Brief biography of Hazrat Mashooq Rabbani R.A. Warangal.

There was great share of work which belongs to Shaikh Abdul Quadir Jilani R.A
for the propagation and preaching of Islam and for this purpose he sent man
y of his followers in all directions of the world and after him his descendents
also followed his policy and they also left their birth places to the foreign
lands for the spreading of Islam there.
Hazrat Mashooq Rabbani is one among the seven sons who left Baghdad many ce
nturies ago for India for the propagation of Islam and he was great successf
ul there and he got great position in India especially in the South of Indi
a. Due to the presence of seven famous personalities from the chain of Quaderia
and for this reason they are called the seven stars.
His name and descendent details .
His name is Hammad and his Alqab ( epithets ) are Jalal uddin and Jamal Al- Ba
hr but his great fame and popularity is attached with his Qitab (title) of Mash
ooq Rabbani (The lover of Allah). Hazrat Mashooq Rabbani belongs to 11th dire
ct descendent of Shaikh Abdul Quadir Jilani R.A.
Genealogy tracing back to Hadrat Shaikh Abdul Quader Jilani R.A.
Syed Shah Jalal uddin Hammad R.A.
Syed Hasan Abdul Quadir R.A.
Syed Ahmed R.A.
Syed Shah Yousuf R.A.
Syed Shah Mohammed R.A.
Syed Shah Hyder Hilal uddin R.A.
Syed Shah Shabuddin R.A.
Syed Shah Mohammed R.A.
Syed Shah Emad uddin Abi Saleh
Syed Shah Tajuddin Abi Baher Abdul Razzaq R.A.
Shaikh Abdul Quader Jilani R.A.
Blessed Birth and Education :
His holy birth took place about five hundred year ago on the 7th Rajab in the y
ear 896 A.H. in the city of Baghdad and at that time the Turkey was province
under the Baghdad government and the ruler of Turkeyâ s name was Saleem. His ear
ly education and training was completed under the direct supervision of h
is father at his house as their house belongs to great knowledge and wisdo
m and by the age of 12 years he was completed his education and he was perfect
in many knowledges. His mother was also a perfect lady in many knowledges so whe
n she will used to observe any miracle from any of the her sons then she used t
o say them baby take rest and then at that time the boy will suddenly die at o
nce and in this way many of her sons were died. Till the age of 12 years no mir
acle was occurred by him and he was completed the education in the knowledg
e of Zaheri (manifest ) and then his father granted him saintly dress (Qirqa
) and Khilafat (spiritual successorship ).
Journey and Mujahida
Once he was standing in the house building and at that time some ducks and g
ooses were running towards him so he shook his leg and due to this reason on
e duck died at once there. The housemaid reported this miracle to Hazrat Mas
hooq Rabbani R.A. motherâ s and she was given her instructions that she should not di
sclose this matter to any other persons and she began her preparations to se
parate him from his father for the above reason. Upon obtaining fatherâ s permissio
n Hazrat Mashooq Rabbani R.A. left Baghdad along with some disciples and foll
owers ( Mutaqadien) and his mother asked him to proceed direct towards holy Mak
kah and Madina Munnarwara. He first visited holy Makkah and from there he wa
s proceed to Madina Munnwara and was stayed there for a period of two years.
Permission to go to Deccan ( South of India).
When he reached Madina Munnawara and there he was granted title (qitab) of Ma
shooq Rabbani ( the lover of Allah ) due to the kindness and nobility of holy
prophet of Allah and he was asked to go to Deccan (South of India ) for the p
reaching and propagation of Islam there .
In the year 916 A.H. or 917 A.H. he was arrived in Warangal along with many o
f disciples and darwesh persons during the period of Quli Qutub Shah who was th
e ruler of Golconda kingdom . There were seventy or eighty elephants with him an
d they were also reached Warangal and on them the luggage of followers and
darwesh persons was loaded. At that time the Lodi kings were ruling on the
throne of Delhi.
Stay at Somawarm village .
First he was arrived in Warangal and from there he was proceed directly toward
s Somawaram village which is 16 miles away in the southern side from the city
of Warangal and where he was stayed there for a period of 12 years on the
hill side and he was busy there in the standing position in the meditation of
Anwar Haq (the lights of Allah ) .
Stay at Qazipura village.
After the above stay he was proceeded for his stay in Qaizpura village which is
five miles away from Warangal city . As per the reference from the book Mis
kawat Nabiya in which it was quoted reference from the another book Anwar Aq
bar that Hazrat Mashooq Rabbani R.A. after his arrival from Baghdad to Deccan
(South of India ) and he began his worship on the mountain in Hanmakonda villa
ge . Where there was a Hindu Jogi who was very powerful there in the worship of
the idols and he was used to commit many harmful acts. Due to his ill will the
Jogi thrown a big stone on the sheikh but due to the grace of Allah he stopp
ed the big stone with his finger and his finger impression is still available
on the stone and that place is named as Chilla and that stone is also preserved
even today. When the visitors used to see that stone and will feel a sense
of great peace and satisfaction in this matter. After this miracle he was ge
t down from the hill and was proceed towards Qazipura village and went towards t
he tomb of Qazi Ziauddin and asked his permission to stay there and upon grant
of permission he was stayed there and he pointed his final resting place b
y fixing his staff on the ground which is 150 yards away from that place.
