Syed Muhammad Gaisu Daraaz
Syed Muhammad Gaisu Daraaz(Ustrana) (real name Syed Abdul Fatah Bin Syed Yousaf Bin Syed Ali) was an Indian Sufi scholar and mystic.
Biography
The complete real name of Daraaz was Siekh Syed Abdul Fatah Sadruddin Dehlvi. He is also known as Khuwaja Banda Nawaz Gaisu Daraaz.
Daraaz was a descendant of Sher-e-Khuda, Baab-ul-Ilm Syed o Sardar Ali Ibne Abi Talib Al Murtaza. His forefathers came to Delhi from Hiraat and settled down in India. He was born on 4th of the Rajab 721 hijri (1342) at Delhi. When he was ten years old, his father died and his maternal grandfather looked after him.
He is regarded as a great saint of Silsila-e-Chishtiya. Under the guidance of Hazrat Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi he engaged himself in prayers and meditation and so much enjoyed them that lie forbade studies and requested his teacher to allow him to do so. Hazrat Nasiruddin strictly denied him permission and instructed him to study with attention Usool-e-Bizoori, Risals Shamsia, Kashaf, Misbah so he restarted the studies under the guidance of renowned teachers. Maulana Syed Sheriffuddin Kaithli, Maulana Taj Uddin Muqaddam and Maulana Qazi Abdul Muqtadir and qualified for the degree at the age of nineteen.
One day he with other disciples lifted the palanquin bearing Hazrat Nasir Uddin. His long hair stuck into the foot of the palki and pained him severely but he did not disentangle them for love and respect to the teacher. When Hazrat Nasiruddin learnt of the episode, he was overjoyed and recited the Persian couplet;
Har ki mureedae Syed Gaisoo Daraz shud;
Wallah khilaf nest ki Uoo ishq baaz shud
Translation:
Syed Gaisoo-Draaz has pledged his obedience;
There is nothing wrong in it because he has deeply fallen in love."
After this incidence he was entitled Gaisu Daraaz.
He married a Pukhtoon Kaker woman "Sher bano" and had sons named Mashwani, Khosti of zhob and stouryani(USTRANA,GANDAPUR, WARDAK). Who now resides in Kandahar (Afghanistan) and Kulachi (Dera Ismail Khan) Khyber Pakhtoon Khuwa, Pakistan.
Literature
Daraaz is regarded as a great writer and scholar on material as well as spiritual subjects. He left many books. It is said, he was the first writer of a magazine on mysticism in Urdu. He wrote about 100 books in Persian and Arabic. Some of them are:
- Tafseer ( Commentary )Qur aan e Majeed.
- Multaqit.
- Havashi Kashaf.
- Shairah-e-Mashareq.
- Shairah Fiqah-e-Akbar.
- Shairah Adab-Ul-Murideen.
- Shairah Ta-arruf.
- Risala Sirat-Ul-Nabi.
- Tarjuma Mashareq.
- Ma-Arif.
- Tarjuma Awarif.
- Sharah Fasoosul Hukm.
- Tarjuma Risala Qerya,
- Hawa Asahi Quwwat-Ul-Qalb.
Last days
Having lived for about 44 years in Delhi he went to Gulbarga, Deccan. He was about eighty at that time. Firoz Shah Bahmani ruled over the Deccan during this period. He gave him much respect. For a long time he was engaged in religious discourses, sermons, and spiritual training of the people.
Daraaz attained an age of 104 years, died on 16 Ziqa'ad 825 Hijri (1446), in Gulbarga and buried there. His tomb is a place of pilgrimage for all the people rich and poor alike.
References
there are two saint by name gasu daraz first one shrine is in koh e sulaman which one wase dide in 430 islamic clender 2nd one is in india at gulbarga 800 islamic clender (tazkara aowlia ) by abdul haleem asser afgani