Ziauddin Madani

Ziauddin Madani (Urdu: قطب مدینہ مولانا ضیاء الدین مدنی) was a Sufi also known as Qutb-e-Madina. He lived most of his life in Medina. He was born in 1877 in Sialkot and died on 2 October 1981. He was buried in Al-Baqi.

Qutb e Medina Maulana Ziauddin Madani
قطب مدینہ مولانا ضیاء الدین مدنی
Title	Qutb-e-Medina
Personal life
Born	1877 Sialkot, Punjab, British India, Now Pakistan
Died	2 October 1981(1981-10-02) (aged 103–104) Medina, Saudi Arabia
Resting place	Al-Baqi, Medina present-day Saudi Arabia
Children	Sayyid Ridwan al-Madani
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sufi (Qadri)
School	Hanafi
Lineage	Siddiqui
Movement	Barelvi movement
Muslim leader
Post	Sufi and mystic
Influenced by Abu Hanifa Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi Hassan Raza Khan
Influenced Muhammad Musa Amritsari Ilyas Qadri

He was an Islamic scholar and disciple of Imam Ahmad Raza Khan.^[1] He was the spiritual teacher of Ilyas Qadri.^[2][3]

Early life and education

He was born in 1877 AD (1294 AH) in Sialkot, Pakistan, to Sheikh Abdul Aziz. His family descent from Abu Bakr Siddique, a prominent companion of the Prophet Muhammad and the first caliph of Islam.^[4]

He got his early education in Sialkot and Lahore. He studied for four years in Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh, India) and got his Islamic education under the supervision of Wasee Ahmad Muhaddis Soorti.^[3][5] He went to Karachi. After some time, travelled to Baghdad, Iraq to take blessings from Ghaus e Azam.^[6] He lived for 4 years and then went to Medina in 1900. He stayed in Medina for almost 77 years. He died on 2 October 1981.^[3] He is buried in the cemetery of Medina Jannat ul Baqi.^[7]

Bay’at and Khilafat

He took the oath of spiritual allegiance from Imam Ahmad Raza Khan of Bareilly at the age of 18, who was the reviver of the 14th century, of the Qadriya movement of Abdul Qadir Jilani.^[8][9]

See also

• Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi
• Ilyas Qadri

References

1. Hazārvī, Muḥammad Ṣiddīq (1979). Taʻāruf-i ʻulamāʻ-i Ahl-i Sunnat: Pākistān ke maujūdah ʻulamāʻ kā taẕkirah (in Urdu). Maktabah-yi Qādriyah. Archived from the original on 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
2. "The Truth behind Deobandi-Barailavi Differences: The Sahaba-e-Karam too differed but never engaged in Takfir | Nadeemul Wajidee, Tr. by Raihan Nezami, NewAgeIsla". www.newageislam.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
3. "Brief Introduction of Hazrat Allama Ziauddin Madani". www.ziaetaiba.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
4. Ḥaidar, K̲h̲vājah Raz̤ī (1981). Taz̲kirah-yi Muḥaddis̲ Sūrtī (in Urdu). Sūrtī Ikaiḍamī. Archived from the original on 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
5. Anwar, Maulana; Jalalpuri, Naeemi (11 August 2021). Khandan-E-Badi Buwa (in Urdu). OrangeBooks Publication. Archived from the original on 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
6. Naushāhī, Muḥammad Lat̤īf Zār (1984). Shahanshāh-i Baq̲h̲dād: Ḥaz̤rat G̲h̲aus̲ulaʻẓam Shaik̲h̲ Sayyid ʻAbdulqādir Jīlānī ke ḥālāt aur fuyūz̤ o barakāt par muk̲h̲tasar tabṣirah (in Urdu). Idārah-yi Maʻārif-i Naushāhiyyah. Archived from the original on 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
7. Kazmi, Syed Ahmed Saeed. Life of Prophet PBUH: Leader of all Prophets (in Urdu). Urdu-Books. Archived from the original on 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
8. "Biography of Sayyidi Qutb-e-Madinah". www.dawateislami.net. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
9. Misbahi, Muhammad Faheem Jilani Ahsan (14 October 2022). Tajalliyaate Ahsan (Jild 1) - Urdu (in Urdu). Abde Mustafa Official. Archived from the original on 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

Bibliography

• Rana, Khalil Ahmad (1988). Anwaar-e-Qutb-e-Madinah (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Lahore: Markazi Majlis Raza.
• Rana, Khalil Ahmad (2013). Tajalliyat-e-Qutb-e-Madina (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Karachi: Anjuman Zia-e-Taiba.
• Qadri, Ilyas (2014). Sayyidi Qutb-e-Madinah (1st ed.). Karachi: Dawat-e-Islami.