About Shaikhuna

Shamsul Muffasireen Sultan ul Aarifeen Farid ul Asr Al Arif Billah Faqeer Nawaz Hazrath Allama Alhaj Shaik Syed Mohammed Omer Aamir Kaleemi Shah Noori Hasani ul Husaini Jafari ul Jeelani Al Khulafai Chishti Qadiri (Rahmatullahalaih).

His Holiness Shaik Al Aarif Billah Hazrath Syed Mohammed Omer Aamir Kaleemi Shah Noori Rahamatullahi Alaih was a renowned Sufi Scholar with followers Majorly in South India and spread across India. He was a follower of Hanafi school of thought and a torch bearer of Chisti Qadiri sect of Sufism. He was an Eminent Mufassir Of Quran, known for his tafseer(Explanation) on a single Ayah for Days. He has contributed his services in imparting rightful Islamic education to children from Madrassa affiliated to him. He has been the reason for giving major rightful ulemas to the Islamic society. He was proficient in many languages such as Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Hindi and English. He had a very good sense of Islamic poetry and authored“Hamd”,“AarifanaKalam”and “Naat e sharief” published in the year 1994 named “Mahwe Sujood”.

His Holiness Shaik Al Aarif Billah Hazrath Syed Mohammed Omer Aamir Kaleemi Shah Noori Rahamatullahi Alaih was born on 13^th February 1926 (H 29^th Rajab 1344) to a renowned Hakeem Syed Raza Ali Saheb in his Ancestral house present in Nallana Mudali Street,Royapettah, Chennai which serves as Khankha and family continues to live there. He is the 31^stgrandson of Qutubul Aqtaab Al Shaik Hazrath Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani Ghousul Azam Datageer Rahmatullahalaih and a descendent of Prophet Mohammed Sallallahualaihiwasallam. He was lovingly addressed as “Sarkar Qibla” by everyone.

Hazrath Omer e Farooq Raziallahutala Anhu in the Dream of Father.

The night before the birth of Hazrath Syed Mohammed Omer Aamir Kaleemi Shah Noori Rahamatullahi Alaih his father had a dream where he sees Hazrath Omer E Farooq Raziallahutala Anhu seated in the backyard of his house. Upon seeing him Syed Raza Ali Saheb ran towards Hazrath Omer e Farooq Raziallahutala Anhu saying “I am your slave” with cheer. Waking up to this dream Hazrath Syed Raza Ali Saheb came out of his room proclaiming himself as “slave of Omer is coming”.

On birth of a boy child that morning to him, Syed Raza Ali Saheb named this child as “Omer” after Hazrath Omer E Farooq Raziallahutala Anhu.

Hazrath Syed Shah Ali Rahamatullahalaih Grandfather of Sarkar Qibla:

Hazrath Syed Shah Ali Rahamatullah Alai was one of the most renowned scholars of Islam who lived in Chennai. He used to see Prophet Mohammed Sallalahualaihiwassalam himself many times in his dreams in most of the months as told by his son Hazrath Syed Raza Ali Sahib.

When Hazrath Shah Ali Rahamatullahi Alaih left this world in the year 1873 it was planned to lay him to rest in their ancestral burial ground at Kodambakkam. After a loving request by then Nawab of Arcot to bury him in the burial grounds of Walajah Big mosque as he is the blessed grandson of Hazrath Al Shaik Abdul Qadir Jeelani Ghouse Azam Rahmatullahalaih. Hazrath Syed Raza Ali Sahib accepted his request to rest him in peace in the burial grounds of Walajah big mosque.

Upon his request being accepted Nawab sahib himself participated in the funeral procession of Hazrath at his place. It was reported by many at that time that he carried the blessed janaza of Hazrath on his shoulders. This event has also been recorded in the Biography of Nawab sahib, in the book named as “Mamulaat” kept in the library of Diwan Saheb authored by the grandson of Diwan sahib, Hazrath Abdulla sahib.

Hazrath Syed Shah Ali Rahamatullah Alaih has been buried in the north corner of the Walajah Mosque. People come to visit his blessed tomb by identifying the Tomb stone placed in the burial ground.

Sarkar Qibla’s father Syed Raza Ali Sahib had been laid to rest in the burial grounds of Dastagir sahib Dargah in Dr.Natesan Road, Chennai, at a place allocated to his blessed family exclusively.

Early Life and Formal Education.

Sarkar Qibla’s primary schooling was done by his father. He pursued his education till SSLC in the “Government Muslim High School” where his formal education stopped due to the sudden demise of his father.

During his middle school, he used to recite Quran, naat and used to give lecture about the virtues of the Prophet Mohammed Sallalhualaihiwasallam addressing the school prayer gathering which would be held every morning. He was encouraged by his teacher Hazrath Turab Sahib for the love of Prophet he had in addressing the virtues of prophet.

