biography of present day auliya

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Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

i thought we could have a biography of present day auliya so anyone who has no shaykh could see from the biography and make their mind up.

mawlana shaykh nazim

He is the Imam of the People of Sincerity, the Secret of Sainthood, who revived the Naqshbandi Order at the end of the 20th Century, with Heavenly guidance and Prophetic ethics. He infused into the Nation and the Planet, love of God and love of the lovers of God, after they had been darkened with the fire and smoke of tribulation and terror, anger and grief.

He is the Unveiler of Secrets, the Keeper of Light, the Shaykh of Shaykhs, the Sultan of Ascetics, the Sultan of the Pious, the Sultan of the People of the Truth. He is the Chief Master without peer of the Divine Knowledge in the late 20th Century. He is the Rain from the Ocean of Knowledge of this Order, which is reviving spirits in all parts of this world. He is the Saint of the Seven Continents, his light having attracted disciples and students from all quarters of the globe. He wears the Cloak of the Light of the Divine Presence. He is unique in his time. He is the orchid planted in the earth of Divine Love. He is the Sun for all the universes. He is known as the Saint of the Two Wings: the external knowledge and the internal knowledge.

He is a Miracle of Allah's Miracles, walking on the earth and soaring in the Heavens. He is a Secret of Allah's Secrets, appearing in His Divinity and Existing in His Existence. He is the Owner of the Throne of Guidance, the Reviver of Divine Law, the Master of Sufi Way, the Builder of the Truth, the Guide of the circle, the Lyric Poem of All the Secrets. He is the Master of Saints and the Saint of the Masters. Seekers circle the Kabah of His Light. He is a Fountain always flowing, a Waterfall continuously cascading, a River always flooding, an Ocean endlessly cresting and breaking on infinite shores.

He was born in Larnaca, Cyprus, on the 23rd of April 1922, a Sunday, the 26th of Shacban, 1340 H. His lineage from his father's side traces its roots to Sayiddina `Abdul Qadir Jilani, founder of the Qadiri Order. His lineage from his mother goes back to Sayiddina Jalaluddin Rumi, founder of the Mevlevi Order. He is Hassani-Hussaini, related to theProphet through the lineages of his grandfathers to the Family of the Prophet . From his father's side he received the Qadiri Tariqat. From his mother's, the Mevlevi Tariqat.

During his childhood in Cyprus he sat with his grandfather, who was a Shaykh of the Qadiri Tariqat, to learn its discipline and its spirituality. Extraordinary signs appeared early in him. His conduct was perfect: he never fought nor argued with anyone. He was always smiling and patient. His grandfather from his father's side and his grandfather from his mother's side trained him for the spiritual path.

As a youth, Shaykh Nazim was given great consideration because of his unusually high spiritual station. Everyone in Larnaca knew about him, because at a young age he was able to advise people, and to predict the future and reveal it spontaneously. From the age of five there were times when his mother couldn't find him. After searching, she would find him either in the mosque or at the grave of Umm ul-Hiram (r), a Companion of the Prophet (s) whose grave has a mosque built next to it. Tourists come to her grave in large numbers, attracted by the spectacle of a rock suspended in space above her grave. When his mother would try to bring him home, he would say, "Leave me here with Umm ul-Hiram, she is one of our ancestors." He was often seen speaking to Umm ul-Hiram, who was buried fourteen centuries ago, listening and then speaking, listening and answering, as if having a conversation with her. Whenever anyone would disturb him, he would say, "Leave me, I am speaking with my grandmother who is in this grave."

His father sent him to school to study secular knowledge during the day, and in the evening he studied the religious sciences. He was a genius among his fellow-students. After completing his high school studies every night, he would devote his time to studying the Mevlevi and Qadiri Tariqats. He was conducting the Qadiri and Mevlevi circles on Thursday and Friday.

The Adil children. Young
Shaykh Nazim is on the
far left, age 16.

Everyone in Cyprus knew him at that time as an intensely spiritual person. He learned Shari'ah, Jurisprudence, the Science of Prophetic Narrations, the Science of Logic, the Interpretaion of the Qur'an and he was able to give juristic rulings on the whole range of Islamic subjects. He was able to speak from all spiritual levels. He had a gift for explaining difficult realities in clear and easy aphorisms.

