Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah

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Muslim Scholar
Name
Syed Faiz-Ul-Hasan Shah
Birth 1911
Death 11:40 am on Thursday,22 February 1984
School/tradition Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h
Main interests Hadith, oratory, Tasawwuf, and Islamic Philosophy
Influenced by Ahmad Sirhindi,Imam Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti,Ahmed Rida Khan,Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi

Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah also known as Hazrat Khatib ul Islam was a Pakistani Islamic religious scholar. He was born in Allo Mahar Sharif,tehsil Daska, Sialkot District, in what was then British India.

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[edit] Education

He was educated in Sialkot District, earning a B.A. from Murray College and later received his Master's degree in Islamic Studies from the Punjab University.He received his knowledge and education through his father and through many shaikhs in his time. He made progress in Naqshbandia tariqats. He was given permission to train followers in Naqshbandia tariqats at the age of 22 years.He came under the influence of Ahmad Sirhindi as a young student, worked briefly for Naqshbandi Sufisim.Throughout Pakistan, people from all religious and ethnic traditions would listen to his public discourses.Many consulted him on how to conduct life's affairs, including public figures, politicians, the poor, and the learned.

[edit] In politics

He participated in the Pakistan movement (Tehrik-e-Pakistan) and supported the Lahore Resolution, the formal political statement adopted by the All India Muslim League in 1940 .

After Pakistan came into being, he argued for the establishment of Islamic laws there. He was given a Government award for his participation in the 1965 war.

He was the President of Jamiat Ulamaye Pakistan, Pakistan for ten years, and of Jamiatul Mashaikh Pakistan until his death. He was also President of Anjman Naqshbandi Mujaddidi, Pakistan.[citation needed]

[edit] Religious career

He started his religious career in 1933 after the death of his father. He led the movement in the days of British rule in India against Ahmadis. He served several terms in jail for this cause.[citation needed] Due to his main role in this movement the important religious figures had chosen him to be the fateh e qadianiyat in 1973. He was also a member of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam and also president of united Punjab. He led a very active life, teaching, preaching, writing, lecturing, and making occasional journeys. A comprehensive knowledge of all branches of Islamic learning was evident in his personality, explicated in his lectures. Preaching Islam was an essential part of his life. Thousands would attend these lectures, which usually lasted two to three hours, with some even up to five hours.[citation needed]

He baptized many Islamic scholars, including:

  • Syed Khalid Hasan Shah
  • Pir Saeed Ahmad Mujadadi
  • Pir of Goral Shrief Shakargarh
  • Allama Saeed Ahmad Farqooi.

He had a relationship with General Ayub Khan, who visited him in Allomahar Sharif.

[edit] Death

He died in Allo Mahar Sharif while reciting the verse of belief known as Kalima e tayueba.It was one of the most historical funerals ever prayed in Pakistan that included countless scholars and students of knowledge.[citation needed] He was buried in his family shrine.

His son succeeded him as leader of Allomahar Sharif.

[edit] Family

He was the son of Syed Muhammad Hussain Shah, honorary magistrate in Sialkot in British India, grand son of Pir Syed Amin Shah mujadadi and grad grand son of Pir Syed Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri He descended from a long line of Islamic nobility.Ultimately he could trace his forefathers back to the Prophet and was thus a Sayyid through Imam al-Husayn. As a child, the young Faiz ul hassan showed a propensity towards spirituality. He had four sons:

  • Pir Syed Khalid Hasan Shah: Succeeded his father as leader of the family,died in 1991
  • Syed Iftekhar Ul Hasan Shah Almaroof Pir Zahray Shah: Prominent Pakistani politician
  • Syed Barkat Ul Hasan Shah
  • Syed Sajjad Ul Hasan Shah.

His grand son Pir Syed Murtaza Amin Shah is currently the religious leader of the Allomahar movement of Islamic scholars and delivers lectures in different parts of the world.

[edit] Poetry

He is specially known for his oratory, and in his time was one of the most admired Muslim orators in Pakistan.[citation needed] He was also a poet and most of his poetry was in Urdu.

[edit] References

The Preaching of Islam by Sir Thomas W. Arnold and Langue la literature Hindoustanies de 1850 à 1869 by M.J.H. Garcin de Tassy. The most well-known treatises and reports are written by the authors of the early period are:

  • Kawajgan e Naqshband (book name) chapter Allo Mahar Sharif.
  • Arbab e Waliyat (book name) Chapter Kwaja Nur muhammad chhrahi,s caliph
  • Auliya e pothohar (book name) chapter caliph,s of chura sharif.
  • Amir e Karwan Syed Faiz ul Hasan shah written by Shaik gulam nabi.
  • Tahreek e Ihrar chapter Syed Faiz ul Hassan shah.
  • Mashaikh e Maharvia (under publish) written by Dr.Rizwan Sarwar Ch.
  • Maharvia number written by Pir Saeed Ahmad Mujadadi.
  • Muqalat e abu-ulbayan written by pir saeed ahmad mujadadi.