Hazrat Data Gang Bakhsh Ali Hajveri (RA)
The whole universe is sum up in
the Human Being. Devil is not a monster waiting to trap us, He is a voice
inside. Look for Your Devil in yourself, not in the others. Don’t forget that
the one, who knows his Devil, knows his God.” -Shams Tabriz
Shrine of Hazrat Data Gunj Bakhsh Ali Hajveri
R.A
Memoir
Hazrat
Data Gunj Baksh Ali Hajveri (R.A) was born on 990AD (400 A.H). His real name
was Abul Hassan Ali Ibn Usman but shortly called Abul Hassan. His father name
was Usman Ali Ibne Ali. He belongs to Hasani Syed family. His father was
belonging to jalab and his mother was belong to hajveri, basically jalab and
hajwaeri both of town were present in Afghanistan. After the death of his
father he permanently moved to hajwaeri. The shrine of her mother is in Gazni.
He learnt Islamic education from the different teachers of that time.
Hazrat
Ali hajwaeri generally known as the Data Ganj bakhsh and most of people and his
follower remember him to this name. He spent most of time of his life in
migration to receive the education. He visited different places like tabristan,
khozistan, karman, toos, bagdad, tukistan, paras and many different places.
Data ganj Baksh moved to Lahore in 1039. He spent his life in spreading Islam
and change the bad condition of the peoples of that time. He wrote many books
to make the awareness to the peoples.
Once he entwined in a
spiritual mystery, and wasn’t able to solve it, so then he went to the tomb of
Hazrat Bayazid Bistami, where he meditated for many days, even he finally
solved that spiritual mystery. On another occasion he entangled, and also went
to the tomb of Hazrat Bayazid Bistami, but this time he found no clue. So then
he left for Khurasan,A Province in Iran, he stayed in a village, where he found
a group of Sufi dervishes. Because Hazrat Ali Hajveri always wore simple &
normal dress, so those Sufis said to each other that this person (Ali Hajveri)
doesn’t belong their group, (As they all were wearing specific dress of
dervishes). Hazrat Ali Hajveri stayed with them; they ate delicious foods, and
gave him a dry bread to eat. They also mocked on Hazrat Ali Hajveri, threw on
him the crusts of fruits. Hazrat Ali Hazjveri addressed God: “O God! if these
people wouldn’t be wearing the clothes of your friends (dervishes), then I
wouldn’t tolerate their insulting behavior.”
During the journey of
Syria, he visited the tomb of the great Companion of the Holy Prophet, Hazrat
Bilal (RA). There he slept for a while, and found himself in Makka, where he
saw the Holy Prophet (SAW) with an old man, he didn’t recognize him &
thought who he could be? Then Hazrat Ali Hajveri fell on the feet of the Holy
Prophet (SAW) & kissed them. The Holy Prophet (SAW) knew what Hazrat Ali
Hajveri had in his mind, so he told Ali Hajveri: “This old man is Abu Hanifa,
your Imam.”
Left
for Lahore
Later his spiritual
teacher Hazrat Abul Fazal ordered him to go to Lahore to preach the spiritual
teachings of Islam. He said: “Hazrat Shah Hussain Zanjani is already there for
this purpose, so then why should I go to there? Hazrat Abul Fazal said: “It’s none
of your business, just go to Lahore.” So he left Syria & came to Ghazni.
From Ghazni he went to Peshawar & then to Lahore, in 1041 A.D (431 A.H).
When he reached Lahore, he saw that people are taking a coffin towards the
graveyard for burial. He asked who is he? People replied that it is the dead
body of Hazrat Shah Hussain Zanjani. After hearing that, he understood why his
teacher Hazrat Abul Fazal sent him to Lahore. After reaching to Lahore, he
started to preach Islam & built a mosque there.
