The Holy City of Jaunpur
by Syed Khudabakhash
Shiraz Daniyal
Bismillah Hir-Rahman Nir-Raheem.
As-Salaam Alaikum Woh Rahmatullahi Woh
Barakatuhu.
Our beloved Prophet Syedna Mohammed
Mustafa SAWS prophesied that, "the Promised Mehdi (AHS) would born
in Madina (City)". Regarding this Hadith, some people
argue the birth of Promised Mehdi, Hazrath Syed Mohammed AHS in a place called
"Jaunpur", which was neither a city nor a place of significance in
Islamic world, according to them. But, this comment could not be regarded less
than "absurd"
and proof their lack of
knowledge and ill
intentions to regard "Jaunpur" as a remote village.
Here it would be
reasonable to also discuss the meaning
of term "Madinah". In Arabic terminology, the word "Al-Madinah" refers to any "city". In no
sense, it refers to "Madinah Munawwara" in "Kingdom of Saudi Arabia " only. In fact, the
name of "Madinah
Munawwara" of "K.S.A." was "Yathrib" and
later, after the
migration of Prophet Mohammed SAWS to this place from Makkah,
its name was changed to "Madinat-un-Nabi
(City of Prophet )".
Hence, this holy place became famous as "Madinah" since then (instead
of Yathrib).
It shall also be
noted that, all the Ahadith in this regards, just
mention the word "Madinah" in original text and no where it is
mentioned as "Madinat-un-Nabi".
Hence, logically, the birth place of Promised Mehdi AHS should be interpreted as a "city" itself, or in Islamic Terminology, it would be a "Religious City ".
Lets check out the
background (history) of this holy city of Jaunpur
:-
The founder of
Jaunpur, the birth place of Khalifatullah, Khatim-e-Vilayat-e-Mohammedia,
Hazrath Syed Mohammed Jaunpuri Al Mehdi Al Maud AHS, was Sultan Feroz Shah
Tughlaq, the emperor of Delhi .
Jaunpur is situated on the bank of the river Gomti, in Allahabad Province .
Sultan Feroz Shah
Tughlaq once happened to camp in the vicinity of the river Gomti. There the
open space attracted the attention of the Sultan. He decided to build a model
city there. Thus the city was established in 772 AH and was named as “Jaunpur”
after the great learned king of the dynasty, Mohammed Bin Tughlaq (Juna Khan),
who (said to be) advised the emperor in a dream to name it after him. Sultan
Feroz Shah Tughlaq selected
the gems of all the trades and learning's from Delhi and asked them to shift to Jaunpur
with attractive scholarships and pensions. Thus the foundation of the city was
laid with the selected persons of all the trades and learning's.
Soon, the City
became very popular and
developed as an academic (Islamic) centre during the period of
the Sharqiya Kings. There were great number of Ulema, learned persons and
scholars. They used to invite famous Ulema, men of letters and artisans to the
Court and grant them pensions and jagirs (property) for their maintenance. It
is said that, there were 1700
Ulema in Jaunpur during the reign of Sultan Hussain Sharqi, who
later became a devoted admirer and follower of Hazrath Syed Mohammed AHS. There
were also a number of Schools,
Universities and Masjids in Jaunpur at that time. Thus, it
became very famous as a centre for Islamic studies in the East, easily comparable to the city of
Shiraz in the Middle East, and hence named as Shiraz-e-Hind.
Till date, there are many ancient Masajids in Jaunpur which attracts the
Tourists, like; Jama
Masjid, Lal
Darwaza Masjid, Athala
Masjid etc.
Many Sufi Saints
were residing in the holy city of Jaunpur ,
such as; Hazrath Shaikh
Daniyal Chishti RH. The Islamic scholars of the city were popular among the Arab and non-Arab Muslims alike.
The books written here were used as books for reference, teaching and research
and were included in the syllabi of the Universities worldwide. Thus it was a
place, regarded and respected as a place of scholars, sufis, Aulias, literature
and books all over the world.
No historian of ancient India had
failed to mention the glory of Jaunpur with special reference to its eminence
in the field of Islamic studies.
It would be appropriate to give few quotations, supporting the above
statements :
·
Narender Nath Laa writes in 'Promotion
of learning's in India
during Mohammedan Rule' :- "During lbrahim's reign
(1402-1440 AD) the court of Jaunpur far outshone that of Delhi and was the resort of all the learned
men of the east".
·
F.A. Keay writes
in 'Indian education in
Ancient and later Times' that :- "the place in India which was
most famous in its days as a Mohammedan place of learning was Jaunpur. It was
comparable to Shiraz in Persia and was
called as the Shiraz of India".
