled down there on migration from Bukhara.
Birth :- Born on 27 Safar 636 Hijri in the city of Badaun.
Early Education :-
After learning the Qu'Oran he read books
on various subjects, Qadoori from Maulana Ala-Uddin Usooli, Maqamaat-e-Hariri
from Maulana Shamsuddin Malik, and obtained distinction in outer subjects like
Jurisprudence, Tradition Commentary, Speech, Logic, Mechanics, Arithmetic,
Vocabulary, Literature, and Recitation. He also obtained the degree of
'Mashariq-ul-Anwar' from Maulana Kamal-uddin at Delhi.
Divine Education and Stay in Delhi :-
He completed his exterior education at
Badaun and reached Delhi
with his mother for further education and finally settled here. He took lessons
from the renowned Scholars Maulana Shamsuddin and Maulana Kamal-Uddin Zahid and
came to be recognized as a distinguished scholar.
Search of the Teacher :-
He later set out in search of a teacher and
guide who could lead to spiritual and intrinsic learning. During his stay at
Badaun, he was apparently introduced to Baba Farid through Abu-Bakar Qawwal and
came to have faith in him and longed to see him. Baba Farid's younger brother,
Sheikh Najib-uddin Mutawakkil, was his neighbor in Delhi. His intimacy with Sheikh Mutawakkil
added fuel to the fire.
Change in Life :-
He spent nights in prayer in a mosque. One
morning the muazzin recited the Qu'Oranic verse from the minaret meaning:
Hasn't time come for the Faithful that their hearts bow down in praise to God.
The verse left a strange effect on him, his heart began to shake, and tears
rolled down the cheeks; worldly love left him, and his heart was flooded with
divine light. No longing remained, and under the condition he set out for
Ajodhan.
Baba Farid
Baba was extremely pleased to see him and
recited the Persian couplet,
"Ai A'tish-e-furqat dil ha kabab karda
Sailab-e-Ishtiaqat janha kharab karda"
Meaning: The fire of separation has
roasted the hearts and the flood of fondness has wasted the soul Removing his
kulah-e-char Turki (a kind of Turkish cap) from his head he placed it on his
head. Mahboob-e-Ilahi recounts the meeting. "When I presented myself to
him, he found symptoms of fear in me then said, "Welcome! God willing, you
will find bounties of the world as well as of the Deen."
Servitude and inheritance :-
Baba Farid said to him, "I wanted to
accord this rank to some other person but it was revealed to me that you are to
come from Delhi.
The rank was fated for you and so I continued delaying it."
Baba Farid also gave him other things: his robe, sandals, and prayer mat, staff
etc. Hazrat Nizam Uddin pledged obedience to Baba Farid on 15, Rajab 655 Hijri
and stayed in his service till 3, Rabi-Ul-Awwal 656 Hijri and engaged in prayer
and meditation under his guidance and soon attained high degrees and
proficiency in conduct and divinity. Baba Farid sent him to Delhi laden with divine and spiritual
conduct.
Hazarat Nizam-Uddin Aulia in Delhi :-
Before his departure to Delhi, Baba Farid gave him special robe he
inherited from peers of the chistia Order, and a document confirming his
appointment as his spiritual heir and instructed him to repay the loan the
earliest. To keep the enemies happy by all means, to strive hard in prayers,
and said, "Under the orders of God, I grant Maulana Nizam Uddin the territory of India. And leave the country under his
charge, and appointed him my regent" He asked him to show the document to
Maulana Jamal Uddin at Hansi and Qazi Muntakhib in Delhi. When Maulana Nizam Uddin met Maulana
Jamal Uddin at Hansi, he was pleased to see him and expressed happiness on the
appointment.
Delhi was a populous city and he found it difficult to
find a suitable place. He selected Ghayaspur for his stay in Delhi.
Prayer and Meditation :-
He busied himself in prayer and meditation
in Delhi,
renounced material things, and kept fast regularly. He did intense penance for
30 years. He led a life of renunciation and resignation, had no interest in
things of the world. He said his prayers regularly. After the Chast and Ishraq
prayers he sat in the congregation of sophists and mendicants and discussed
problems of mysticism. After midday prayer he talked to the students and
seekers of knowledge, and spent his nights in prayers.
