Hazrat Imaam e Azam Abuu Haneefah [Rahmatul Laahi Alaieh]

Even while maintaining the rigor of his principles, Hazrat al Imaam al A’zam, Abu Haneefah was very human and had a keen sense of humor. Once a man asked him about taking a swim in the river. “Should I face the Qiblaa when I bathe in the river”, asked the man. “No”, replied the Imaam, “You should face the bank of the river and watch your clothes”.

His success and his greatness made the political establishment of the times jealous of him. In 766 CE Caliph al Mansoor asked  Hazrat Imaam Abu Haneefah  [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh]to be the chief Qaazi (judge) of Baghdad. The Caliph had hoped that by offering him a high post he could bring the Imaam under his control. But the great Ulamaah’s and sages and Auliyaa Allaah have through the ages refused the favors of kings, ministers and noblemen to maintain their independence. Hazrat Imaam e Azam Abuu Haneefah

[Rahmatul Laahi Alaieh] declined. The Caliph, furious that his invitation was rejected, had the Imaam flogged and put in jail. Even in the prison, the Imaam continued to teach and train his disciples. And it was in prison that this great mujtahid breathed his last in the year 767 CE.

Hazrat Imaam e Azam Abuu Haneefah

[Rahmatul Laahi Alaieh]- passed away while in Salaah. He had been poisoned by the orders of Caliph Mansoor. His Naamaaz e Janazaa was performed six times and each time 50 000 people took part. People continued to come and pray for him for 20 days after he was buried. He was 70 years old. In 459 A.H.

The tribute to this giant among scholars is that a large majority of Muslims around the world, from Istanbul to Dhakaa, from Samarqand to Cairo, use the Fiqh named after him.

Hazrat Imaam e Azam Abuu Haneefah [Rahmatul Laahi Alaieh]Imaam of Imaams

Lamp of the Ummah; Leader of the Jurists - Haafiz e-Hadees, was a prestigious Muhaddis, authoritative person, truthfully spoken, abstinent, wise, and pious. He was an imam, pious, knowledgeable, someone who practiced, someone who indulged in great worship and a man of great ranking; he would not accept the sultan’s gifts but would trade and earn a living.

Thousands of literary works have been compiled by Hazrat Imaam e Azam Abuu Haneefah

[Rahmatul Laahi Alaieh]

Early Life and Education

He was born in 699 in the Iraqi city of Kufa, to a family of Persian origin. His father, was a successful businessman in Kufa and thus the young Hazrat Abu Haneefah  [Rahmatul Laahi Alaieh] intended to follow in his father’s footsteps. Living under the oppressive reign of the governor of Iraq, al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, Hazrat Abu Haneefah stayed focused on running the family silk-making business and generally steered clear of scholarship. With the death of al-Hajjaj in 713 came the removal of oppressive policies regarding scholars, and Islaamic scholarship soared in Kufa, especially during the reign of Umar ibn Abdul-Aziz (717-720).

Thus, by his teenage years, Hazrat Abu Haneefah began to study under some of the resident scholars of Kufa. He even got the opportunity to meet many companions of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, among them Hazrat Anas ibn Maalik, Hazrat Sahl ibn Saa’d, and Jaabir ibn Abdul laah.[Radiyal Laahu Anhum Ajam’een].

After learning from some of the greatest scholars of Kufa, he went on to study in Makaah and Madeenaah under numerous teachers,who were known as one of the greatest scholars of Makaah at the time.

He soon became an expert in the sciences of Fiqh (jurisprudence), Tafseer (exegesis of the Quraan), and Kalaam (seeking theological knowledge through debate and reason).

Hazrat Imaam Abu Haneefah [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh]

Hazrat Imaam Abu Haneefah [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh] was the founder of the Sunni Hanafi school of fiqh (Islaamic jurisprudence). He is also considered a renowned Islaamic scholar and personality.He is often called "the Great Imaam" (ألإمام الأعظم, al-Imāam al-Aʿẓam).

