Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani was an

Islamic scholar In Islam, the ''ulama'' (; ar, علماء ', singular ', "scholar", literally "the learned ones", also spelled ''ulema''; feminine: ''alimah'' ingularand ''aalimath'' lural are the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious ...

and prominent Sufi shaykh of

Naqshbandi The Naqshbandi ( fa, نقشبندی)), Neqshebendi ( ku, نه‌قشه‌به‌ندی), and Nakşibendi (in Turkish) is a major Sunni order of Sufism. Its name is derived from Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari. Naqshbandi masters trace their ...

tariqah A tariqa (or ''tariqah''; ar, طريقة ') is a school or order of Sufism, or specifically a concept for the mystical teaching and spiritual practices of such an order with the aim of seeking '' haqiqa'', which translates as "ultimate truth". ...

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(present day Pakistan). Sayyad Laal Shah studied the Islamic sciences from Shaykh Ahmed Deen who was a khalifa of

Haji Dost Muhammad Qandhari Khwaja Haji Dost Muhammad Qandhari (Pashto: ) was an Afghan Sufi master in the Naqshbandi tradition in the 19th century (1801–1868). Biography Dost Muhammad was born and received his early education in Kandahar in Afghanistan. While still a you ...

. Afterwards, he took oath of allegiance with

at the khanqah Daman in

tariqah. After the death of his first shaykh, he took second oath of allegiance with Khwaja Muhammad Usman Damani Naqshbandi and received Khilafat from him. He is considered one of the major Khulafa of Khwaja Damani.Jalwa Gah-e-Dost (Urdu) 2nd Edition (2008) by Khwaja Muhammad Tahir Bakhshi
He died on 27

Shaban Shaʽban ( ar, شَعْبَان, ') is the eighth month of the Islamic calendar. It is called as the month of "separation", as the word means "to disperse" or "to separate" because the pagan Arabs used to disperse in search of water. The fiftee ...

1313 AH (29 January 1896). His shrine is in Danda Shah Bilawal and is a place often visited.

His Khulafa

:* Khwaja

Pir Fazal Ali Qureshi Hazrat Mawlana Pir Fazal Ali Shah Qureshi ( ur, ) was an Islamic scholar and the leading Naqshbandi Shaikh of colonial India in the early twentieth century. He was born to Murad Ali Shah in 1270 AH (1853 or 1854) in Daud Khel, Punjab, and died ...

Naqshbandi who received first Khilafat from him, and later from Khwaja Sirajuddin Naqshbandi

References

External links

Jalwa Gah-e-Dost (Urdu) 2nd Edition (2008) by Khwaja Muhammad Tahir Bakhshi

Naqshbandi-Haqqani Pakistan, a website dedicated to Maulana Sheikh Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sirajuddin Year of birth missing 1896 deaths Sunni Muslim scholars Naqshbandi order Punjabi Sufis People of British India Sufi teachers