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Hazrat Abdullah al-Ashtar R.A aka Abdullah Shah Ghazi was an eighth-century Muslim mystic and Sufi. His father, Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya was a descendant of the prophet, Muhammad, through his daughter Fatimah. Known for his commanding oratory skills, amiable demeanor, and impressive build, he led the Alid Revolt (762–763) in Medina, a failed rebellion, against the second Abbasid Caliph, Al-Mansur.

Bari Imam (1617 to 1705), whose real name is Shah Abdul Latif Kazmi, was born in 1026 Hijra (1617 AD). His father, Syed Mehmood Shah, shifted his family from Jhelum District to Baghan village, presently called Aabpara. At that time, it was a barren land. Soon after the arrival of Bari Imam's family, his father started farming and also kept some animals. Shah Latif helped his father in grazing the animals, but left his father at 12 and came to Nurpur Shahan. From Nurpur Shahan, Bari Imam went to Ghaur Ghashti (now known as Attock) where he stayed for two years for learning fiqh, hadith, logic, mathematics, medicine and other disciplines, because at that time Ghaur Ghashti was great seat of learning.

Hazrat Bahauddin Zakariya Multani (Rahmatullah Alaih), was a Sufi of Suhrawardiyya order (tariqa). His full name was Abu Muhammad Bahauddin Zakariya. He was from the lineage of Hadhrat Asad Ibn Hashim hence Hashmi. Sheikh Baha-ud-Din Zakariya was born at Kot Kehror (Karor Lal Esan), a town of the Layyah District near Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.

Hazrat Jalal-ud-Din Surkh-Posh Bukhari(595-690 AH, 1198 – 1292 AD) was a Sufi saint. He was a follower of Baha-ud-din Zakariya of the Suhrawardiyya order. He was having different titles Jalal Ganj, Mir Surkh; Sharrifullah; Mir Buzurg (Big Leader); Makhdum-ul-Azam; Jalal Akbar; Azim ullah; Sher Shah Jalal Azam ; Sayyid Jalaluddin; Mir Surkh Bukhari; Shah Mir Surkh-Posh of Bukhara; Pir Jalaluddin Qutub-al-Aqtab; Sayyid Jalal and Sher Shah Sayyid Jalal and Bukhari was known as Surkh-posh ("clad in red") because he often wore a red cloak. His life was spent travelling on Islamic mission. Bukhari founded the "Jalali" section of the Suhrawardiyya order of Sufi. He converted the Samma, the Sial, the Chadhar, the Daher and the Warar tribes of the Southern Punjab and Sindh. In 1244 (AD) (about 640-AH),Hazrat Jalal-ud-Din Surkh-Posh Bukhari (AD) moved to Uch, Punjab with his son, Baha-ul-Halim, where he founded a religious school. He died in about 690 AH (1292 AD) and was buried in Uch Sharif.

Sultan Bahoo, the beloved of Allah . He is the perfect spiritual guide possessing the absolute light of guidance. Sultan Bahoo travelled all his life to guide the creation towards Divine gnosis. Being the perfect manifestation of Divine attributes and Essence, he elevated the seekers of Allah to the levels of becoming immortal with Allah after annihilating in Him in just a single glance.Sultan Bahoo is one of the most popular saint of Islam. He preached the teachings of Hazrat Prophet Mohammad pbuh and his heritage of Faqr. For this purpose, he spent his entire life to grant spiritual beneficence to the seekers of Allah so they attain closeness to Allah.Sultan Bahoo Darbar is currently located at Village Sultan Bahoo, via Garh Maharaja, Tehsil Ahmadpur Sial, district Jhang, Pakistan

Hazrat Sachal Sarmast (1739–1829) was born in Daraza near Ranipur, Sindh. His real name was Abdul Wahab Farouqi and "Sachal" was his nickname. Sachu means truthful in Sindhi and Sarmast means mystic in Sindhi and Urdu. He is regarded as 'Shair-e-Haft Zaban' (Poet of Seven Languages) due to his poetical works in Arabic, Sindhi, Saraiki, Punjabi, Urdu, Persian and Balochi. He spread the message of love for humanity through poetry. Sachal urged people, rather than blindly following tradition, to seek the truth directly. And like ibn Arabi and others, He passed from this life on the 14th day of Ramadan in 1829 at the age of 90.

