Dear Islamic brothers! When a true devotee attains the privilege of visiting sacred Madinah, it is his wish that his abode become sacred Madinah, his remaining life be spent there and he be blessed with the life and death in the blessed feet of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Sayyidi Qutb-e-Madinah Ziyauddin Ahmad Madani رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was one of these fortunate people. Let’s listen briefly about his blessed life.

Brief introduction to Sayyidi Qutb-e-Madinah

The name of Sayyidi Qutb-e-Madinah رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه is Ziyauddin Ahmad. He would say: My birth name is ‘Ahmad Mukhtar’. My grandfather Shaykh Qutbuddeen Qaadiri رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه kept my name ‘Ziyauddin’ later on. He            رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was born in 1294 AH [in the month of Rabi’-ul-Awwal] at ‘Kalaswala’ of district Ziyakot (Sialkot is called ‘Ziyakot’ in the Madani environment of Dawat-e-Islami, in relation to Ziyauddin) on Monday.

Early education

He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه received his early education from his grandfather and then from a renowned Islamic scholar and mystic ‘Allamah Maulana Muhammad Husayn Naqshbandi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه in Ziyakot (Sialkot), then he went to Markaz-ul-Awliya (Lahore) and received education from the great Islamic scholars of Markaz-ul-Awliya. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه then started attending the Halqah Dars of an Islamic scholar, ‘Allamah Maulana Wasee Ahmad Muhaddis Surati رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه and received education from him for approximately 4 years.

Demise and blessed funeral

He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه went to Madinah Munawwarah from Baghdad Mu’alla in         1327 AH and was privileged to live approximately for 75 years over there. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه performed Hajj 60 times. (Sayyidi Qutb-e-Madinah, pp. 8; Anwaar Qutb-e-Madinah, pp. 307)

On Friday, 4^th Zul-Hijja-til-Haraam, 1401 AH (02-10-81), as the Muazzin of Masjid-un-Nabawi recited ‘اَللّٰهُ اَكۡبَرُ اَللّٰهُ اَكۡبَرُ’, Sayyidi Qutb-e-Madinah رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه recited Kalimah and then departed this life ‘اِنَّا لِلّٰهِ وَ اِنَّآ اِلَيۡهِ رٰجِعُوۡنَ’.