Shaykh Abu Sa'eed
al-Mubarak Ibn Ali Ibn Hassan
al-Baghdadi al-Makhzoomi
Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anho
Sultan al-Awliyah,
Burhan al-Asfiyah, Qibla-e-Saalika, Waaqif-e-Haqeeqat,
Jaami'e Uloom-e-Ma'rifat, Hadrat Shaykh Abu Saeed al-Mubaarak
al-Makhzoomi Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anho is the sixteenth Imam
and Shaykh of the Silsila Aaliyah Qadiriyah Barakatiyah
Ridawiyyah Nooriyah. He is the Great and Eminent Shaykh (Murshid)
of Peeran-e-Peer Dastgeer Hadrat Sayyiduna Gawth al Aa'zam
Shaykh abd al-Qadir al-Jilani Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu. He
was also appointed as a chief justice, but he later left his
position. He spent all his time in the Dhikr of Allah
SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala.
O Allah! For the sake
of Abul Farah the harbinger of joy and glad tidings,
and for the sake of
Abul Hasan and Abu Sa’eed, substitute for me with
beatitude, my sorrows!!
BIRTH:
Hadrat Abu Saeed Mubaarak Makhzoomi Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anho
was born in Baghdad Shareef.
NAME:
His blessed name is Mubaarak bin Ali bin Hassan bin Bandaar
Al Baghdadi Al Makhzoomi and he was known as Abu Sa'eed.
[Masaalik as-Saalikeen]
PEER-E-TAREEQAT:
He is the mureed and Khalifa of Shaykh Abul Hassan Ali
Hakaari Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anho. The Shajra of his Khirqa
Mubaarak is as follows :
Hadrat Shaykh Abu Saeed Mubaarak Makhzoomi Radi Allahu
Ta'ala Anho was blessed with the Khirqa by Hadrat Shaykh
Ibrahim Abul Hassan Ali Hakaari Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anho, He
received this from Shaykh Abul Farah Tartoosi Radi Allahu
Ta'ala Anho,who received it from Shaykh Abul Fadhl Abdul
Waahid bin Abdul Aziz Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anho,who received
it from Shaykh Abu Bakr Shibli Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho.
[Maqamaat-e-Dastageeri]
HIS EXCELLENCE:
His spiritual sight was so powerful, that when he embraced
anyone, or placed his sight on him, then he would become so
pure, that his heart would divorce itself from the world and
everything in it. He was one of the greatest Imams of Fiqh
in his era. He was a muqalid of Imam Ahmed bin Hambal Radi
Allahu Ta'ala Anho.
Hadrat Abu Saeed Mubaarak Makhzoomi Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anho
is the founder of Baabul Azj, the most famous madrassa in
Baghdad Shareef. He handed this madrassa over to Hadrat
Ghaus-e-Azam Jilaani Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anho in his physical
life. Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anho taught at
this Madrassa, and his beloved children taught in it after
his wisaal.

Hadrat Abu
Saeed Mubaarak Makhzoomi Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anho says,
"Shaykh Abdul
Qaadir Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anho wore the Khirqa from me
and I from him, and each of us attained blessings from
the other."
He was also a great Saahib-e-Karaamat and held a very
exalted position in the chain of wilaayat. The incident
relating to how Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anho
attained the Khirqa from his Peer, can be found in the next
chapter, which deals with Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam Radi Allahu
Ta'ala Anho.
HIS FORESIGHT:
Hadrat Shaykh Hamaad Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anho who is from
amongst the Masha'ikh of Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam Radi Allahu
Ta'ala Anho says,
“Once Huzoor
Ghaus-e-Azam Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anho presented himself
in the Darbaar of his Peer-o-Murshid. He sat with great
respect in the court of his Peer. When he woke up and
went outside, His Peer, Hadrat Abu Saeed Mubarak
Makhzoomi Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anho said, The foot of this
non-Arab is such, that in his era, his foot will be on
the shoulders (necks) of all the Awliyah Allah, and this
will occur when he says, This foot of mine is on the
shoulders of all the Awliyah Allah, he will say this,
and all the Awliyah will lower their necks.”
HIS KHULAFA:
Many of the predecessors have remained silent concerning the
names of his Khulafa, but the one name that shines out
clearly is that of Huzoor Ghaus-e-Azam, Shaykh Muhiyyudeen
Abdul Qaadir Jilaani Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anho.
WISAAL:
He passed away on a Monday, the 7th of Shabaan 513 Hijri, in
Baghdad Shareef. Some scholars have also said his wisaal to
be on the 4th of Shabaan, 27th Shabaan or 10th Muharram.
MAZAAR SHAREEF:
His Mazaar Shareef is situated in his Madrassa "Baab al-Azj"
and is the place of attaining blessings for the servants of
Allah.

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Extracted from
Tadhkira
Mashaikh-e-Qadiriyah Barakatiya Ridawiyah
Urdu: Mawlana Abdul
Mujtaba Ridawi | English: Mawlana Aftab Qasim