Muhammad Ghawth (Ghouse, Ghaus or Gwath) Gwaliyari was a 16th-century Sufi master of the Shattari order and Sufi saint, a musician, and the author of Jawahir-i Khams (Arabic: al-Jawahir al-Khams, meaning the Five Jewels).
Genealogy
- Muhammad Ghawth Gwaliyari
- Khatiruddin Bayazid
- Fariduddin Attar
- Sima al Wasil
- Ahmad al Sadiq
- Taqiuddin Najib
- Abu Bakr al Ajli
- Isma’il ibn Jafar
- Ja’far al-Sadiq
- Muhammad al-Baqir
- Zayn al-Abidin
- Husain ibn Ali
- Ali ibn Abi Talib.
- Muhammad
Biography
He was born in 906 AH (1500 AD) In the preface of al-Jawahir al-Khams, he states that he wrote the book when he was 25 years old. In 956 A.H. (1549 CE) he travelled to Gujarat, when he was 50 years old. He stayed in Ahmedabad for ten years where he founded Ek Toda Mosque and preached.
Hazrat Shah Muhmmad Ghaus Gawalyari
Works
- Jawahir-i-Khamsa (The five jewels) which was later translated to Arabic, al-Jawahir al-Khams, by the Mecca-based Shattari teacher Sibghat Allah (d. 1606 CE).
- Bahr al-Hayat (The Ocean of Life), his translation of Hawd al-Hayat (The Pool of Life), an Arabic translation of Amrtakunda, a book on Yoga, written in Sanskrit.
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SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR RAISUL KAMILEEN SULTANUL AWALIYA
SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR WAS THE SON OF SHAIKH KHATIRUDDIN
HE WAS THE MOST OUTSTANDING FIGURE OF THE SHATTARI SILSILA
SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR JOINED THE DISCIPLES OF SHAIKH ZAHOOR HAMID IN HIS EARLY YOUTH
AFTER INITIAL TRAINING IN MYSTIC DISCIPLINE SHAIKH ZAHOOR HAMID ASKED HIM TO GO TO CHUNAR
SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR STAYED THERE FOR MORE THAN 13 YEARS
BADUAYANI WROTE IN HIS BOOK THAT DURING STAY AT CHUNAR FOREST SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR USED TO SUBSISTED ON THE LEAVES OF TREES
WHILE HE WAS IN FOREST , FOREST PEOPLE AND EVEN WILD ANIMALS WERE NOT ONLY FRIENDLY BUT OBEDIENT TO HIM
WHILE HE WAS IN CHUNAR HE PREPARED A RECORD OF THE TEACHING OF HIS MASTER SHAIKH ZAHOOR HAMID AND GAVE IT THE TITLE “JAWAHIR E KHAMSHA”
WHEN SHAIKH ZAHOOR HAMID RETURNED TO BENGAL SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUTH PRESENTED HIM THIS BOOK
SHAIKH ZAHOOR HAMID LIKE THIS BOOK VERY MUCH
THERE AFTER SHAIKH ZAHOOR HAMID ASKED SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR TO RETURN TO GWALIOR
SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR HAD DEVELOPED HIS PERSONALITY SO MUCH THAT AS SOON AS HE SETTLED IN GWALIOR HE BECAME FAMOUS IN THE PEOPLE
SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR HELPED HUMAYUN A LOT IN CONQUERING THE FORT OF GWALIOR
WHEN HUMAYUN DRIVEN OUT OF INDIA THERE ARISEN POLITICAL PROBLEMS AND DUE TO THIS POLITICAL REASONS SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR HAD TO MIGRATE E TO GUJARAT
THERE ALSO SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR ATTAIN GREAT FAME SO MUCH THAT MANY ROYAL PEOPLE STARTED COMING TO MEET HIM
DUE TO THIS SOME PEOPLE WERE JEALOUS AND THEY STARTED LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO HARASS HIM
AT THAT TIME SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR WROTE A BOOK NAME MEHRAJ NAMA
SOME PEOPLE OPPOSE HIS BOOK AND SHAIKH ALI MUTTAQI A SCHOLAR OF GUJARAT ISSUED A FATWA AGAINST SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR
WHEN THE MATTER WAS REFERRED TO SULTAN MUHAMMAD OF GUJARAT HE CONSULTED SHEIKH WAJIHUDDIN ALVI
OF GUJARAT
WHEN SHAIKH WAJHIUDDIN ALVI LOOKED AT SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR HE FOUND AN IRRESISTIBLE SPIRITUAL ATTRACTION IN HIM AND TORE THE FATWA OF SHAIKH ALI MUTTAQI IN TO PIECES
BY THIS INCIDENT SHAIKH ALI MUTTAQI GO TO SHEIKH WAJIHUDDIN ALVI AND ASKED HIM HOW DID YOU GRANT TO THE SPREAD OF HERESY AND SCHISM IN FAITH ?