Qazi Ziauddin proceed with the armies of Delhi king Mohammed Tughlaq for the ex
pedition of Warangal and died in the war and for this reason that village is kno
wn as Qazipura village but due to several Urs ( death anniversaries ) of Hazrat
Mashooq Rabbani R.A. the village became very famous as Urs Jagir village .
Marriage and his sons.
As per the reference from the history book of Fort ( Qila) Warangal, sheikh
was married in the year 925 A.H. and there were his two wives and from them
three sons and one daughter were born and out of them two sons and one daugh
ter were died in the early ages because of their miracles. And their graves
are available on the left side of the tomb of Hazrat Mashooq Rabbani R.A.. Onl
y one son Hazrat Ghouse Moinuddin of Hazrat Mashooq Rabbani R.A. was survive
d and from him the linage is being continued and blessed by Allah for the preac
hing and propagation of Islam in the region.
Anecdotes of Hazrath Mashooq Rabbani
The author of the book Mishkawat Nibwa mentioned that Sheikh was a man of m
iracles and revelations (Kashaf). He did many miracles and for this reason it
is very difficult and tough task to cover all of them.
The great miracle of Hazrat Mashooq Rabbani. R.A.
The Ranga Samudram, which is a very large water tank located on the western si
de of the Urs Jagir village and which was presented to the Sheikh by a local ru
ler when the Shaikh was shown him his great miracle by giving life to the dead
horse due to the grace and kindness of Allah. Some more details of this miracle
are as follows.
Once the local ruler presented him a most valuable and pretty horse for the
use of the Sheikh and that horse was slaughtered by the order of the Sheikh to
feed the disciples and darwesh persons of the shrine who were facing severe st
arvation at that time . Upon reaching the news of the event, the local ruler b
ecome very upset and angry in this matter so he was asked the Sheikh to return
back his valuable horse and he insisted in this matter and he forced him so
for this reason there was condition of majestic appeared upon him and th
e Sheikh ordered the darwesh persons to collect the bones of the horse . Upon c
ollection the of bones he looked at them and he told Qum Bizin Allah ( Rise by
the grace of Allah) and then the horse become alive at once due to kind grace an
d mercy of Allah. Due to this great miracle the local ruler was regretted in thi
s matter and touched the foot of the Sheikh with great respect and honour and
granted him the large water tank of Ranga Samudram .
The date of sheikhâ s demise and death anniversary details are mentioned as follow
s.
Journey to other World
He left this world on 22th Rajab 999 A.H,. But as per the other history record
s his date of demise is 17th Rajab 977 A.H. and the death anniversary usually
will commence in the village Urs Jagir on 17th Rajab every year. The Urs (deat
h anniversary ) ceremony is being performed by the trustees of the shrine every
year in the best possible manner for the comfort and best service of the visit
ors of the shrine. From the two places of old Gadi ( small fort) and new Gadi
(Small fort) the ceremony of sandal is held at the same time. The visitors of
the shrine are provided food and benediction on this occasion in one of the Gad
ies (small forts) separately.
On every Saturday and Thursday the visitors in large numbers will visit the shr
ine and pray Allah for the fulfillment of their desires and wishes for the sake
of the Shaikhâ s name .
For the management of old shrine and for the poor feeding and for the other e
xpenses the rulers of Golconda and Asif Jahi kings ( Hyderabad State) granted s
ome villages to the trustees of the shrine and who are descendents of the she
ikh . First of all Sultan Quli Qutub Shah of Golconda kingdom in 1095 A.H gran
ted Qazipura village to the shrine and the following villages also were given
to the trustees by the rulers of Hyderabad State for the administration and o
ther expense of the shrine.
1. Farm of Aliabad.
2. Alipur village.
3. Chotpally village.
4. Somaram village and Jamalpur farm.
5. Dobba Kunata and Tinkur Kunta farm.
Mazar Sharif
At the time of re-organisation of Hyderabad State all the above service Inam (
grants) villages were having annual revenue source of over Rupees of one hundred
thousand and at that time the above villages were taken back from the trustee
s by the government and in lieu of the above villages for every three months so
me small amount of grants were granted by the government to cover the expenses o
f the shrine management at Urs Jagir village in Warangal.
The above are some of the brief extracts from the book â Hayat Mahsooq Rabbani R.A.â w
ritten by Auliya Quadri who was brother of the former trustees of the shrine.
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Translated from Urdu to English by
Mohammed Abdul Hafeez, B.Com.
Translator of Muslim Saints and Mystics
(Tadkhira al- Awiliya )
Hyderabad, India.
Email : hafeezanwar@yahoo.com
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