Muridin & Khulafa of Shabiha Ghawth al Azam Mahbub al Rabbani Shaykh al Mashaikh Sayyid Ali Husayn Ashrafi al Jilani Qudwat al Awliya, Mahbub al Rabbani Shabiha Ghawth al Azam Shaykh al Mashaikh Allama Sayyid Ali Husayn Ashrafi al Jilani Kichochavi i

Muridin & Khulafa

of

Shabiha Ghawth al Azam Mahbub al Rabbani

Shaykh al Mashaikh

Sayyid Ali Husayn Ashrafi al Jilani

Qudwat al Awliya, Mahbub al Rabbani Shabiha Ghawth al Azam Shaykh al Mashaikh Allama Sayyid Ali Husayn Ashrafi al Jilani Kichochavi is regarded as the Reviver of the grand Silsila of Quadriya Chishtiya Ashrafiya. It is estimated that not less than 23 Lakh (230,000) people entered the noble tariqah at his blessed hands and tread the path of guidance and salvation. Such large numbers of Muridin is unheard off of any other Sufi Scholar after the blessed personality of Qutb al Hind Ataa’ al Rasul Sayyid Moyinuddin Chishti Ajmeri in Islamic history, a brief list of his illustrious Muridin is enough to establish this fact. Qudwat al Awliya left an array of more than 1300 Khulafa to guide and lead his beloved Muridin! A list of 436 Khulafa is available with the details of names, titles, place where these great Scholars received Khilafa from Qudwat al Awliya. We shall in the following lines present a short list of those great Ahl us Sunnal wal Jamah scholars who became Murids of Qudwat al Awliya and at a later date received Khilafa from him in the blessed Quadriya Chishtiya Ashrafiya tariqah.

The following is the list of those great scholars and spiritual personalities who were both Qudwat al Ulama’s Muridin & his Khalifas in Ashrafiya tariqah:

1. Alim al Rabbani Sultan al Wayizin Sayyid Ahmad Ashraf Ashrafi al Jilani.
2. Ashraf al Asfiya Sayyid Mustafa Ashraf Ashrafi al Jilani.
3. Makdum al Mashaikh Sarkar al Kalan Sayyid Mukhtar Ashraf Ashrafi al Jilani.
4. Ashraf al Awliya Allama Sayyid Mujtaba Ashraf Ashrafi al Jilani.
5. Sadr al Afazil Sayyid Nayimuddin Ashrafi Muradabadi, the author of Tafsir ‘Khazayin al Irfan’ and founder of ‘Jamiya al Nayimiya’, Muradabad, India.
6. Mujahid al Millah Allama Mufti Habib al Rahman Quadri Ashrafi Dhamnagari Orisavi.
7. Fakhr al Ulama Allama Sayyid Shah Muhammad Fakhar Ashrafi Allahabadi.
8. Muballigh al Islam Allama Sayyid Mir Muhammad Ghulam Bheek Ashrafi
9. Shaykh al Arab Allama Fazl al Rahman Ashrafi Madani ibn Qutb al Madinah Allama Ziyauddin Ahmad Madani.
10. Hafiz al Millah Jalalat al Ilm Mufti Abdul Aziz Ashrafi Muhaddith Mubarakpuri, the founder of the largest Ahl us Sunnah Madrasa in India, ‘Jamiya al Ashrafiya’, Mubarakpur, India.
11. Mufti al Azam Pakistan Allama Sayyid Abul Barakat Ahmad Ashrafi Lahori, the founder of the famous Madrasa of Pakistan – ‘Hizb al Ahnaf’, Lahore.
12. Mufassir al Azam Pakistan Allama Sayyid Abul Hasanat Muhammad Ahmad Ashrafi Lahori, the author of Tafsir al Hasanat in 7 large Volumes.
13. Imam al Nahv Sadr al Ulama Sayyid Ghulam Jilani Ashrafi Meruthi.
14. Ustaz al Ulama Allama Mufti Yunus Nayimi Ashrafi Sambhali.
15. Muballigh al Islam Allama Sayyid Ghulam Qutbuddin Ashrafi Barhamchari.
16. Ustaz al Ulama Allama Mufti Muhammad Yunus Ashrafi Sambhali.
17. Bahr al Ulum Allama Mufti Abdul Hafeez Haqqani Ashrafi.
18. Khatib al Azam Allama Shah Arifullah Meruthi.
19. Imam al Mutakallimin Allama Sulayman Ashrafi Bhagalpuri.
20. Allama Ghulam Muhammad Tarannum Ashrafi Amritsari.
21. Mufti al Azam Kanpur Allama Mufti Rifaqat Husayn Ashrafi Kanpuri.
22. Allama Mufti Abdul Hayy’ Ashrafi, the brother of Shaykh al Muhaddithin Allama Wasi Ahmad Naqshbandi Muhaddith Surati.
23. Allama Ikram al Haq Ashrafi Ansari.
24. Allama Hafiz Mufti Abdul Aziz Khan Ashrafi Nayimi Fatehpuri.
25. Ustaz al Ulama Allama Hafiz Mufti Abdul Rasheed Khan Ashrafi Nayimi Fatehpuri, the founder of ‘Jamiya Arabiya’, Nagpur.

