Hazrat Sheikh Bahaa al-Din Zakaria al-Multani (566 AH-661 AH) and his efforts in benevolence, self-purification, and self-purification

Abstract

Sheikh Zakaria bin Muhammad Al-Multani Al-Arabi Al-Qurayshi was born in Multan in 578 AH and learned from Sheikh Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi, author of the book (Awarif al-Ma'arif). This research will present the Sheikh’s efforts in purification, charity, and Sufism, and his life is a lesson in the life of this new Islamic nation for the hearts of the dead. Creates a new passion for life. It is the source of Sufi life and benevolence or self-purification. In light of the strenuous efforts and the clear and invaluable impact of the personality of Sheikh Al-Islam Zakaria, may God have mercy on him, in the Indian subcontinent, a chair was allocated in the Department of Arabic Language at Bahauddin Zakaria University in Multan under the name “Sheikh Bahauddin Zakaria Chair,” and work on it began in October 2007. The main objective of this chair is to promote the scientific, educational and religious services of Hazrat Sheikh Al-Islam Bahauddin Zakaria in Sufism. Islamic Sufism was promoted in the Indian subcontinent according to the Suhrawardi series at his hands.