Hazrat Imaam Abu Haneefah [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh] was born in 80A.H, in the city of Kufaa in Iraq, during the reign of the Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan… living in the time when there were still some Sahaaba living. He saw the famous companion, Anas Bin Maalik [Radiyal Laah Anhu] and six other companions too. He learnt Ahadees from a group of Taabi’een, and spent much of his time in worship.

Hazrat Imaam Abu Haneefah [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh] is regarded as one of the greatest jurists of Arab civilization and one of the major legal philosophers of the entire human community. He attained a very high status in the various fields of sacred knowledge and significantly influenced the development of Muslim religion.

During his lifetime he was acknowledged as a jurist of the highest caliber.

Outside of his scholarly achievements Hazrat Imaam Abu Haneefah [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh] was recognized as a man of the highest personal qualities: a performer of good works, remarkable for his self-denial, humble spirit, devotion and pious awe of [God] Allaah Kareem.

His tomb, surmounted by a dome erected by admirers in 1066 is still a shrine for pilgrims who visit from all over the world in Baghdad Shareef.

Newspaper clipping Friday 2nd May 2014 Hazrat Allaamah Kaukab Noorani Okarvi

Prophetic traditions and food:Honey

('asal)--Allaah Kareem has said: "There comes forth, from within [the bee], a beverage of many colors in which there is a healing for you." Mixed with hot water, and taken in several small doses, honey is considered the best remedy for  stomach problems.

“Honey is a remedy for every illness and the Qur’aan is a remedy for all illness of the mind, therefore I recommend to you remedies, the Qur’aan and honey” [Bukhaari]

Islamic calligraphy

1:Jumaadi ul ukhraa -Hazrat Sultaan Baahuu (Rahmatul Laahi ‘Alaieh)

Continued......

Within me resounds the melody of Kalimaa,

The melody that love has taught me to hear.

Why don’t you put away your books,

And forget that you have learnt from them –

For within the Kalimaa you will find The fourteen inner realms.

Scholars sharpen reeds into pens,

But they are not capable of writing the true Kalimaa.

This Kalimaa has rid me of all afflictions Of the body and mind –

Only a Master could have taught it to me, O Baahuu.- -

1:Jumaadi ul ukhraa -Hazrat Sultaan Baahuu (Rahmatul Laahi ‘Alaieh)

This quatrain is dedicated to our honorable Peer O Murshid... Hazrat Allaamah Kaukab Noorani Okarvi [May His Grace continues] Aameen.

members-[Maulana Okarvi Academy [Al Aalami]]

My Master(Spiritual Guide) has planted in my heart,

The jasmine of Allaah [Ta'aalaa’s] Name.

Both my denial that the Creation is real And my embracing of God,

the only reality, Have nourished the seedling down to its core.

When the buds of mystery unfolded Into the blossoms of revelation,

My entire being was filled with [Allaah Kareem] God’s Fragrance.

May the perfect Master Who planted this jasmine in my heart,

Be ever blessed, O Baahuu!

Hazrat Sultaan Baahuu (Rahmatul Laahi ‘Alaieh) (1630 - 1691 AD) belonged to the Qaadiri Order of Soofie  and is known by the title of Sultaan-ul-Arifeen (king of the Gnostics). He is acknowledged as one of the most prominent Soofie poets of the Indo-Pak subcontinent.

Sultaan Baahuu like many other soofie saints of the South Asia, was  a prolific writer, with more than 100 books attributed to him. However, as the majority of his books deal with specialized subjects related to Islaam, it is his Punjabi poetry that has generated popular appeal and made him a household name in the region.....

