1. Muhibullah Allahabadi, or Muhibb ullah Ilahabadi was a Sufi scholar who was active in Allahabad in northern India during the reign of the Mughul emperor Shah Jahan.
16 Facts About Muhibullah Allahabadi
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Muhibullah Allahabadi is noted as a leading proponent of the Sufi doctrine of Wahdat al-Wujud, sometimes called "Oneness of Being".
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Muhibullah Allahabadi was initiated into the Sabiriya branch of the Chishti Order of Sufis with the help of Shaikh Abu Said Gangohi, and visited major Chishti places of pilgrimage and centers before settling in Allahabad in 1628, where he spent the rest of his life.
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Muhibullah Allahabadi was the preceptor of Shah Jahan's son, prince Dara Shikoh.
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Many devotees visited Muhibullah Allahabadi's Khanqah, including both Moslems and Hindus.
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Muhibullah Allahabadi thought that mystic knowledge could be obtained from Hindus, and quoted the Hindu theory of cosmogony in a letter, but seems to have had no more than a very superficial understanding of Hindu mysticism.
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Muhibullah Allahabadi followed the teachings of Ibn Arabi, the great Sufi poet and mystic from Andalusia, and was himself called Shaikh-e Kabir.
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Muhibullah Allahabadi strongly supported the Tawhid wajudi doctrine, and was called Sheikh Ibn Arabi II because of his depth of understanding of the doctrine.
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Muhibullah Allahabadi wrote several books, most notably Taswiyah, in which he ardently defended the doctrine.
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Muhibullah Allahabadi considered that the works of Ibn Arabi should not be interpreted either literally or metaphysically, and had more respect for Ibn Arabi's critics such as Shaikh Ala ud-Daula Simnani and Mir Saiyid Muhammad Gesu Daraz than for commentators who simply glossed over Ibn Arabi's work.
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Muhibullah Allahabadi was opposed by Mulla Mahmud Jaunpuri and his followers who attacked Sufism in general and emphasized the importance of rational thought as opposed to dogma and mysticism.
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Muhibullah Allahabadi said that the emperor had enough fire in his kitchen and did not have to use a poor man's fire.
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Muhibullah Allahabadi had invested Mohisan Fani in the sacred costume of the Dervish.
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Muhibullah Allahabadi was considered an important saint by the Sabiriya order of Sufis, founded by Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari.
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Muhibullah Allahabadi's father, Qazi Abul Makarim was a learned Man and served as a Qazi of Bilgram, his home- town in Awadh.
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The Urs of Shah Muhibbullah Muhibullah Allahabadi is celebrated at the Dargah shareef Kydganj Dargah And Bahadurganj Khanqah on the 8th-9th of Rajab.