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HAZRAT
KHWAJA ABU AHMED ABDAAL CHISTI
(RADI ALLAHU ANHU)
Hazrat Khwaja Abu Ahmed Abdaal
Chisti (Radi Allahu Anhu) was a born wali of Allah.
EARLY LIFE
At the age of
7 years, he became a majzoob and regularly attended the
mehfil-e-sama of Hazrat Khwaja Abu Is’haaq Chisti (the founder
of the Chistiya Order). Once, when Khwaja Abu Ishaaq Chisti (Radi
Allahu Anhu) saw him, he said to him: “Lovers should attend
mehfil-e-sama, and you are worthy of listening to sama.” These
words had such an effect of the young Khwaja Abu Ahmed Chisti (Radi
Allahu Anhu), that he came out of the intoxicated spiritual
state he was in, and all the veils were removed from his eyes.
Nothing between the Arsh of Allah, and the abyss, were hidden
from his vision. At this young age, whatever he mentioned from
his blessed lips, took place, and very great and knowledgeable
people of that time showed respect towards him. He received
most of his knowledge through divine inspiritation (ILM LADUNI -
see "Excellence of Seeking Knowledge" in our Tasawwuf/Sufism
section).
BIRTH
It is also
reported that Hazrat Khwaja Abu Ishaaq Chisti (Radi Allahu Anhu)
used to have supper at the house of a very pious lady. One day,
he told her that in the house of your brother will be born a
child, who will be a great personality of his time. It is
necessary for you to go to the house of your brother, and remain
in their service, and make sure that during the period of
pregnany, the mother does not consume anything haraam. This
lady followed Khwaja Abu ishaaq’s (Radi Allahu Anhu)
instructions, and remained in that service until the child was
born.
BAI'AT AND SPIRITUAL STRIVINGS
When Hazrat
Abu Ishaaq Chisti (Radi Allahu Anhu) used to come and see the
child, he used to say: “From this child, I smell a scent by
which this family will become very elevated in status and
piety.” It is narrated that once, while Hazrat Abu Ahmed (Radi
Allahu Anhu) was about 20 years old, he accompanied his father
on a hunting expedition in the nearby mountains. During this
expedition, he became separated from his father, and went into a
nearby cave. There he saw 40 of the Rijaal-ul-Ghaib, and in the
center, was seated Hazrat Abu Ishaaq Chisti (Radi Allahu Anhu).
He disembarked from his horse, and fell at the feet of Hazrat
Abu Ishaad Chisti (Radi Allahu Anhu) and became his mureed, and
joined the company of the Rijaal-ul-Ghaib. He used to remain
engrossed in the zikr of “La ilaaha ilallahu Muhammadur
Rasoolallah”. He fasted regularly, and used to break his fast
once every seven days, eating only 3 morsels of food. He used
to complete 2 full recitations of the Qur’an during the day, and
2 during the night, and this was his daily practice. He also
used to regularly perform Salaat-ul-Tahajud. After performing
Salat-ul-Tahajud, he used to make dua, saying: “O Allah! Have
mercy on your servants. Forgive the sinners from amongst the
ummah of Rasoolallah (Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam).” Thereafter,
a voice used to say: “O Abu Ahmed! We have accepted your duas
and we have forgiven 10 000 (ten thousand) sinners due to your
dua, and on the Day of Qiyamat, they will enter Paradise with
you.” For seven years in succession, he never missed one
Salat-ul-Tahajud, and he used to make this same dua every night,
and receive this same reply. From this, one can imagine how
many received salvation due to the dua of Hazrat Abu Ahmed
Abdaal Chisti (Radi Allahu Anhu).
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SUCCESSION
His murshid
bestowed upon him the khilafat of the Chistiya Silsila, and declared
him his successor. After placing the cloak of khilafat on him,
Hazrat Abu Ishaaq Chisti (Radi Allahu Anhu) said: “O Abu Ahmed!
