Post by Hasan Askari on May 24, 2006 20:59:25 GMT
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
Who are Syeds?
It is a tile that has only been awarded to Al-e-Rusul (Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa P.B.U.H) or Ehl-e-Bait. In other words, only those persons have rights to use this word with their names, who are direct descendants of Hazrat Fatima-tu-Zahra, Razi Allah Taala (Daughter of Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa P.B.U.H) and her husband Hazrat Ali, Karam Allah Wajho.
The meaning of word ¡°Syed¡± is Leader or Sardar. However Arabs commonly use ¡°Al-Syedi¡± for Sir or Janab, but this word has no concern or connection with ¡°Syed¡±.
Syed is not a caste
The caste of Syeds is Qureshi; Hashemites. There is no Kashmiri, Pathan, Punjabi, Sindhi, Baluchi, Hindustani, Irani or Afghan in Syeds but those are all from Arabic Race or origin. After leaving their native land (Arab) they migrated and permanently settled in different parts of the world that was known in those days. In the beginning they were Arabic speaking but as the time go on, they started adopting not only language but also culture and traditions of those areas, where they chose to reside.
Principal Links of Syeds
Principally Syeds have only two main links.
Descendants of Hazrat Imam Hassan Alaih-s-Salam S/o Hazrat Ali, Karam Allah Wajho are called Hassni Syeds and children of Hazrat Imam Hussain Alaih-s-Salam S/o Hazrat Ali Karam Allah Wajho, named them selves Hussaini Syeds.
But by the passage of time, kids of different Imams or dignitaries of both main links included references of their forefathers with their own names. This tradition is known as Nisbat (symbol of attribute or symbol of connection) with their ancestors. So now the Nisbat is not only a sign of distinction but also recognizance of ¡°Real Syeds¡±.
Syeds of Hussaini Linage are using so many symbols (Nisbat) like Rizvi, Kazmi, Abdi, Jaffari, Tirmazi, Shirazi Mashadi, Mousvi and Naqvi etc.
But Hassni families continue to use only ¡°Hashemites¡± or ¡°Hassni¡± for their separate identification until the birth of Ghaus-ul-Azam Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani.
Beginning of Gilanis
Syed Abdul Qadir was born in Jilan or Gilan. This town was in suburbs of Tibiristan (Iran). The other name of this town was Jeel or Geel and by these connections, Syed Abdul Qadir is called Gilani or Jilani.
After coming and settling at Baghdad, common people made ¡°Gilani¡± as part of his name and now descendants of Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani all over the world called them selves ¡°Gilani¡± with pride, delight and arrogance.
Gilanis are Najib-ut-Taraffain (Nobles on both sides that are to say, from father & mother) Syeds and no other linages of Syeds have the honor like this.
His father Abu Saleh Musa Jangi was from Hassani Lineage and his mother Syeda Fatima (Her Title was Umat-ul-Jabbar and Kuniyyat was Um-ul-Khair) was from Hussaini Family.
According to a most authentic book about Syed Abdul Qadir ¡°Peeran-e-Peer¡± paternal lineage of Ghaus-ul-Azam is as under.
Syed Abu Saleh Musa Jangi S/o Syed Abdullah S/o Syed Yahya Zahid S/o Syed Muhammad S/o Syed Daud S/o Syed Musa Sani S/o Syed Abdullah Sani S/o Syed Musa Al Jaun alias Syed Musa Salas S/o Syed Abdullah Al Mehaz S/o Syed Hassan Musanna S/o Syed Imam Hassan S/o Hazrat Ali Karam Allah Wajho.
Maternal lineage of Ghaus-ul-Azam is as under.
Syeda Fatima D/o Syed Abu Abdullah Somai S/o Syed Abu Jamal S/o Syed Muhammad S/o Syed Abu Tahir S/o Syed Abdullah S/o Syed Abu Kamal S/o Syed Abu Alla-ud-Deen S/o Syed Muhammad S/o Syed Ali Areezi S/o Syed Imam Jaffar Sadiq S/o Syed Imam Muhammad Baqir S/o Syed Imam Zain-ul-Abdeen S/o Syed Imam Hussain S/o Hazrat Ali Karam Allah Wajho.
There are some differences in respect of number of wives and children of Ghaus-ul-Azam Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani.
It is said that He was not interested in marriage and for a long time he avoided it but once Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa P.B.U.H ordered him to get married and four women became wives of Ghaus-ul-Azam.
