Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi (), 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

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saint as well as a

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mystic and Traditionalist. He was an

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theologian and a Hanbali jurist based in

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. Abu Saeed was his patronym.

Biography

Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi was born in Hankar (the land of his

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) on 12th Rajab 403 Hijri but spent most of his life in Makhzum, a small town in

. He established Baab-ul-Azj, the famous

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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

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of Allah. He died on 11th Rabī’ al-Thānī 513 Hijri 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 Hanbali school of thought. He was the

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 lineage of Faqr reaches Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi from

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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.

Titles

1. QIBLA-E-SAALIKA (Destination of Wayfarers). 2. JAAMI ULOOM-E-MARIFAT (Collector of Gnosis of Allah).

References

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Biography

Sufi tradition

Spiritual lineage

Titles

See also

References