Syed Mohammad Usman Marwandi, popularly known as Lal Shahbaz Qalandar was a 12th century Sufi who was born in Marwand, present day Afghanistan. He travelled to Medina, Karbala and Mashhad to seek spiritual guidance and according to popular legend, was instructed to settle in the subcontinent to spread word of God there. He was a contemporary of Syed Jalal-ud-din Bukhari of UchSharif. He settled in Sehwan after travelling extensively in present day Punjab, Sindh, Ajmer and finally settled in Sehwan. He belonged to the Suhrawardi order of Sufis.

Hazrat Meher Ali Shah was born on 1st Ramadan 1275 A.H., i.e., 14 April 1859 in Golra Sharif. He was a Sufi scholar from Pakistan belonging to the Chishti order. He is known as a Hanafi scholar leading the anti-Ahmadiyya movement. He was a descendent, on his father Syed Nazr Din Shah's side, of Abdul Qadir Jilani in the 25th generation, and of Muhammad through Hassan Ibn-e-Ali in the 38th generation. On the side of his mother Masuma Mawsufa, he descended from Abdul Qadir Jilani in the 24th generation and from Muhammad through Hussain Ibn-e-Ali in the 37th generation.

Hazrat Baba Farid was the grandson of Shaykh Shoaib who was the grandson of Farooq Shah Kabuli, the king of Kabul and Ghazni, who was the grandson of Saint Ibrahim bin Adham who was the descendant of second Calipah Hazrat Umar bin al-Khattab. Hazrat Baba Fariduddin was born on the 29th Shaban in 569 A.H. in Khotwal, a village near Lahore, Pakistan. After he had completed his early religious education at the age of 7 in Khotwal, his mother sent him for higher education to Multan. Here he stayed in a masjid [mosque] where he learnt the Holy Qur'an by heart and studied Hadith, Fiqh, Philosophy and Logic under the tutorship of Maulana Minhajuddin.

Sheikh Rukn-ud-Din Abul Fateh (Persian: رکن الدین ابوالفتح), commonly known by the title (Shah) Rukn-e-Alam (“Pillar of the World”) (1251–1335), was an eminent Sufi saint from Multan in modern-day Pakistan who belonged to SuhrawardiyyaSufi order.hah Rukne Alam was the son of Pir Sadar-Al-Din Arif. He was born in Multan on Friday, the 9th of Ramadan 649 Hijri (26 November 1251).[1] He was the grandson and successor of Sheikh Baha-ud-din Zakariya. Shah Rukn-e-Alam died on Friday, the 7th of Jumada al-awwal 735 Hijri (3 January 1335). He was buried in the mausoleum of his grandfather, according to his own will. After sometime, however, his coffin was transferred to the present mausoleum. Shah Rukn-e-Alam conferred his spiritual succession to Sheikh Hameed ud Din al Hakim, buried at Mau Mubarak in Rahim Yar Khan, who was his Ataleeq-e-Awwal, Khalifa-e-Awwal and was married to his aunt, the daughter of Sheikh Baha-ud-Din Zakariya.

Hazrat ahir Allauddin Al-Gillani (السيد طاهر علاؤ الدين الجيلاني البغدادي) (11 July 1932 – 7 June 1991) formally referred to as His Holiness, Qudwatul Awliya Naqeeb ul Ashraaf Hazoor Pir Syedna Tahir Allauddin alGillani alQadri alBaghdadi, was a Sufi Saint who lived in the twentieth century and was the head of the Qadiriyya Baghdadia Spiritual Tariqa. He was the custodian of the Shrine of Ghous-e-Azam Abdul-Qadir Gilani and has been accepted by many as a reformer of Sufism. Born in Baghdad on 18 June 1932, he traced his lineage by seventeen steps to Abdul-Qadir Gilani and 28 steps to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. In 1956, Al-Gillani left Baghdad and migrated to Pakistan, where he settled permanently in Quetta. He stayed in Pakistan until the end of his life. He went to Germany for medical treatment May 1991, and died the following month. He was buried in Lahore, Pakistan