1) Bibi Madina Gilani D/o Meer Muhammad Masjidi
2) Bibi Sadiqa Gilani D/o Muhammad Shafi
3) Bibi Momina Gilani
4) Bibi Mehbooba Gilani
They were mothers of 27 (and according to some books, 26) sons and 22 daughters. The names of 22 daughters of Ghaus-ul-Azam are as under.
Syeda Afia Gilani, Syeda Yaseen Gilani, Syeda Aleema Gilani, Syeda Taj Gilani, Syeda Zahida Gilani, Syeda Zakirah Gilani, Syeda Um-Al Fazal Gilani, Syeda Sharifa Gilani, Syeda Abida Gilani, Syeda Khadeejah Gilani, Syeda Riji Gilani, Syeda Um-Al Fateh Gilani, Syeda Zahra Gilani, Syeda Jamal Gilani, Syed Khair-un-Nisa Gilani, Syeda Shah Khatim Gilani, Syeda Shah Bibi Gilani, Syeda Fakira Gilani, Syeda Fatima Gilani, Syeda Um-e-Salma Gilani, Syeda Fazal-un-Nisa Gilani and Syeda Taj-un-Nisa Gilani.
Out of above mentioned, no one except Syeda Khair-un-Nisa Gilani reached her prime age or got married. Only she was married to Syed Shahab-ud-Deen S/o Abu Ahmed Abdullah S/o Syed Abu Saleh Musa Jangi Dost but stays childless.
Out of 27, names of only 12 sons have been recorded, which are as under.
Syed Saif-ud-Deen Abdul Wahab Gilani, Syed Sharf-ud-Deen Essa Gilani, Syed Abu Abdul Rehman Abdullah Gilani, Syed Shams-ud-Deen Abdul Aziz Gilani, Syed Taj-ud-Deen Abdul Razzaq Gilani, Syed Abu Al Fazal Muhammad Gilani, Syed Abu Zakirah Yahya Asghar Gilani, Syed Abu Ishaque Ibraheem Gilani, Syed Abu Nasser Musa Gilani, Syed Abdul Jabbar Gilani, Syed Abdul Ghaffar Gilani and Syed Abdul Ghani Gilani.
All Gilanis are descendants of above-mentioned 12 (or 27, according to some sources) sons of Ghaus-ul-Azam Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani.
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
Who are Syeds?
It is a tile that has only been awarded to Al-e-Rusul (Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa P.B.U.H) or Ehl-e-Bait. In other words, only those persons have rights to use this word with their names, who are direct descendants of Hazrat Fatima-tu-Zahra, Razi Allah Taala (Daughter of Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa P.B.U.H) and her husband Hazrat Ali, Karam Allah Wajho.
The meaning of word ¡°Syed¡± is Leader or Sardar. However Arabs commonly use ¡°Al-Syedi¡± for Sir or Janab, but this word has no concern or connection with ¡°Syed¡±.
Syed is not a caste
The caste of Syeds is Qureshi; Hashemites. There is no Kashmiri, Pathan, Punjabi, Sindhi, Baluchi, Hindustani, Irani or Afghan in Syeds but those are all from Arabic Race or origin. After leaving their native land (Arab) they migrated and permanently settled in different parts of the world that was known in those days. In the beginning they were Arabic speaking but as the time go on, they started adopting not only language but also culture and traditions of those areas, where they chose to reside.
Principal Links of Syeds
Principally Syeds have only two main links.
Descendants of Hazrat Imam Hassan Alaih-s-Salam S/o Hazrat Ali, Karam Allah Wajho are called Hassni Syeds and children of Hazrat Imam Hussain Alaih-s-Salam S/o Hazrat Ali Karam Allah Wajho, named them selves Hussaini Syeds.
But by the passage of time, kids of different Imams or dignitaries of both main links included references of their forefathers with their own names. This tradition is known as Nisbat (symbol of attribute or symbol of connection) with their ancestors. So now the Nisbat is not only a sign of distinction but also recognizance of ¡°Real Syeds¡±.
Syeds of Hussaini Linage are using so many symbols (Nisbat) like Rizvi, Kazmi, Abdi, Jaffari, Tirmazi, Shirazi Mashadi, Mousvi and Naqvi etc.
But Hassni families continue to use only ¡°Hashemites¡± or ¡°Hassni¡± for their separate identification until the birth of Ghaus-ul-Azam Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani.
