Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi ( ar, ابوسعیدمبارک مخزومی), known also as Mubarak bin Ali Makhzoomi and Abu Saeed and Abu Sa'd al-Mubarak (rarely known as Qazi Abu Sa'd al-Mubarak al-Mukharrimi) was a

Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

saint as well as a

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mystic and

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alist. He was an

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theologian and a

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jurist based in

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. Abu Saeed was his patronym.

Biography

Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi was born in Hankar (the land of his

Murshid ''Murshid'' ( ar, مرشد) is Arabic for "guide" or "teacher", derived from the root ''r-sh-d'', with the basic meaning of having integrity, being sensible, mature. Particularly in Sufism it refers to a spiritual guide. The term is frequently use ...

) on 12th

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403 Hijri but spent most of his life in Makhzum, a small town in

. He established Baab-ul-Azj, the famous

madrasa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

of Baghdad whom he later handed over to his disciple and khalifah, Shaikh

Abdul Qadir Jilani ʿAbdul Qādir Gīlānī, ( ar, عبدالقادر الجيلاني, ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī; fa, ) known by admirers as Muḥyī l-Dīn Abū Muḥammad b. Abū Sāliḥ ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī al-Baḡdādī al-Ḥasanī al-Ḥusayn ...

. Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi was also appointed as the chief justice but he preferred to renounce the worldly life. Thereafter he led his life as a mystic and devoted his time to the

dhikr ''Dhikr'' ( ar, ذِكْر}, , also spelled ''Zikr'', ''Thikr'', ''Zekr'', or ''Zikar'', literally meaning "remembrance, reminder" or "mention") is a form of Islamic meditation in which phrases or prayers are repeatedly chanted in order to reme ...

of Allah. He died on 11th Rabī’ al-Thānī 513 Hijri and was buried in Baab-ul-Azj, Baghdad.

Sufi tradition

Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi was a renowned Imam of Fiqh in his era. He followed the

school of thought. He was the

and most proficient spiritual guide of Shaikh Abdul Qadir jilani amongst teachers. He often said: “I invested Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani with a robe

khirqa The khirqa is the initiatory cloak of the Sufi chain of spirituality, with which esoteric knowledge and barakah is passed from the Murshid or the Shaikh to the aspirant murid. The khirqa initiates an aspirant into the silsilah, the chain or lineage ...

and he invested me too with a robe. We attained blessings from each other.”

Spiritual lineage

The lineage of Faqr reaches Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi from

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in the following order: #

Mohammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monoth ...

# 'Alī bin Abī Ṭālib # al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī #

Habib al Ajami Habib ibn Muhammad al-‘Ajami al-Basri ( ar, حبيب بن محمد العجمي البصري) known also as Habib al-Ajami () and Habib al-Farsi () was a Muslim Sufi mystic, saint, and traditionalist of Persian descent. Different dates for hi ...

Dawud Tai Abu Sulaiman Dawud ibn Nusair al-Tā'ī, () usually referred to as Dawud Tā'ī, (died between 776 and 783 CE) was an Islamic scholar and Sufi mystic. He resided in Kufa and was a prominent student of Abu Hanifa. His disciples included many ...

Maruf Karkhi Maʿrūf Karkhī ( fa, معروف کرخی), known also by his full name Abū Maḥfūẓ Maʿrūf Ibn Firūz al-Karkhī, was a Sufi Muslim saint. Biography Maruf was born in the district of Wasit or Karkh in Baghdad. His father's name was Fi ...

Sirri Saqti Abū al-Ḥasan Sarī (al-Sirrī) b. al-Mughallis al-Saqaṭī (867CE) also known as Sirri Saqti (Arabic:سری سقطی) was one of the early Muslim Sufi saints of Baghdad. He was one of the most influential students of Maruf Karkhi and one of ...

Junaid Baghdadi Junayd of Baghdad (; 830–910) was a Persian mystic and one of the most famous of the early Islamic saints. He is a central figure in the spiritual lineage of many Sufi orders. Junayd taught in Baghdad throughout his lifetime and was an impor ...

, founder of the Junaidia order # Abu Bakr Shibli #

Abdul Aziz bin Hars bin Asad Yemeni Tamimi Abu al-Hasan 'Abd al-'Aziz b. al-Harith b. Asad b. al-Layth al-Tamimi (929–981/2 CE; 317–371 AH) ( ar, أبو الحسن عبد العزيز بن الحارث بن أسد بن الليث التميمي) was a Muslim saint who belonged to t ...

Abu Al Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi Abū al-Faḍl al-Tamīmī (952–1020 CE/341–410 AH) Abd al-Wāḥid b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. al-Ḥārith b. Asad al-Tamīmī or Abū al-Faḍl al-Tamīmī ( ar, ابوالفضل عبد الواحد تمیمی) was a 10th century Muslim sai ...

Mohammad Yousaf Abu al-Farah Tartusi Mohammad Yousuf Abul Farah Tartusi ( ar, محمد یوسف ابوالفرح طرطوسی) was a popular Sufi Muslim saint. He is regarded as one of the common ancestors of the Sufi Tariqahs, which form an unbroken chain to the Islamic prophet ...

Abu-al-Hassan Ali Bin Mohammad Qureshi Hankari Abul Hasan Hankari ( ar, ا بوالحسن ہنکاری) Abu Al Hasan Ali Bin Mohammad Qureshi Hashmi Hankari Harithi (born in 409 Hijri (c.1018 CE), in the town of Hankar), town of Mosul (city of northern Iraq, some 400 km north of Baghdad ...

# Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi conferred khilafat upon Shaikh

who continued the order by renaming it as

Qadri The Qadiriyya (), also transliterated Qādirīyah, ''Qadri'', ''Qadriya'', ''Kadri'', ''Elkadri'', ''Elkadry'', ''Aladray'', ''Alkadrie'', ''Adray'', ''Kadray'', ''Kadiri'', ''Qadiri'', ''Quadri'' or ''Qadri'' are members of the Sunni Qadiri ta ...

order.

Titles

1. QIBLA-E-SAALIKA (Destination of Wayfarers). 2. JAAMI ULOOM-E-MARIFAT (Collector of Gnosis of Allah).

References

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Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi ( ar, ابوسعیدمبارک مخزومی), known also as Mubarak bin Ali Makhzoomi and Abu Saeed and Abu Sa'd al-Mubarak (rarely known as Qazi Abu Sa'd al-Mubarak al-Mukharrimi) was a Sufi saint as well as a Musli ...

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Biography

Sufi tradition

Spiritual lineage

Titles

See also

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