After completing high school in Cyprus, he moved to Istanbul, where his two brothers and one sister were living and studying, in 1359 H/1940 CE. He studied Chemical Engineering in the University of Istanbul, in the Bayazit District. At the same time he was advancing in his Shari'ah knowledge and in the study of the Arabic language with his Shaykh, Shaykh Jamaluddin al-Alasuni, who died in 1375 H./1955 CE. He received his degree in Chemical Engineering and he excelled among his colleagues. The University professors encouraged him to go into research. He said, "I feel no attraction to modern science. My heart is always drawn to the spiritual sciences."

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May ALLAH Subhanahu wa Ta'ala Reward You For Your Efforts...


AMEEN !!!

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subhanallah

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Masha Allah, SubhanAllah.
JazakAllahu khayr brother and a very nice thread. Looking forward to read the contributions.

Wassalamu 'alaykum

[asif trying 2 b rabbani]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

shaykh hisham

Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani is a scholar and Sufi shaykh from the Middle East. He graduated from the American University of Beirut in Chemistry. From there he went to Belgium, to continue his Medical Degree in Louvain. Then he received his Islamic Law Degree from Damascus. From his childhood, he accompanied Shaykh 'Abdullah ad-Daghestani and Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, the grandshaikhs of the Most Distinguished Naqshbandi Order in this time. He traveled extensively throughout the Middle East, Europe, and the Far East in the company of his shaykh.

In 1991 he moved to America and there established the foundation of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order of America.

Since that time, he has opened thirteen Sufi centers in Canada and the United States. He has lectured in many universities, including Oxford, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Howard, McGill, Concordia, Dawson College, as well as in many spiritual and religious centers throughout North America, Europe, the Far East and the Middle East.

Shaykh Hisham Kabbani's work wherever he goes is to spread the Sufi teachings of the brotherhood of mankind and the Unity of belief in God that is present in all religions and spiritual paths. His efforts are directed at bringing the diverse spectrum of religions and spiritual paths into harmony and concord, in recognition of mankind's responsibility as caretaker of this fragile planet and of one another.

Shaykh Hisham, as a Sufi shaykh, has been given the authority and permission to guide his followers to the Love of God and to the stations to which they have been destined by their Creator. His arduous spiritual training of 40 years at the hands of his grandshaykh and his shaykh, has endowed him with the sublime qualities of wisdom, light, intellect, and compassion necessary for a true Master on the Path.

Shaykh Hisham's outreach mission in the Americas is his unique contribution to the Endeavor of Humankind in reaching for its highest destiny--nearness to God. His endeavors to bring unity of hearts in their movement towards the Divine Essence is what may be his greatest legacy to the West.

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[asif trying 2 b rabbani]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Shaykh Muhammad al-Ya'qoubi's

Shaykh Muhammad descends from a scholarly family whose
lineage goes back to the Prophet, salla Allahu 'alayhi sallam, through
his grandson Sayyiduna al-Hasan, radiya Allahu 'anhu. His lineage goes
back to Mawlay Idris al-Anwar who built the city of Fes. Mawlay Idris' lineage
is as follows: he is the son of Mawlay Idris the Great; who is the son of
Sayyiduna Abdullah al-Kamil; who is the son of Sayyiduna al-Hasan, the
Second; who is the son of Sayyiduna al-Hasan, radiya Allah 'anhu; who is
the grandson of the Prophet, salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam.

Shaykh Muhammad al-Ya'qoubi's ancestors also include some of the greatest
scholars of Syria: Shaykh Sharif al-Ya'qoubi (d. 1943/1362 H.) was his
father's uncle, and Shaykh Muhammad 'Arabi al-Ya'qoubi (d. 1965/1384 H.)
was his father's maternal uncle; both were the Malikite Imams of the
Omayyad mosque. Shaykh Siddiq al-Ya'qoubi (d. 1889/1307 H.) was his
paternal great-grandfather, and Shaykh Isma'il al-Ya'qoubi (d. 1960/1380
H.), a great Waliy known for his miracles, was his own grandfather. His
father, Shaykh Ibrahim al-Ya'qoubi (d. 1985/1406 H.), was one of the
greatest scholars Syria saw in the past 50 years; he was also the Imam and
teacher of the Omayyad Mosque.

