A VISIT TO AJMER SHARIF by Hazrat Mohammad Inayath Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu)

When Hazrat Mohammad Inayath Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) along with Hazrat Mohammad Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) visited Darbar Mirzakhil Sharif in Bangladesh.  Hazrat Shah Jahangir (II) Fakhrul Arefin Mawlana Abdul Hai (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) instructed Hazrat Mohammad Inayath Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) to stay in the room reserved for the Sajjada Nasheen.  This action by Hazrat Shah Jahangir (II) Mawlana Abdul Hai (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) showed without a doubt that Hazrat Mohammad Inayath Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) was the Sajjada Nasheen of his shaykh and brother, Hazrat Mohammad Nabi Raza Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu). 

After this visit, Hazrat Mohammad Inayath Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) and Hazrat Mohammad Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) went to Darbar Garib Nawaz in Ajmer Sharif, India.  In this holy place, Hazrat Mawlana Abdus Shakoor (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) said with great passion and love to Hazrat Mohammad Inayath Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) that this could be a great time to announce the Khilafat and Ijazat of Hazrat Mohammad Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu).  But when Hazrat Mohammad Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) heard about this, he said that he was not in need of Khilafat, but that he only wanted to be a servant to the door of the Silsila.  However, Hazrat Mohammad Hasan Shah's (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) spirituality (ruhaniyat) and fakiri (saintliness) were being observed closely by the awliya (holy saints) of the Silsila.  For this reason, Hazrat Mohammad Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) was told that he had no choice but to accept his Khilafat and Ijazat.  

In Darbar Gharib Nawaz, the hundreds of awliya (holy saints) were also noticing and praying for Hazrat Mohammad Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu).  The indication had also come from Sultan al-Hind Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) that the Taj-e-Khilafat (head cap signifying the Caliphate) should be placed on the head of Hazrat Mohammad Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu). 

Hazrat Mohammad Inayath Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) again told Hazrat Mohamamd Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) that the signs were too many, and he is destined to reach great spiritual heights.  But Hazrat Mohammad Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) said that he did not prefer any Khilafat, but requested a royal faqiri at the maqam (shrine) of Sultan ul Hind Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu). After listening to this, Hazrat Mohammad Inayath Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) told Hazrat Mohammad Hasan Shah that he would receive everything that he wanted InshaAllah.  He also said that Hazrat Mohammad Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) would be the spiritual king of his time, and that he would get success wherever he went in this world.  

At this moment, Hazrat Mohammad Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) fell to the feet of Hazrat Mohamamd Inayath Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) and began crying. After Hazrat Mohammad Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) was raised, the Taj-e-Khilafat was placed on his head and he was granted Khilafat and Ijazat in the royal court of Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu). 

After some days, Hazrat Mohammad Inayath Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) and Hazrat Mohammad Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) visited the maqam of Hazrat Syedna Ameer Abul Ula (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) in Agra Sharif.  Then they visited the maqam of Hazrat Mohammad Nabi Raza Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu) in Lucknow Sharif and then returned to Bhanisori Sharif.  

The first visit in Bhainsori Sharif was to the blessed father of Hazrat Mohammad Hasan Shah (Qaddas Allahu Sirrahu).  His blessed father was very happy after hearing the news that his only son was granted Khilafat, and said that the prayers (duas) of all the awliya (holy saints) who had visited his home had been accepted. 

Syed-Afzal--Ali-shah Maududi. 

Editor cum Bureau chief. 

Lucknow