You were well-versed in both the hidden and the manifest sciences. You acquired your education from Hazrat Maulana Shukarullah Sahib, and whichever books you studied, you never needed to look at them again. Along with your own lessons, you retained in your memory the lessons of all the students as well. Your intelligence used to astonish your teachers and other listeners. Why would this not be so? Because your respected grandmother, Bint Fatima, who was richly endowed with both outward and inward knowledge, when she turned from outward knowledge toward inward (spiritual) knowledge, then most of her time became devoted to acquiring inward knowledge, and she strengthened her spiritual connection to the Master of the Universe, the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
In Maknipur Sharif there were mostly gardens, in which wells and mosques were constructed; along the banks of the River Aisan there were also mosques. You preferred living in gardens rather than in houses and settlements, and whenever you would come to the house, people would surround you and present their needs before you. For whomever you uttered anything by your tongue, Allah the Exalted would surely fulfill it. Because the blessed saying of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is:
“Whoever belongs to Allah, Allah belongs to him.”
When Allah becomes someone’s, then all of creation begins to serve him.
Once it happened that it was the beginning of the rainy season; it rained, then there was no rain at all, due to which the crops were being destroyed. The people of Maknipur and the surrounding areas came to you and said, “Hazrat! For the sake of God, please pray in the Divine Court that it may rain.” You were just about to raise your hands for supplication when Nazir Ahmad Sahib, who was the chief of Maknipur and also your brother-in-law, said, “Miyan Sahib! Please pray so that it rains, otherwise people will die of hunger.” At this statement, some displeasure appeared on your face, and from your blessed tongue you said, “Such water will fall that instead of mercy, signs of hardship will appear.”
By the power of Allah, clouds spread everywhere, rain began, and it continued raining for a whole week. People longed to see the sun. Finally, Nazir Ahmad Sahib remembered your statement and came to your service, humbly presenting his wish that the excess rain should stop. You went into the courtyard of the house and, after reciting:
Balaghal ‘ula bi kamalihi
Kashafad-duja bi jamalihi
Hasunat jami‘u khisalihi
Sallu ‘alayhi wa aalihi
you began to blow toward the sky. Then the rain stopped and the sun appeared. Tears flowed from the eyes of the respected Nazir Ahmad Sahib, and he began to thank Allah. That year every kind of grain—maize, jowar, bajra, etc.—was produced in such abundance that the people became joyful.
Respected Maulvi Nisar Ali Shah Sahib personally narrated an incident to my revered father, which you (Allama Zulfiqar Ali Qamar) have written in your book Zulfiqar Badi‘. During the time when Maulvi Nisar Ali Shah Sahib was a teacher in the town of Shioli, he says: I developed severe itching, due to which I was extremely distressed. I underwent much treatment, but there was no benefit. Finally, I turned toward the Court of Qutb-ul-Madar, and that very night, in a state of sleep, I reached Maknipur Sharif and met Maulana Syed Khushwaqt Ali Sahib. I offered him my salutations; he responded and asked about my condition. I only complained about the itching. He recited something and blew upon me, then again recited, blew upon both his hands, passed them over my body, and said, “Go.” When I awoke from sleep, I found myself refreshed, and I narrated the dream to Qasim Ali Sahib. He said, “Alhamdulillah, you will be cured,” and indeed it happened so. The itching was removed from me.
In short, one day severe pain arose in your blessed abdomen, which caused you distress, and you said, “Perhaps my time has come.” Then you said to your beloved son Abu-l-Waqar, “Keep your hand of affection upon your brothers, and never neglect serving your respected mother,” because the saying of the Messenger ﷺ is:
Paradise lies beneath the feet of your mothers.