Ahle Sunnat Wa Jamaa'at -Article excerpt-Hazrat Allaamah Kaukab Noorani Okarvi

#Khatmekhwajgan- KHATM E KHAWAAJ GAAN-AURAAD E MASHAAIKH- ALLAMAH KAUKAB NOORANI OKARVI

DEOBAND TO BAREILLY-QUOTES

Why is the thumb print of one man different from the thumbprint of another man’s? This is only a small matter. This universe itself is the most wondrous thing. This earth and skies, this #moon and stars, this ocean and rivers, these planets, this mystery of morning and evening, this changing of seasons, this rainbow, this milky way of colors, this flood of colors and light. What are they, why are they, and for whom are they made? ………

#Life and death and this system of the universe are beyond man’s intellectual grasp. Almighty Allaah has, of course endowed man with intellect but not to an unlimited or uncountable extent. Those who have crossed their limits they keep getting more entangled. The eyes can see only as much as it is in its control. The mind can think only as much as it can bear beyond that the veins would burst.

Intellect is not the destination. Had it been so then after passing of thousands of generation the man would have reached some destination. Intellect can only be the way it can never be the destination. As the poet has said,

“Shaayed ‘Usay ‘lshq Bhee Na Samjhe

Jis Karb Mayn ‘Aql Mubtilaa Hai”

(Perhaps even love cannot understand the anguish which intellect undergoes.)

Excerpt- Deoband to Bareilly by Hazrat Allaamah Kaukab Noorani Okarvi

Hadees Shareef Ajwa Date

Our Beloved Prophet Muhammad [Sallal Laahu Alaiehi Wa Sallam] said: “He who eats seven ‘Ajwaa dates every morning, will not be affected by poison or magic on the day he eats them.”...Hadees Bukhaari Shareef

Excerpt- Hazrat Allaamah Kaukab Noorani Okarvi

A humble Quote by Poet Allamaah Iqbal

Masjid Abu Bakr Siddeeq [Radiyal Laahu Anhu]

Masjid Abu Bakr Siddeeq [Radiyal Laahu Anhu] is located at the corner of Masjid e Nabawi Shareef in Madinah –Arabia. It is located at the west southern side of the Honorable Prophet’s Mosque, and it is about (1000) meters from its current fence.

This was Home of Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq [Radiyal Laahu Anhu] which was later converted to a Masjid by Authorities.

It is narrated that the Prophet Muhammad [Sallal Laahu Alaieh Wa Sallam] prayed Eid prayer at this site, and Abu Bakr Siddeeq [Radiyal Laahu Anhu] after Him during His Caliphate, so it was attributed to Him.

It was built-up for the first time in the Princedom of Omar Bin Abdul Aziz in Al Madeenah (86-91 A.H./705-709 A.D.), and it was renovated by the Ottoman Sultaan Mehmood II in 1254 A.H./1838 A.D.

It is square shaped and the length of its side is nine meters. It was built by black basalt stones, and was painted white from inside with a dome above it whose height is (12) m. Within the walled area is a small rectangular courtyard. The minaret is an austere cylindrical shape also capped with a green metal cone..

Hazrat Saiyyidinaa Abu Bakr Siddeeq [Radiyal Laahu 'Anhu] :Kissing the thumbs

Masjid Abu Bakr Siddeeq [Radiyal Laahu Anhu] is located at the corner of Masjid e Nabawi Shareef in Madinah –Arabia. It is located at the west southern side of the Honorable Prophet’s Mosque, and it is about (1000) meters from its current fence.

This was Home of Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq [Radiyal Laahu Anhu] which was later converted to a Masjid by Authorities

.

It is narrated that the Prophet Muhammad [Sallal Laahu Alaieh Wa Sallam] prayed Eid prayer at this site, and Abu Bakr Siddeeq [Radiyal Laahu Anhu] after Him during His Caliphate, so it was attributed to Him.

It was built-up for the first time in the Princedom of Omar Bin Abdul Aziz in Al Madeenah (86-91 A.H./705-709 A.D.), and it was renovated by the Ottoman Sultaan Mehmood II in 1254 A.H./1838 A.D.

It is square shaped and the length of its side is nine meters. It was built by black basalt stones, and was painted white from inside with a dome above it whose height is (12) m. Within the walled area is a small rectangular courtyard. The minaret is an austere cylindrical shape also capped with a green metal cone..