At the naive age of 16 he lost his Father and was left with the responsibility of 1 younger brother, 1 elder sister and 5 younger sisters along with his mother. Because of the responsibilities vested on his young shoulders after the demise of his father he couldn’t continue his formal education, but he went on to attain Islamic knowledge with his hard work and interest and excelled in it.

Nikah of Sarkar Qibla.

Sarkar Qibla ‘s father Syed Raza Ali Sahib had his Nikah secured to Hazrath Syeda Mumtaz rahmatullahialaiha during their childhood as she was 23^rd decedent of Ghousul Azam Dastagir rahmatullahalaih and a daughter of a very close relative Maulvi Syed Mahammed QasimVellori rahamatullah alaih.

After the demise of his father, Sarkar Qibla went on to marry Hazrath Syeda Mumtaz rahmatullahialaiha in the year 1949 as per his father’s wish. Nikah took place as a simple ceremony in a house at Mylapore, Chennai.

Learning Islamic Shariah.

Sarkar Qibla was very interested in attaining Islamic knowledge and he worked very hard to attain it. Amazed at the interest levels of Sarkar Qibla to learn Islamic knowledge and his love for Allah and his prophet, his teacher Hazrath Maulana Quddus Nomani Saheb started to impart the same to him. After learning Arabic, he started learning Tafseer, Hadees and Fiqa from his Teacher Hazrath Maulana Quddus Nomani Saheb .

Looking at the interest and proficiency levels of Sarkar qibla in attaining the Islamic knowledge Hazrath Maulana Quddus Nomani Saheb used to get very much happy and satisfied. He used to thank Almighty every time Sarkar qibla delivered lectures and sermons and used to take pride in being his teacher.

Once, Hazrath Maulana Quddus Nomani Saheb brought all his certificates and gave them to Sarkar Qibla saying that all these rightfully belong to him and he takes pride in seeing the levels of knowledge he had attained.

Bayat – Allegiance to Hazrath Shaik Noorul Mashaiq Syed Noori shah Rahmatullahalaih :

After completing knowledge in Sharia, Sarkar Qibla’s hunger for divine knowledge and love of Allah and his Prophet grew in leaps and bounds. To attain the pinnacle of knowledge he started searching for a righteous shaik.

It was the time when people of south India were against the idea of salasil and mystics because of certain misguided and fake shaiks. But Sarkar Qibla understood that the only way to attain the ultimate knowledge of ma’arifat is by becoming a student of a righteous shaik which ended once he met Hazrath Shaik Noorul Mashaiq Syed Noori shah rahmatullahalaih. Sarkar Qibla loved his shaik so much that his words were the last for him and he used to say that “to gain the love of Allah and his prophet one should love his shaik”.

Qilafat

Sarkar qibla started attaining knowledge from the ocean of ma’arifat,Hazrath Shaik Noorul Mashaiq Syed Noori shah rahmatullahalaih. It is well known that once a person becomes proficient in gaining and imparting the knowledge of ma’arifat he is gifted or certified with Qilafat and it normally takes years to achieve that level.But upon seeing the ability and proficiency of Sarkar Qibla, he was bestowed with qilafat in a few days itself by Hazrath Shaik Noorul Mashaiq Syed Noori shah rahmatullahalaih.

Sarkar qibla started loving Hazrath Shaik Noorul Mashaiq Syed Noori shah rahmatullahalaih, as he opened of the doors of divine knowledge upon him, which was elevating him closer to the almighty.

Sarkar Qibla didn’t take anyone as his disciple for a long time even after he was bestowed with qilafat. When Hazrath Shaik Noorul Mashaiq Syed Noori shah rahmatullahalaih came to know about this, he insisted Sarkar qibla to take bayat and guide the people towards the truth and the right path. After this Sarkar Qibla started taking bayat and started teaching people the true essence of Islam.

Sarkar Qibla took the responsibility of teaching Tariqat and guiding people to the right path on his shoulders at an early age of 21 without any respite.Sarkar Qibla started taking people into his bayat only when they come to him with the interest to learn deen. He never travelled to take people under his bayat, until his shaik insisted. After laying foundations of Silsala e Aamiria in Chennai as instructed by his shaik, he started travelling to other cities of southern states such as Andra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Once Hazrath Shaik Noorul Mashaiq Syed Noori shah rahmatullahalaih accompanied Sarkar Qibla to Bengaluru which went upto become the strong hold of Silsila e Aamiria.