Shaykh Muhammad was born in Damascus on the 13th of DhulHijja in 1382 H.
As a little boy, he crawled in the Grand Omayyad Mosque and the
Darwishiyya Mosque, where his father was an instructor for 40 years, and
sat in the laps of some of the greatest scholars. Since he was
four-years-old, Shaykh Muhammad accompanied his father in all of his
visits, gatherings, and classes, both public and private, as well as at
home and outside. His father took care of him and was both his teacher and
spiritual master. Under his tutelage, Shaykh Muhammad followed a solid
traditional curriculum since the age of four, studying, step-by-step, the
major classical works on the various disciplines of the Shari'ah as well
as the instrumental disciplines. Shaykh Muhammad dutifully studied with
his father over 500 books in the course of 20 years, some of them from
cover-to-cover and others in portions; some are multi-volumes, and others
are small concise works.

Some of the books Shaykh Muhammad studied under his father are as follows:
most of the six books of Hadith, al-Muwatta of Yahya al- Laythi, most of
al-Muwatta of Imam Muhammad with Sharh al-Laknawi, most of al-Muwaafaqaat
of ash-Shaatibi, the first volume and other sections (of the five volumes)
of al-Hashiya of Ibn 'Abideen, Ihya 'Ulum ad-Deen, al-Hidaya of
al-Marghinani, Mughni al-Labeeb of Ibn Hisham, Parts of Kitab Seebawayhi,
Miyar al-Ilm of al-Ghazali, several volumes of Sharh Sahih Muslim of
an-Nawawi, several volumes of Irshad as-Saari of al-Qastallaani, half of
Madarik at-Taweel of an-Nasafi, Hashiyat as-Saawi on Tafseer al-Jalaalayn,
three volumes of Mu'jam Maqaayiis al-Lugha of Ibn Faaris, al-Bayaan
wat-Tabyeen of al-Jaahiz, several volumes of Wafayaat al-Ayaan of Ibn
Khallikaan, and Tabaqat ash-Shafi'iyya al-Kubraa of Ibn as-Subki, Maqamaat
al-Hariri. In fact, Shaykh Muhammad wrote a thabat (detailed list) of the
names of the books he studied under his father entitled, The Concealed
Pearls. This book is a testament to his father's labor of love and of the
expenditure of his energy in passing on his knowledge and experience to
his children, a rarity in our modern times.

Throughout the years of his study, Shaykh Muhammad went through spiritual
training in the Sufi path under his father, who was a great Waliy and
Murshid known for his righteousness and asceticism. Shaykh Muhammad
studied the major works of Tasawwuf under him, accompanied him, and was
his servant, the bearer of his shoes, which he considers the key to the
opening he received. The company of his father exposed him to a wealth of
light, wisdom, and knowledge, an experience that was far beyond what one
may attain from books or from occasional meetings with teachers.

In the summer of 1973, at the age of eleven, Shaykh Muhammad started
teaching at the Darwishiyya Mosque where he taught a regular Qur'an and
Tajwid class composed of a group of boys. He began giving public speeches
in Ramadan after 'Asr prayer in the same mosque at the age of twelve. At
the age of fourteen and a half, he made his debut as Friday speaker in the
mosque known as as-Saadaat, where Sayyiduna Mu'aadh ibn Jabal is buried.

Shaykh Muhammad memorized Jawharat at-Tawhid when he was five-years-old,
al-Arba'in an-Nawawiyya when he was six, and, later on, dozens of famous
didactic odes and poems along with most of the Qur'an al-Karim. He also
memorized considerable parts of al-Mufaddaliyyaaat and al-Hamaasah of Abi
Tammaam. The first poem he wrote was at the age of thirteen, and it was a
plea to the Prophet salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam. His collection of
poetry is growing, and a few poems in English have been added to it.

Amongst the scholars who gave him ijaza (the authority to narrate Hadith
through their chains) were the Malikite Mufti of Syria, Sayyid Makki
al-Kittan; Shaykh Muhammad Abul-Yusr 'Abideen, the previous Mufti of
Syria; the great Murshid, Shaykh Ali al-Boudaylimi of Tlemsan; Shaykh Zayn
al-'Abideen at-Tounisi; Shaykh 'Abdul'Aziz 'Uyun as-Soud; Shaykh Muhammad
Wafa al-Qassaab; and several others. Shaykh Muhammad's father, may Allah
shower him with His Mercy, also wrote several ijazas for him, giving him
full authority to narrate Hadith. His father also issued for him ijazas
qualifying him to teach the Shari'ah and to be a Murshid in the Sufi path.
This was affirmed by several shaykhs of the path, the last of whom is
Shaykh AbdurRahman ash-Shaghouri in Damascus, may Allah extend his life.

