Imam Muhammad Taj Faqih

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Imam Muhammad Taj Faqih Hashmi
امام محمد تاج فقیہ ہاشمی
Official nameImam Taj Faqih
Personal
Born
Muhammad Taj Faqih Hashmi

Jerusalem
Died
Jerusalem
Religion Islam
Home town Maner
Denomination Sunni
Lineage Hashmi
Jurisprudence Hanafi
Creed Maturidi
Main interest(s) Sufism
Tariqa Suhrawardiyya
Known forWar Against King of Maner
Other namesTaj Faqih
Relatives Makhdoom Yahya Maneri (grandson)
Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri (great-grandson)

Imam Muhammad Taj Faqih Hashmi also spelled Taj Faqeeh was an Islamic scholar, Warrior and Sufi saint who came India to preach Islam after Momin Arif reached India, and he dreamed about India and came to help Arif in propagating Islam and fight against the King of Maner. [1] [2] [3] He reached India in 1180, and led a war against the King of Maner, a neighbourhood in Patna district of Bihar. [4] [5] [6]

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Early life

Taj Faqih was born as Muhammad and brought up in Jerusalem, he was the direct descendant of Abu Darda Bin Abdul Mutallib, uncle of Muhammad, the last prophet of Islam. [7] [8]

Life in Bihar

He reached India in 1180 with his wife, three sons and some of his followers and accompanied Momin Arif, a garment businessman who later engaged in preaching Islam and led a war against the King of Maner, who was known as a cruel King. [9] [10] Some of the followers of Faqih died in the war and their burial place is not known. [11] Faqih was later accompanied by another Sufi saint, Makhdoom Shihabuddin Pir Jagjot, who was also father-in-law of Makhdoom Yahya Maneri. [12] He conquested Maner and handed it to then Khilji dynasty King in 1193 through his son Sheikh Israil and left India with his wife to Jerusalem and asked his sons to keep preaching Islam in Maner. [9] [13] [14]

He constructed the first Khanquah in Bihar, which Khanquah was later kept forward by his sons and descendants. [15] [16] He attracted many Indian towards himself and taught them about the Sufism. [17] [18] It is claimed that there is a cap of Muhammad kept in the Khanquah. [19]

Descendants

He had three sons, Sheikh Israil, Sheikh Ismail and Sheikh Abdul Aziz, through Sheikh Israil, Faqih is the grandfather of Makhdoom Yahya Maneri and great-grandfather of Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri. [20] [21] [22] He is the great-grandfather of Shah Muhammad Qazin through his son Sheikh Ismail. [23]

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