Since Paradise lies beneath the feet of your mothers, continue to offer prayers and never abandon them. Allah the Exalted will grant you a great reward. I myself and my elder maternal uncle, Syed Shah Muhammad Sahib, were massaging your feet. During this time, my uncle placed a powder inside a sugar candy and gave it to you, saying, “Please eat this.” When you ate it, the pain stopped. Then you touched another sugar candy with your blessed tongue and gave it to me; I ate it. Thereafter, you initiated me into the Ja‘fari Madari order and also honored me with the Owaisi order. The spiritual blessings that had reached you from Sarkar Qutb-ul-Madar, you granted them to me. You appointed me as your successor and granted permission for initiation and spiritual caliphate. You also explained a method of reciting Surah Yasin that had been granted to you by your respected grandmother and instructed me to practice it. You further said:
“When your paternal uncle, Hazrat Siraj-ul-Arifeen Maulana Hakim Syed Shamsuddin Sahib, comes from Adipur (which is near Bhopal), benefit spiritually from him.”
On the night of the 27th of Rajab al-Murajjab, 1334 Hijri, he departed from the house. We waited for a day or two, then set out to search. Wherever we went, people would say:
“Miyan Sahib has just departed from here.”
Many days passed. One day, Syed Ishtiyaq Ahmad, who is my maternal cousin, along with a few other persons, traveled through Miyan Ganj, Madharpur, and Jagir, and reached Kannauj. He inquired from Shah Abdullah Junoon, saying:
“My father had a close friendship with you,”
but no information was obtained there either. Passing through Arwal, they returned home. Then Ishtiyaq Ahmad came from Tathiya and narrated a terrifying piece of news: according to the statements of the people, in that jungle a man had been attacked and torn apart by wolves. Upon searching, only a single tooth and fragments of bones were found. Considering these remains to belong to my revered elder (quddisa sirruhū), my grandfather Maulana Syed Abdus-Subhan Muhaddith (may Allah have mercy on him) buried them at the sacred tomb of my respected grandmother.
On the date of the third of Sha‘ban al-Mu‘azzam, this astonishing incident occurred.
After several months had passed, Syed Ali Hasan, known as Sadr-e-A‘la, reported that he had seen Maulana Khushwaqt Ali Sahib in Sadhor village, which is near the Gwalior State railway station, and had spoken with him. Whatever sweets he had with him, he presented to him. He said:
“No, bring chickpeas if you have them.”
I told my son, Syed Ghulam Madar, to bring chickpeas. Hearing this, he departed. I did not have the courage to stop him. After a few steps, he disappeared from sight.
The father of my dear relative, the Sufi Syed Dalawar Husain, narrated:
“It was the time of the Urs of Sarkar Hazrat Qutb-ul-Madar. My father instructed me, ‘Take food with you and accompany me.’”
I took the food and went along with my respected father. He took me to a chamber of the Jama Masjid. There I saw a venerable elder of radiant appearance sitting. He gestured to place the food in front and to bring water and place it there. The elder partook of the food. The second time, I arrived alone with the food; the third time, I came again. When I placed the food in front of that elder, these words slipped from my tongue:
“Hazrat, you are Khushwaqt Ali, my paternal uncle.”
As soon as this was said, he immediately stood up and left. I searched thoroughly, but he could not be found.
I returned home with the food and related the entire matter to my father. He became angry with me and said:
“You have done wrong. From these circumstances it is understood that some of the revered caliphs of Hazrat Syed Badi‘uddin Qutb-ul-Madar (may Allah be pleased with him)—such as Shah Ilyas Shah Sahib Gujarati and Syed Ahmad Badpa Pa, and others—are still alive. And in the Azamgarh region of Kolhuaban, when someone loses the way, he says:
‘O chiefs of Kolhuaban,
show the path to the one who has gone astray.’
Then Hazrat Syed Ahmad Badiyapa Sharif comes and guides him, and there he is famous as Kalu Shahid. Therefore, certainly he must be included among those very exalted persons.”
Source:
Book – Faizan Ahl-e-Baite At’har wa Irfan-e-Qutb-ul-Madar
Author – Syed Mukhtar Ali Waqarī Madari
