Hazrat Allah Bakhsh (Hazoor Sohna Sain) was born in Sindh, Pakistan, on 10 Mar 1910. He acquired his school education and passed the internal examination of the Sindhi language. He got religious education mostly from Maulana Raza Muhammad Sahib of Warah, who migrated to Saudi Arabia and died.
Hazrat Allah Bakhsh attached himself spiritually to a famous Naqshbandi Shaikh Hazrat Fazal Ali Qureshi of Miskeen Pur Sharif of Punjab during his student life.
After the death of Hazrat Qureshi Sahib, Hazrat Allah Bakhsh had a spiritual relationship with Hazrat Khawaja Muhammad Abdul Ghaffar, known as Pir Mitha Sain, who was very dear to Hazrat Qureshi Sahib. Hazrat Peer Mitha Sain was a great religious scholar and poet.
Seeing the God gifted qualities of Hazrat Allah Bakhsh, Pir Mitha Sain made him his deputy (Khalifa) and his successor. Thousands of people were attached to Hazrat Allah Bakhsh (Sohna Sain) and became good Muslims. Hazrat Sohna Sain preached Islam all his life. He passed away on 12 Dec 1983.
The services of Hazrat Sohna Sain towards Islam and Islamic mysticism (Tassawuf) can be classified as:
- Establishing Exemplary Villages
- Establishing Religious Institutions
- Islamic Organizations
Hazrat Sohna Sain led these villages to show that Islam is a religion whose all teachings are practicable. It is a complete code of life. One of such villages is Allah Abad Sharif, the central place (Markazi-Darbar) of Jamait Islah-ul-Muslmeen. Thousands of people there have learnt to live their lives according to the teachings of Islam. They pray and act as Muslim individually and collectively in their lives.
Hazrat Sohna Sain and his followers (disciples) established a network of institutions where knowledge and training go hand in hand. Teachers and students are accustomed to five times prayers, night prayers (Tahajud), Halqas (gatherings) for remembrance of Allah the Almighty. Moreover, they are conducive to a turban (Imama Shareef), Miswak (a wooden form of toothbrush used by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and other necessities of Islamic mysticism (Tasawuf).
The organizations established by Hazrat Sohna Sain are Jamaat Islah-ul-Muslmeen, Jamait Ulamai Roohani and Roohani Talaba Jamaat. These three organizations are working in their separate fields, have created an awakening in Muslims, old and young, and educated, men and women. All the three categories visit far and near places at their expenses and impart the message of Islam based on the holy Quran and Sunnat-e-Nabavi. They invite Muslims and non-Muslims to the practical aspect of Islam by acting what they preach.
The followers of Hazrat Sohna Sain live in many countries of the world like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E, Nigeria, United Kingdom, America, Sweden, Australia, Germany, Spain and China etc.
The death anniversary of Hazrat Sohna Saen is celebrated every year in November. Thousands of followers (disciples) and believers participate in this grand gathering at Dargah Allah Abad Sharif, his last resting place, from all over the globe.
The biography of Hazrat Sohna Sain has been published in Urdu in two Volumes of 1000 pages with the name of Seerat-e-Wali-e-Kamil and in Sindhi of 400 pages named Swanah Hayat of Sohna Sain. It looks pleasing to describe in detail Dargah Allah Abad Sharif.
There are about seventy houses, one religious institution, a separate primary school for boys and girls and a grand Mosque whose dome can be seen from 25 km. The residents live their lives according to the Islamic system. They offer prayer congregations, attend the night prays.
They are regular in wearing a turban and using miswak for washing. Gents have a beard on the face, and ladies observe veiling.
Moreover, all the marriages and other ceremonies are observed according to Islamic guidelines. More than 250 students are learning Ulaum Tafsir, Hadith, the correct rectification (phonetics) and Persian and Urdu. The able-minded teachers of high calibre numbering a dozen or more.
After the sad demise of Hazrat Sohna Sain, his only son, his successor, the Khalifah-e-Mutliq of the old block continuous the mission of the pious father, his name is Hazrat Muhammad Tahir Bakhshi Naqshbandi, known as the name of “Sajjan Sain”.
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