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Hazrat Sayyidinā Khwājā Ubaydullāh Ahrār Naqshbandī quddisa sirruhū (806-895 AH) was the leading Naqshbandi shaykh in the Central Asian states during the 9th century Hijri. He was born in Ramadān 806 AH (March/April 1404 CE) and passed away on 29th Rabī al-Awwal 895 AH (19/20 February 1490 CE). His final place of rest is located in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, which is a place of pilgrimage for the followers of the Naqshbandi Sufi order.

The next in the Naqshbandī Mujaddidī Tāhirī spiritual golden chain is Shaykh Muhammad Zāhid Wakhshī.

Related Books

  1. Khwaja Ahrar (Urdu) by Arif Naushahi, 2010. Based on the author’s doctoral thesis written in Farsi.
  2. Risalah Waldiyah (Urdu translation), authored by Khwaja Ubayd Allah Ahrar quddis sirruhu, translated from Persian into Turkish by the Mughal emperor Zaheeruddin Babar, translated from Turkish to Urdu by Dr. Muhammad Abdus-Salam, published 2012 by Pakistan Historical Society. Another link,PDF file
  3. The Letters of Khwajah ‘Ubayd Allah Ahrar and His Associates (English and Persian), collected by Alisher Navoii, edited by A. Urunbaev, translated in English by Jo-Ann Gross. Available on Amazon.comGoogle Books
  4. Rashahat Ain al-Hayat, by Mawlana Ali ibn Hussain Safi, translated in English as “Beads of Dew” by Muhtar Holland. Available on Amazon.com,Kitaabun.com
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It is narrated by ‘Umar bin al-Khattāb that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said:

"Among Allāh’s servants there are some who are neither prophets nor martyrs but on the Day of Judgement the prophets and the martyrs will envy their grades. The Companions asked: ‘O Messenger of Allāh, tell us, who are those people?’ He replied: ‘those are the people who love one another on Allāh’s count. They are neither related to one another nor do they have any property to exchange. I swear on Allāh that they will have faces of light,they will be on pulpits of light. They will not have any fear when others will be afraid, they will not have any grief when others will be aggrieved.’ Then he recited the verse: Beware! No doubt, there is no fear for the friends of Allāh nor shall they be sad and sorrowful. "

[Qur’ān (Yūnus, Jonah) 10:62.]

Abū Dāwūd, Sunan, b. of ijārah (wages) 3:288 (#3527); Bayhaqī, Shu‘ab-ul-īmān, (6:486#8998,8999); Khatīb Tabrīzī, Mishkāt-ul-masābīh, b. of adab (good manners) ch.16 (3:75-6#5012).  [src: Ch3 of Beseeching for Help, Tahir-ul-Qadri]