Hafiz Muhammad Siddique (R.A) (1234-1819) titled ‘Hafiz-ul-Milat’ was a scholar and founder of school of thought in Bhar Chundi Ghotki, Sindh. He got his early education from Murshid Hazrat Syed Muhammad Hassan Jilani (R.A(. After completion of education, he took this adverse condition of Islam in Sindh and Islamic values to heart and decided to utilize all of his energies for the reformation and revival of real Islamic teachings and values of Quran and Sunnah. His services regarding the survival of a religion and Islamic nationhood are versatile and multi-dimensional. He laid the foundation of Khanqah Bhar Chundi Sharif as a spiritual center for the teachings of Islamic studies an institution was built in which he used to teach the Quran and other Islamic education daily and continued this practice till his death. The same Institution is still functioning. He prepared a group of purified sincere Muslim scholars and spiritual guides not only in Sindh, Punjab everywhere in Baluchistan also. He brought healthy and reformative changes in prevailing Islamic system, social set up of Islamic society, spiritual patterns of Islamic mystics and religious scholars of Islam. This Article consists of a research analysis of Hazrat Hafiz-ul-Milat Mohammad Siddique services regarding religion and nationhood of the Muslim of sub-continent and its educational, religious, spiritual & political effects.

Ḥaḍrat Pīr Sayyid Muḥammad Rāshid Qādrī Naqshbandī Sindhī qaddas-Allāhu sirrahū (may Allah sanctify his secret) was one of the most celebrated Sufi masters in Sindh (now Pakistan). He was the founder of the Rāshidī Sufi order that spread to Sindh, Punjāb, Balochistān, Rājasthān, Gujarāt and eventually to many far and wide areas. He is often known with his alias Pīr Roze Dhanī (Sindhi: روضي ڌڻي, Urdu: روضے دھنی), meaning “master of the shrine”. He was a Sayyid, a descendant of the Master of Prophets ṣall-Allāhu ʿalaihi wa-sallam through Imām Mūsā al-Kāẓim. His father Sayyid Muḥammad Baqā Lakiyārī (1135-1198 AH) ibn Sayyid Imām Alī was a Sufi shaikh and a solitary dervish. The tomb of Sayyid Muhammad Rashid Qadri Naqshbandi (right), and the mosque of the tomb (left) The tomb of Sayyid Muhammad Rashid Qadri Naqshbandi (right), and the mosque of the tomb (left) Sayyid Muḥammad Rāshid was born on 6 Ramaḍān 1171 AH (1758). He was educated in the prevalent curriculum of Persian and Arabic, and Islamic sciences including jurisprudence, Ḥadīth and Quranic Tafsīr. Among his teachers were his father, Ḥāfidh Muḥammad Akram, Ḥāfidh Zain ad-Dīn Mahesar, Makhdūm Ṭayyib Panhwar, Makhdūm Yār Muḥammad (Kotrī Kabīr), and Makhdūm Muḥammad Ārejwī (near Lārkānā). The latest had a connection of studentship going to Mawlānā ʿAbd al-Ḥakīm Siyālkotī, who is a renowned scholar and author.

Khwāja Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Ghaffār Fazalī Naqshbandī alias Pīr Mitthā, may Allah sanctify his soul, was a great Naqshbandi Sufi shaykh of Sindh in the 20th century. He was the chief deputy and successor of Khwāja Pīr Fazal ʿAlī Shāh Qureshī Naqshbandī may Allah be pleased with him.Haḍrat Pīr Mitthā was born in a village called Langar, near Jalālpur Pīrwālā, south of Multan, Punjab (now in Pakistan). His exact date of birth is not known, the year is approximately 1880 (1297 AH).Haḍrat Pīr Mitthā received traditional Islamic education and reached the status of a Islamic scholar. His first teachers were his father, his elder brother Mawlānā Muḥammad Ashraf, and many others. He traveled to many places for learning and faced much hardships. For a short while, he studied at Derā Nawāb with Mawlawī Niẓāmuddīn who was anti-Sufism and had objections to the teachings of great Sufis such as Mawlānā Jalāluddīn Rūmī. When his father learned about this, he came to the madrasah and took Pīr Mitthā back, saying that “learning from a person of wrong creed is worse than remaining uneducated.”

