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Jari Waley Bawa

Jari Waley Bawa
MUBALIGEY ISLAM PIRE TARIQAT HAZRAT ALLAMA SAIYED MOHAMMED SHAKIR ALI (KNOWN AS JARI WALEY BAWA)RA

Hazrat Sheikh Saiyed Mohammed Shakir Ali was a great sufi saint of both the Chisti and Qadri orders of sufism. Born in the 18th century Hazrat Shakir Ali RA paternally was a descendent of Hazrat Imam Hassan and maternally a descendent of Imam Hussain AS. His family linage was through the king of Awliyas Huzoor Gause Azam Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani RA, and was given khilafat through Hindul Wali Khawaja Garib Nawaz RA.

Sheikh Shakir Ali RA was a Hasni - Hussaini saiyed.

He was a great scholar of his time who knew many languages such as Persian and Arabic. Sheikh Shakir Ali RA was the main advisor to the King of Afghanistan Habibullah Khan in the dynasty of Barakzai. He left the kingdom in 1904-1905 after a basharat in his dream where the Sheikh was told to travel to India. From Kabul Sheikh Shakir Ali RA travelled to Hyderabad where he spent 4 years with the Nizam, who later became a disciple of the Sheikhs. When the time came for the Sheikh to depart, the Nizam was very upset and asked the Sheikh why do you leave when you have everything you desire. The Sheikh replied there is everything here which is of no use to a darwesh and made his way.

From Hyderabad he spent time in Dharampur, a small village in the state of Gujarat. It was here where after a meeting with the King of Dharampur that the Sheikh saw two Lions male/female caged up. Upon enquiring he was told that they will be taken and trained to perform in circuses across the country. The Sheikh told the advisors that the lions home is not a cage but the open field and advised them to free the lions. No one dared go near the lions and told the Sheikh to free them. Sheikh Shakir Ali RA went towards the cage opened it and told the lions to follow him. With the lions on either side of the Sheikh, he took them towards the field and into the jungle and freed them. As gratitude to the Sheikh even till this day the Lions come to the Mazare Pak of the sheikh do salam and clean the mazar with their tail.

From Dharampur Sheikh Shakir ALi RA set out to a jungle called Jari, where he got Faiz from a saint called Attas Baba RA. He spent 40 years in the jungle doing spiritual meditation and zikr of Allah SWT. After achieving marafat and position of gausiyat (highest stage of wilayat) he came to Valsad and resided in Billimorah up until he passed away.

Sheikh Shakir Ali RA was very steadfast on shariyat, whatever he did was for the raza of Allah SWT and Huzoor Mohammed SAW. When the great Imam Ala Hazrat Maulana Ahmed Raza Khan RA gave fatwa of kufr to the ulema of Deoband and presented in the shape of Husam al Harmian. 40 of the biggest scholars from Maka tul Mukarama and Madina tul Munawara signed and endorsed the fatwa. Ala Hazrat also had the fatwa endorsed by 260 of the biggest scholars of India. At the time Sheikh Shakir Ali RA also met with Ala Hazrat endorsed the fatwa and gave his signature.

The latter part of the sheikhs life was spent in the meditation and remembrance of Allah SWT and the love of the Prophet SAW. For 15 years of his life he would complete the whole Quran Pak in a day. He had the blessed opportunity of going for Hajj 27 times in his life time. 23 times via ship and 4 times by walking. When in later years he used to sit in Zikr all of his body parts used to separate from each other i.e. arms, legs and head, this miracle was witnessed by his khalifa Saiyed Peersaab Miya (Koliyad Wale Bawa).

Sheikh Shakir Ali Ra passed away on the 22nd of Rajab 1963 and is buried as per wish in Vagai next to his friend Badshah Bawa RA. He was 138 years old. His Urs Mubarak is made every year by his loved ones in Vagai.

It is true what a ashiqe rasool has said that zameen mailee nahi hoti zaman mela nahin hota, mohammed ke ghulamo ka kafan mela nahi hota. 25 years after Sheikh Shakir Ali RA passed away, due to the stones of the roza mubarak caving in they had to take out the Sheikh from his grave and re structure the roza. When they opened the grave people were astonished as the kafan mubarak of Sheikh Shakir Ali RA was as white as snow and the smell of musk was coming from the roza as if they had just buried him. The Sheikhs whole body was there but his face was missing, His Son and also khalifa who was present at the time requested that in the world you stayed in parda but now is not the time as so many people and loved ones are here. Straight away the Sheikhs face appeared with water dripping from his beard. Whoever was present at the time were in shock and fell at the roza mubarak of the Sheikh. That is why an Awliya Allah does not die but even in the grave they do ibadat and the zikr of Allah SWT. Subhanallah.

40 years ago Vagai was a jungle where wild animals roamed freely,today with the blessings of these great Sheikhs Vagai is a vibrant village where people live in peace and harmony and gain faiz and karam from the mazar of the blessed Sheikh. In buzrugo ki dua aur karam se Jungle main mangle hogaya, aur Vagai se Vagai sharif kar diya.