Sayyid Adam Banuri

Allama
Abu Abdullah Sheikh
Sayyid Adam Banuri
Muazzeddin
سید آدم بنوری
Personal life
Born1503/06 AD
Died25 December 1643
Resting placeJannat al-Baqī
Children
  • Sayyid Ghulam Ahmad,
  • Sayyid Muhammad Aoliya,
  • Sayyid Muhammad Esa,
  • Sayyid Muhammad Mohsin and two daughters
ParentIsmail bin Bahauddin Mashwani
Notable work(s)Founded Ahsaniya Naqshbandiya Sufi Order, Literature work, Books written by him
Known forSufi, Mystic, Scholar of Sunni sect, Progenitor of Banoori tribe
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSufi
Founder ofAhsaniya-Naqshbandiya Sufi Order
PhilosophySufism
LineageSayyid

Sheikh Sayyid Adam Banuri (Persian: سید آدم بنوری, b. 1503/06, d. 1643)[1][2] was a Sufi spiritual adviser to Ahmad Sirhindi.[3][4]

Early life

His parents were Ismail bin Bahauddin Mashwani[5] He was born in Banur, Chandigarh, then part of the Delhi Sultanate of India.[6]

Career

He is known for his research on Sufism. He is the founder of “Ahsaniya” with some modifications in Ahmad Sirhindi’s Naqshbandi thoughts.[7] Ahsaniya is mostly followed by Arabs in Egypt and Yemen.[8] In 1641 Abdul Hakim Sialkoti and Sadduallh (advisor to Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan) visited him in Lahore. They both advised Shah Jahan to dispatch Adam for Hajj.[9][10][11] He travelled and performed Hajj with hundreds of his students. He died in Medina in 1643. He is buried at Jannat al-Baqī.[12][13][14]

References

  1. ^ "نزهة الخواطر وبهجة المسامع والنواظر = الإعلام بمن في تاريخ الهند من الأعلام • الموقع الرسمي للمكتبة الشاملة". shamela.ws (in Arabic). Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  2. ^ "الموسوعة الشاملة - هدية العارفين". islamport.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  3. ^ Buehler, Arthur F. (1998). Sufi Heirs of the Prophet: The Indian Naqshbandiyya and the Rise of the Mediating Sufi Shaykh. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 9781570032011.
  4. ^ Baaghaa, Ajeet Singh; (Guru), Gobind Singh (1969). Banur Had Orders: A Critical Study, of an Hitherto Unknown Hukamnamah of Guru Gobind Singh. Ranjit Printers & Publishers.
  5. ^ "نزهه الخواطر وبهجه المسامع والنواظر الاعلام بمن في تاريخ الهند من الاعلام - الحسني، عبد الحي - مکتبة مدرسة الفقاهة". ar.lib.eshia.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  6. ^ Hanif, N. (2000). Biographical Encyclopaedia of Sufis: South Asia. Sarup & Sons. ISBN 9788176250870.
  7. ^ Burton, Sir Richard Francis (1851). Sindh, and the Races that Inhabit the Valley of the Indus. W. H. Allen.
  8. ^ Kemper, Michael; Kügelgen, Anke von (1998). Muslim Culture in Russia and Central Asia from the 18th to the Early 20th Centuries: Inter-regional and inter-ethnic relations (in German). Schwarz. ISBN 9783879972692.
  9. ^ محدث دہلوی, شاہ ولی اللہ. انفاس العارفین. pp. 171–172.
  10. ^ Iqbal Review. Iqbal Academy. 1997.
  11. ^ «الحياة», دبي – (2018-06-27). ""المسبار" يقدم: «النقشبندية: النص والتاريخ والأثر". Hayat. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  12. ^ Ahmad, Mughal, Munir. "Abu Anis Sufi Muhammad Barkat 'Ali (Allah's Mercy Be Upon Him)". SSRN Electronic Journal. ISSN 1556-5068.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "موقع مكتبة أهل البيت عليهم السلام". ablibrary.net. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
  14. ^ "هدية العارفين - إسماعيل باشا البغدادي - ج ١ - الصفحة ١". shiaonlinelibrary.com. Retrieved 2018-10-06.