Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi (
Arabic: ابوسعیدمبارک مخزومی), known also as Mubarak bin Ali Makhzoomi and Abu Saeed and Abu Sa'd al-Mubarak (rarely known as Qazi Abu Sa'd al-Mubarak al-Mukharrimi) was a
Sufi saint as well as a
Muslimmystic and
Traditionalist. He was an
Islamic theologian and a
Hanbali jurist based in
Baghdad,
Iraq. Abu Saeed was his patronym.[1]
Biography
Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi was born in
Hankar (the land of his
Murshid) on 12th
Rajab 403
Hijri but spent most of his life in Makhzum, a small town in
Baghdad.[2] He established Baab-ul-Azj,[3] the famous
madrasa of Baghdad whom he later handed over to his disciple and khalifah, Shaikh
Abdul Qadir Jilani. Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi was also appointed as the chief justice but he preferred to renounce the worldly life. Thereafter he led his life as a mystic and devoted his time to the
dhikr of Allah. He died on 11th
Rabī’ al-Thānī 513 Hijri and was buried in Baab-ul-Azj, Baghdad.[4]
Sufi tradition
Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi was a renowned Imam of Fiqh in his era. He followed the
Hanbali[5] school of thought.[6][7] He was the
Murshid and most proficient spiritual guide of Shaikh Abdul Qadir jilani amongst teachers. He often said:
“I invested Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani with a robe
khirqa and he invested me too with a robe. We attained blessings from each other.”[8][9]
Spiritual lineage
The lineage of Faqr reaches Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi from
Muhammad in the following order:[10]
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^Shah Mohammad Hasan Rampuri. Tawareekh Aina e Tasawuf. Printed in 1311, India, 2nd Edition printed in 1391 Kasur, Pakistan.
^Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. "The Special Sufi Paths (Taqiras)." Muslim Communities of Grace: The Sufi Brotherhoods in Islamic Religious Life. New York: Columbia UP, 2007. 86-96.