A Brief Introduction About Khwaja Nayabe Rasool:
Historically Sarkar Nayabe Rasool is referred to as Hazrat Haji Syed Khwaja Rahmatullah (RA) Nayabe Rasool and is counted among the Hussaini Sadaat's (Descendants of the great Hazrat Syedna Imam Hussain Razi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu). His father Hazrat Khwaja-E-Alam Nakshband Alaihirrahmah had migrated to India from Tauran (northen parts of Afghanistan and present day Uzbekistan etc.). Historically relevant cities of this part of the world are Samarqand and Bukhara where the descendants of many Islamic greats had settled down after Halaku Khan's massacre of Baghdad in 1257 AD. Farghana, the native town of the founder of the Mughal empire Mohammed Zaheeruddin Babar (Death 1430 AD) also falls in this part of the world. During the period of the Mughal emperor Jalaluddin Mohammed Akbar many families from Tauran came to India and settled down here. Khaja Abid Khaleej Khan was one among them whose grandson Mir Qamruddin Ali Khan Asif Jah (Awwal) was founder of the Asif Jah empire.
A breif description about Khwaja Rahmatullah can also be found in Tazkira-E-Auliya-E-Dakan Mualiif on page 393 (Author - Abdul Jabbar Khan Malkapuri) where it is mentioned that Khwaja Rahmatullah's father upon his arrival from Tauran, stayed for a brief while with the Asif Jah (Awwal) and thereafter was appointed as the Qateeb at the Jamia Masjid at Belgaum (Karnataka). Hazrat Khwaja Alam married in Belgaum which was also the birth place of Khwaja Rahmatullah. His (Khwaja Rahmatullah's) date of expiry has been given as 26 Rabbi Ul Awwal 1195 Hijri which translates to 1781 AD in Georgian Calender. His age has been given as 90 Hijri years and thus his year of birth can be counted back to 1105 Hijri (1694 AD).
At the time of Hazrat Aurangazeb's death in 1707 AD Khwaja Rahmatullah's age was around 13 years. At the time of the Battle of Palasy (1757 AD) where Siraj Ud Dawla was defeated by the British Khwaja Rahmatullah's age was 63 years.
Hazrat Khwaja Rahmatullah lost his mother at an very early age after which his father Hazrat Khwaja Alam married for the second time. Khwaja Rahmatullah took permission from his father and went to stay with his maternal aunt at Kurnool where he recieved his formal education and also took employment in the royal stable. Meanwhile he also visited Bijapur and took Baith from Hazrat Alvi Buroom (RA.). Later he performed Hajj (1151 Hijri/1737 AD) and also took Baith from Hazrat Ashraf Makki (RA) under the Nakshbandi tradition in Makkah Muazzamah from where he proceeded to Madina Shareef. After returning from Hajj Khwaja Rahmatullah stayed for a brief while at Kurnool and later went to Nandyal where he got married. He was blessed with a girl child but unfortunately after a while he lost both his wife and daughter due to different reasons.
From Nandyal Khwaja Rahmatullah came to Udgir Hill Fort and in 1748 AD bought some land and settled in Ana Samandar (Anuma Samudram) which later came to be known as Rahmatabad Shareef (named after Khwaja Rahmatullah himself).
Hazrat Syeda Habeebunnisa (RA) was the second wife of Khwaja Rahmatullah and is popularly known as Ammajan by Hindus and Muslims alike. She was the daughter of the Nawab of Kurnool.
In 1748 AD Khwaja Rahmatullah constructed a make shift mosque in Rahmatabad and named it Madina Masjid. Many people came forward to convert it into a permament structure but Khwaja Rahmatullah refused any help and later in 1762 AD he single handedly converted the makeshift structure into a grand one. There is an inscription on the forehead of the mosque which reads "This Stone Has Been Brought From Madina Munawwarah" but it is not certain whether Khwaja Rahmatullah had brought the stone himself or had got it through someone else.
Khwaja Rahmatullah did not had any children through his second wife. His second wife Hazrat syeda Habeebunnisa had constructed a grand dome atop the mazar of Khwaja Rahmatullah after his expiry. She herself was laid to rest next to the Mazar of Khwaja Rahmatullah inside the same dome after her expiry. Though the exact year of her expiry is not known, her Sandal is celeberated on the 7th of Rabbi Ul Awwal every year
Khwaja Rahmatullah did not name anyone as his successor. After his death his wife Hazrat Syeda Habeebunnisa asked Hazrat Shah Rafiuddin Khandari (RA) to take over from where Khwaja Sahab had left but he expressed his unability to do so. Left with no other option Hazrat Syeda Habeebunnisa called her nephew Hazrat Ghulam Nakshband (RA), gave him all the necessary education and appointed him as the seccessor of Khwaja Rahmatullah.
According to the book 'Bahr-E-Rahmat' at the age of 90, Khwaja Rahmatullah fell seriously ill and expired on Friday 26 Rabbi Ul Awwal 1195 Hijri (22nd March 1781 AD) after Maghrib at Udgir. At the time of performong Ghusl his heart was still in a state of Zikr which was witnessed by everyone present there. His body was then brought to Rahmatabad and was laid to rest in the courtyard of the mosque that he had built. Today, a grand dome adorns the Mazar-E-Aqdas of Hazrat Khwaja Rahmatullah Nayabe Rasool and Ammajan and is frequented by thousands of pilgrims irrespective of caste, creed, religion and status.