Ziyarat E Harmain Sharifain

Until 1983 Sarkar Qibla couldn’t make the pilgrimage as he had to take care of his aged Mother. After her demise in the year 1984 Sarkar Qibla took to the blessed journey to Harmainsharifain with his Blessed Shaik. On reaching Madina he never wanted to return back due to immense love for Rasoollulah Sallahualaihiwasallam.On hearing this, Hazrath Shaik Noorul Mashaiq Syed Noori shah rahmatullahalaih asked him to return to Madras to spread the love he had for Rasoollulah Sallahualaihiwasallam to the world.

Restriction of travel due to health Conditions

Sarkar Qibla would be awake all night to pray to the almighty with no rest. In one of the letters written to Sarkar Qibla by his shaik it can be found that his shaik advising Sarkar Qibla to take rest for some time during nights and look after his health as well.

In a span of 30 years, Sarkar qibla travelled extensively and continued to spread his divine knowledge to the world until 1990. Due to his deteriorating health conditions, doctors had advised Sarkar Qibla to stop travelling but this didn’t stop huge crowds of people to visit him and gain knowledge from him. Although restrictions were made to meet Sarkar Qibla only twice a week i.e. on Friday and Sunday but this did not stop people from all over India to visit Sarkar Qibla everyday.

Announcement of SajjadaNashin (Successor)

Hazrath Maulana Syed Mohammed Razaul Haq Aamir Aleemi Shah Aamiri Qibla is the eldest son of Sarkar Qibla. During the Marriage of Hazrath Maulana Syed Mohammed Razaul Haq Aamir Aleemi Shah Aamiri Saheb Qibla in the year 1985 Hazrath Shaik Noorul Mashaiq Syed Noori Shah rahmatullahalaih presided over the Marriage. On the occasion of valima, samaqani was held in Rahimi Hall Hazrath Maulana Syed Mohammed Razaul Haq Aamir Aleemi Shah Aamiri Saheb Qibla was declared as “Sajjadanashin” of “Silsila e Aamiria” in the presence of most of the prominent Khalifas and Mureeds. Where Hazrath Maulana Syed Mohammed Razaul Haq Aamir Aleemi Shah Aamiri Saheb Qibla Wrote a Poetry “Mila Tujhse Khuda, Tujhse Mohammed, Na Bhoolunga tera ehsaan Noori ” meaning-“O! Noori I will never forget what you have bestowed on me, I have attained the love of Allah and His Rasool by you” for this poetry Hazrath Maulana Syed Mohammed Razaul Haq Aamir Aleemi Shah Aamiri Sahib Qibla was conferred with the title of “AbulEhsan”

It can be seen that Sarkar Qibla had left major decisions to Hazrath Shaik Noorul Mashaiq Syed Noori shah rahmatullahalaih himself and the decision of succession was also one of them.

Inception of “Zikr e Allahu”

Sarkar Qibla would always find simple ways to remember Allah through zikr and would teach the same to others as well. Among them he would specifically recite “Asmaul Husna” the blessed beautiful names of Allah and brought it into his daily life. As the below hadith goes

Hadith

“Man ahasaha dakhala ljannah”

Translation

One who memorises the Asmaulhusna would enter heaven

This Zikr got incepted by Sarkar Qibla by the will of Allah Subhanahu watala around 47years before he left this material world. Everyday Sarkar Qibla would take a blessed name of Allah Subhanahu watala and recite it the whole day and the next day the next blessed name, this goes upto the 99^th name. On the 100^th day “Allahu” would be chanted from sunrise to the next sunrise. With time this has become so big due to the number of mureedeen visiting Sarkar Qibla every 100^th day to join zikr e Allahu with him, which has now come to be known as “Allahu Day”this has also given birth to a calendar called “Allahu Calender” to follow the Zikr.“Allahu Day” is one of the most important events which takes place in “Khankha e Aamiria” where thousands of people come to visit Sarkar Qibla to join the zikr and get guidance from Sarkar Qibla. Huge quantities of food is prepared and served as “Langar e Allahu”.

Mahw e Sujood

Sarkar Qibla was an eminent orator and an excellent Poet too. His poetry was dedicated to the love of Allah subhanahu watala and Rasoolallah Sallalahualahiwasallam. He used his poetry to impart the divine knowledge and bring people close to Almighty.

In the year 1994 Sajjadanashin Hazrath Maulana Syed Mohammed Razaul Haq Aamir Aleemi Shah Aamiri Saheb qibla compiled most of the poetries of Sarkar Qibla and published it as a book called ‘Mahw e sujood’ in Urdu, which had Urdu, Arabic and Persian Poems. The poetry in it gives an insight into the heart of Sarkar qibla which was filled with immense love for the Almighty and his Rasool Sallalahualaihiwassalam, the love he had for his Shaik and the levels of knowledge he attained with the contiguity to the Almighty, it can be seen that every poem ended with the remembrance of his beloved Shaik. He had no love for pleasures of this material world. He lived to bring people towards loving the Creator and his Habib Sallalahualaihiwasallam which is the ultimate destiny of a creation.