Shaykh Muhammad published his first article when he was
seventeen-years-old in al-Majalla al-'Arabiyya in Riyadh and his first
book when he was 23. At the age of 20, some of his Friday speeches were
broadcast live through the Syrian Radio station. Three of his books in
Arabic have been published besides several articles in Arabic, English,
and Swedish. The list of his unpublished books contains more than 20 works
in Arabic.

Shaykh Muhammad was formally appointed as Friday speaker (khatib) in 1981
in central Damascus. Two years later, in 1983, he was appointed as Imam
and was commissioned to teach the Sacred Knowledge. In early 1986, upon
the demise of his father (may Allah have mercy on him), Shaykh Muhammad
was given his father's post as an instructor in the Fatwa Administration.
That same year, he began teaching Maliki fiqh at the Institute of the
Students of Sacred Knowledge (which is now the Institute of Sheikh
BadrudDeen al-Hasani).

While in Damascus, in addition to teaching native Syrians, Shaykh Muhammad
taught students from various parts of the world; many of them are now
Imams and teachers in Malaysia, the Philippines, Algeria, Mali, Gambia,
and other countries. Amongst the books he taught, partially or completely,
are Sahih al-Bukhari (which he taught twice), Sahih Muslim, al-Muwatta
(which he also taught twice), ash-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya (which he
taught four times), the commentary of al-Bajuri on al-Jawhara, an-Nasafi's
Madarik at-Tawil, Jawahir al-Iklil Sharh Mukhtasar Khalil, al-Kaafi of Ibn
AbdulBarr, al-Hikam of Imam ibn Attaa Allah, Sharh ar-Risala of Imam
al-Qushayri, al-Marghinani's al-Hidaya, Sharh al-Bayqouniyya, Sharh
ar-Rahabiyya, Sharh al-Jazariya, ash -Shifa of Qadi 'Iyaad, and Ibn
Hisham's commentary on the Alfiyya of ibn Malik.

Besides serving as a Friday speaker and instructor until 1990, Shaykh
Muhammad pursued his academic studies at the University of Damascus,
Faculty of Shari'ah, where he frequented some lectures and benefited from
several professors between 1982-1985. He also received a degree in Arabic
literature in 1987 and completed a two-year study of philosophy at the
Arab University of Beirut. In 1991, Shaykh Muhammad joined the PhD program
of linguistics at Gothenburg University in Sweden, Department of Oriental
Studies, where he also worked as a researcher and a teacher of classical
Arabic literature for a few years until 1996.

Shaykh Muhammad worked in Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah in Kuwait in 1990 as
Research Editor, and, between 1998-1999, as Assistant Director for
Research and Studies, a position he was awarded due to his keen interest
in the studies of ancient Arabic manuscripts and paleography. He
eventually resigned to devote his time to the Sacred Knowledge and to
serve its students in teaching and writing.

While in school, Shaykh Muhammad studied French as a second language. It
was in 1988 that he began learning the basics of English and German. At
the age of 30, upon traveling to Sweden, he realized how vital is the
English language in the work for Islam, so he moved to England at that
time and completed the FCE, CAE, CCS, and CPE Cambridge courses in English
within a year before returning to Sweden where he continued his studies in
Swedish.

In Sweden, Shaykh Muhammad served the Muslim community of Gothenburg as
Imam, where he struggled for the establishment of Islam in the country.
His work there was documented in several newspaper articles and
interviews; it included teaching Muslims, giving presentations about
Islam, and engaging in multi-religious dialogues and debates on political
and social issues, such as European-Islamic dialogue, atheism, etc..
Shaykh Muhammad was hosted by all of the major Swedish universities and
Institutions and was co-founder of the Nordic Center for Inter-religious
dialogue (NCID) in Gothenburg. He represented Swedish Muslims in several
international conferences until he returned to Syria towards the end of
1996. In 1999, the Swedish Islamic society in Stockholm (SIS) chose him as
the Mufti of Sweden, forwarding to him the burning issues of fiqh that
concern Swedish Muslims. In the year 2000, SIS elected him as a permanent
founding member of the Swedish Islamic Academy in Stockholm in recognition
of his work in Sweden to which he continues to commit through lectures and
classes during his visits to Scandinavia.

