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Saint Abdul Qadir al-jilani Sheikh, Born Abdul Qadir c. 18 March 1077 Amol, Iran Died 15 January 1166 (aged 88) Baghdad, Iraq Cause of death natural causes Resting place Grave of Abdul Qadir, Baghdad,Iraq. Nationality Muslim Other names Sheikh, Abdul Qadir al-Jilani Religion Sunni Islam Parents Abu Salih (father), Umm Khair Fatima (mother). Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani (Arabic: عبد القادر الجيلاني‎), (Kurdish: Evdilqadirê Geylanî, Persian: عبد القادر گیلانی‎,Urdu: عبد القادر آملی گیلانی‎ Abdolqāder Gilāni, Bengali: আব্দুল কাদের জিলানী (রহ.)) Al-Sayyid Muhiyudin Abu Muhammad Abdal Qadir Al-Jilani Al-Hasani Wal-Hussaini (born the first day of Ramadan, 470, in the town of Na'if, district of Gilan, Ilam Province, Persia, died 11 Rabīʿ ath-Thānī 561 AH, in Baghdad, 1077–1166 CE), was a Persian[1] Hanbalijurist and Sufi based in Baghdad. Qadiriyya was his patronym. Al-Gilani was born around 1077, in Na'if, Persia.[nb 1][2] His family was part of the Hanbali school, one of the schools of religious law within Sunni Islam. Al-Gilani's father, Abu Salih Musa al-Hasani, was a descendant of Hasan ibn Ali, (Imam Hasan). Hassan was the eldest son of Ali and Fatimah. Ali was Muhammad's cousin and Fatima was Muhammad's daughter. Al-Gilani's mother was the daughter of Abdullah Sawmai, a descendant of Husayn ibn Ali, the younger son of Ali and Fatima. Thus, Al-Gilani was both a Hasani and Hussaini Sayyid. Within Al-Gilani's full name, al-Sayyid Muhiyudin Abu Muhammad Abdal Qadir al-Jilani al-Hasani wal-Hussaini, the word Sayyid denotes his descent from Muhammad.[3] The name Muhiyudindescribes him as a "reviver of religion".[4] The phrase, al-Jilani refers to Al Gilani's place of birth.[5][6] However, Al-Gilani also carried the epithet, al-Baghdadi.[7][8][9] referring to his residence and burial in Baghdad. The phrase al-Hasani wal-Hussaini affirms his lineal descent from bothHasan ibn Ali and Hussein ibn Ali, the grandsons of Muhammad.[10][11] Describing Al Gilani with the phrase 'Najib al-tarafayn Sayyid' indicates that both his mother and father were of apostolic lineage.[12] Al Gilani's father was a Sayyid.[13][14] He was respected as a saint would be, by the people of his day, and was known as "Jangi Dost", (one who loves God), thus "Jangidost" was his sobriquet. Al Gilani spent his early life in Na'if, the town of his birth. In 1095, at the age of eighteen years, he went to Baghdad. There, he pursued the study of Hanbali law. Abu Ali al-Mukharrimi gave Al Gilani lessons in Fiqh. He was given lessons about Hadith by Abu Bakr ibn Muzaffar. He was given lessons about Tafsir by Abu Muhammad Ja'far, a commentator. In Tasawwuf, his spiritual instructor was Abu'l-Khair Hammad ibn Muslim al-Dabbas. (A detailed description of his various teachers and subjects are included below). After completing his education, Gilani left Baghdad. He spent twenty-five years as a reclusive wanderer in the desert regions of Iraq. Subject Teacher Fiqh (Islamid Jurisprudence) Abu Al Wafae Ali ibn Aqeel Hanbali Fiqh (Islamid Jurisprudence) Abu Al Hasan Mohd. ibn Qazi Abu Yali Fiqh (Islamid Jurisprudence) Abu Al Khatab Mahfuz Hanbali Fiqh (Islamid Jurisprudence) Muhammad ibn Al Husnayn Fiqh (Islamid Jurisprudence) Qazi Abu Saeed Mubarak