·
In the Imperial
Gazetteer of
India - Volume IV, published from Oxford in 1908 AD, it is
written that; "Jaunpur remained the seat of Governor till the
reorganisation of the empire by Akbar, who raised Allahabad to the position of a provincial
capital. From that time Jaunpur declined in political importance though
retained some of its former reputation as a centre of Mohammedan learning,
which had gained for it the title 'Shiraz of India '."
·
Farishta has
named Jaunpur as the second Delhi .
·
Shahjahan, the
fifth Moghal emperor called Jaunpur the Shiraz
of his empire.
·
When Humayun reached
Iran during his exile, the king of Iran, Shah
Tahmasap Shah first enquired about Jaunpur and its scholars and
felt envied on learning about the progress of Jaunpur on Islamic studies,
against the decline of Shiraz (of Persia).
·
The importance of Jaunpur as a centre for Islamic studies can be well
assessed from the fact that it was called a University (Dar-ul-Uloom) in itself by
the author of Tabqaat-e-Akbari.
After knowing the
brief facts mentioned above, only an ignorant person
or a person who intends to mislead others from Truth,
could only deny "Jaunpur" being a "Holy City "
in the Islamic History.
Hence, it could be
well said that, “The
Promised Mehdi Hazrath Syed Mohammed Alaihis-salatu-was-salaam, was born in the
City of Jaunpur
(Madinat-ul-Jaunpur)”
Apart from this,
there are several Ahadith, which indicates the birth place of Promised Mehdi
AHS to be in the Hind (India )
/ East. These Ahadith will be discussed separately, in the next piece of
writing.
5 comments:
1) I went through these two sites http://khalifatullahmehdi.info/index.asp and http://www.promisedmehdi.com/mehdi/lit/quran_mehdi.asp and came across the fact which you have said and the proof you have narrated by interpretations of hadiths in way you look to be as Sahih.
As you people consider yourself to be part of Ahlul-sunnath then you should be converging to the fact that the Ahlul-Sunnath has marked among the hadtiths as Sahih (authentic) hadith on its correct narration and events comparing with quranic verses.
Among them the highly recommended are Sahih al-Bukhari , Sahih Muslim, An-Nasa'i al-Sughra, Abu Dawood, Al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Maja
I am quoting some from one of these hadith’s how to do you interpret this.
The holy Prophet (SWAS) Said:
“A group of my Ummah will fight for the truth until near the day of judgment when Jesus, the son of Marry, will descend, and the leader of them will ask him to lead the prayer, but Jesus declines, saying: "No, Verily, among you Allah has made leaders for others and He has bestowed his bounty upon them.
(Sahih Muslim)”
It is reported from Abu Hurayra(RA) that the Prophet(SAW) said:
What will be your reaction when the son of Mary (Jesus) descends and your Imam is from among yourselves?
(Sahih Muslim, bab nuzul 'isa, Vol. 2; Sahih Bukhari, kitab bad' al-khalq wa nuzul 'isa, Vol. 4)
Hadhrat Ali(RA) narrates that Rasulullah(SAW) said:
Even if only a day remains for Qiyamah to come, yet Allah will surely send a man from my family who will fill this world with such justice and fairness, just as it initially was filled with oppression.
(Abu Dawood)
Question: When Syed Mohammed Jaunpur proclaimed himself to be Imam Mehdi was Ulema at that time were doing wrong or going against holy Prophet SWAS so that Syed Mohammed Jaunpur spread justice and fairness as places where he has been accepted had filled with oppression…?
Was the world or the place or the region was into oppression so he spread the justice and fairness among them…?
What did Syed Mohammed Jaunpur said about Hazrath Isa AS and his appearance before day of Judgment as per the hadith it should have been during their period itself…?
As per you literature he will be announced by a voice from heavens
when he was born a voice from the heavens announced, "Truth had arrived and falsehood had perished. Verily, falsehood would perish." (Holy Quran 17:81) Shaikh Daniyal Chishti, a venerated saint of the age, heard the heavenly voice and learnt of the birth of the MahdiAS.
How do you explain this as it was not for Holy Prophet Mohammed SWAS but for Mehdi.
May I know who Shaikh Daniyal Chishti was and what was his belief on Syed Mohammed Jaunpur and little bit of his biography.
As salam alaikum brother for your doubts please listern the speeches on youtube check the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9HiTp9anGM
In Sha Allah all your doubts will be clear. even if not u can ask directly the murshideen of Channapatna .
Jazak Allah khair
Shahab
In asl
I m very surprised that, jaunpur was the full of Persian philosophy, and at that time it was also recognized as shifat of India.
It makes me clear that all mehdavi akaid were imported from Iran and not from makkah, madina or from Arsshul azeem
Asl
Hi nice post
Asl
Hi nice post
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