KHAWAJA MUHAMMAD ABDULLAH ALIAS PIR BARO’S LIFE, RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE REGION Researcher: FIAZ ALI FAIZI Supervisor: DR. MUHAMMAD KHURSHID (M.Phil. Pakistan Studies) Roll No:12 Session: 2015-2017 DEPARTMENT OF PAKISTAN STUDIES THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR i TABLE OF CONTENTS Serial. No. Detail of contents Page No 1 Introduction 1-4 Introduction of Hazrat Khawajah Muhammad Abdullah Chapter 1 Alias Pir Baro(R.A) and Historical Background of 5-14 District Layyah 1.1 Introduction of Pir Baro(R.A) 5 6 1.2 Historical Background Of District Layyah Chapter 2 The Life of Pir Baro(R.A.) 15-54 2.1 The Life of Pir Baro (R.A.) 15 2.2 Khilafat and Permission of Propagation of Tareeqa-e- 19 Naqshbandia 2.3 Journey of Pir Baro’s sainthood of Naqshbandia Mujaddadia 21 Order 2.4 Access of Sufiorder of Naqshabndiya Mujadadiya to Dera 31 Ismail Kahn 2.5 Sufi order of Naqshbandia 40 2.6 Sufi order of Qarderiah 42 2.7 Sufi order of Suharwardia 43 2.8 Sufi order of Chashtia 45 2.9 The daily routine of Pir Baro (R.A.) 46 2.10 Disposition and character of Pir Baro (R.A.) 47 2.11 The death of Pir Baro (R.A.) 53 2.12 Last will of Pir Baro (R.A.) 53 2.13 Hazrat Khawajah Faqeer Muhammad 54 2.14 Hazrat Khawajah Muhammad Hassan 54 viii Chapter 3 Religious services of Pir Baro(R.A.) 55-71 3.1 Pir Biro’s Religious Services 55 3.2 Types of mentors 58 3.3 Muarfat-e-Nafs (Psycho) 58 3.4 The grabbers of the world of behest and world of 59 creation.(Aalam-e-Amer And Aalam-e-Khalaq) 3.5 The recital of “ Allah” 60 3.6 Religious services for the rectification of religious beliefs 61 3.7 The establishment of the maddarsa Durbar Baro Sharief 70 3.8 Establishment of library 71 3.9 Establishment of other maddaras and Pir Baro (R.A.) 71 Chapter 4 The miracles and revelation 72-85 4.1 The miracles 72 4.2 The revelation 77 4.3 Interpretation of the dreams 84 Impact and effects of Pir Baro’s religious services on Chapter 5 86-106 region 5.1 The role of services of Pir Baro( R.A.) in the reforms of the 86 society 5.2 Education 88 5.3 Family tree of Pir Baro( R.A.) and his successors 98 5.4 Hazrat Khawajah Faqeer Muhammad (R.A) 99 5.5 The Anjman Hassania Barviah Lahore 100 5.6 The magazine Alfaqeer 101 5.7 The construction of the Mosque Durbar Baro Shrief 102 5.8 Services of Pir Baro (R.A.) and celebration of Eid milad-ul- 103 Nabi (S.A.W.) 5.9 Impact of preaching about beard according s of Islam 104 5.10 Teachings of Islam 105 5.11 Life according to teachings of Islam 106 ix 6 Conclusion 107-109 7 Appendix 110-116 Appendix 1 Map of province Kot Karor During Langah region 110 Appendix 2 Map of Layyah Division during British Reign 111 Appendix 3 Map of District Layyah 112 113 Appendix 4 Mosque at Durbar of Hazrat Pir Baro (R.A) Appendix 5 Library at Durbar Pir Baro Sharif (R.A.) 113 Appendix 6 Madarsa at durbar Baro (R.A.) 114 Appendix 7 Khawajah Faqeer Muhammad (R.A.) 115 Appendix 8 Khawajah Faqeer Muhammad (R.A.) and Muhammad Hassan 116 8 Bibliography 117-119 x ABSTRACT Hazrat Khawajah Muhammad Abdullah Alias Pir Baro (R.A) (1849-1979) was the most influential personality of the district Layyah .He was the great saint of the Thule region and he preached the teachings of Islam more than a century. He trained his devotees, followers and dependents according to the Sunnah and teachings of Islam. His services are very great for this region and had vast impact on the people of Thule. He worked to wipe out the innovations and the evil rites from the society. He adorned his devotees with the spiritual education and set up institutions for the religious education. He also served the region in the field of politics. About the personality and the services of Hazrat Pir Baro (R.A) had written very little in the shape of “Fuzeat-e- Hassaniah” by Ahmad Hassan “Fuzeat-e-Barvia” by Hazrat Khawajah Muhammad Hassan Bari. Some Special numbers of Nawa-e- Thule and Alfaqeer, the quarterly magazine Lahore highlighted the life and services of Pir Bar (R.A.), but more efforts are needed in this regard. This research study aims at to bring the concealed aspect of his life to light and to introduce to the religious services of Pir Baro (R.A.).It also aims at to show the impacts of the services on the region. To fulfill these requirements, in this research I will try to state introduction of the famous saint of the area named Pir Baro (R.A.) and historical background of the area of Thule with