The Spiritual Guides of Sarwari Qadri Order/Sultan-ul-Sabireen Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Pir Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Shah Hashmi Qureshi

The Trust of Faqr was transferred from Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Syed Mohammad Abdullah Shah to Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Pir Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Shah and he became the next Spiritual Leader of the Sarwari Qadri Order. Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Pir Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Shah was born on Monday, 14th of Zilhaj, 1242 H (July 19th, 1827 AD)in the evening in Chotti, district Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan. His father’s name was Fazal Shah. He was eight years old when his father died. He had completed his religious education by the age of eighteen. As he gained religious knowledge, his soul became more and more restless. This anxiety increased when at the age of twenty, his mother also died. In the state of restlessness, he used to roam about in desolated places and wandered into the jungles till his sacred feet started bleeding. One day he was sleeping under a tree when he saw The Holy Prophet in his dream. Ghaus-ul-Azam Hazrat Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani and Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo were also along with him. On waking up he at once set on his journey towards Ahmadpur Sharqiah as per given orders.

After a long journey he reached Ahmedpur Sharqiah, Bahawalpur on Tuesday, 8th Shawal, 1267 H (August 5th,1851 AD). As soon as Pir Abdul Ghafoor Shah saw Pir Abdullah Shah, his deep rooted restlessness and anxiety vanished and his heart witnessed that this was the face in whose search he had been wandering about. On Friday 11 th Shawal, 1267 H (August 8 th, 1851 AD) he took bayat from Pir Abdul Ghafoor Shah and granted him the gold Ism-e-Allah Zaat. From then onwards, Pir Abdul Ghafoor Shah remained in the service of his Murshid, forgetting his homeland, all worldly jobs and everything else. He spent eight years, eleven months and almost twenty one days in the sacred company of his Murshid.

The death of his beloved Murshid made Pir Abdul Ghafoor Shah almost insane. He wandered in the jungles bare footed and remained hungry unless found something to eat. One day, in a state of perplexity he was drawing lines on ground with a wooden stick, suddenly he felt a stroke of Noor enlightened his body and his Murshid appeared in him inwardly and said, “Where are you searching for me? I am right inside your soul.” Pir Abdul Ghafoor Shah annihilated in the sacred self of Syed Mohammad Abdullah Shah, hence, the duality within himself ended. In this way, his search met the destination and he was then ordered by his Murshid, “Go to Shorkot, the city of Sultan Bahoo and keep visiting his shrine more often. Soon you would be informed about your final destination.”The heart of Pir Abdul Ghafoor Shah had found peace and tranquility so he left for Shorkot according to his Murshid’s order. The period of his wandering in the jungle makes up almost a year. He left the shrine of his Murshid in the state of insanity on Thursday, 10th Shawal, 1276 H (April 30th 1860 AD)and reached Shorkot on Thursday, 21st Shawal, 1277 H (2nd May 1861 AD).

Pir Abdul Ghafoor Shah belonged to the sect of Ahl-e-Sunnah-wal-Jamat and followed the school of thought of Hazrat Imam Abu Hanifa. He is the Spiritual Leader of the Sarwari Qadri Order after Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Syed Mohammad Abdullah Shah. Pir Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Shah died on Monday morning on 21st February, 1910 AD (10 Safar, 1328 H) and Pir Abdul Haq’s younger brother Pir Abdul Razzaq automatically took over the seat of the superior of the shrine of Pir Abdul Ghafoor Shah, because Pir Abdul Haq was already performing his duty as the superior of the shrine of Syed Mohammad Abdullah Shah in Ahmedpur Sharqiah. His shrine is in village Mud Sharif, thirteen kilometers towards East of Garh Maharaja, Tehsil Ahmadpur Sial, district Jhang, Pakistan. His death anniversary is held annually on the 9th and 10th of Safar.