ibn Ali al-Mukharrami Tasawwuf (Sufism) Abu'l-Khair Hammad ibn Muslim al-Dabbas Tasawwuf (Sufism) Abu Zakariay ibn Yahya ibn Ali Al Tabrezi Hadith Abu Bakr ibn Muzaffar Hadith Mohd. Ibn Al Hasan Baqalai Abu Sayeed Mohd. ibn Abdul Kareem Hadith Abu Al Ghanaem Mohd. Ibn Mohd Ali Ibn Maymoon Al Farsi Hadith Abu Bakr Ahmad Ibn Al Muzaffar Hadith Abu Jafer Ibn Ahmad Ibn Al Hussain Al Qari Hadith Abu Al Qasim Ali Ibn Mohd. Ibn Banaan Al Karkhi Hadith Abu Talib Abdul Qadri Ibn Mohd. Yusuf Hadith Abdul Rahman Ibn Ahmad Abu Al Barkat Hibtaallah Ibn Al Mubarak Hadith Abu Al Nasr Ibn Il Mukhtar Hadith Abu Nasr Muhammad Hadith Abu Ghalib Ahmad Hadith Abu Abdullah Aulad Ali Al Bana Hadith Abu Al Hasan Al Mubarak Ibn Al Teyvari Hadith Abu Mansur Abdurahman Al Taqrar In 1127, Al Gilani returned to Baghdad and began to preach to the public.[2] He joined the teaching staff of the school belonging to his own teacher, al-Mukharrimii, and was popular with students. In the morning he taught hadith and tafsir, and in the afternoon he held discourse on the science of the heart and the virtues of the Qur'an. He was said to have been a convincing preacher and converted numerous Jews and Christians. His strength came in the reconciling of the mystical nature of the Sufi and strict nature of the Qur'an.[2]He felt it important to control egotism and worldliness in submission to Allah. Al Gilani died in the evening of Saturday 1166 (11 Rabi'us sani 561AH) at the age of ninety-one years (by the Islamic calendar).[19] His body was entombed in a shrine within his madrassa in Babul-Sheikh, Resafa (East bank of the Tigris) in Baghdad, Iraq.[20][21][22] During the reign of the Safavid Shah Ismail I, Gilani's shrine was destroyed,[23] however in 1535 the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman had a turba built over the shrine, which exists to this day.[24] The Sufi orders celebrate "Ghouse-al-azham day" on the date of Al Gilani's death • Futuh al-Ghaib (Revelations of the Unseen) - 78 discourses, fairly short and to the point but very powerful. • Al-Fath ar-Rabbani (The Sublime Revelation) - 62 discourses, definitely longer, given in the Ribaat and Madrasa in Baghdad AH 545-546. • Jala' al-Khawatir (The Removal of Cares) - 45 discourses, also in the same locations, given in the year AH 546. • Malfuzat (Utterances of Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir) - This is a collection of quotes from the Shaikh. Generally, it is found at the end of the hand-copied, Arabic manuscripts of Fath ar-Rabbani. • Al-Ghunya li-Talibi Tariq al-Haqq (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth, also known in the Indian sub-continent as Al-Ghunya li-Talibin). These five volumes, written by the Shaikh at the request of one of his murids, is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of Islam, both the inward and the outward. • Khamsata 'Ashara Maktuban (Fifteen Letters) - These are 15 letters originally written in Persian by Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir to one of his murids. • Al-Fuyudat al-Rabbaniyya (Emanations of Lordly Grace) • Bashair al-Khairat (Glad Tidings of Good Things) - A Salawat by Shaykh Abd al-Qadir by way of inspiration from Allah. • Kitab Sirr al-Asrar wa Mazhar al-Anwar (The Book of the Secret of Secrets and the Manifestation of Lights)