Hadhrat Maulana Khwaja Umkanagi (May Allah shower His mercy on him)

<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span></span> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br /> <br /> He was born on 14th of Ramadhan 907 Hijri in Damascus and he passed away on 22 Sha&rsquo;abaan 1010 Hijri.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Although he gave his pledge (<i>Ba&lsquo;yah</i>) to Hadhrat Khwaja Muhammad Sharfuddin Zahid (May Allah shower His mercy on him) and also stayed in his company, but his culmination (<i>Takmeel</i>) and receipt of authorization (<i>Ijazah</i>/<i>Khilafat</i>) at the hands of his father Hadhrat Khwaja Muhammad Durvesh (May Allah shower His mercy on him).</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">They way he was a perfect Sufi, in the same way, he was also a great scholar of the normative sciences.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">They way he was an <i>A&rsquo;abid</i> (worshipper) and a <i>Zahid</i> (ascetic) and was always engaged in remembrance of Allah Ta'ala, in the same way, he also had miraculous powers.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">He would always keep himself hidden from the eyes of the creation.&nbsp; He would never accept someone as a disciple without Istikhara.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">He passed away on 22nd Sha&rsquo;abaan 1010 Hijri and his blessed grave in Umkana is a great center of gathering of people.</span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"><i>[Excerpted from Gulzar-e-Auliya of Hadhrat Muhaddith-e-Deccan Abul Hasanaat Syed Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Qadri]</i></span></span></p>