{"id":3124,"date":"2016-09-17T09:09:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T09:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/v2\/?p=3124"},"modified":"2016-09-17T09:10:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T09:10:48","slug":"al-had-al-aalim-al-faadil-syedi-sheikh-qutub-bin-sulaimanjee-qr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/misbah\/hududkiram\/al-had-al-aalim-al-faadil-syedi-sheikh-qutub-bin-sulaimanjee-qr\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Had Al-\u00b4Aalim Al-Faadil Syedi Sheikh Qutub bin Sulaimanjee <sup>QR<\/sup>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Syedi Sheikh Qutub bin Mulla Sulaimanjee <sup>QR<\/sup> was born in Burhanpur on 21<sup>st<\/sup> Jumadil Ukhra, 1163 H (27<sup>th<\/sup> May 1750AD), during the era of al-Dai al-Ajal Syedna Ibrahim Wajihuddin <sup>RA<\/sup>. He was named after al-Dai al-Ajal Syedna Qutbuddin Shaheed <sup>RA<\/sup>, as his <em>chatti <\/em>(naming ceremony) coincided with his <em>urs mubarak<\/em>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At a young age, along with versing himself in matters of faith, Sheikh Qutub <sup>QR<\/sup> also started learning Urdu and Farsi, after having attained proficiency in Gujarati, Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit. He had already established himself as a highly intelligent and committed individual; with a buoyant nature despite his youth. Sheikh Qutub <sup>QR<\/sup> had a particular fondness for history, in which he excelled. He was also a great poet and was known as <em>Umdato She\u2019r<\/em> (the support of poety). When he was 29, Syedna al-Moiayyed Fi al-Deen <sup>RA<\/sup> bestowed him with <em>mafsuhiyat<\/em>, in Burhanpur in 1192 H (1778 AD).<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Qutub <sup>QR <\/sup>was well known amongst the people for his exceptional conduct. The 42<sup>nd<\/sup> Dai Syedna Yusuf Najmuddin <sup>RA<\/sup> took Sheikh Qutub<sup> QR<\/sup> with him on his travels to Jamnagar in 1201 H. It was during this trip that Sheikh Qutub<sup> QR<\/sup> began writing the first volume of his outstanding contribution to Fatemi history: <strong>Muntaza\u00b4 al-Akhbaar<\/strong>. From Jamnagar, Syedna Yusuf <sup>RA<\/sup> proceeded to Ahmedabad where Sheikh Qutub <sup>QR<\/sup> assisted in the restoration of the mausoleums and graves damaged and destroyed by adversaries.<\/p>\n<p>In 1214 H, he sent Sheikh Qutub <sup>QR<\/sup>, along with Mulla Noor bhai<sup> QR<\/sup>, to assist Sheikh Hebatullah bin Sheikh Wali Mohammed<sup> QR<\/sup> to contain Majdu\u2019s <em>fitnat<\/em> in Aurangabad. Here Sheikh Qutub <sup>QR<\/sup> catalogued all of Masjdu\u2019s misdeeds and personally presented them to the Nizam. When Majdu denied committing these felonies, Sheikh Qutub <sup>QR<\/sup> presented the corresponding evidence which the Nizam accepted. Upon viewing the evidence, the Nizam ordered Majdu to be imprisoned. He also permitted Sheikh Qutub <sup>QR<\/sup> &amp; Sheikh Hebatullah to<sup> QR<\/sup> take Majdu to Syedna Abdeali Saifuddin <sup>RA<\/sup> as a prisoner.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of this <em>khidmat<\/em>, Syedna Abdeali Saifuddin <sup>RA<\/sup> bestowed Sheikh Qutub <sup>QR<\/sup> with <em>haddiyat<\/em> on 19<sup>th<\/sup> Shehrullah al-Moazzam, 1214 H (13<sup>th<\/sup> February 1800 AD). Syedna <sup>RA<\/sup> further graced Sheikh Qutub<sup> QR<\/sup> by writing about him in that year\u2019s <em>risaalah sharifah<\/em>. Syedna <sup>RA<\/sup> mentioned both Sheikh Qutub, his forefathers and the <em>khidmat<\/em> rendered by them. Sheikh Qutub\u2019s <sup>QR<\/sup> lineage is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Qutub bin (son of) Mulla Sulaimanjee bin Mulla Laar Mohammed bin Maulaya Abd al-Rusool Shaheed (Banswara) bin Mulla Noor bhai.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Qutub <sup>QR<\/sup> was a scholar and a man of piety. He had memorised the entire Quran and also taught it to others. He would recite the entire Surah al-Kahf in <em>fajar namaaz<\/em> every Friday. His discourses were scholarly, and he was an expert in astronomy. He would observe <em>rozah<\/em> during the months of Rajab al-Asab, Shaaban al-Kareem and Shehrullah al- Moazzam. He would observe S<em>aum-e-Dawood<\/em> over the other nine months of the year. He would always pray all five <em>namaaz<\/em> daily at Saifee Masjid, Pune.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Qutub <sup>QR<\/sup> twice wrote the <em>khazaanah<\/em> of Dawat and completed the second volume of <strong>Muntaza\u00b4 al-Akhbaar<\/strong> in 1231 AH<em>.<\/em> It took him approximately 30 years to write both volumes completing them during Syedna Abdeali Saifuddin\u2019s <sup>RA <\/sup>era. Syedna Taher Saifuddin <sup>RA<\/sup> writes in his <em>risaalah shareefah<\/em> <em>Silsilat Ne\u00b4mat Uzmaa<\/em> that through his endeavour of writing <strong>Muntaza\u00b4 al-Akhbaar<\/strong> he attained great proximity to Du\u00b4at Mutlaqeen. The first volume recounts the history of Aimmat Tahereen <sup>AS<\/sup>, and the second volume the history of Du\u00b4at Mutlaqeen <sup>RA <\/sup>up to the time of Syedna Tayyib Zainuddin <sup>RA<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Qutub was appointed the Aamil of Mumbai in 1232 AH, after being the Aamil of Pune for 10 years. He served five Du\u00b4at Mutlaqeen<sup> RA<\/sup>, and was blessed with the <em>deedaar<\/em> of seven Du\u00b4at Mutlaqeen <sup>RA<\/sup> in his lifetime. At the age of 80, he passed away on 24<sup>th<\/sup> Shawwal al-Mukarram, 1243 AH (8<sup>th<\/sup> May, 1828 AD), during the time of al-Dai al-Ajal Syedna Tayyib Zainuddin <sup>RA<\/sup> in Pune.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syedi Sheikh Qutub bin Mulla Sulaimanjee QR was born in Burhanpur on 21st Jumadil Ukhra, 1163 H (27th May 1750AD), during the era of al-Dai al-Ajal Syedna Ibrahim Wajihuddin RA. He was named after al-Dai al-Ajal Syedna Qutbuddin Shaheed RA, as his chatti (naming ceremony) coincided with his urs mubarak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3124"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3129,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3124\/revisions\/3129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}