Abdul qadir al jilani biography of abraham
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The Life and Titles of Muhi-al-din Abdul Qadir Jailani
Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani |
Illustration of Al-Qutb Imam Ahmad ar-Rifa'i r.a and Al-Ghawth ul-Azam Imam Abdul Qadir al-Jilani r.a |
Mausoleum of Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani in Baghdad |
'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani in Baghdad |
The Shaikh's Life in Baghdad
Through the mists of legend surrounding the life of Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, it is possible to discern the outlines of the following biographical sketch:
In A.H.
488, at the age of eighteen, he left his native province to become a student in the great capital city of Baghdad, the hub of political, commercial and cultural activity, and the center of religious learning in the world of Islaam.
After studying traditional sciences under such teachers as the prominent Hanbalii jurist [faqiih], Abuu Sa'd 'Alii al-Mukharrimii, he encountered a more spiritually oriented instructor in the saintly person of Abu'l-Khair Hammaad ad-Dabb