Sultan ul Arifin Hazrat Sultan Bahu (R.A) - Sufism Biographies

HU is within, HU is without, HU always reverberates in my heart.
The would in my heart aches constantly
With the un-abating pain of HU's love.
The darkness of ignorance departs
From the heart lit by HU (God Allah)
I sacrifice myself to the one, O Bahu,
Who has realized the significance of HU.
God is within you, say allmasters and saints
During the reign of Mughal king Shah Jehan,Bazid Muhammad was one of
his important officials. He was not onlyHafiz-e-Quran but also a great
scholar and was very much respected even by the king. He married to a
very religious women of his own family namely Rasti Bibi.
Shah Jehan appointed him the official (magistrate) of Kohistan and
after sometime he was sent to Multan. This area was very much liked by
him and he refused the king to go back to Kohistan, as the king
regarded him very much, he did not stress him to leave Multan. Shah
Jehan gave a village namely Kehar Gan. After sometime Hazrat Bazid
shifted to Shorkot permanently.
Rasti Bibi was very religious women and it was due to her religious
personality that Hazrat Bazid's life also changed.Rasti Bibi was such
a pious lady that she offered her "Tahjad" prayer even on that morning
Hazrat Sultan Bahu was born. She had great place in spirituality.
Hazrat Sultan Bahu cameinto this world in 1039 AH 1629 AD. He
belongedto Awan family. Awans are the descendents of Hazrat Qutab Shah
who was the uncle of Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani. Hazrat Qutab
shah was the descendent of Hazrat Muhammad Bin Hanifia (Hazrat Ali
(RA))
Hazrat Sultan Bahu was a born saint and his name Bahu was given tohim
on the order of Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W).
Her mother educated him spiritually in his childhood and Hazrat Sultan
Bahu's face was so much attractive that many Hindus accepted Islam
just after seeing his Face. At last a group of Hindus met Hazrat Bazid
Muhammad and requested him to make aschedule, for the safety of their
religious. His father died in his childhood and his mother arranged
best teacher of his time for his education and he acquired all the
knowledge very quickly because of his extra ordinary intelligence.
Soon, he became famousas a religious scholar. Owing to his mother's
teaching, he had a great inclination towards spirituality and his
immersion was extraordinary.
He got married in his early youth and twice or thrice afterwards.
When he was thirty year of age, he had a very extraordinary vision in
which he saw Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) through the spiritually
recommendations and support of Hazrat Ali(RA) and Hazrat Sheikh Abdul
Qadir Jilani. The Prophet (PBUH) himself took his bay'ah and allowed
him to pass on the sufi teaching.
He often mentioned in his books about his presence in the spiritual
meetings presided by the Prophet (S.A.W) himself. However in the
treatise of the spirit, he calls Hazrat Sheikh AbdulQadir Jilani his
Murshid . He is always lavish in thepraise of Hazrat and callshimself
Qadiri. In his eyes, the teaching of theQadiriya order were most
effective for the spiritual development bythe disciplines. But at the
same time it is evidently clear that by the Qadiriya order, he means
the one that he himself represented. He names it Sarwari Qadiri.
His mother was very pleased to hear the vision and asked him to have a
bay'ah of 'murshid'. Hazrat Sultan Bahu requested his mother to take
his bay'ah but she replied a women can take bay'ah if it was possible
then the wives of Holy Prophet (PBUH) and Hazrat Rabia Basri had also
taken a bay'ah.
So she asked Hazrat Sultan Bahu to go east wards. Finally Hazrat
Sultan Bahu met Hazrat Shah Habibullah who welcomed him very warmly
and asked aboutthe reason of his comingHazrat Sultan Bahu told
everything. After listening, he replied Hazrat Sultan Bahu that wordly
love and Faqr can't go side by side. So Hazrat Sultan Bahu cameback
home and sold most of his land and distributed the money among the
poor. When he returned to Hazrat Shah Habibullah and requested him to
take his bay'ah.
He asked him to go to Delhi, where Sheikh Abdur Rehman Qadri is
living. He will take bay'ah. So he left that place and when he reached
Delhi, a person asked him name and told him that he is the disciple of
Sheikh Abdur Rehman Qadri, he was orderd to welcome Sultan Bahu was
much astonished to hear all this and said, yes I am Sultan Bahu.
