BIRTH: He was born around the year 155 Hijri in Baghdad
Shareef.
NAME : His name is Sirrudeen and he was also known as Abul
Hassan.
SHEIKH-E-TARIQAT : He was the mureed and Khalifa of Hazrat Maroof Karghi
(radi Allaho anhu). He also served Hazrat Habeeb Raa?ee (radi Allaho anhu). He
says, "Once I was sitting in my shop, when Hazrat Habeeb Raa?ee (radi
Allaho anhu) passed by my shop, and I gave him some bread. He then made dua for
me, and since then I decided to change my life for the better."
[Masaalikus Saalikeen]
HIS FATHER : His father's name was Hazrat Mughlis (radi Allaho
anhu). [Masaalikus Saalikeen]
HIS EXCELLENCE : He was the Imam of the Ahle Tasawwuf and he possessed
in-depth knowledge. He was a huge mountain of knowledge, yet he was blessed
with kindness. He was amongst the students of Hazrat Fuzail ibn Ayaaz (radi Allaho
anhu) and was also Tabbe Taabi'een. He was amongst the first persons to openly
spread the knowledge of tasawwuf in Iraq. Various great Sheikhs of Baghdad were
blessed with being in his silsila. He was also the maternal uncle, and the
Peer-o-Murshid of Hazrat Junaid-e-Baghdadi (radi Allaho anhu). Hazrat
Junaid-e-Baghdadi (radi Allaho anhu) says, "I did not see any person as
Kaamil (perfect) as my Peer-o-Murshid." Hazrat Bishr Haafi (radi Allaho
anhu) said, "I never used to ask for anything from? anyone but Hazrat
Sirri Saqti (radi Allaho anhu), as I was very well aware of his piety and I
knew that he was always happy to give." [masaalikus saalikeen vol.1
pg.292]. It was his habit, that he performed on thousand rakats of nafil salaah
daily. Hazrat Junaid Baghdadi (radi Allaho anhu) says, "I have never seen
a more greater Aabid and Zaahid than him, and I did not see this in anyone
else, that he had reached the age of 98, and the only time I saw him rest, was
at the time of his demise." [masaalikus saalikeen]
He was the perfect
example of his illustrious predecessors. Once some of his devotees came to him,
and asked him to explain the reality of Sabr (patience). He thus began to
deliver a lecture on the topic of patience. Whilst he was delivering his
lecture, a scorpion began to sting him on his feet. He continued delivering his
lecture. Those, present said, "Huzoor! Kill the scorpion and move it
away." On hearing this, he said, "I am ashamed to behave contrary to
that which I am discussing, in other words show impatience due to the sting of
the scorpion."
DUA OF HIS
SHEIKH-E-TARIQAT : He says, "Once
my Peer blessed me with the opportunity of clothing an orphan child. After I
did this, he made dua for me and said, ?May Allah make the world? your enemy
and may he give you freedom from this.? The power of his dua was such, that my
entire life changed, and I divorced myself from the world."
CHARACTER AND HABITS : He was a very kind and honourable person. He was also
a very humble personality. Once he said, "Thirty years have passed now,
and I am still making tauba because of one thing that I made shukr (thanks)
for." People asked what he meant, and he said, "Once there was a fire
in the market place and all the shops burnt down except mine. When I was informed
of this, I made shukr (thanked Allah). I thus make tauba, since it meant that
by saying Alhumdulillah my shop was saved, meant that I felt I was better than
my other Muslim brothers and that I was pleased that a worldly possession was
saved." [masaalikus saalikeen]
Once Hazrat was
delivering a lecture in Baghdad, and one of the ministers of the Khalifa came
with great pomp and splendour and sat in his mehfil. His name was Ahmad bin
Yazeed. At the time when he entered, Hazrat was saying, "From all Allah?s
creation, the weakest creation is man, yet he is so brave in committing major
sins. It is sad, very sad." These words of Hazrat entered the heart of the
minister. He immediately went home and remained in silence. He did not even eat
a meal on that night. He remained hungry the entire night and in the morning,
he dressed in the clothes of a faqeer and presented himself in the darbaar of
Hazrat Sirri Saqti (radi Allaho anhu).? He said, "Yesterday, your lecture
made a great impact on my heart, so please help me to gain closeness to
Allah." Hazrat said, "The normal method is that you should read your
five times salaah with Jamaat and give Zakaat from your wealth, and follow all
the laws of Shariah with sincerity. The special method is this, that you should
divorce yourself from the world and remain engrossed in the ibaadat of Allah,
and that you should only desire the pleasure of Allah and nothing else."
