| Sai Hazrat Mian Mir Qadri Sahib Ji was one of
greatest mystic in Islamic history. He was true
lover of Allah and his Prophet and a real devotee
of Great supernatural mystic Hazrat Sheikh Syed
Abdul Qadir Jillani. His family traces back to 2nd
Great Islamic Calif Hazrat Umar (May Allah Bless
Him). He had pioneered the highway to interfaith
harmony and uniformity among religions in order to
at least bring scattered people and groups back to
one Allah.
Hazrat Mian Mir Qadri had such great reputation
and acceptability to all religions that he was
honored to lay down the foundation of Harmander
Sahib Ji.
Sai Mian Mir Qadri Sahib Ji was Great sufi
saint. He had no prejudice against any religion.
Whenever the Guru visited Lahore, he never went
back without seeing Sai Mian Mir Qadri Sahib Ji.
Due to these meetings Sai Ji had strong relations
with Sikh Guru Sahibaan (Guru Ram Daas Sahib Ji
Maharaj, Guru Arjan Dev Sahib Ji Maharaj And Guru
Hargobind Sahib Ji Maharaj). Sikh history is never
complete without the contribution and the noble
role of Great Sai Hazrat Mian Mir Qadri Sahib Ji.
He also guided thousands of strays and deviates
with true example of practicing Islamic Law in
routine life and taught them how to be faithful to
Allah and his last Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Traits of character
Hazrat Mian Mir Qadri Sahib Ji was of a
retiring nature. He hated publicity. He used to
devote himself to prayers and remembrance of
Allah in desolate and deserted places. He did
not like to mix with the people. He used to
control his breath to such an extent, that for
some time he breathed only once in the night.
When he grew old he used to breathe four times
in the night.
He was a man of faith. He exhibited
marvellous self-control. He would not eat
anything for weeks together. For thirty long
years there was nothing cooked in his house.
Contentment was his armour. In the closing years
of his life, he allowed one kind of food to be
cooked in his house. His devotees used to cook
food in earthen pots for him. He ate very
little.
He was ever absorbed. He was unmindful of the
weather, the month, the day or the year. He
slept little, talked little and mixed with the
people little.
He did not go to the house of anyone, for he
used to say that if you did not like the people
to visit your house, you should not go to the
house of the people. He was lost in the thought
of the Friend (Allah). One of his devotees once
submitted to him that he might be pleased to
remember him at an opportune time. He replied:
‘Woe be to the time, when I may remember you’.
Hazrat Mian Mir Qadri did not wear the dress
of the dervishes or faqirs. He did not wear a
robe or a cloak. He wore an ordinary dress. He
had great respect and regard for the dervishes
and faqirs. He was not very fond of Sufi music.
He was very courteous and kind.
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TEACHINGS
According to Hazrat Mian Mir Qadri there are
two ways of reaching upto Allah:
- One way is to be absorbed and thus to be
united with Him. The one who is drawn by Allah
towards Him, becomes united with Him.
- The other way is that of sulook, treading on
the spiritual path, which is a stair to reach
upto Allah either by asceticism and rigours or
through the help or assistance of any Mystic or
friend of Allah.
Hazrat Mian Mir Qadri says that the search of
Allah is not an easy thing. To reach allah
implies hardship. Unless you are lost in His
search, you will not be able to find Him for the
simple reason that the heart is one, and in one
heart only one thing can be contained. Hence it
is necessary to pursue the ideal with
single-minded devotion. In the pursuance
thereof, you should severe your connections from
the world and take to renunciation, because by
being entangled in the world you cannot become
an enlightened one and thus you cannot pay your
undivided attention in the right direction.
Hazrat Mian Mir lays down that for those
treading on the spiritual path, it is necessary
that they should eat little, talk little and
sleep little.
He holds that the dress of a dervish should
be like those of the common people, so that he
may go unnoticed.
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SAYINGS
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