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26. Hazrat Saifuddin h


[ to be translated in English ]

رحم کی تلوار سے تو چھانٹ دے میرے گناہ
[ to be translated in English ] خواجہ سیف الدّین سیفِ اولیا کے واسطے

- Extracts from Sijra-ay-Tayyiba - Shiekh Syed Mahmood Hassan Rizvi (Rehmat'ullah Alaiyh)
حضرت سیدمیاں محمّد حسن محمود رضوی نقشبدی مجددی عزیزی رحمتاالله علیه

Translation to English by Anwar-un-Nabi [please forgive any mistakes]

Hazrat Khwājā Saifuddīn Fārūqī Sirhindī, may Allah sanctify his soul, was born in 1049 AH and passed away on 19 or 26 Jamādā al-Awwal 1096 AH (1685).

He was the 5th son of Hazrat Khwājā Muhammad Masoom Sirhindi, who was the chief spiritual successor to Imam Rabbani Mujaddid Alf-e-Sani Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi.

Although all his brothers were great shaykhs of the Mujaddidi order, Shaykh Saifuddin’s silsilah is the most widespread and most Naqshbandi branches today are descended from his spiritual legacy.

He was the spiritual guide to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and trained him in the Naqshbandi Sufi tariqah. His Maktubat (collection of letters) contain 18 letters directly addressed to Aurangzeb. He also directed Aurangzeb to implement Islamic Shariah rule in India.

Muhammad Sayfuddin
May Allah Sanctify His Soul

"The sound of the flute is the image of God's call to man.
"We were all part of Adam and heard those melodies in Paradise.
"Though water and clay have covered us with doubt, we still remember something of those sounds.
"But since they are mixed with the dust of sorrows, how should these high and low notes produce that joy?"

Rumi, Mathnavi.

He was a Reviver of this Order and a Reviver of the true path of the Sunnah. He derived great spiritual benefit from his great ancestor, Sayyidina `Umar al-Faruq , and from his grandfather, Sayyidina Ahmad al-Faruqi (q). With the blessings of the Prophet he was able to spread this order far and wide.

"The two feet of the Son of Adam will not move from near his Lord on the Day of Judgement until he is asked about five (matters): about his life - how he spent it; about his youth - how he took care of it; about his wealth - how he earned it and where he spent it; and about that which he acted upon from the knowledge he acquired"

(al-Tirmidhi) [src: p9, The Broken Chain (Ltd Edition), Aftab Ahmad Malik]