Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi () (26 January 1013 ― 26 July 1119), 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 Muslim mystic and Traditionalist. He was an Islamic theologian and a Hanbali jurist based in Baghdad, Iraq. Abu Saeed was his patronym.
Biography Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi was born in Hankar (the land of his Murshid) on 12th Rajab 403 Hijri (26 January 1013 A.D) but spent most of his life in Makhzum, a small town in Baghdad. He established Baab-ul-Azj, the famous madrasa of Baghdad whom he later handed over to his disciple and khalifah, Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani. 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 of Allah. He died on 11th Rabī’ al-Thānī 513 Hijri (26 July 1119 A.D) 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 HanbaliJuan Eduardo Campo, Encyclopedia of Islam, p 4. school of thought.Arberry, A.J., Muslim Saints and Mystics: Episodes from the Tadhkirat Al-Auliya’ ('Memorial of the Saints'). Abridged from Tadhkirat Al-Auliya by Farid al-Din Attar. London, England.: Penguin (Non-Classics), 1990. , 32–38 He was the Murshid 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 and he invested me too with a robe. We attained blessings from each other.”
Spiritual lineage The spiritual lineage of Faqr reaches Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi from Muhammad in the following order: Mohammad 'Alī bin Abī Ṭālib al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī Habib al Ajami Dawud Tai Maruf Karkhi Sirri Saqti Junaid Baghdadi, founder of the Junaidia order Abu Bakr Shibli Abdul Aziz bin Hars bin Asad Yemeni Tamimi Abu Al Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi Mohammad Yousaf Abu al-Farah Tartusi Abu-al-Hassan Ali Bin Mohammad Qureshi Hankari Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi conferred khilafat upon Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani who continued the order by renaming it as Qadri order.Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. "The Special Sufi Paths (Taqiras)." Muslim Communities of Grace: The Sufi Brotherhoods in Islamic Religious Life. New York: Columbia UP, 2007. 86-96.
Titles 1. QIBLA-E-SAALIKA (Destination of Wayfarers).
2. JAAMI ULOOM-E-MARIFAT (Collector of Gnosis of Allah).
See also Qadiriyyah Abdul Qadir Jilani
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