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Shaykh 'Abdul Qadir Jilani is Both Hasani and Husayni
The most universally acclaimed saint of all times and the most celebrated in all the aalamin (worlds), among jinn and men as well as among the arwaah (souls), the malaaika (angels), and the rijaal ul ghayb (men of the unseen), the beloved of Allah Ta'ala who throughout history has been showered the titles of Muhyiddin (reviver of the faith), Qutb Rabbani (the spiritual axis established by the Lord), and Ghawth al A'zam (the greatest helper, the greatest saint), Sayyidi wa Imami Abu Muhammad Abdul Qadir Jilani, Rady Allahu Anhu was born in Ramadan 470 A.H/1077 C.E in Jilan, Persia. His father, Abu Salih, was a man of taqwa (piety) and a direct descendant of Sayyidina Imam Hasan ibn Ali Rady Allahu Anhu. His mother, Ummul Khayr Fatima was a saintly daughter of a saintly father Shaykh Abdullah Sawma'i who was a direct descendant of Sayyidush shuhadaa Imam Husayn ibn Ali Rady Allahu Anhu.
Thus Muhyiddin Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani was both Hasani and Husayni, a descendant of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu alayhi wa Sallam from his beloved daughter Sayyidatina Fatima az-Zahra, Rady Allahu Anha. For this reason, the Sindhis for example, lovingly call him "putar mithe mahbub jo" (the blessed son of the sweet beloved Holy Prophet), Sallallahu alayhi wa Sallam.
The genealogical roots of Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani Rady Allahu Anhu can be traced to Habib ul Azam Sayyidina Muhammad, Sallallahu alayhi wa Sallam, as follows:
Gawth al Azam Sayyidina
Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani, son of
As-Sayyid Abu Salih
Musa, son of
As-Sayyid Abdallah
al-Jili, son of
As-Sayyid Yahya as-Zahid,
son of
As-Sayyid Muhammad,
son of
As-Sayyid Dawud, son
of
As-Sayyid Musa, son
of
As-Sayyid Abdallah,
son of
As-Sayyid Musa al-Jawn,
son of
As-Sayyid Abdallah
al-Mahd, son of
As-Sayyid al-Hasan al-Muthanna,
son of
Sayyidina al-Imam al-Hasan,
Rady Allahu Anhu, son of
Imam ul mashariqi
wal magharib, Sayyidina Ali ibn Abi Talib, Rady Allahu
Anhu,
and of Sayyidatina Fatima
az-Zahra, Rady Allahu Anha, the blessed daughter of
Khaatam an-Nabiyyin
Habibi Rabbil aalamin Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammad ibn Abdillah,
Nurin min Nurillah, Allahumma Salli wa Sallim wa Baarik alayh.
(cited by Shaykh Abdur Rahman ibn Shaykh Umar Ali al-Qadiri, in Al-Jawhar un Nafis, The Most Precious Pearls, p. 29).
What better way is there to end this section and indeed all the remaining sections than with this hymn which is full of blessings and mercy of Allah.
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa
Qayyum
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum
O The Ever-Living, O The
Ever-Living, O The Self-Subsisting by whom all subsist
O The Ever-Living, O
The Ever-Living, O The Self-Subsisting by whom all subsist