Sarkar Qibla and his Disciples

Sarkar Qibla had a very unique style of teaching. His approach was very simple in explaining or teaching ambiguous matters with simple examples. He used to teach Arabic, Tafseer e Quran, Fiqa, Masnavi Sharief and Ilm e Marifat to his students according to their intellectual levels. He had a gift of understanding a person at a glimpse and loved every deciple as his children, it can be seen that every student used to claim that Sarkar Qibla loved him the most this was the kind of affection he showed to his disciples. Love of Sarkar Qibla itself became one of the bridges to gain knowledge from him and get closer to him. This gave birth to a number of renowned scholars in India.

Each day of a week was assigned for each subject to learn and would insist there is no age bar for learning. It was seen that people from every age group will be seated in the majlis to learn from him. Sarkar Qibla would insist on Wasila and says that no one can be successful without wasila.

Jewels of wisdom by Sarkar Qibla

Not to indulge in unwanted talks
Respect ones parents as they are the doors to Jannah
Love Allah Alone
Eat as advised by Prophet Sallahualaihiwasallam
Sleep should be in Limits
There is no Age bar to start Learning
One cannot reach divinity without Wasila

Miracle of Sarkar Qibla

Many people have witnessed multiple miracles by Sarkar Qibla during his lifetime one of his biggest miracles witnessed is that Sarkar qibla was always in the remembrance of Allah subhanahu watala and he made others like him as well.

Once, Sarkar Qibla sent a person named Mohammed Ali for Haj pilgrimage on behalf of his blessed father. That person reported that he saw Sarkar Qibla in several occasions i.e. during Tawaf, ziyarat in Madina and in other occasions in HaramainSharifain. Seeing this Mohammed Ali tried reaching Sarkar Qibla but couldn’t make it, upon this he called up his sons and enquired why he was not informed about Sarkar Qibla’s haj plans. He was astonished to know that Sarkar Qibla was in Madras only. This event was reported by many people going to Haj.

Final Days of Sarkar Qibla

Sarkar Qibla’s name had become so synonymous for his services to Islam for 60 years that the number of his disciples (murideen) is running in lakhs in India alone. It has become obsolete for any righteous ulema to have not heard of this great Sufi Teacher and saint.

During the final days, Sarkar Qibla confined himself only for prayers and love of Almighty. He used to avoid meeting many people.

It was the time after fajr on Sunday, the of 23^rd November 2014 SarkarQibla called his Second Son Hazrath Maulana Syed Manzoor Ahmed Aamiri saheb and went through daily course like every morning. He had tea in the morning and in the presence of his Eldest son Hazrath Maulana Syed Mohammed Razaul Haq Saheb Qibla and his second Son Hazrath Syed Manzoor Ahmed Aamiri sahib, sarkar Qibla breathe his last breath by looking at the framed Kalima Tayyiba on the walls of his room calling Allah! Allah!

Thus Sarkar Qibla left this material world for hereafter. Inna lillahiwa Inna IlaihiRajiun!

The Procession of Janaza itself was something which will be remembered as one of the most important events in the history of Chennai city, it is something that will be talked for generations to come. Modern city of Chennai had never witnessed such an unbelievable number of people who flocked to the city from all over the world, with a wish to get a last glimpse of their beloved and one of the Greatest Sufis the modern Chennai had ever seen. The blessed casket of Sarkar Qibla was carried on shoulders with the chants of Allahu! Allahu! by his disciples and devotees with a heavy heart to the Walajah Big mosque, Triplicane, Chennai around 3 kms from Khankha e Aamiria where Namaz e Janaza was performed. This is the same mosque where Sarkar Qibla’s grandfather was laid to rest on the request of then Nawab of Arcot.

Namaz e Janaza was led by Peerzada of Sarkar Qibla Mumtazul Mashaiq Qutb e Irshaad Peerzada Sufi Professor Doctor Syed Mohammed Nasiruddin Jeelani Hasani Husaini Al Maroof Ba Asrarullah Shah Noori Chishti Quadri Jamius Salasil Kamilut Tafseer wa Hadees Jamia Nizamia M.A.,M.Phil.,Ph.D(osm) damat barakatuhum himself with about a lakh people participating in performing the prayers and the procession in love of their Spiritual Leader and Teacher.

He was laid to rest between The Mosque built by him and his Madarasa (Arabic College) with a beautiful white Marble mausoleum erected on his blessed tomb at Pannur Village near Sunguvarchatram. So that everybody can visit his holy tomb to gain divine blessings from him and Allah, as he belonged to everyone, the common man and to his disciples alike. This blessed place is on NH4 near Sriperumbudur.