Hazrat Sultan Bahu (RA) is from the progeny of Hazrat Ali (RA) and is a direct descended from Hazrat Ali (RA). Traditionally according to the law of the land he is Hashimi and belongs to the tribe of A’wan. Historically the A’wan tribe trace their descent to Ameer Shah, son of Qutub Shah whose family lineage is traced back to Hazrat Ali (RA).
The father of Hazrat Sultan Bahu (RA), Hazrat Bazid Muhammed (RA) was from this A’wan tribe. He was a titleholder and an office bearer in the court of the Mughals. He was a pious and devout scholar and a strict follower of the Shariat. He later married Hazrat Bibi Rasti (RA) who belonged to the same social class of the same family. Hazrat Bibi Rasti (RA) was a devout, pious and saintly wife. Her piety had a marked influence on her husband, so much so, that the love of Allah kindled in his heart. This fire of love forced and compelled him to give up his government service, and passed the rest of his life in the service of Allah. He settled in Multan. Hazrat Bibi Rasti (RA) joined her husband in Multan. In the mean time, as a recognition of his services, the Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan, conferred on Hazrat Bazid Muhammed (RA) an estate in the vicinity of the small town of Shorkhote in District Jung, Punjab Province. Hazrat Bazid Muhammed (RA) and Hazrat Bibi Rasti (RA) settled and spend the rest of their lives in Shorkhote.
According to some sources Hazrat Sultan Bahu (RA) was born in the village of Shorkhote in Punjab Province in the year 1039 AD, during the reign of the great Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. <br/>Already as a child his Saintly qualities became apparent. He too, like Sheikhh Abdul Qadir Gilani (RA), refuses to drink his mother’s milk from Sehri to Iftaar (before sunrise to sunset). Despite showing inherent spiritual qualities his training responsibility fell in the lap of his pious, devout and saintly mother, Ma Rasti (RA). In his childhood and early days, she was responsible for both his inward and outward training, colouring his personality in the Prophetic light. In many of his writings, Sultan Bahu (RA.) refers to his saintly mother’s piety and spiritual station. In one of his Persian couplets, he refers to her devotion to truth as follows
` Bliss of God for Rasti be For with truth is gifted she’Ma Rasti (RA) saw a vision that soon she will be blessed with a child with inherent spiritual qualities whose light of Faqr will benefit many a seeker till the end of time. She was instructed to name the child `Ba Hu’ – meaning – `With Allah’. This name, most certainly suited this holy personality, for he was always drowned in the Love of Allah. Hazrat Sultan Bahu’s (RA) name is incomparable and has no parallel. His very name reflects his lofty spiritual station, pure qualities and attributes. It is narrated that in the early years of his life , whenever Hazrat Sultan Bahu (RA) ventured out of his house, he caused consternation and alarm because whenever his blessed sight fell onto non-believers, they (the non-believers) would involuntarily recite the Kalima – Shahaadah ( declaration of Faith ). The townsfolk sent a delegation to the parents of the Saint (may Allah be pleased with them), requesting that a guard or sentry be posted near their house, so that whenever `little’ Bahu would venture out a siren would be sounded so that the people would take shelter from the penetrating gaze of `little’ Sultan Bahu. This trait in his personality remained with him till the very end of his life. As he says in one of his works” ` Half gaze of Bahu is better than one hundred suns’ .
For more details about Sarwari Qadri Silsila and the present Pir Sahib of this Silsila Pir Sahibzada Sultan Fiazul Hassan Sahib Sarwari Qadri please visit their website at
http://www.sultani.co.uk/
The father of Hazrat Sultan Bahu (RA), Hazrat Bazid Muhammed (RA) was from this A’wan tribe. He was a titleholder and an office bearer in the court of the Mughals. He was a pious and devout scholar and a strict follower of the Shariat. He later married Hazrat Bibi Rasti (RA) who belonged to the same social class of the same family. Hazrat Bibi Rasti (RA) was a devout, pious and saintly wife. Her piety had a marked influence on her husband, so much so, that the love of Allah kindled in his heart. This fire of love forced and compelled him to give up his government service, and passed the rest of his life in the service of Allah. He settled in Multan. Hazrat Bibi Rasti (RA) joined her husband in Multan. In the mean time, as a recognition of his services, the Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan, conferred on Hazrat Bazid Muhammed (RA) an estate in the vicinity of the small town of Shorkhote in District Jung, Punjab Province. Hazrat Bazid Muhammed (RA) and Hazrat Bibi Rasti (RA) settled and spend the rest of their lives in Shorkhote.
According to some sources Hazrat Sultan Bahu (RA) was born in the village of Shorkhote in Punjab Province in the year 1039 AD, during the reign of the great Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. <br/>Already as a child his Saintly qualities became apparent. He too, like Sheikhh Abdul Qadir Gilani (RA), refuses to drink his mother’s milk from Sehri to Iftaar (before sunrise to sunset). Despite showing inherent spiritual qualities his training responsibility fell in the lap of his pious, devout and saintly mother, Ma Rasti (RA). In his childhood and early days, she was responsible for both his inward and outward training, colouring his personality in the Prophetic light. In many of his writings, Sultan Bahu (RA.) refers to his saintly mother’s piety and spiritual station. In one of his Persian couplets, he refers to her devotion to truth as follows
` Bliss of God for Rasti be For with truth is gifted she’Ma Rasti (RA) saw a vision that soon she will be blessed with a child with inherent spiritual qualities whose light of Faqr will benefit many a seeker till the end of time. She was instructed to name the child `Ba Hu’ – meaning – `With Allah’. This name, most certainly suited this holy personality, for he was always drowned in the Love of Allah. Hazrat Sultan Bahu’s (RA) name is incomparable and has no parallel. His very name reflects his lofty spiritual station, pure qualities and attributes. It is narrated that in the early years of his life , whenever Hazrat Sultan Bahu (RA) ventured out of his house, he caused consternation and alarm because whenever his blessed sight fell onto non-believers, they (the non-believers) would involuntarily recite the Kalima – Shahaadah ( declaration of Faith ). The townsfolk sent a delegation to the parents of the Saint (may Allah be pleased with them), requesting that a guard or sentry be posted near their house, so that whenever `little’ Bahu would venture out a siren would be sounded so that the people would take shelter from the penetrating gaze of `little’ Sultan Bahu. This trait in his personality remained with him till the very end of his life. As he says in one of his works” ` Half gaze of Bahu is better than one hundred suns’ .
For more details about Sarwari Qadri Silsila and the present Pir Sahib of this Silsila Pir Sahibzada Sultan Fiazul Hassan Sahib Sarwari Qadri please visit their website at
http://www.sultani.co.uk/