Beginning of Gilanis
Syed Abdul Qadir was born in Jilan or Gilan. This town was in suburbs of Tibiristan (Iran). The other name of this town was Jeel or Geel and by these connections, Syed Abdul Qadir is called Gilani or Jilani.
After coming and settling at Baghdad, common people made ¡°Gilani¡± as part of his name and now descendants of Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani all over the world called them selves ¡°Gilani¡± with pride, delight and arrogance.
Gilanis are Najib-ut-Taraffain (Nobles on both sides that are to say, from father & mother) Syeds and no other linages of Syeds have the honor like this.
His father Abu Saleh Musa Jangi was from Hassani Lineage and his mother Syeda Fatima (Her Title was Umat-ul-Jabbar and Kuniyyat was Um-ul-Khair) was from Hussaini Family.
According to a most authentic book about Syed Abdul Qadir ¡°Peeran-e-Peer¡± paternal lineage of Ghaus-ul-Azam is as under.
Syed Abu Saleh Musa Jangi S/o Syed Abdullah S/o Syed Yahya Zahid S/o Syed Muhammad S/o Syed Daud S/o Syed Musa Sani S/o Syed Abdullah Sani S/o Syed Musa Al Jaun alias Syed Musa Salas S/o Syed Abdullah Al Mehaz S/o Syed Hassan Musanna S/o Syed Imam Hassan S/o Hazrat Ali Karam Allah Wajho.
Maternal lineage of Ghaus-ul-Azam is as under.
Syeda Fatima D/o Syed Abu Abdullah Somai S/o Syed Abu Jamal S/o Syed Muhammad S/o Syed Abu Tahir S/o Syed Abdullah S/o Syed Abu Kamal S/o Syed Abu Alla-ud-Deen S/o Syed Muhammad S/o Syed Ali Areezi S/o Syed Imam Jaffar Sadiq S/o Syed Imam Muhammad Baqir S/o Syed Imam Zain-ul-Abdeen S/o Syed Imam Hussain S/o Hazrat Ali Karam Allah Wajho.
There are some differences in respect of number of wives and children of Ghaus-ul-Azam Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani.
It is said that He was not interested in marriage and for a long time he avoided it but once Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa P.B.U.H ordered him to get married and four women became wives of Ghaus-ul-Azam.
1) Bibi Madina Gilani D/o Meer Muhammad Masjidi
2) Bibi Sadiqa Gilani D/o Muhammad Shafi
3) Bibi Momina Gilani
4) Bibi Mehbooba Gilani
They were mothers of 27 (and according to some books, 26) sons and 22 daughters. The names of 22 daughters of Ghaus-ul-Azam are as under.
Syeda Afia Gilani, Syeda Yaseen Gilani, Syeda Aleema Gilani, Syeda Taj Gilani, Syeda Zahida Gilani, Syeda Zakirah Gilani, Syeda Um-Al Fazal Gilani, Syeda Sharifa Gilani, Syeda Abida Gilani, Syeda Khadeejah Gilani, Syeda Riji Gilani, Syeda Um-Al Fateh Gilani, Syeda Zahra Gilani, Syeda Jamal Gilani, Syed Khair-un-Nisa Gilani, Syeda Shah Khatim Gilani, Syeda Shah Bibi Gilani, Syeda Fakira Gilani, Syeda Fatima Gilani, Syeda Um-e-Salma Gilani, Syeda Fazal-un-Nisa Gilani and Syeda Taj-un-Nisa Gilani.
Out of above mentioned, no one except Syeda Khair-un-Nisa Gilani reached her prime age or got married. Only she was married to Syed Shahab-ud-Deen S/o Abu Ahmed Abdullah S/o Syed Abu Saleh Musa Jangi Dost but stays childless.
Out of 27, names of only 12 sons have been recorded, which are as under.
Syed Saif-ud-Deen Abdul Wahab Gilani, Syed Sharf-ud-Deen Essa Gilani, Syed Abu Abdul Rehman Abdullah Gilani, Syed Shams-ud-Deen Abdul Aziz Gilani, Syed Taj-ud-Deen Abdul Razzaq Gilani, Syed Abu Al Fazal Muhammad Gilani, Syed Abu Zakirah Yahya Asghar Gilani, Syed Abu Ishaque Ibraheem Gilani, Syed Abu Nasser Musa Gilani, Syed Abdul Jabbar Gilani, Syed Abdul Ghaffar Gilani and Syed Abdul Ghani Gilani.
All Gilanis are descendants of above-mentioned 12 (or 27, according to some sources) sons of Ghaus-ul-Azam Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani.
