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Sheikh
Abdul
Qadir
Jilani
was
the
founder
of
the
Qadriya
order,
the
most
tolerant
and
charitable
of
the
Sunni
order
of
the
dervishes.
This
order
claims
countless
followers
throughout
the
Muslim
world.
His
adherents,
who
knew
him
as
‘Ghaus-e-Azam'
(the
highest
in
the
hierarchy
of
Saints)
revere
him
for
his
piety,
humility,
learning
and
gentleness
of
spirit.
Sheikh
Abdul
Qadir
was
born
in
1077
in
Nif,
a
village
in
the
district
of
Gilan
,
Persia
(to
the
north
of
current
Iran
).
On
his
father's
side,
his
ancestry
can
be
traced
back
in
the
direct
line
to
Hazrat
Imam
Hassan
and
hence
The
Prophet
Muhammad
May
Allah's
peace
and
blessings
be
upon
him.
His
mother
was
a
saintly
lady
and
also
the
daughter
of
a
famous
saint
of
that
time.
Sheikh
Abdul
Qadir
left
his
home
at
the
age
of
eighteen
in
the
pursuit
of
knowledge
and
he
went
to
Baghdad,
the
great
centre
of
learning.
He
attended
the
classes
held
by
Tibrizi,
the
well-known
Arab
Philologist
of
the
age.
There
he
was
initiated
into
the
Sufism
of
the
Abul
Khair
Muhammed
School.
This
was
a
special
mode
of
religious
thinking
and
feeling.
A
Sufi
lives
rather
a
retired
life
in
voluntary
poverty
in
order
to
be
better
able
to
meditate
on
the
Holy
Qur'an
by
seeking
to
draw
closer
to
Allah
in
prayer.
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