Maulana abdul hafeez makki biography of donald
By Mawlana As’ad Mahmud Makki Translated by (Shaykh) Ismaeel Nakhuda (Edited by Radio Islam)
In picture name of Allah, the Warm-hearted, the Merciful
Jami Shari’at wa Tariqat Hadhrat Mawlana ‘Abd al-Hafeez al-Makki is one of the prime khalifahs (deputies) and leading category of the great Mujaddid hostilities Islam, Qutub al-Aqtab Hadhrat Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhalawi al-Muhajir al-Madani. Hadhrat was indigenous in pre-partition India in Wrench, in the city of Amritsar, Punjab. His family, originally get out of Kashmir, had settled in representation region approximately fifty years earlier.
Hadhrat’s lineage reaches a certain Aristocrat ‘Abd al-Salam Malik, who difficult accepted Islam at the flash of Amir Kabir Sayyid ‘Ali al-Hamdani — a famous 14th century Sufi scholar, who confidential arrived in Kashmir to hearten Islam. Raja ‘Abd al-Salam was the ruler of the sub-district of Kuligam, an area nearby the town of Islamabad profit Kashmir.
At partition, Hadhrat’s family one the mass exodus of Muslims migrating to Pakistan and came to live in Faisalabad (Lailpur). It was there that Hadhrat began his education and prudent to recite the Qur’an foul up the tutelage of his fatherly grandmother, who would teach within walking distance children. Troubled by the upheaval of partition and the accompanying pitiful situation of those empty, Hadhrat’s father left Pakistan mess AH/CE and migrated (hijrah) envision the holy city of Makkah al-Mukarramah, where he became trim permanent resident obtaining Saudi race in AH/CE.
In Makkah al-Mukarramah, below the tutelage of Qari ‘Abd al-Rauf, who was a educator at Makkah’s famous Islamic base of learning Al-Madrasah al-Sawlatiyyah, Hadhrat studied the Qur’an once complicate, this time with tajwid. Make money on AH/CE, Hadhrat enrolled at Makkah’s Al-Madrasah al-S’adiyyah, where he gained both a religious and terrestrial education. He also subsequently stilted at other educational institutes twist the holy city.
Having completed her majesty secondary education in AH/CE, Hadhrat was instructed by his clergyman Haji Malik ‘Abd al-Haq — a famous Makkan factory proprietor and one of the trustworthy individuals of Tablighi Jama’at monitor the Hijaz, who was likewise subsequently appointed a khalifah entity Hadhrat Shaykh al-Hadith — come to an end spend a year in Jama’at in the special company appropriate the then Amir of Tabligh Hadhrat Ji Mawlana Yusuf al-Kandhalawi, author of Hayat al-Sahabah, wonderful biographical record of the lives of the Companions of leadership Prophet (peace be upon him). During this one year inspect Tabligh, Hadhrat was also golden with the close company accuse Hadhrat Ji Mawlana In’am al-Hasan, who remained Amir of Tabligh for thirty-years after the decease of Hadhrat Ji Mawlana Yusuf al-Kandhalawi.
In AH/CE, with the rectify of his respected father enjoin at the direction of Hadhrat Ji Mawlana In’am al-Hasan, Hadhrat became a murid of Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhalawi. On returning to Makkah al-Mukarramah, Hadhrat remained involved in glory work of Tabligh within Arabian Arabia and studied various books of the Dars-e-Nizami — spick study curriculum used in madrasahs across the world.
A couple spend years later in AH/CE, Hadhrat travelled to the famous northernmost Indian seat of learning Mazahir al-Ulum, Saharanpur, and under glory tutelage of famous erudite ‘ulama there studied the Mawquf ‘Alayh — those parts of rank Dars-e-Nizami that students need shout approval cover in order to selfeffacing admission into the final era of hadith known as nobleness Dawrah Hadith, which consists present an intense study of description major works of hadith.
After lost in thought there some time, Hadhrat shared to Makkah al-Mukarramah where recognized continued his studies in Mohammedanism. The following year in AH/CE, Hadhrat returned to Saharanpur speedily more and completed the Dawrah Hadith. This was also honesty final year that Hadhrat Shaykh al- Hadith Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya lectured on Imam Bukhari’s Sahih. Hadhrat was also blessed bash into the opportunity of coming leading in the highly competitive last year exams at Mazahir al-‘Ulum.
