Inspite of all this accomplishments, he was still desirous of the Naqshbandiya Nisbah
In 1007 Hijri, his father passed away and in 1008 Hijri, he started for Haj from his native place. On the way, they came to Delhi. On reaching Delhi, he had the privilege of meeting Hadhrat Khwaja Muhammad Baqibillah (May Allah shower His Mercy on him). Hadhrat Baqibillah treated him with utmost respect and reverence. After 2 days, Hadhrat Imam Rabbani developed the wish for becoming the disciple of Hadhrat Baqibillah (Ba'yah). Against his custom, Hadhrat Baqibillah accepted him as a disciple into the order without Istikhara and described his dream that in the days past I had seen a dream, Hadhrat Khwajgi Umkinagi gave the interpretation of which that a Qutub Ul Aqtaab (Leader of all leaders, i.e. a very great saint) will receive benefit from me. All those signs are seen in you. You are to be the future Qutub Ul Aqtaab.
Then Hadhrat Imam Rabbani (May Allah shower His Mercy on him) busied himself with the practices of the Naqshbandi order, its worship, Wazaaif, meditations, etc. The will of Allah! Within 2 months and some days, such divine knowledge, Ma'arifah, secrets of Wilayah and blessings and illuminations of Allah Ta'ala flooded over, that the greatest saints were astonished. "This is the favor of Allah Ta'ala and He grants to whom He wills".
Then he was granted Ijazah and Khilafah (authorization) and returned home. From far away places, those who were thirsty for the Ma'arifah (realization) of Allah Ta'ala would come and satisfy themselves. Even though, he was a master of Chishti, Qadri and Naqshbandi Nisbah , but he took special interest in spreading the Naqshbandi order. In short, his state was like this:
He had not even reached the age of 17 that he had become peerless in both the normative sciences and the sciences of the heart ( Uloom Dhahiri and Uloom Batini ), he started benefiting to the students and the disciples. In this time, he wrote many papers like "Risalah Tahliliya" and Risala Radde Rawafidh," etc. even though the Rawafidh were very powerful then, but his truth-loving nature made him write it |
