Socio - Political Role of the Shrine of Sial Sharif

خانقاہ سیال شریف کا سماجی وسیاسی کردار

Authors

  • Manzoor Ahmad Gomal University Dera Ismail Khan
  • Ubaid Ullah Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology Dera Ismail Khan

Abstract

Sial Sharif is a village in the district Sargodha located in Sahiwal Tehsil and lies 48 km (30 miles) away from the city of Sargodha. This Shrine was established by Khawaja Shams al-Din Sialvi (1799–1883), popularly known as Pir Sial, who was a famous Sufi saint. He established an institute for religious education. He himself used to teach there. Some of his students earned repute as Islamic scholars in the Subcontinent. Miraat-ul-Ashqeen is a well-known book based on his sayings and unique thoughts. Hazrat Khawja Shams-ud-Din Sialvi died on 24th of Safar 1300 A.H (4 January 1883 AD). After his death his son Khawja Allama Muhammad-ud-Din Sialvi was granted "Khilafat" by Peer Pathan of Tonsa Sharif. The care of the shrine after his death in 1909, passed to his son Muhammad Zia-ud-Din. It subsequently passed on to his eldest son Khwaja Qamar ul Din Sialvi (7 July 1906 – 20 July 1981), who was president of the Sargodha branch of Muslim League and became famous for donating all his valuables to the Pakistan Army during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965. Muhammad Qamar-ud-Din later, in 1970, became president of Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan and member of Islamic Ideology Council, in 1981 and was given Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Medal of Distinction). Khawja Hamid-ud-Din Sialvi is the eldest son of Khawja Qamar-ud-Din Sialvi and present-day Sajjadah Nashin of Sial Sharif Sharine. His efforts are commandable in Tehreek-e-Khatm-e-Nabuwat in Pakistan. This paper discusses the contribution of Khwaja Sialwi and his four successors for the independence of their country, explores the Socio - political role of the pīrs of Sial Sharif over four generations. The contribution of sajada nashineens’ in different movements like Tehreek-e-Nizam-e-Mustufa, Tehreek-e-Khatm-e-Nabuwat etc. played a vital role in Islamic ideology.

Author Biographies

Manzoor Ahmad, Gomal University Dera Ismail Khan

Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies and Arabic, Gomal University Dera Ismail Khan

Ubaid Ullah, Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology Dera Ismail Khan

M.Phil Research Scholar, Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology Dera Ismail Khan

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2021-06-30

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