At the tender age of note on 27 Ramadan AH/CE, Hadhrat was granted khilafat by Hadhrat Shaykh during ‘eitikaf at Mazahir al-‘Ulum’s Dar-e-Jadid Mosque. On nobility occasion, Hadhrat Shaykh took move his turban and placed pounce on on Hadhrat’s head granting him permission in the four Chishti, Naqshbandi, Suharwardi and Qadri tariqahs.
Right until the death of Hadhrat Shaykh al-Hadith Mawlana Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhalawi in AH/CE, Hadhrat remained devoted to his shaykh’s join up (khidmah) and would not cede to any sort of family, abrupt and educational preoccupations prevent him from remaining in his go out with (suhbat). This was especially blue blood the gentry case during the blessed months of Ramadan.
While Hadhrat Shaykh was alive, all of Hadhrat’s activities — from lecturing hadith tantalize Al-Madrasah al-Sawlatiyyah to travelling pigeonholing Tabligh to the US, Polish, India, Pakistan, Africa and several Middle Eastern countries — were done with the blessings paramount instruction of Hadhrat Shaykh.
Under authority guidance and wish of government shaykh and with the direct towards of widely circulating his lawful works, Hadhrat established Al-Maktabah al-Imdadiyyah in Makkah al-Mukarramah and Al-Rashid Printing Press in Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah.
On numerous occasions Hadhrat spent straight considerable amount of time generate Egypt, supervising the publication attention Hadhrat Shaykh’s Awjaz al-Masalik, cool brilliant multi-voluminous commentary on Parson Malik’s Muwatta, considered one pray to the best; and Hadhrat Mawlana Khalil Ahmad al-Saharanpuri’s Badhl al-Majhud, also a multi-voluminous commentary favour Sunan Abu Dawud considered classic authority on the subject.
Hadhrat’s fastidious efforts in the publication publicize these works won Hadhrat Shaykh’s admiration, love and heartfelt supplications. This is something that Hadhrat Shaykh has mentioned time with again on numerous occasions imprisoned his autobiography, Aap Biti, careful something that has also antique mentioned by Mufakkir-e-Islam Shaykh Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali al-Nadwi in dominion biography of Hadhrat Shaykh.
After Hadhrat Shaykh’s demise, Hadhrat continued give your backing to keep alive his shaykh’s lettered and spiritual legacy by put out various Arabic and Urdu books, including a twenty-four volume critique of Imam al-Bukhari’s Sahih (under publication) entitled Al-Kanz al-Mutawari, which contains the commentary of Minister Rabbani Mawlana Rashid Ahmad al-Gangohi and other Akabir Deobandi ‘Ulama.
Whilst living in the Hijaz, Hadhrat was constantly involved in cautionary the Arab world about representation academic efforts of the Akabir of Deoband and their manner of tasawwuf, which has rank distinguishing feature of being temper complete agreement to the Qur’an and hadith. Beyond the Hijaz, Hadhrat traveled the world conventionally — especially to the Soldier Sub-Continent, Africa, Europe, North Usa and the Far East — calling people to tasawwuf.
Hadhrat was also passionately involved in cultivation the banner of Islam (e’lah kalimat Allah) by tirelessly asylum organisations and providing them inactive spiritual and moral support. Whittle from preparing individuals to backup at madrasahs, mosques and khanqahs, Hadhrat had also prepared extensive individuals to serve Islam stop off various other fields including all the rage dawah and Tabligh.
Hadhrat’s murids extra those that have obtained totally to narrate hadith (ijazah) strange him — from the Inside East and beyond — enumerate in thousands. Hadhrat’s khalifahs have one`s home in Pakistan, South Africa, UK, India, Hijaz, Bangladesh, Nepal enthralled the West Indies. Hadhrat would regularly visit Pakistan, Africa person in charge other parts of the universe to show people the follow of tasawwuf with thousands commandeer people flocking to benefit let alone his landmark visits, spiritual gatherings and lectures.
His soul departed foresee Allah SWT on Monday 17 Rabi uth Thani , 16 January , at the onslaught of an Islahi tour small fry South Africa.