Governor of Lahore Ra’e Raju (Shaikh Ahmed
Hindi)
At that time Lahore was
included in the Ghazni Kingdom, whose ruler was Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi. And
the governor of Lahore was Ra’e Raju, who was a Hindu & had many great
mystical abilities. People of Lahore were used to supply milk to Ra’e Raju in
big quantity, as a tax. Once, an old woman was on her way to pass before Hazrat
Data Gunj Baksh Ali Hajveri (R.A) holding a water-pot full of milk. Hazrat Data
Gunj Baksh Ali Hajveri (R.A) asked her to give him some milk from that. The
woman refused & said that she has to give it to Ra’e Raju. Hazrat Data Gunj
Baksh Ali Hajveri (R.A) said: “Give some milk to me; by the grace of God, your
cow will produce much more milk than usual”. The woman gave him the pot; Hazrat
Ali Hajveri drank some milk, and then threw the remaining into the river. The
old woman when went to her home, she was surprised to see the breasts of her
cow were full of milk. She poured all of her pots from milk, but still the
cow’s breasts were full. Soon this news spread all around Lahore, and people
started to visit Hazrat Ali Hajveri, and all people brought milk for him, and
he also drank some milk from their pots & then threw the remaining into the
river, and all of their cows started to produce more milk. So they stopped to
supply milk to Ra’e Raju.
Later Ra’e Raju sent one
of his disciples to Hazrat Data Gunj Baksh Ali Hajveri (R.A) as his disciples
also had mystical abilities. That disciple didn’t come back, so Ra’e Raju sent
another disciple, who also didn’t come back. In that way, he sent all of his
disciples, but no one came back at all. Finally he himself went to Hazrat Ali
Hajveri, in anger. Ra’e Raju challenged Hazrat Ali Hajveri to show him any
miracle. Hazrat Ali Hajveri replied: “I’m not a juggler.” But Ra’e Raju tried
to impress him with his miracles, and started flying in the air, Hazrat Ali
Hajveri ordered his shoes to bring him down. So the shoes of Hazrat Ali Hajveri
went to the flying Ra’e Raju & started to strike on his head & brought
him down. Ra’e Raju was inspired & embraced Islam on his hands. After
accepting Islam he changed his name as Shaikh Ahmed Hindi.
Constructed a mosque in Lahore
When Hazrat Ali Hajveri
built a mosque in Lahore, that mosque’s front was towards south, and differed
from all other mosques of Lahore. So there became a doubt that this mosque’s
fron’t isn’t towards Ka’ba. The Scholars of Lahore objected over that mosque,
but Hazrat Ali Hajveri didn’t reply them. When the mosque was built completely,
he invited all scholars of Lahore & said to them: “You objected over this
mosque’s Ka’ba direction, now look by yourself in which direction Ka’ba
actually is!” When they looked at the front, they saw Ka’ba, as they are
sitting before Ka’ba in Makka. All scholars felt ashamed after watching that,
and apologized.
Hazrat Data Gunj Baksh
Ali Hajveri (R.A) also built a room adjacent to that mosque, and used that room
as Khanqa (Spiritual School). Many unbelievers accepted Islam on his hands; many
people touched the higher stages of spirituality under his guidance.
Marriage:
He married twice, but
both of his wives died soon after marriage. He had a son, named “Hasan”.
He lived in Lahore for 21
years, and then went to Syria to meet his spiritual teacher Hazrat Abul Fazal.
And after the death of Hazrat Abul Fazal in 453 A.H, he again came to Lahore.
His Books
Hazrat
data ganj bakhsh was a great writer. He has written 11 Books, but most popular
one is Kashaful majoob.
- Kashaful majoob
- Dewan shair
- Kitab fana o bikaa
- Kashul israr
- Alriya ba haqoq- AllAh Tala
- Kitan albiyan lahil liyan
- Naho-ul-qulub
- Minhaj-uddin
- Imaan
- Fark ul fark
- Kashul isrHe died at the age of 65 in 465 A.H., in Lahore.When Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti came to Lahore in 561 A.H (1165 AD), he stayed at the tomb of Hazrat Ali Hajveri for two weeks, where he meditated. And when he finished his meditation, he said a couplet in Farsi:Ganj Bukhsh Faiz-e-Alam; Mazhar-e-Noor-e-KhudaNaqisa-ra Pir-e-Kamil; Kamila-ra Rahnuma
