Shaikh Habib Al-Raee ( ur, شیخ حبیب الراعی) was an elevated

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 and maintains a grand status amongst all the Shaikhs. He was a companion to Salman Farsi. His father, Shaikh Saleem Al-Raee, was the founder and chief ancestor from whom the

Arain Arain (also known as Raeen) are a large Punjabi agricultural tribe with strong political identity and organisation, found mainly in the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh with a small population in parts of Indian Punjab, Uttar Pradesh a ...

originate. He related that

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said, “The believer’s intentions are better than his acts.” He had flocks of sheep and his home was on the bank of the

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. His religious path was retirement from this world.

Miracles

A certain

Shaikh Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...

relates as follows, “Once I passed by him and found him praying, while a wolf looked after his sheep. I resolved to pay him a visit since he appeared to me to have the marks of greatness. When we had exchanged greetings, I said,”O Shaikh! I see the wolf in accord with the sheep.” He replied, “That is because the shepherd is in accord with God.” With those words he held a wooden bowl under a rock and two fountains gushed from the rock: one of milk and the other of honey. ‘O Shaikh!’ I cried, as he bade me drink, ‘how hast thou attained to this degree?’He answered,”By obedience to

, the Apostle of God. O my son! The rock gave water to the people of

Moses Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pro ...

, although they disobeyed him, and although Moses is not equal in rank to Muhammad: why should not the rock give milk and honey to me, inasmuch as I am obedient to Muhammad, who is superior to Moses?’ I said, “Give me a word of counsel.” He said, “Do not make your heart a coffer of covetousness and your belly a vessel of unlawful things.”

Spiritual Lineage

Shaikh Habib Al-Raee was a

Tabieen The tābi‘ūn ( ar, اَلتَّابِعُونَ, also accusative or genitive tābi‘īn , singular ''tābi‘'' ), "followers" or "successors", are the generation of Muslims who followed the companions (''ṣaḥābah'') of the Islamic prop ...

i.e. he was a follower of the Companions of

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# Suleman Farsi #Shaikh Habib Al-Raee

Ancestral Lineage

The ancestral lineage of Shaikh Habib Al-Raee is as follows: #Fehr

Quraysh The Quraysh ( ar, قُرَيْشٌ) were a grouping of Arab clans that historically inhabited and controlled the city of Mecca and its Kaaba. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born into the Hashim clan of the tribe. Despite this, many of the Qur ...

Fihr ibn Malik Fihr ibn Malik ( ar, فِهْر ٱبْن مَالِك, Fihr ibn Mālik, ), is counted among the direct ancestors of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. In the lineage of Muhammad from Adnan, Fihr precedes Muhammad by eleven generations. Meaning of ...

#Ghalib (patronymic Abu Teem-name Aamir) # Loee #Qais #Umar # Mugheera # Abdul DarThe History of al-Tabari Vol. 39
/ref> #Haris #Shaikh Saleem Al-Raee #Shaikh Habib Al-Raee Shaikh Haleem Al-Raee son of Shaikh Habib Al-Raee also belonged to the

(tribe) and migrated with

Muhammad bin Qasim Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Thaqāfī ( ar, محمد بن القاسم الثقفي; –) was an Arab military commander in service of the Umayyad Caliphate who led the Muslim conquest of Sindh (part of modern Pakistan), inaugurating the Umayya ...

to Multan side of Pakistan with his army.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tabi'un 7th-century Muslims Tabi‘un Arain 7th-century Arabs Sahabah ancestors

Miracles

Spiritual Lineage

Ancestral Lineage

See also

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