Hazrat was still advising him, when Ahmad bin Yazeed stood up and immediately
walked towards the jungle. After a few days, his mother arrived crying. She
said that he was her only son, and she did not know where he had gone. Hazrat
said, "O Dear old woman! Your son will return soon, and I shall inform you
when he returns." After a few days, he returned in the garb of a faqeer
and only stayed for a while, and then left. He then came to Hazrat once more,
and during that visit, he passed away in the hands of Hazrat Sirri Saqti (radi
Allaho anhu). [Masaalikus saalikeen]
A DRUNK BECOMES A
NAMAAZI: Once he saw a drunk
lying on the ground, calling the name of Allah. Hazrat washed his mouth and
said, "He does not know that he is taking the most exalted name with his
impure mouth." After he left, the drunk man became sober. Those that were
present told him what had happened while he was intoxicated.? He was very
embarrassed, and he began to curse his nafs and weep bitterly. He said, "O
shameless nafs! Sirri Saqti has now seen you in this sad state, and he too
left. Now fear Allah and repent." That night, Hazrat Sirri Saqti (radi Allaho
anhu) heard a voice from the unseen which said, "You washed his mouth for
my sake, and I have washed his heart for your sake." When Hazrat went to
the Masjid, for Tahajjud Salaah, he found the once drunk man, now in the Musjid
reading his Tahajjud Salaah. Hazrat asked how the sudden change had occurred in
him, and he said, "Why do you ask me concerning this, when Allah has
already informed you about it." Hazrat Junaid Baghdadi (radi Allaho anhu)
says, "Once I presented myself at the home of Hazrat, and I found him very
sad and silent. I asked the reason for his condition, and he said, 'A Pari
(female Jinn) from amongst the fairies came to me and asked the meaning of
(Haya) modesty, and when I explained the meaning to her, she melted like wax.'
Even, I saw the water from the body of the Pari."
GEMS OF WISDOM : * An Aarif is like the sun with its beauty and
qualities, for its light passes over all. He is like the earth, that it holds
the weight of the entire creation. He is like the water, through which the
hearts gain life, and he is like fire that the entire domain is brightened by
him. * Do whatever you can before you become old, since in old age you will be
able to do nothing, just as I can not do anything. (Even though not even the
young where Like Hazrat Sirri Saqti in his old age). *Stay away from the
wealthy, those Qaaris who recite for name and fame, and from very wealthy
Ulama. * One who can not control his own nafs can not be of assistance to
others. *All become obedient to him, who is obedient to Allah. * A man abstains
from sins for three reasons., from the fear of Allah, the hope of attaining
Jannat, and through the modesty in the court of Allah. *The most intelligent
and wise amongst men are those who understand the secrets of the Quran and ponder
over it. * An Aarif is he, whose food is like the food of the sick, his sleep
is like that of a person bitten by a snake, and his lavishness like that of a
person who is drowning in water. * The bravest deed is to take control of your
nafs (desires).
HIS KHULAFA : Sayyidut Taaifa Hazrat Junaid-e-Baghdadi, Hazrat Shah
Abu Muhammad, Hazrat Shah urf Sheikh-e-Kabeer, Hazrat Shah Hartaboon, Hazrat
Shah Abul Abbas Mazroof, Hazrat Shah Abu Hamzah, Hazrat Shah Abul Hassan Noori,
Hazrat Shah Fatal Al Mausuli, Hazrat Shah Abdullah Har?raar and Hazrat Shah
Saeed Abraar (ridwaanullahi ta aala alaihim ajmaeen).
WISAAL : Hazrat Junaid-e-Baghdadi (radi Allaho anhu) says,
"I went to visit him when he took ill. There was a fan kept close to him,
so I used it to fan him. He then said, 'O Junaid! Put it down. Fire is more
powerful than wind.' I then asked him about his condition and asked him to
advise me, and he said, 'Do not be diverted from the love of Allah through the
companionship of the people.' He then passed from this world travelling into
the hereafter.? He passed away on a Tuesday, the 13th of Ramadaan, 253 Hijri at
the age of 98, in Baghdad Shareeef.
MAZAAR SHAREEF : His Mazaar Shareef is in Baghdad Shareef in a place
called Shawneez.