Hadrat Khwāja Pīr Fazal Alī Shāh Qureshī Abbāsī Naqshbandī Mujaddidī (1270-1354 AH) (1854-1935 CE), may Allah sanctify his soul, was the greatest Shaykh of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order in colonial India in the early 20th century. He was the king of all saints, the Ghaus of his times, upholder of Sunnāh and destroyer of Bid’ah. He was called the Pir of scholars as his disciples included hundreds of Islamic scholars of high caliber who bowed their foreheads in his high court to receive the divine blessings and spiritual guidance. He was also known as the man of divine attraction (Jazbā wālā sāīn), as most of his companions and visitors would often collapse and enter into ecstatic states in his presence.e was born in Dāūd-khel (Pakistan) in 1270 AH/1854 CE. He was son of Murad Ali Shah and was from the Abbasi line of the Quraish, hence called Qureshi. He spent his childhood in Kala-Bagh where he received his education mainly from Mawlana Qamr al-Din, and completed his Hadīth course from Mawlana Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri.

Ḥaḍrat Shaykh Allāh-Bakhsh ʿAbbāsī Ghaffārī Naqshbandī Mujaddidī, popularly known with his title Sohnā Sāeen (1910-1983), was a renowned Sufi master of the Naqshbandi order in Sindh during the 20th century. He established many khānqāhs, madrasahs and Islamic organizations for the revival of moral values and spirituality, with emphasis on the teachings of Naqshbandi masters. Hazrat Khwājā Sohnā Sāeen An artificially colored picture of Hazrat Khwājā Sohnā Sāeen He was born on 10 March 1910 in a village called Khānwāhan, in district Naushehroferoz, Sindh. His father died while he was only five months old, after which, his pious and saintly mother took the responsibility of his upbringing and education. For spiritual guidance, he first received initiation in Naqshbandi tariqa from Hazrat Khwaja Pir Fazal Ali Qureshi, the great Indian Sufi master who is known for his steadfastness on Sunnah and many other miracles. The shaykh soon passed away, and he then attached himself to one of the shaykhs great deputies, Hazrat Khwaja Abdul Ghaffar Fazali Naqshbandi, who later made him his chief khalīfa and spiritual successor. After the demise of his shaykh in 1964, he worked day and night for the revival of lost values in the society and reformation of Muslims and spreading the spirituality of the Naqshbandi Sufi path. He established three khānqāhs and many other spiritual centers, many madrasahs, and Islamic organizations which are still working today on his mission. He passed away on 12 December 1983 (6 Rabīʾ al-Awwal 1404 AH) at the time of Tahajjud prayers (before dawn). He was buried in his last established khānqāh AllāhĀbād, located close to Kandiaro, Sindh.

ahman Baba (whose full name was Abdur-Rahman), was a legendary Pashto poet who was known for his Sufism. He has enlightened Pashtoons through his legendary poetry for over 300 years. Pashtoons around the world honor Rahman Baba with the name “Baba,” meaning “grandfather.” Rahman Baba was born to the Saban tribe in 1650 in Peshawar, when Mughals were ruling the sub-continent. His forefathers migrated from the city of Kandhar, Afghanistanand settled in Peshawar valley. Through his Sufipoetry, Rahman Baba spread Islamic Theology in Pashtoon society and is credited as the most popular poet in Pashtoon history.Rahman Baba lived a very simple life.

