And then Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ granted Ghaus-e-A’zam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه such an excellent reward for his matchless patience and steadfastness that he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه surpassed in rank all Islamic scholars of his time.

Physical appearance and the exalted rank of Ghaus-e-A’zam

Shaykh Imam Abu ‘Abdullah Bin Ahmad Bin Qudaamah رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said: Shaykh-ul-Islam, Sultan-ul-Awliya, Sayyid ‘Abdul Qaadir Jeelani رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه struggled hard to gain knowledge. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه gained Islamic knowledge from many blessed scholars and renowned pious predecessors of his times and had been in their company. As a result of it, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه attained the greatest rank amongst the Islamic scholars of his time. For gaining knowledge, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه endured many hardships and trials. Finally, detaching himself from the worldly matters, he became occupied with the remembrance of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and call towards righteousness. His good qualities became famous all over the world; Islam strengthened because of him; knowledge was given respect because of him; Sharia [Islamic law] started to be implemented because of him. A large number of Islamic scholars went to him and were privileged to become his students. Many Fuqara and great Islamic scholars were also privileged to get Khilafat (permission of making Mureed in his spiritual order) from him.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Scholarly position

Sayyiduna Shaykh Muhammad Bin Yahya At-Taadafi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated:  Having completed his studies, Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-A’zam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه started giving Dars and teaching and issuing Fatwa. In addition, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه also became busy calling people towards righteousness and spreading knowledge and persuading people to act upon the knowledge. So, blessed Islamic scholars from all over the world would go to him to gain Islamic knowledge. At that time, there was no one equal to his rank in Baghdad. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه possessed a sea of knowledge. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه had complete expertise in the knowledge of Fiqh, Hadees, Quranic commentary, Arabic grammar, literature