Besides working in Syria and Sweden, Shaykh Muhammad participated in
conferences, delivered lectures, and gave Friday speeches in Lebanon,
Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Denmark, Finland, Norway,
Switzerland, Germany, France, Spain, England, Canada, and the United
States. His first tour to the US took place in the spring of 1997. Since
then, he has been frequenting North America and is now hosted by Zaytuna
Institute in California where he has been teaching since the past year. In
his efforts to revive the Tradition, he has taught Hadith, including the
Muwatta' and Sahih al-Bukhari, and he intends to finish all six books in
the coming terms in sha Allah. Shaykh Muhammad is married and has three
children, Aicha, who is four; Ibrahim, who is two; and Ismael, who is
four-months-old.

Others besides Shaykh Muhammad have seen many of the miracles of his
father, but for those who have not seen them, Shaykh Muhammad says, "This
is one of the miracles of my father that everyone can see. It was his
du'ah for me, his blessing, and his company that opened the way for me to
be where I am now."

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Jul 31, 2009 10:16:17 GMT asif trying 2 b rabbani said:

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

shaykh hisham

Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani is a scholar and Sufi shaykh from the Middle East. He graduated from the American University of Beirut in Chemistry. From there he went to Belgium, to continue his Medical Degree in Louvain. Then he received his Islamic Law Degree from Damascus. From his childhood, he accompanied Shaykh 'Abdullah ad-Daghestani and Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani, the grandshaikhs of the Most Distinguished Naqshbandi Order in this time. He traveled extensively throughout the Middle East, Europe, and the Far East in the company of his shaykh.

In 1991 he moved to America and there established the foundation of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order of America.

Since that time, he has opened thirteen Sufi centers in Canada and the United States. He has lectured in many universities, including Oxford, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Howard, McGill, Concordia, Dawson College, as well as in many spiritual and religious centers throughout North America, Europe, the Far East and the Middle East.

Shaykh Hisham Kabbani's work wherever he goes is to spread the Sufi teachings of the brotherhood of mankind and the Unity of belief in God that is present in all religions and spiritual paths. His efforts are directed at bringing the diverse spectrum of religions and spiritual paths into harmony and concord, in recognition of mankind's responsibility as caretaker of this fragile planet and of one another.

Shaykh Hisham, as a Sufi shaykh, has been given the authority and permission to guide his followers to the Love of God and to the stations to which they have been destined by their Creator. His arduous spiritual training of 40 years at the hands of his grandshaykh and his shaykh, has endowed him with the sublime qualities of wisdom, light, intellect, and compassion necessary for a true Master on the Path.

Shaykh Hisham's outreach mission in the Americas is his unique contribution to the Endeavor of Humankind in reaching for its highest destiny--nearness to God. His endeavors to bring unity of hearts in their movement towards the Divine Essence is what may be his greatest legacy to the West.

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WA SALAAM YOU FORGOT TO MENTION THAT HE IS HASSANI HUSSAIN SAYYED WHO IS LINKED TO THE BLESSED KABBANI FAMILY OF LEBANON. THERE HAS BEEN ALIMS AND WALI'S IN HIS FAMILY AND MANY OF HIS FAMILY HAVE BEEN THE GRAND MUFTI'S OF THEIR REAGON. SHAYKH MUHAMMED HISHAM MAY ALLAH BLES HIM IS RELATED ALOS TOM THE CURRENT GRAND MUFTI OF LEBANON HADRET SAYYED MUFTI MUHAMMED RASHSID KABBANI, HIS UNCLE WAS THE GRAND MUFTI AND SPIRITUAL HEAD OF THE RAFAI ORDER IN THAT REAGON (SAYYED SHAYKH ALILI AR RAFAI).

SHAYKH HISHAM DAMAN BARKAT QUDSIYA SPENT MANY YEARS WITH HADRET GRANDSHAYKH ALLAMA QUTB SHAH ABDULLAH AL FAIZI AD DAGHISTANI NAQSHBANDI MUJJADADI QADDA SALLA SIRRU

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