SHAYKH ABDUL HAI FAKHRUL ARIFIN
The great Sufi sage, Shaykh Mawlana Abdul Hai Fakhrul Arifin (Q.S.A).
We trace our spiritual lineage to him through our Shaykh Sufi Mawlana Mohammad Khushhaal (Q.S.A). Our shaykh was a disciple (mureed) of Hazrat Sufi Mohammad Hasan Shah (Q.S.A) whose shaykh was Hazrat Sufi Mohammad Inayath Hasan Shah (Q.S.A). His brother and shaykh was, Hazrat Sufi Mohammad Nabi Raza Shah (Q.S.A) who was a disciple of the great, Hazrat Mawlana Abdul Hai Fakhrul Arifin (Q.S.A).
Hazrat Shah Jahangir Fakhrul Arifin (Q.S.A) was born on May 6, 1860 (14 Shawwal 1276). He was tutored in both the outward and inward sciences early by his shaykh and father, Hazrat Mukhlisur Rahman Jahangiri (Q.S.A). He then enrolled in intensive Islamic studies in his teenage years in Calcutta and later in Lucknow. He studied so intensely that he sometimes did not come home to Chatgam (Chittagong), Bangladesh for 7 years. He spent about 14 years studying and then became one of the top scholars of his time.
Mawlana Abdul Hai (Q.S.A) at the age of 45 years old succeeded as the Khalifa (Sajjada Nasheen) after about 19 years of the demise of his shaykh and father, Hazrat Mukhlisur Rahman Jahangiri (Q.S.A). He composed about 117 works in both Arabic and Persian. He undertook many spiritual seclusions and was gifted the God given title, “Fakhrul Arifin.” He was a perfect (kamil) shaykh and his miracles (karmat) were unlimited, which he ordered to be kept hidden during his lifetime.
He passed ahead at the age of 63 on 17th of Dhul Hijjah and his sacred tomb is in the world famous Darbar Mirzakhil Sharif in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
O’Lord give our heart life and nourishment, for the sake of Mawlana Abdul Hai (Q.S.A)