Hazrat Shah Isa Jund Allah
Author: Shaikh Farid
SHAIKH ISA JUNDULLAH (MASIH-UL AULIYA) SHAIKH ISA SHAIKH ISA JUNDULLAH BELONGED TO THE FAMILY OF MUHAMMAD YUSUF SINDHI. MUHAMMAD YUSUF WAS THE GRANDFATHER OF SHAIKH ISA. HIS FAMILY BELONGED TO THE PAATRI A TOWN IN SINDH THIS TOWN WAS SETUP BY THE ANCESTORS OF SHAIKH ISA JUNDULLAH. MUHAMMAD YUSUF HAD 2 SONS 1. SHAIKH TAHIR MUHADDITH AND 2. SHAIKH MUHAMMAD KASAM. SHAIKH ISA JUNDULLAH WAS THE SON OF SHAIKH MUHAMMAD KASAM THE FATHER OF SHAIKH ISA JUNDULLAH SHAIKH MUHAMMAD KASAM HAS THE KHILAFAT FROM SHAIKH MUHAMMAD GAUSH GWALIYARI LATER ON THEY MIGRATED TO AHMEDABAD. WHERE SHAIKH ISA JUNDULLAH WAS BORN ON 5TH ZILHIJJAH 962 AH/30TH OCTOBER 1554 HE COMPLETED HIS EARLY EDUCATION UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF HIS FATHER AND HAD COMMITTED THE QURAN TO HIS MEMORY. LATER HE STUDIED TAFSIR, HADITH, AND FIQAH FROM HIS UNCLE SHAIKH TAHIR MUHADDITH. THEN HE CAME TO BURHANPUR AND STARTED LIVING WITH SHAIKH LASHKAR MUHAMMAD ARIF. AFTER THE DEATH OF SHAIKH ARIF HE WENT TO SHAIKH WAJIHUDDIN ALVI GUJARATI THEN HE ESTABLISHED THE MADRASAH. AFTER SHAIKH WAJIHUDDIN ALVI GUJARATI IT BECAME THE TRADITION WITH THE SHATTARI SAINTS TO LOOK AFTER THE BOTH SPIRITUAL AND INTELLECTUAL NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE. EVERYDAY AFTER OFFERING HIS MORNING PRAYERS HE CAME TO HIS KHANQAH AND BUSIED HIMSELF IN TEACHING TAFSIR AND HADITH PUPILS CAME TO HIM FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES LIKE KABUL AND CEYLON. HE USE TO TREAT ALL THE PEOPLES EQUALLY. ONCE ABDUL REHMAN KHAN I KHANAN VISITED HIS MADRASAH HE WAS RECEIVED IN THE SAME WAY WHICH