Self-sufficiency and fasting :-
He passed his early days of his stay in Delhi in extreme poverty.
Often observed fast three days continuously. When had nothing to eat his mother
would say, "We are Allah's guests today." "I drew much taste
from my mother's statement." Penury and povery were so acute, when he
shook the suspended bag at the Afar time out dropped dry pieces of bread with
which he broke his fast.
Victories :-
Sheikh Burhan Uddin Gharib and Sheikh Kamal
Uddin Yaqub, who later became his heirs, lived with him. One day Kamal Uddin
boiled some flour in an earthen pot then came a mendicant and demanded food.
Mahboob-e-Ilahi placed the pot before him, the mendicant ate some from it and
then dashed it to the ground, and said, "Sheikh Nizam Uddin Aulia Baba
Farid blessed you with divine bounties and I have broken the pot of your
apparent self-sufficiency." After which he saw no shortage.
Generosity :-
Baba Farid said, "May you consume
seventy mounds of flour daily in your kitchen!" His kitchen always
remained hot. Thousands of beggars and the poor ate from it. Whatever received
in the monastery was promptly given away to the needy. Nothing was saved. Many
people drew sustenance. Numerous students and Hafiz were given help. The kings
were surprised at this.
Books :-
His articles, regular publications in
nature, are
- Fawaed-Ul-Fawaed
- Afzal-Ul-Fawaed
- Rahat-Ul-Mohibbin
Besides he noted the interesting
incidents of the meetings of his teacher, Baba Farid, in a book entitled
'Rahat-Ul-Qulub.'
Revelations and Miracles :-
Sultan Ghayas Uddin Tughlaq was envious of
him. He bore great ill will for him. Once when he was returning from Bengal to Delhi, he sent word to Mahbooh-e-Ilahi to leave Delhi. This grieved him and
said, "Delhi is still Far." and it so
happened that Ghayasuddin did not reach Delhi.
Tughlaqabad palace collapsed on him and killed him.
His Wondrous Deeds :-
His attention and care revolutionized the
society. Morals and conduct of the people improved. They became truthful and
true to their word. He welcomed every body; treated the sinners kindly, and
robbed them. To all, elite's or the sundry, rich or the poor, King or the
beggar. Learned man or a layman, he taught to be penitent and pure. His mission
not only reached the Four Corners of India but China also. Khawaja Salar Han ban
was his spiritual heir in the country.
Quotes :-
- True wisdom is to renounce the world.
- Knowledge is achieved. Intellect is natural.
- Salik achieves greatness from four things:
Less eating, Less talking, Less sleep, and less socializing.
- Benediction drops at three times: in the state
of hearing music, eating for purpose of obedience, speaking about the
mendicants.
- In making a deal one should not talk as to
make veins stand on his neck viz. symptoms of prejudice and anger.
- Patience is: "When a man experiences a
thing not to his liking, he does not complain"
- But willingness is the thing that suffering
does not make him feel bad as if it has not befallen on him.
- Love of saint's rules over their intellect.
- The joys neither make a mendicant happy nor
sufferings grieve him.
- About complete faith he said: "One must
trust in God and should not expect of anyone besides Him."
Death and Distribution of sacred
relies :-
When he antiapated Death, he gave a
special robe, a turban, and a prayer mat to Maulana Burhan Uddin Gharib and
ordered him to go to the Deccan. The same
things to Maulana Yaqub and repaired him to Gujrat. He also gave the same
articles to Maulana Shams Uddin but denied anything to Maulana Nasir Uddin
Chiragh-e-Dehlavi. People were surprised at the outcome. On Wednesday
Mehboob-Ilahi called Hazrat Nasir Uddin and entrusted to him staff, prayers
mat, rosary, sandals, robe, and other sacred relics of Baba Farid and said, "you
shall have to bear the tribulations of the people and stay in Delhi. "All of your heirs are well known
but Amir Khusro loved him profoundly.
He laid his life on 18 Rabi-ul-Sa'ani. His tomb stands in Nizam Uddin Basti and
attracts thousands of Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim pilgrim's daily.
May
Almighty Allah shower his choicest blessings upon the Mazaar-e-Anwaar(Shrine)
of this great Saint of Islam.
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