Source:
Aqidatut Talibeen/Hayat-E-Rahmat
Historically Sarkar Nayabe Rasool is referred to as Hazrat Haji Syed Khwaja Rahmatullah (RA) Nayabe Rasool and is counted among the Hussaini Sadaat's (Descendants of the great Hazrat Syedna Imam Hussain Razi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu). His father Hazrat Khwaja-E-Alam Nakshband Alaihirrahmah had migrated to India from Tauran (northen parts of Afghanistan and present day Uzbekistan etc.). Historically relevant cities of this part of the world are Samarqand and Bukhara where the descendants of many Islamic greats had settled down after Halaku Khan's massacre of Baghdad in 1257 AD. Farghana, the native town of the founder of the Mughal empire Mohammed Zaheeruddin Babar (Death 1430 AD) also falls in this part of the world. During the period of the Mughal emperor Jalaluddin Mohammed Akbar many families from Tauran came to India and settled down here. Khaja Abid Khaleej Khan was one among them whose grandson Mir Qamruddin Ali Khan Asif Jah (Awwal) was founder of the Asif Jah empire.A breif description about Khwaja Rahmatullah can also be found in Tazkira-E-Auliya-E-Dakan Mualiif on page 393 (Author - Abdul Jabbar Khan Malkapuri) where it is mentioned that Khwaja Rahmatullah's father upon his arrival from Tauran, stayed for a brief while with the Asif Jah (Awwal) and thereafter was appointed as the Qateeb at the Jamia Masjid at Belgaum (Karnataka). Hazrat Khwaja Alam married in Belgaum which was also the birth place of Khwaja Rahmatullah. His (Khwaja Rahmatullah's) date of expiry has been given as 26 Rabbi Ul Awwal 1195 Hijri which translates to 1781 AD in Georgian Calender. His age has been given as 90 Hijri years and thus his year of birth can be counted back to 1105 Hijri (1694 AD).
At the time of Hazrat Aurangazeb's death in 1707 AD Khwaja Rahmatullah's age was around 13 years. At the time of the Battle of Palasy (1757 AD) where Siraj Ud Dawla was defeated by the British Khwaja Rahmatullah's age was 63 years.
Hazrat Khwaja Rahmatullah lost his mother at an very early age after which his father Hazrat Khwaja Alam married for the second time. Khwaja Rahmatullah took permission from his father and went to stay with his maternal aunt at Kurnool where he recieved his formal education and also took employment in the royal stable. Meanwhile he also visited Bijapur and took Baith from Hazrat Alvi Buroom (RA.). Later he performed Hajj (1151 Hijri/1737 AD) and also took Baith from Hazrat Ashraf Makki (RA) under the Nakshbandi tradition in Makkah Muazzamah from where he proceeded to Madina Shareef. After returning from Hajj Khwaja Rahmatullah stayed for a brief while at Kurnool and later went to Nandyal where he got married. He was blessed with a girl child but unfortunately after a while he lost both his wife and daughter due to different reasons.
From Nandyal Khwaja Rahmatullah came to Udgir Hill Fort and in 1748 AD bought some land and settled in Ana Samandar (Anuma Samudram) which later came to be known as Rahmatabad Shareef (named after Khwaja Rahmatullah himself).
Hazrat Syeda Habeebunnisa (RA) was the second wife of Khwaja Rahmatullah and is popularly known as Ammajan by Hindus and Muslims alike. She was the daughter of the Nawab of Kurnool.
In 1748 AD Khwaja Rahmatullah constructed a make shift mosque in Rahmatabad and named it Madina Masjid. Many people came forward to convert it into a permament structure but Khwaja Rahmatullah refused any help and later in 1762 AD he single handedly converted the makeshift structure into a grand one. There is an inscription on the forehead of the mosque which reads "This Stone Has Been Brought From Madina Munawwarah" but it is not certain whether Khwaja Rahmatullah had brought the stone himself or had got it through someone else.
Khwaja Rahmatullah did not had any children through his second wife. His second wife Hazrat syeda Habeebunnisa had constructed a grand dome atop the mazar of Khwaja Rahmatullah after his expiry. She herself was laid to rest next to the Mazar of Khwaja Rahmatullah inside the same dome after her expiry. Though the exact year of her expiry is not known, her Sandal is celeberated on the 7th of Rabbi Ul Awwal every year
Khwaja Rahmatullah did not name anyone as his successor. After his death his wife Hazrat Syeda Habeebunnisa asked Hazrat Shah Rafiuddin Khandari (RA) to take over from where Khwaja Sahab had left but he expressed his unability to do so. Left with no other option Hazrat Syeda Habeebunnisa called her nephew Hazrat Ghulam Nakshband (RA), gave him all the necessary education and appointed him as the seccessor of Khwaja Rahmatullah.
According to the book 'Bahr-E-Rahmat' at the age of 90, Khwaja Rahmatullah fell seriously ill and expired on Friday 26 Rabbi Ul Awwal 1195 Hijri (22nd March 1781 AD) after Maghrib at Udgir. At the time of performong Ghusl his heart was still in a state of Zikr which was witnessed by everyone present there. His body was then brought to Rahmatabad and was laid to rest in the courtyard of the mosque that he had built. Today, a grand dome adorns the Mazar-E-Aqdas of Hazrat Khwaja Rahmatullah Nayabe Rasool and Ammajan and is frequented by thousands of pilgrims irrespective of caste, creed, religion and status.
Source:
Aqidatut Talibeen/Hayat-E-Rahmat