Among others who were not Qudwat al Awliya’s Muridin but received Khilafah in the Ashrafiya tariqah are:

1. Hujjat al Islam Imam al Ahl us Sunnah Mufti Hamid Raza Khan Quadri Barkati Bareilvi, the eldest son of Imam al Akbar Ahmad Raza Khan Quadri.
2. Sayyid al Muhaddithin Sayyid Didar Ali Shah Naqshbandi Alwari who was the Murid and Khalifa of Allama Fazl al Rasul Naqshbandi Ganj- Muradabadi. The sons of Sayyid al Muhaddithin – Mufti al Azam Pakistan and Mufassir al Azam Pakistan were both Murids and Khalifas of Qudwat al Awliya.
3. Muballigh al Azam Allama Abdul Aleem Siddiqui Quadri Meruthi.
4. Qutb al Madinah Allama Ziyauddin Ahmad Quadri Madani. The son of Qutb al Madinah – Allama Fazl al Rahman Quadri Ashrafi was the Murid and Khalifa of Qudwat al Awliya.
5. Ashraf al Mufassirin Hakim al Ummah Mufti Ahmad Yaar Khan Ashrafi Nayimi was the Murid of Sadr al Afazil Sayyid Nayimuddin Muradabadi in the Ashrafiya tariqah and received Khilafa from Qudwat al Awliya.
6. Taj al Ulama Mufti Muhammad Umar Nayimi Ashrafi was the Murid of Sadr al Afazil Sayyid Nayimuddin Muradabadi in the Ashrafiya tariqah and received Khilafa from Qudwat al Awliya.
7. Ustaz al Ulama Mufti Muhammad Husayn Nayimi Ashrafi was the Murid of Sadr al Afazil Sayyid Nayimuddin Muradabadi in the Ashrafiya tariqah and received Khilafa from Qudwat al Awliya.
8. Ajmal al Ulama Mufti Ajmal Husayn Quadri Razvi Sambhali was the Murid of Imam Ahmad Raza Khan in Quadriya Barkatiya tariqah. He had Khilafa from Hujjat al Islam in the Quadriya Barkatiya and Khilafa from Qudwat al Awliya Shabiha Ghawth al Azam in the Quadriya Chishtiya Ashrafiya tariqah.
9. Hazrat Mawlana Sayyid Shah Amir Hamza Ashrafi Jalali.
10. Taj al Mashaikh Qutb al Rabbani Sayyid Shah Tahir Ashraf Ashrafi al Jilani Dahlavi.
11. Rayis al Muhaqqiqin Allama Sulayman Ashraf Quadri Bihari, Aligarh Muslim University.
12. Muhaddith al Azam Pakistan Allama Sayyid Sardar Ahmad Chishti Faysalabadi was the ‘Talib’ and Khalifa of Hujjat al Islam Hamid Raza Khan Quadri Barkati Bareilvi. He also had the Khilafa from Qudwat al Awliya Shabiha Ghawth al Azam.
13. Ustaz al Ulama Allama Mushtaq Ahmad Naqshbandi Kanpuri ibn Ustaz al Zaman Allama Shah Ahmad Hasan Fazil Kanpuri.
14. Mufti al Azam Agra Allama Mufti Nisar Ahmad Kanpuri.
15. Allama Abdul Ahad Quadri Razvi Pilibhiti, the son of Shaykh al Muhaddithin Allama Wasi Ahmad Muhaddith Surati was the Murid of Imam al Akbar Ahmad Raza Khan Quadri Barkati. He had Khilafa from Imam al Akbar in Quadriya Barkatiya and had Khilafa in Quadriya Chishtiya Ashrafiya from Qudwat al Awliya Shabiha Ghawth al Azam.
16. Allama Shah Ahmad Mukhtar Siddiqui Quadri Razvi Meruthi, the brother of Muballigh al Azam Abdul Aleem Siddiqui Quadri Meruthi was the Murid of Imam Ahmad Raza Khan Quadri in the Quadriya Barkatiya tariqah. He also had the Khilafa of Qudwat al Awliya Shabiha Ghawth al Azam in Quadriya Chishtiya Ashrafiya tariqah.