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Dargah Aliya Chishtiy Library: Aliya
Library is onc of the ma.ior libraries, which are still functioning
in Gujarat. It is
situated in Shahi Bagh. The Shahiya order is one of the
most influential sufistic orders in Gujarat. The founder
of this
sufistic order was Sayyid Burhanuddin Abu Muhammad Abdullah
(790-857 A.H.), who was popularly known Qutb -e- .Alam.
l-Ie was a great scholar and all his sons and descendants
were
also known as scholars and sufis of great repute. The eldest
son of Qutb -e- Alam, Sayyid Muhammad Sirajuddin k11own
as Shah Alam, who is said to be the founder of Shahiya order,
after completing the study of esoteric and exoteric sciences
took the wadded robe of Soharvardiya order from his father
and the robe of Chishtiya order and the title of Shah Alam
from Sheikh Baba Barak Allah Chishti. Shah Alam, besides
spiritual training and guidance, was also actively engaged
in providing teaching assistance to the people. He used
to
lead Friday prayers at Masjid -e- Khair -ul- Belad, which
was later known as Masjid -e- Shah Alam. The sermons, recited
by him on every Friday, were compiled as "Khutba -e-
Shahiya in several volumes, which are still available and
deal with spiritual and ethical issues. Besides these sermons,
Shah Alam also wrote a number of valuable books on Islamic
mysticism such as. lamia -ut- Tariq -el- Burhaniya, Risala
-e- Sadeqiya, Munajat -ul- A'sheqin and several other treatises,
which prove that the writer was a great scholars of Islamic
spiritualism. Dr. Mehdi Khwajeh Piri |
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