Biography Of Hazrat Peer Meher Ali Shah

Biography Of Hazrat Peer Meher Ali Shah

            Hazrat Pir Syed Meher Ali Shah Gilani(R.A) was born on 14 April 1859 (1 Ramadan, 1275 A.H.) in Golra Sharif,which is located midway between Rawalpindi and Islamabad.He is renowned as a Sufi saint, a great Hanafi scholar and especially for being in the anti-Qadyani movement. He wrote numeral books most notably Saif e Chishtiyai, (The Sword of the Chishtis), a polemical work regarding the unorthodoxy and the heresy of the Qadyani movement of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (Lannatallahu Alay).

Religious Education:

Mehr Ali received his early education of the Qur'an at his family khanqah. He completed his intermediate level religious education at local madrasa. His stay in this madrasah was for about 2½ years.

After completing his education at Angah at the age of 15, he decided to continue further studies in the United Provinces (U.P) of India. Therefore, Pir Meher Ali, in 1874 set out for higher education, to different parts of India such as Kanpur, Aligarh, and Saharanpur. His stay at Aligarh at the madrasah of Maulana Lutfullah of Aligarh was for 2½ years

Marriage:

His marriage took place with the daughter of Syed Charagh Ali Shah who belonged to his respected mother’s family living in the town of Hasan Abdal, a few miles away from Golra Sharif.

Books:

Tahqiq-ul-Haq Fi Kalima-tul-Haq (The Truth about Kalima-tul-Haq)

Shamsul Hidayah

Saif-e-Chishtiya

I’la Kalimatillah Fi Bayan-e-Wa Ma Uhilla Bihi Legharillah

AlFatuhat-us-Samadiyyah (Divine Bounties)

Tasfiah Mabain Sunni Wa Shi’ah

Fatawa-e-Mehria:

Maktoobat e chishtia(letters of Pir Mehr Ali Shah)

As a supporter of Wahdat-ul-Wujood:

Pir Meher Ali Shah Sahib was a supporter of Ibn Arabi's ideology of Wahdat-ul-Wujood but he made a distinction between the creation and the creator (as did Ibn Arabi).He wrote a masterpiece explaining the Unity of Being doctrine of Hazrat Ibn Arabi.

Work against Mirza Qadyani:

Pir Meher Ali Shah Sahib got settled at Hijaz by the end of nineteenth century.He came back and played a role among the people against the Qadyani movement, writing books such as Saif e Chistiya against the Qadiyani movement. Pir Meher Ali Shah also challenged Mirza Ghulam Ahmed to a public debate in Lahore.

Mirza Ghulam Ahmed challanged Pir Mehr Ali Shah(R.A) which Pir sb accepted but did'nt had the courage to face Pir Mehr Ali Shah(R.A).