Hazrat Azad Rasool was born and raised in India. He received his B.A. from Jamia Millia Islamia (the National Muslim University of India), his B.Ed., from Alahabad University, and his M.A. in philosophy and psychology form Aligarh Muslim University. His career included thirty years’ service to Jamia Millia Islamia, where he worked as a teacher and later as principal. (more…)
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Hazrat Azad Rasool (r.a.)
Posted in Saints (Awliya) on November 7, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Biography of Hazrat Imam Rabbani Mujaddid Alif Saani Shaykh Ahmad Farooqi Sirhindi (r.a.)
Posted in Saints (Awliya) on November 1, 2008| 6 Comments »
Shaykh Ahmad al-Farooqi Sirhindi (r.a.) son of Makhdoom Sheikh Abdul Ahad, descendent of Umar Farouq (r.a), Second Caliph, with twenty eight links in the chain, was born on the day of ‘Ashura, the 10th of Muharram in the year 971 H., in the village of Sirhind near the city of Lahore in present-day India. Sirhindi’s shrine is (more…)
Biography of Syed Abdul Bari Shah (r.a.)
Posted in Saints (Awliya) on October 25, 2008| 2 Comments »
Hazrat Abdul Bari Shah (r.a.) was a great saint and a truly universal being (insan-i-kamil). Over time, his importance and his contribution to Sufi thought and action is being more and more recognized throughout the world. (more…)