Muhammad Amin Shah Sani

Khwaja e Saani حضرت خواجہ ثاني Syed Muhammad Ameen Shah سيد محمد امين شاه
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Personal
Born	Muhammad Amin Shah Allo Mahar Shareef, Pakistan.
Died	23 March 1913 Allo Mahar
Resting place	Allo Mahar
Religion	Islam
Children	Pir Syed Muhammad Hussain Shah (son)
Parent	Pir Syed Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri (father)
Lineage	Husayn
Organization
Founder of	Naqshbandia Mujdadia Aminial branch of Naqshbani lineage.

Pir Syed Muhammad Amin Shah Sani was a Sufi scholar from Pakistan belonging to the Nahbandi order. He is known as a Hanafi scholar and saint. He received his early Qur'anic education at the Khankah Allo Mahar Shreef. It has been recorded that the first of the ancestors of Syed Muhammad Amin Shah Sani, who came to the Allo Mahar Sharif, was Syed Muhammad Jewan Shah Naqvi, well known by the pen-name of Shair Sawar Sarkar. He traces his roots to the first Arab Shaikhs descending from Muhammad through the lineage of Husayn and so he is a Sayyed.

Family

His father Pir Syed Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri was a scholar, saint, and preacher of Islam in the South Asia. He preached Islam in South Asia and brought non-Muslims into the fold of Islam.His son Pir Syed Muhammad Hussain Shah succeded him.

Early life

In Tariqat, he was the disciple of renowned Sufi master Shaikh Syed Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri and Kwaja Faqeer Muhammad Churahi, who awarded him Khilafat in naqshbandi lieage and then assigned his khalipha (chief disciple) in the Punjab area. For thirty years , he travelled to different cities in order to preach Islam.

Sufi order

He belonged to the Naqshbandi Sufi order, which is well known in wholle Islamic World. He was one of the disciples of Sheikh ul-Sheiyukh Bahaudin Naqshband.

Writings

• Awrad-e-Naqshbandia: Shijra e Tareeqat Shoukh e Naqshbandia Allo Maharvia.

Death

He died in Allo Mahar on 23rd of march 1913,his Urs is celebrated in Allo Mahar shrif on 23 March every year with love and devotion.

Shrine

Tomb of Pir Syed Muhammad Amin Shah Sani Allo Maharvi

His mausoleum (Darbar) is located in Allo Mahar. The mausoleum is a square which is surmounted by a hemispherical dome. Many pilgrims visit his shrine at the time of his urs from different parts of Pakistan and beyond.

Descendents

• Pir Syed Muhammad Hussain Shah
• Hazrat Pir Syed Noor Hussain Shah
• Syed Fazal Hussain Shah
• Syed Manzoor Hussain Shah
• and two daughters.

See also

• Allo Mahar
• Pir Syed Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri
• Pir Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah
• Pir Syed Khalid Hasan Shah
• Syed Muhammad Hussain Shah
• Sahabzada Syed Murtaza Amin

References

• The Preaching of Islam by Sir Thomas Walker Arnold and Langue la literature Hindoustanies de 1850 à 1869 by M.J.H. Garcin de Tassy.

The most well-known treatises and reports, written by the authors of the early period are:

• Mashaiekh e Allo Mahar Shrief written by Allmaa Pir saeed Ahmad Mujadadi and published by Idara e Tanzeem ul Islam Gujjranwala.
• "Allo Mahar Sharif". Kawajgan e Naqshband (book name).
• "Kwaja Nur muhammad chhrahi's caliph". Arbab e Waliyat (book name).
• "caliph's of chura sharif". Auliya e pothohar (book name).
• Shaik gulam nabi. Amir e Karwan Syed Faiz ul Hasan shah (book name).
• "Syed Faiz ul Hassan shah". Tahreek e Ihrar (book name).
• Dr. Rizwan Sarwar. Mashaikh e Maharvia (under publish).
• Pir Saeed Ahmad Mujadadi. Maharvia number (book name).