reference to religious conditions and services of saints. According to the need of research topic, the various aspects of life of Pir Baro (R.A.) along with history of Naqshbandia Sufi order will be stated briefly. I will also describe religious service, miracles and methods of preaching of Pir Baro (R.A.)in this research. I will try to search out the impacts of his spiritual and social services as a whole on the society. xi 1`Introduction Hazrat Khawajah Muhammad Abdullah Alias Pir Baro (R.A.here after Pir Baro R.A.) was the high-flying saint of district Layyah. He was born in 1849 and died in 19791. He was the enthusiast of the eminent saint of Thule Hazrat Khawajah Ghulam Hassan Swag (R.A.) and bestowed with Khilafat by him. Pir Baro (R.A.) preached the teachings of Islam in the area of Thule for more than a century. Pir Baro (R.A.) was the Sufi of Silslah Naqshbandia. He trained devotees, pupils and the saints who have scattered all over the world. They are working for the preaching of Divine message and Sunnah. Hazrat Pir Baro (R.A.) put great stress on promptness of prayers and recitation of the holy Quran. He advised his cronies to speak the truth and legitimate their earning. A large number of non-believers accepted Islam in the result of his preaching. Muhammad Younis and his daughter Soria Begum from Kot Sultan were among those lucky persons who accepted Islam at the hand of this great saint2. Hazrat Pir Baro (R.A.) rectified the attitudes and beliefs of the people and wiped out the innovations and un-Islamic burials from this region. In this region, Muslims of Thule had adopted various customs and rites of Hinduism due to Hindus financial superiority. One of these evils was the tree worshipping. Hazrat Pir Baro (R.A.) worked hard to wipe out this evil from the Muslim society3. After him, his successor Hazrat Khawajah Faqeer Muhammad (R.A.) performed this duty successfully. Hazrat Pir Baro (R.A.) established religious institution in Chak No.300/TDA tehsil Choubarh and helped the people to set up new institutions for religious education. He contradicted the heretic sect and the Whabia. He tried his best to promote the Sufi order of Naqsbandia along with other three Silasals of mysticism in the region. His teachings and services affected the people of the region at a large scale. Thousands of people mended their ways of life and became noble persons of the society. After his death Hazrat Khawajah Fqeer Muhammad Barvi promoted this mission productively. He continued the preaching of Islam, 84 Hindus accepted Islam due to his preaching. They are inhabitants of Chak No 590/TDA Chowk Sarwar Shaheed, Muzaffer Garh. 1 Noor Muhammad Thind, Aolia-e-Layyah, Lok Punjab Publishers, Layyah, 2004, 89. 2 Interview; Master Muhammad Zaffaullah Kot Sultan, December 16, 2016. 3 Muhammad Hassan Barvi,Fauzat-e-Barvia,Zia ul Quran publication,Lahore,2011,55. 1 Hazrat Khawajah Faqeer Muhammad (R.A.) set up a countrywide network of the religious educational centers. Anjman -e- Hassania Lahore was established on his advice. It has published a quarterly magazine “Alfqeer”. This magazine provided very useful information about preaching and teachings of Hazrat Pir Baro (R.A). Statement of the Problem A person who works for the welfare of the humanity only for the bliss of God called Saint. Islam spread in subcontinent due to struggles of saints like Sheikh Ahmad Surhundi (R.A.), Nizamuddin Auliya (R.A.), Bahauddin Zakariya (R.A.) and Ghulam Hassan Swag (R.A.). Hazrat Pir Baro (R.A.) is one of those personalities whose life, services and miracles are eternal for religious security of Muslims in this region. These Services had optimistic impacts on social, cultural, political and religious aspects of life in the Thule region. In this research, I will try to search out social, cultural, political and religious services of Hazrat Pir Baro (R.A.) and their impacts on the region. Objectives of the Research The followings are the objectives of this research: 1-To highlight the Personality of Hazrat Pir Baro (R. A) 2-To highlight the services of Hazrat Pir Baro (R.A) 3-To highlight the services in preaching true Islamic way of life 4- To highlight the impact of his services on the region 5- To highlight his services for religious education 6-To find out the effects of his teachings on the life of the people Significance of study New generation is going away far from Islamic values due to western media incursion.