It is on the 11th of this month that the annual gathering of commemoration takes place for Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-A’zam, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani (RA) . Our beloved Shaykh and spiritual guide, Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-A’zam (RA) was a great saint of Allah, in fact, he was the leader of saints. His blessed name was Abdul Qaadir, his epithet was Abu Muhammad and his titles were Muhy-ud-Deen, Mahboob-e-Subhani, Ghaus-e[1]Saqalayn, Ghaus-e-A’zam, etc. He (RA) was born on the 1st of Ramadan in a town near Baghdad called ‘Jilaan’. From his paternal side, he (RA) is the 11th grandson of Imam Hassan Mujtaba (RA), the grandson of the Prophet (SAW) (Bahjat-ul-Asrar, p. 171) From his maternal side, he is the 12th grandson of the honourable Sayyiduna Imam Husayn (RA) (as mentioned by ‘Allamah Ali Qaari (Nuzhat-ul[1]Khaatir Al-Fatir, p. 12) A’la Hadrat,
the Imam of Ahl-us-Sunnah (RA) requests in the court of Ghaus-e-A’zam:
Wah kya martabah ay Ghaus hay bala tayra
Ounchay ounchon kay saroon say qadam a’la
tayra,
Sar bhala kya koi janay keh hay kaysa tayra
Awliya maltay hayn ankhayn woh hay talwa tayra
Nabawi meenah ‘alawi fasl Batuli gulshan
Hasani phool Husayni hay mahakna
tayra
Glad tidings were given to his father O devotees of Ghaus-e-A’zam, his father Sayyiduna Abu Saalih Musa Jangi Dost (RA) saw a dream on the night of Ghaus[1]e-A’zam’s birth. In this dream, he saw that the Prophet (SAW), along with the honourable companions and venerable saints –(RA) came to his home and gave him glad tidings in the following words: ‘O Abu Saalih! Allah Almighty has
granted you a son who is a saint and beloved to Allah Almighty and me. His rank amongst the saints will be like my rank amongst the Prophets ) (AS) The other Prophets ) (AS) gave the glad tidings: ‘All the saints will be obedient to your fortunate son, and his foot will be on their neck.’(Seerat Ghaus-e-Saqalayn, p. 55; Tafreeh Al-Khaatir, p. 12)
Jis ki minbar bani gardan-e-awliya
Us qadam ki karamat pay lakhaun
salam,
