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Hazrat Ali
Hajveri (Data Ganj Bakhsh)
He was born in 400 A.H. in Ghazni (Afghanistan). He belonged to a Syed
family (descendant of the Holy Prophet). He completed his earlier
education in Ghazni by memorizing the Holy Quran. Then he studied
Arabic, Farsi, Hadith, Fiqh, Philosophy etc. At that time Ghazni was the
center of education in Central Asia, and it was the realm of the famous
Afghan ruler Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi.After completing the wordly
education, he searched for the spiritual education. He travelled to many
places for this purpose, and finally became spiritual disciple of Hazrat
Abul Fazal Mohammad bin Khatli, in Junaidiya Sufi Order, who lived in
Syria.In Syria, Hazrat Ali Hajveri started his spiritual education under
the guidance of Hazrat Abul Fazal, he slept less, ate less, performed
tough contemplations & meditation. Then he travelled to many countries &
places like Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Arabia, Azerbaijan etc. There he
met many Sufi saints & dervishes.Once he entangled in a spiritual
mystery, and wasn't able to solve it, so then he went to the tomb of
Hazrat Bayazid Bistami, where he meditated for many days, even he
finally solved that spiritual mystery. On another occasion he entangled,
and also went to the tomb of Hazrat Bayazid Bistami, but this time he
found no clue. So then he left for Khurasan (A Province in Iran), he
stayed in a village, where he found a group of Sufi dervishes. Because
Hazrat Ali Hajveri always wore simple & normal dress, so those Sufis
said to eachother that this person (Ali Hajveri) doesn't belong their
group, (As they all were wearing specific dress of dervishes). Hazrat
Ali Hajveri stayed with them, they ate delicious foods, and gave him a
dry bread to eat. They also mocked on Hazrat Ali Hajveri, threw on him
the crusts of fruits. Hazrat Ali Hazjveri addressed God: "O God! if
these people wouldn't be wearing the clothes of your friends
(dervishes), then I wouldn't tolerate their insulting behavior."During
the journey of Syria, he visited the tomb of the great Companion of the
Holy Prophet, Hazrat Bilal. There he slept for a while, and found
himself in Makka, where he saw the Holy Prophet with an old man, he
didn't recognize him & thought who he could be? Then Hazrat Ali Hajveri
fell on the feet of the Holy Prophet & kissed them. The Holy Prophet
knew what Hazrat Ali Hajveri had in his mind, so he told Ali Hajveri:
"This old man is Abu Hanifa, your Imam."Later his spiritual teacher
Hazrat Abul Fazal ordered him to go to Lahore to preach the spiritual
teachings of Islam. He said: "Hazrat Shah Hussain Zanjani is already
there for this purpose, so then why should I go to there? Hazrat Abul
Fazal said: "It's none of your business, just go to Lahore." So he left
Syria & came to Ghazni. From Ghazni he went to Peshawar & then to
Lahore, in 1041 A.D (431 A.H). When he reached to Lahore, he saw that
people are taking a coffin towards the graveyard for burial. He asked
who is he? People replied that it is the dead body of Hazrat Shah
Hussain Zanjani. After hearing that, he understood why his teacher
Hazrat Abul Fazal sent him to Lahore. After reaching to Lahore, he
started to preach Islam & built a mosque there. |
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