Uska Naam aur Nasab
Sheikh Ismail Al-Walyani bin Sheikh Muhammad Al-Nudhahi bin Sheikh Baba Ali bin Sheikh Baba Rasul Al-Kabir. Uska nasab Imam Hussein bin Imam Ali bin Abu Talib (RA) se milta hai.
Uska Laqab
Usko "Al-Walyani” ke laqab se jaana gaya, jo uski us khulaawat se hai jo usne "Walyan” gaon mein ki thi, jo Qazan Qaya ilaqe mein Sulaymaniyah, Iraq mein hai. Usko "Al-Ghawth Al-Thani” bhi kaha gaya, jo uske tasavvuf mein unki azeem martaba ko dikhata hai.
Uski Paidaish
Woh 1081 Hijri mein Qazan Qaya ke ilaqe mein paida hue.
Uska Madhhab
Woh Shafi’i madhhab se taluq rakhte thay.
Uski Tariqah
Sheikh Ismail Al-Walyani ne Qadiri tareeqah apne shaykh, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Ahsa’i se li.
Uski Zindagi
Sheikh Ismail Al-Walyani apne waqt ke bare karamat aur roohani khushfiyat wale shakhsiat mein se thay. Unhone sab se pehle Qadiri tareeqah ke usoolon ko qaim kiya aur isko Kurdistan, Iraq mein phelaaya.
Sheikh Ismail ne ilm aur deen ke ek gharane mein apna bachpan guzara, aur woh Sheikh Muhammad Al-Nudhahi ke sab se bare beta thay. Apni zindagi ke ek hisse mein woh Baghdad safar kiya jahan unhone apne waqt ke roohani rehnuma Sheikh Ahmad Al-Ahsa’i se tareeqah li. Unhon ne apne shaykh ke saath chalis din guzare, aur phir Kurdistan laut aaye, jahan unhon ne Qadiri tareeqah ko phelaane ka kaam jaari rakha.
Woh apne gaon waapas aakar muridon ko taleem dena shuru kar diye aur bahut jaldi unhone apne aap ko logon ke beech mashhoor kar liya, jo puri ilaqa se unke paas aane lage. Kuch waqt baad, unko Ottoman Sultan ke manzoor shuda hukmaran Prince Ahmad Bey Al-Zenkanah ne daawat di aur unhe "Walyan” gaon diya, jabke unke bhai Sheikh Hassan ko "Kullah Zardah” gaon diya gaya.
Sheikh Ismail Al-Walyani apni zahidgi aur taqwa ke liye mashhoor thay. Unka har waqt muridon ke saath mulaqat aur rehnumai mein guzarta tha. Woh hamesha tawajjo se rehte, sadhay libas mein rahte, aur apne achaal roohani kaam ke liye logon ke beech izzat hasil karte thay.
Unki Karamatain
Sheikh Ismail Al-Walyani Quddissah Sirruh ko kayi karamaton ke liye jaana jata hai. Unmein se sab se mashhoor yeh thi:
- Unke haath ka rang naye muridon ko bai’at dene ke waqt siyah ho jata tha, lekin jab us haath ko paani se dhoya jata, toh wo apne asal safedi par laut aata tha. Jab unke khadim ne is tabdeeli ke baare mein poocha, toh Sheikh ne samjhaya ke yeh siyahi un muridon ke gunahon ka asar hota hai, jinhon ne unse bai’at li thi, aur wo unko is tarah saaf karte hain.
Unke Bachay
- Abdul Razzaq
- Abdul Qadir
- Abdul Rahman
- Rasul
- Abdul Karim
- Mahmood
- Yahya
- Ma’roof
- Abdullah
- Abdul Salam
Uski Wafat
Sheikh Ismail Al-Walyani 1158 Hijri mein duniya se haq aur sha’ood ki taraf chalay gaye, aur woh apne safar par Quradagh se moosil ke maqamat-e-anbiya aur saaliheen ki taraf nikle. Unhone Nabi Yunus (AS) ki ziyarath ke liye chalis din guzare, aur phir apni chalis din ki ziyarath ke baad bimaar ho gaye. Unhone apne dafan ka hukm diya aur unhe Sheikh Junayd ke qabristan mein dafan karne ki wasiyat ki, jo Sheikh Abdul Qadir Al-Jilani ke naslon mein se thay.
Moosil ke wazir Hajj Hussein Pasha Al-Jalili ne unki wafat par ek nazm likhi thi, jismein unhone kaha:
"Imam bi’anwar al-shari’ah qad raqa
Wa bahr bi-asrar al-haqiqah qad tama
Faya habbaza khayr wa ya habbaza huda
Wa ya habbaza fadl bihi Allah an’ama”
Khalasa
Sheikh Ismail Al-Walyani ne tasavvuf ki duniya mein ek azeem roohani aur ilm ka virsa chhoda, jahan unhone apne waqt mein kayi logon ko rehnumai di aur unki taleem ko apni zindagi ka hissa banaya.