Khwaja Ghaznavi was born in 1902 in Ghazni, Afghanistan, a city famous throughout Islamic history. His father, Khwaja Mohammad Akbar Khan, was a great devotee (aashiq) of Sayyidina Ghawth ul Azaam Shaykh Abd al Qadir Jilani, hence he gave Khwaja Ghaznavi the beautiful name of ‘Ghulam Mohiuddin’.Khwaja Ghaznavi is also a descendant of the great companion, Sayyidina Khalid bin al-Walid, may Allah be pleased with him.Khwaja Ghaznavi’s initial Islamic education was obtained from Khwaja Gul Mohammad who was also his uncle. As well as teaching him vital Islamic knowledge, Khwaja Gul Mohammad also inspired his great enthusiasm for worship and nawafil. Throughout the years, Khwaja Ghaznavi also studied at the great Islamic schools in Gardez, Logar and Zurmat.

Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1689-1752) was a great Sufi scholar and saint and is considered as the greatest poet of the Sindhi language. He settled in the town of Bhit Shah in Sindh where he wrote his most famous works.The Shrine for Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai a noted Sindhi shrine of a Sufi scholar, mystic, saint, and poet who is widely considered to be the greatest Muslim poet of the Sindhi Language, is an 18th-century Sufi Shrine located in the town of Bhit Shah in the Pakistani province of Sindh about 45 minutes drive from Hyderabad. The shrine is considered to be one of the most important in Sindh, and its annual urs festival attracts up to 500,000 visitors over the course of three days, beginning on the 13th day of the Islamic month of Safar. The festival commemorates Shah Abdul Latif’s death by means of celebration, as his death is regarded to be a union with God.

Hazrat Baba Bulleh Shah Sarkar Rehmatullahalhe is believed to have been born in 1680, in the small village of Uch, Bahawalpur, Punjab, in present day Pakistan where his father, Shah Muhammad Darwaish, was a Paish Imam (prayer leading person) and teacher. Due to unknown reasons Shah Darwaish had to move to Malakwal, a village in Sahiwal. Later, when Bulleh Shah was six years old, his family moved to Pandoke, which is 50 miles southeast of Kasur. Bulleh Shah was schooled by his father, along with the other children of the village. Most episodes confirm that Bulleh Shah had to work as a child and adolescent herder in the village. Details of his education at Maulana Mohiyuddin's reputed madrassa are less known but it is confirmed that he received his higher education in Kasur. Some historians claim that Bulleh Shah received his education at a highly reputed madrassa run by Hafiz Ghulam Murtaza where he taught for sometime after his graduation. He probably got into higher education the way many talented individuals have done from antiquity to this day. There is agreement between most historians that Bulleh Shah was the son of a Paish Imam who was struggling to make ends meet and was bumping from one village to the next. Village Paish Imams were considered in the category of other artisans like carpenters and potters, and they were paid in kind at the crop harvest. They were also paid for performing nikah (marriage prayers) and wielded a little more respect than other artisans, because they may have taught all the adults of the community. Bulleh Shah's herding at a very young age shows that the family was struggling to survive and had to put its young to work. There are many miracles attached to Bulleh Shah's herding period and the way he put back a crop plundered by animals. But such childhood stories are common for all sages, and sometimes they are identical. Often, devotees and superficial commentators create such stories to belittle the human efforts that these sages undertook to accomplish distinction. However, Bulleh Shah's herding is undeniable from all written accounts. Besides feeling the pain of poverty, Bulleh Shah must have experienced class/caste stratification at a very young age. It is interesting that two of the great Punjabi classical poets, Baba Farid and Bulleh Shah, were born to poor village Paish Imam families, went through difficult economic circumstances but educated themselves at the highest level. After having accomplished his scholastic learning Bulleh Shah, like his predecessors, faced the question of epistemology (theory of knowledge) of learning. The question was and is: how and why is knowledge gained? Sultan Bahu had categorized the knowledge through religious madrassas as a marketable commodity used to charm the rulers and mislead the people. For him the real knowledge expands your inner-self and helps you to relate to humanity, nature and the whole universe. Bulleh Shah was sharper in negating the knowledge gained for religious and other establishment-friendly purposes: