Sacred Relics (Tabarrukat) at Khanqah Chishtia Munamia
Preserving relics has been an ancient practice amongst the people of the book. The famous Taboot-e-Sakina has been discussed in Quran which contained many sacred relics of Prophets. Likewise, the companions(Sahaba) of Prophet Muhammad S.A.W kept many belongings of the Prophet S.A.W. The future muslim generations followed the same practice of preserving the sacred relics of theirs elders specially if they were important spiritual personalities of their time.
Khwaja Tajuddin Dehlavi, the founder of Khanqah Chishtia Munamia brought along with him two important sacred relics when he migrated to India. He and many of his descendants added few sacred relics which now numbers in over a dozen.
Following are the details of those sacred relics:
1. Holy Hair of the beard of Prophet Muhammad S.A.W.
2. Holy Hair of Maula Ali Rz.A. The first two relics were carried forwarded by the ancestors of the Khwaja Tajuddin Dehlavi up to him. These two are kept together in packed transparent glass tube.
3. Khirqa(gown) of Khwaja Gharibnawaz. Khwaja Gharibnawaz handed over his gown to Khwaja Tajuddin Dehlavi while awarding his khiafat to the latter.
4. Cap of Nasserudin Chiragh-e-Dehlavi.
5. Tasbeeh of Maqdum Jalaluddin Janhya Jahangasht. These two sacred relics were added during the reign of Noor Muhammad Gesudaraz Kalpavi as the Sajjadansheen of Khwaja Tajuddin Dehlavi. Maqdum Kalpavi was a murid and Khalifa of Maqdum Naseeruddin Chiragh e Dehlavi.
6. Khirqa of Syed Shah Jahangir Rizvi Danapuri. Syed Shah Jahangir Rizvi Danapuri was the founder of Khanqah Chishtia Nezamia, Danapur. His Khirqa was passed on to his son and successor Syed Shah Mahamid Rizvi Danapuri.
7. Imama Sharif of Syed ul Majzubeen. Syed-ul-Majzubeen Syed Shah Muhammad Yaseen was the maternal grandson and official successor(sajjadanasheen) of Syed Shah Mahamid Danapuri. He was the first combined Sajjadasheen of Khanqah Tajuddin Dehlavi and Khanqah Chishtia of Syed Shah Jahangir Rizvi Danapuri.
8. Waistband(kamarband) of Syed Shah Waliullah. Syed Shah Waliullah was the son and successor of Syed-ul-Majzubeen.
9. Tasbeeh of Maqdum Munampak. Syed-ul-Waseleen Syed Shah Ghulam Hussain Danapuri was the son and successor of Shah Waliullah. He became the murid and khalifa of Maqdum Munampak. All these relics was passed on by Shah Ghulam Hussain Danapuri to his paternal grandson and successor Syed Shah Ata Hussain Fani Chishti who migrated to Gaya in 1264 A.H.
10. Holy hair of Imam Hussain .
11. Holy hair of Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani. This along with the above relic is packed inside a transparent glass tube which is smaller than the other tube discussed above.
12. A part of pillow cover used by Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani.
13. Cap of Abdul Mannan Qadri. Abdul Mannan Qadri was a spiritual and biological descendant of Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani. All these 4 relics were passed on to Syed Shah Ata Hussain Fani through his maternal grandmother who was the daughter of Syed Shah Abdul Mannan Qadri.
14. A part of Ghilaf-e -Kaaba(cover of Kaaba).
15. Box of Ghaus-ul-Azam Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani. All the above relics except for 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th are kept inside this box which is covered by multiple layers of clothes. The 9th relic remains in constant use of the Sajjadanasheen. All others are kept inside a locked box and the box is kept inside a separate domed chamber that is accessed only by the Sajjadanasheen on three occasions, Eid Milad-un-Nabi, Urs of Ghas-ul-Azam and Urs of Khwaja Gharibnawaz. All these relics are put to display on aforementioned occasions.
16. Nakhsh-e-Nalaen of Prophet Muhammad S.A.W.
17. Panja-e-Ali of Hazrat Ali Rz.A.
18. Sajjada(Prayer mat) of Syed-ul-Majzubeen Syed Shah Muhammad Yaseen R.A
19. Holy hair of Umdat-ul-Mutawakkeleen Syed Shah Ata Hussain Fani R.A. Once the hair of Syed Shah Ata Hussain Fani R.A. was being trimmed and his Khalifa Syed Shah Maulana Hassan Raza Bithwi was present. The latter asked the permission to keep a bunch of them and the former allowed for the same. The latter's great grandson Syed Shah Ghulam Qutubuddin handed over of a few to the former's great-great grandson Amir-ul-Mashaiq Syed Shah Ghulam-e-Mustafa Chishti R.A.
20. Many sacred relics of Syed Shah Hussainuddin Chishti R.A. was preserved after his death like his Khirqa and Imama.
By: Syed Muhammad Ata Munam
