Makhdoom Bilawal

Makhdoom Bilawal Bin Jam Hassan Samo^[2][3] (Sindhi: مخدوم بلاول بن جام حسن سمو), (Born 1451 AD/ 856 AH Sindh) was an Islamic jurisconsult, theologian, Sufi, and poet from Sindh, Pakistan. He is also referred as Makhdum Bilal or Bilali Makhdum. He was disciple of the Shaykh Dost Ali Sistani. Dost Ali was direct disciple of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani.^[1]

Makhdoom Bilawal
Tomb of Makhdoom Bilawal Shaheed
Personal life
Born	1451 (854-855 AH) Sindh, Pakistan
Died	January 17, 1522 (30 Safar 929 AH) Baghban (near the town of Dadu, Sindh)
Resting place	Shrine of Makhdoom Bilawal, Dadu, Sindh
Main interest(s)	Jurisprudence, Exegesis, Hadith, Asceticism, Tasawwuf[1]
Occupation	Scholar, Jurist, Theologian, Mufassir[1]
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Order	Kubrawiya[1]
Philosophy	Sufism
School	Hanafi
Lineage	Samma
Creed	Athari
Initiation	by Shaykh Dost Ali Sistani al-Kubrawi[1]
Muslim leader
Teacher	Shaykh Dost Ali Sistani al-Kubrawi[1]
Influenced Syed Haider Shah Sanai

Life

Makhdoom Bilawal was ordered to be crushed alive in a seed grinder after the Battle of Talti for opposing the conquest of Sindh by Arguns on 30 Safar 929AH/1522 AD. ^[4]

Poetry

He said poems in Persian and Sindhi languages. One of his Persian Quatrain reads as follows:

Surrender yourself to God
Lose your will into His
Self-assertion is blasphemy
Shun the Self and merge into Him

— Makhdoom Bilawal^{[citation needed]}

Shrine of Makhdum Bilawal

Shrine of Makhdum Bilawal

His shrine is at 'Baghban' near the town of Dadu, Sindh, Pakistan. According to the article of Aamir Sindhi Ali Wagan, the mosque at his tomb was constructed by one of his devotees Sardar Sakhi Mahboob Khan Wagan (Chief Sardar of Wagan Tribe).