Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani

Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani
Full name Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani
Died 27 Shaban 1313 AH (29 January 1896)
Danda Shah Bilawal, Punjab, Pakistan
Region Islamic scholar/Sufi
School Sunni Islam, Hanafi, Sufi, Naqshbandi

Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani was a Muslim scholar and prominent Sufi shaykh of Naqshbandi tariqah in South Asia (present day Pakistan). One of his forefathers Hazrat Shah Bilawal Hamdani migrated from Hamadan to district Chakwal (Punjab) and settled at Danda, which is now called Danda Shah Bilawal after his name.[1]

Sayyad Laal Shah studied the Islamic sciences from Shaykh Ahmed Deen who was a khalifa of Haji Dost Muhammad Qandhari. Afterwards, he took oath of allegiance with Haji Dost Muhammad Qandhari at the khanqah Daman in Naqshbandi tariqah. After the death of his first shaykh, he took second oath of allegiance with Khwaja Muhammad Usman Damani Naqshbandi and received Khilafat from him. He is considered one of the major Khulafa of Khwaja Damani.[1]

He died on 27 Shaban 1313 AH (29 January 1896). His shrine is in Danda Shah Bilawal and is a place often visited.[1]

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Spiritual Chain of Succession

Main article: Naqshbandi Tahiri Golden Chain

Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani belongs to the Mujaddidi order of Sufism, which is the main branch of Naqshbandi Sufi tariqah. His spiritual lineage goes to Prophet Muhammad, through Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi, the Mujaddid of eleventh Hijri century. The complete lineage is as under:[2]

  1. Sayyadna Muhammad d.11AH, buried Madinah SA (570/571 - 632 CE)
  2. Sayyadna Abu Bakr Siddiq, radiya-l-Lahu`anh d.13AH, buried Madinah, SA
  3. Sayyadna Salman al-Farsi, radiya-l-Lahu`anh d.35AH buried Madaa'in, SA
  4. Imam Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr d.107AH buried Madinah SA.
  5. Imam Jafar Sadiq, alayhi-s-salam (after which moves to Iran) d 148AH buried Madinah SA.
  6. Shaikh Bayazid Bastami, radiya-l-Lahu canh d 261AH buried Bistaam, Iraq (804 - 874 CE).
  7. Shaikh Abul-Hassan Kharaqani, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 425AH buried Kharqaan, Iran.
  8. Shaikh Abul Qasim Gurgani, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d.450AH buried Gurgan, Iran.
  9. Shaikh Abu Ali Farmadi, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah (after which moves to Turkmenistan) d 477AH buried Tous, Khorasan, Iran.
  10. Khwaja Abu Yaqub Yusuf Hamadani, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 535AH buried Maru, Khorosan, Iran.
  11. Khwaja Abdul Khaliq Ghujdawani, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 575AH buried Ghajdawan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
  12. Khwaja Arif Reogari, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 616AH buried Reogar, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
  13. Khwaja Mahmood Anjir-Faghnawi, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 715AH buried Waabakni, Mawralnahar.
  14. Shaikh Azizan Ali Ramitani, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 715AH buried Khwaarizm, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
  15. Shaikh Muhammad Baba Samasi, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 755AH buried Samaas, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
  16. Shaikh Sayyid Amir Kulal, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 772AH buried Saukhaar, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
  17. Shaikh Muhammad Baha'uddin Naqshband, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 791AH buried Qasr-e-Aarifan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan (1318–1389 CE).
  18. Shaikh Ala'uddin Attar Bukhari, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah buried Jafaaniyan, Mawranahar, Uzbekistan.
  19. Shaikh Yaqub Charkhi, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 851AH buried Charkh, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
  20. Shaikh Ubaidullah Ahrar, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 895AH buried Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
  21. Shaikh Muhammad Zahid Wakhshi, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 936AH buried Wakhsh, Malk Hasaar
  22. Shaikh Durwesh Muhammad, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 970AH buried Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
  23. Shaikh Muhammad Amkanaki, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah (after which moves to India) d 1008AH buried Akang, Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
  24. Shaikh Muhammad Baqi Billah Berang, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 1012AH buried Delhi, India.
  25. Shaikh Ahmad Faruqi Sirhindi, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 1034AH buried Sarhand, India (1564–1624 CE)
  26. Muhammad Masum Sirhindi, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 1079AH buried Sarhand, India.
  27. Muhammad Saifuddin Faruqi Mujaddidi, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah d 1096AH buried Sarhand, India
  28. Hafiz Muhammad Mohsin, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah
  29. Sayyid Nur Muhammad Badayuni, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah, d.1135AH
  30. Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah, d.1195AH
  31. Abdullah Dahlawi, alias Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah, d.1240AH
  32. Shaikh Abu-Saeed Faruqi Mujaddidi, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah, buried in Dehli, India, d.1250AH
  33. Shaikh Ahmed Saeed Faruqi Mujaddidi, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah, buried in Madinah, d.1277AH
  34. Khwaja Dost Muhammad Qandhari, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah, Musa Zai Sharif, d.1284AH
  35. Khwaja Muhammad Usman Damani, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah, Musa Zai Sharif, d.1314AH
  36. Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani, qaddasa-l-Lahu sirrah, Hamdan, Punjab, d.1313AH

His Khulafa

References

  1. ^ a b c Jalwa Gah-e-Dost (Urdu) 2nd Edition (2008) by Khwaja Muhammad Tahir Bakhshi: http://urdu.islahulmuslimeen.org/urdu/books/jalwagah/h36.htm
  2. ^ http://www.islahulmuslimeen.org/golden_chain.asp

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