You are my son, and whatever spiritual grace I have received from my
murshid, I have given it to you.” Thereafter he held Khwaja Abu
Ahmed’s (Radi Allahu Anhu) hand, and faced the Qibla, and
supplicated: “O Allah! Abu Ahmed is a servant of your court.
Whatever I was bestowed with, I have given it to him. I am now
entrusting him to you. You make him successful.” A voice from the
unseen said: “O Abu Ishaaq! We have accepted Abu Ahmed and have
made him our friend. The treasures of Ma’rifat has been placed in
his heart.” When Hazrat Abu Ishaaq Chisti (Radi Allahu Anhu) heard
this, he became very pleased, and declared: “Abu Ahmed is greater
and wealthier than the worldly kings of Arabia and Persia. I swear
by Allah, even if the kingdom of Hazrat Sulaiman (Alaihis Salaam)
was offered to me, I would have refused. Hazrat Muhammad (Salallahu
Alaihi Wasallam) is the king of all the Derwesh, but he lived in
poverty. Who are we to accept the worldly pleasures.”
LIFE
Khwaja Abu Ahmed
Chisti (Radi Allahu Anhu) was always found crying in the fear of
Allah. Once a person said to him: “O Abu Ahmed! You are a beloved
of Allah. By your one glance, a non-believer becomes a muslim.
Then why do you cry so much out of fear?” Hearing these words, he
began to cry even more, and said to that person: “Barsia Zahid, and
Baljam bin Ba’ud were friends of Allah, and they were also bestowed
with great spiritual power by Allah, and many were freed from hell
due to them. Due to some reason, when Allah looked at them with
displeasure, they lost their imaan, and their fate has remained very
famous. Therefore, I cry out of fear for Him, because Allah is very
just and whoever he wishes to keep near, he keeps near, and whoever
he wishes to keep far, he keeps them distant.”
Like all the
other Masha’ikh e-Chist, he loved the listening of sama. His
mefile-e-sama had such an effect that if a sinner attended it he
would become pious, if a sick attended he would be cured. He
believed that whatever he had attained was due to sama. He once
said, “If I declare the secrets of sama the people would not ask
Allah for anything besides sama.”
MIRACLE
Once Hazrat Abu
Ahmed (Radi Allahu Anhu) was passing through a jungle that was
infested with non-believers, who hated muslims. If a muslim was
found passing through, they used to be captured, totured, and
sometimes they were thrown into burning fire. When Hazrat Abu Ahmed
(Radi Allahu Anhu) passed through, he was also captured. He was
asked by them: “Are you a muslim?” He replied: “All praise be to
Allah! Yes, I am muslim, and I am the reciter of the kalima.” The
kuffar then told him: “We have taken the oath of “lath and uzza”
(these were the idols that the pagan Arabs worshipped – these were
destroyed by the Holy Prophet – Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam) that we
will not leave any muslim that passes here alive, and we are going
to throw you into burning fire, and if you come out alive we will
then believe that it is true that, a true reciter of the kalima will
not burn in hell.” Hazrat Abu Ahmed (Radi Allahu Anhu) then told
them that: “Indeed, you are speaking the truth, because the fire of
hell will not touch one who recites the kalima sincerely.” When he
said this, the kuffar got angry at him, and told him: “If you are a
true muslim, why don’t you enter into the fire, so that we may see
your fate.” Immediately Hazrat Abu Ahmed (Radi Allahu Anhu) entered
into the blazing fire, and engaged himself in namaaz. When the
kuffar saw that the fire became cool, and did not harm the Khwaja,
they immediately repented, and became muslims and sincere mureeds of
Hazrat Abu Ahmed (Radi Allahu Anhu).
DEMISE
Hazrat Khwaja
Abu Ahmed Chisti (Radi Allahu Anhu) passed away on the 1st
of Jamadil Akhir, and his mazaar is situated in the village of Chist
in Afghanistan. He bestowed the khilafat of the Chistiya Silsila on
his dear mureed, Hazrat Khwaja Muhammad Chisti (Radi Allahu Anhu).
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