BY THIS SHEIKH WAJIHUDDIN ALVI REPLIED POLITELY “ WE FOLLOW THE LETTER AND THE SHAIKH THE SPIRIT OF RELIGION”
OUR UNDERSTANDING CANNOT REACH HIS PERFECTIONS AND EVEN AS FAR AS THE LETTER OF THE LAW GOES
BADAUNI SAYS THAT BY THIS INCIDENT SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR BECOME MUCH FAMOUS
HE CONSTRUCTED A BIG HOUSE AND A KHANQAH IN AHMEDABAD WHICH BECOME KNOWN AS DAULAT KHANQAH
HIS KHANQAH CONTAINED A MOSQUE ALSO WHICH WAS CALLED EKTODA
THIS MOSQUE NOW DAYS FAMOUS AS SHARANGPUR DAULAT KHANA EKTODA MASJID
THERE IS A TOMB OF WIFE AND TWO SONS OF SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR IN OPEN SPACE NEAR TO THE MOSQUE
SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR VISTED TO AGRA IN RAJAB 967 HIJRI
AKBAR WENT OUT TO RECEIVE SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR
DUE TO SOME POLITICAL REASONS SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR RETURNED TO GOWALIOR
SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR BUILT A KHANQAH FOR HIMSELF IN GOWALIOR AND4 SPENT MOST HIS TIME SAMA
SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR DIED AT AGRA 17RAMZAN 970 HIJRI 1562 AD AT THE AGE OF 80 YEARS
HIS BODY WAS TAKEN TO GWALIOR WHERE HE WAS BURIED
TANSEN THE FAMOUS MUSICIAN OF AKBAR ‘S COURT ALSO JOINED THE DISCIPLE OF SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GAUSH GWALIORI
IN VIEW OF HIS DEVOTION TO THE SHAIKH HE WAS BURIED NEAR HIS TOMB
SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR WROTE BOOKS JAWAHIR E KHAMSHA,BHARUL HAYAT,KHALID MAKHZAN,MEHRAJ NAMA,AWARD E GHAUTHIYAH,AND KANJUL WAHDAT
JAWAHIR KHAMSHA THE FIVE JEWELS CONTAIN FIVE CHAPTER
1 ON THE WORSHIP OF GOD
2 ON THE ASCETIC LIFE
3 ON EXORCISM
4 ON THE RECITAL OF GOD’S PRAISES
5 ON THE ACTS OF THOSE FOLLOWERS OF THE TRUE PATH WHO HAVE ATTAINED TO KNOWLEDGE
KHALID MAKHZAN,MEHRAJ NAMA,AWARD E GOSIYA DEAL WITH SUPERNATURAL EXPERIENCES
THESE BOOKS HAVE BEEN COMPILED ON THE TALES AND PRACTICES OF THE YOGIS
THE OTHER BOOKS WHICH HE WROTE ARE TASAYAR, JAMAYAR ,JAWAHIR-E-SABA,RISALA-I-SAGEER ,RAFIUD’DARAJAT, SABIUL MOHAQQEQIN WAL MAJJUBIN, QURAB NAWAFIL WA QURBE FARAIZ,HUSNUL AKHLAQ,SHARAH NABADO-NAMAH,RISALA-I-JAFAR
SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR LEARNT SANSKRIT FROM HINDU YOGIS
SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR TRANSLATED AMRIT KUND INTO PERSIAN AND GAVE IT TITLE BHARUL HAYAT
THERE WERE MANY DISCIPLES OF SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR FROM THAT WHO DESERVE PARTICULARLY NOTED ARE SHAIKH HAMID LAR,RAJI SAYYID MUSTUFA,SHAIKH SHASHUDDIN ,SHAIKH TAJUDDIN BIN BHAUDDIN JAKRIYA, SHAIKH LAD ALIAS DOOD ULLHA, SHEIKH WAJIHUDDIN ALVI, SHAIKH AHMAD MUTAWAKKIL UJJAINI,SHAIK ALLHA BAKSH CHISTI, SHAIKH SADULLHA NAHVI, SHAIKH DIAULLAH CHISTI, SHAIKH ABDULLHA SUFI SHATTARI, SHAIKH MAKHU, SHAIKH MAHMUD, SHAIKH ABDUL WAHID TARIKHUL INAM, SAYYID HUSEN, SHAIKH IBRAHIM NURI, SHAIKH WASIL KALPI, SHAIKH DAOOD, SHAIKH OWESH, SHAIKH TAHIR, SHAIKH PEER, SHAIKH KAMALUDDIN AJAYIB, SHAIKH BHA UDDIN JAKARIYA, SHAIKH KHWAJA ALAM, SHAIKH JEWAH, SHAIKH ALI BANGALI, SHAIKH MANJHAN, SHAIK WALI MUHAMMAD, SHAIKH SADRUDDIN ZAKIR, SHAIKH MUHAMMAD ARIF
SHAH FAZLULLAH SHATTARI WROTE ABOUT 60 NAMES OF THE KHALIFA OF SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUTH GOWALIRI IN HIS BOOK MANAQIB-E-GOSHIYA
SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GHAUS GWALIOR LEFT BEHIND ONLY TWO SONS ARE SHAIKH ABDULLHA SHAIKH ZIYAULLHA
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