That person guided him to the residence of Sheikh Abdur Rehman took
the bay'ah of Hazrat Sultan Bahu. Hazrat Sultan Bahu was much pleased
after the bay'ah and started giving solution of people's problems.
People started visiting him and soon he becamefamous all around. He
became a hope of light for hopeless people. When Sheikh Abdul Rehman
heard this he called on Sultan Bahu and said, we did not give you all
this to distribute in such a way. Hazrat Sultan Bahu replied, I did
this because if I need more so that I can get it from you.
Secondly I know that here you are on my backand thirdly Holy prophet
(PBUH) orderd me to help the people. Then Hazrat Sheikh Abdur Rehman
gave him the permission to serve will remain forever. When hecame back
home Rasti Bibi was very much pleased to see him. He started working
on his remaining land and preaching also due to which a large number
ofpeople embraced Islam.
It is narrated that a poorbut respectable Sayed was advised by a
dervishto seek Hazrat Sultan Bahu(RA) for his materialneeds. The sayed
found Hazrat Sultan Bahu(RA) working in the fields under intense heat.
Sayed was disappointed that what can this man give him when himself
seems in want and dressed in tattered clothes. Disappointed, Sayed
decided to return to his village. As he was turning back, Hazrat
Sultan Bahu(RA) called Sayed Sahib, why are you turning back speak
what do you see? Sayed narrated his material needs to the Saint.
Hazrat Sultan Bahu(RA) asked Sayed to excuse him while he attended the
call of nature. After returning, the Saint threw the stone with which
he dried himself in anger at the direction of the Sayed .
Wherever the stone made contact with the clay ground wher they were
standing turned into gold ingots. Sayed was told to take the goldfor
his needs and depart immediately so that nobody could be aware of what
had taken place.It is said that this gold in the form of jewellery is
still extent in the same family for several generation.
Once Hazrat Sultan Bahu(RA) was accompanied by his attendant Sultan
Naurang Khatran (RA) a dervish who was blessedwith spiritual light by
the Saint himself when they approached the vicinity of kellar Keha,
the approach of the month of Ramazan had been heralded in by the
drumbeat of a caller form nearby village. Hazrat Sultan Bahu(RA) spent
the entire month of Ramazan meditating in an isolated cave in
themountains nrearby. Drowned in the ocean ofmercy and remembrancethe
entire month of Ramazan passed with out the intake of food on the part
of the saint.
The dervish who accompanied the Saint had received daily his food for
Sehri and Iftaar miraculously by a deer which used to appear with the
food tied on its horns. This happening has been put into verse by
Hazrat Naurang Khatran (RA) the attendat himself.
He said:
Strange and wonderous,my sight did witness.
Spectacle of Bahu,
Load of lover; carried on horns of a deer.
At the approach of Eid, a call was heard from the nearby village
announcing the end of Ramazan. Disturbed by the sound of drumbeats
from the village, Hazrat Sultan Bahu(RA) raised his head from the
meditation and enquired his attendant as to what all the noise was
about. Sultan Naurang Khatran (RA) replied Hazrat the Eid moon has
been sited and you in a state of intoxication and annihilation in the
remembrance of Allah for the entire month. The Saint exclaimed: What
about my fast, salaam and taravee for the month or Ramazan. It is
narrated by his attendant that despite having being in a state of
intoxication in the remembrance of Allah, Hazrat Sultan Bahu(RA)
performed all his Qaza fasts and Salaats. This is the state of the
true friends of Allah that theydo not even for one moment leave aside
the Sunna of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) or any other obligatory commands
of the Shari'a. it is said that thisepisode of cave is the only one
time that Hazrat Sultan Bahu(RA) had been in a state of intoxication,
otherwise his entire life had been spent in a state of sobriety, so
much so thathe did not miss even a single Mustahab act of the Shari's.
Hazrat SultanBahu(RA) completed his Qaza fasts and Salaats. It is
narrated that thereafter the Saint gavespiritual attention to thedeer
and it expired.
A grave was dug and thedeer was buried near the cave in which the
saint had passed his month of Ramazan. My grand Sheikh, Hazrat Faqir
Noor Muhammad Sarwari Qaderi (RA), visited this place and reported
that even today one can feel the spiritual light, radiance, brilliance
and luminous vibration energy in the cave and surrounding area.
It has such a magnetic effect on the visitor that any sincere seeker
sitting in the cave in the remembrance of Allah experience a state of
illumination.

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