Hazrat Peer Sufi Asrar Ullah Shah Baba

Hazrat Peer Sufi Asrar Ullah Shah Baba Al-Quadri Al-Chisthiرح‎ (Urdu : حضرت پیر صوفی اسرار اللّٰہ شاہ بابا) (Dec 6, 1920 – June 28, 2000, 25 rabi ul awwal 1339H - 25 rabi ul awwal 1421H) was a renowned Sufi saint, Islamic scholar, Writer and a Poet from Hyderabad Deccan, India. He gained spiritual knowledge from three spiritual masters and is the Khalifa (successor) of Hazrat Moulana Shah Mohammed Abdul Rasheed Ghousiرح‎ who was in turn the Khalifa (successor) of Hazrat Ghousi Shah Akbari . He was an Aashiq of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Sanjari Chisthi and gained spiritual enlightenment from Hazrat Syed Shahul Hameed Qadir Wali. 
==Biography==
He was born in 1920 in Tamil Nadu to Hazrat Abdul Wahab Khanرح‎ and Bibi Zaitoon Biرح‎. At birth, Asrar Ullah Shah Babaرح‎ was known as Abdul Aziz Khan. Asrar Ullah Shah Babaرح‎ was the child born posthumously. . He had formal education in Tamil Nadu, where he learnt Fiqh, Hadith, Tafseer and various languages. 
He was a characteristic embodiment of Huzoor-e-aqdas Hazrat Mohammed Mustafaﷺ. His understanding of Tawheed, Wahhadat ul Wajood and Tawakkul were perfect. The combined teaching of these orders Quadria, Chistiya, Naqsbandia, Sohravardi and Tabqaatiya in a summary expression are known as “Asrariya” order. His main teachings are based on the exponential factors of Kalema Thaiba “La Ilaha Illallahu Mohammed-ur-Rasulallah”.
==Spiritual history==
Hazrat Fana Shah Quadriرح‎ and Hazrat Asrar Ullah Shah Babaرح‎ met at a marketplace. He took oath under Sheikh Hazrat Fana Shah Quadriرح‎, who initiated him in Tasawwuf . He later had two more spiritual guides in his journey of Ishq (Threshold of Love).
==Names of three Spiritual Masters== 
# Hazrat Abdul Majeed Fana Shah Quadriرح‎ 
# Hazrat Noor Allah Shah Quadri Chisti Banawaرح‎ 
# Hazrat Moulana Shah Mohammed Abdul Rasheed Ghousiرح‎ 
==Title==
The title Asrar Ullah Shah Baba was given by Hazrat Noor Allah Shah (Al-maroof Yousuf Baba) Quadri Chisti Banawaرح‎. 
==Successors (Khulafa)==
There are 28 Khulafas of Hazrat Asrar Ullah Shah Babaرح‎. Hazrat Shah Mohammed Ibrahim Khan Asrari is the Janasheen of Hazrat Asrar Ullah Shah Baba and Hazrat Shah Mohammed Ilyas Khan Asrari is the Janasheen of Hazrat Fana Shah Quadri.
==List of Khulafa==
# Hazrat Amrullah Shah Asrariرح‎
# Hazrat Azizullah Shah Asrariرح‎
# Hazrat Muhiydeen Shah Asrariرح‎
# Hazrat Syed Khwaja Moinuddin Shah Asrari
# Hazrat Ahmed Ali Shah Asrariرح‎
# Hazrat Mirza Yousuf Baig Faizan Shah Asrari
# Hazrat Syed Anwar Ahmad Shah Noor Asrari
# Hazrat Shah Abdul Muqtadir Asrari
# Hazrat Shah Mohammed Ilyas Hussain Asrari
# Hazrat Shah Mohammed Ilyas Khan Asrari
# Hazrat Shah Asadullah Asrari
# Hazrat Syed Shah Kaleem Ahmed Asrari
# Hazrat Shah Abdul Kalam Asrariرح‎
# Hazrat Yahiya Mukassar Shah Asrari
# Hazrat Shah Abdullah Baig Asrari
# Hazrat Mirza Iqbal Baig Shah Asrari
# Hazrat Shah Afazal Biyabani Asrari
# Hazrat Shah Jamal Asrari
# Hazrat Shah Kamal Asrari
# Hazrat Shah Mahmood Baig Asrariرح‎
# Hazrat Syed Shah Irshad ul Haq Asrari
# Hazrat Shah Imtiyaz Asrari
# Hazrat Shah Jameel Asrari
# Hazrat Shah Abdul Razzak Asrari
# Hazrat Shah Tajuddin Asrari
# Hazrat Basharat Ali Shah Asrari
# Hazrat Siddique Shah Asrari
# Hazrat Syed Shah Mustafa Ashraf Asrari 
==Wisaal==
Hazrat Asrar Ullah Shah Babaرح‎ passed into the eternal life on 25th Rabi Ul Awwal, 1421H corresponding to 28 June 2000 A.D in Hyderabad. His resting place is at Astana-e-Asrar, Riyasatnagar, Hyderabad, India.
==Urs==
His annual Urs is organized on 25th Rabi Ul Awwal every year. The Urs celebrations will end with Mehfil-e-sama at Astana-e-Asrar, Hyderabad.
==Related==
* Bande Nawaz
* Mahmoodullah Shah
* Machiliwale Shah
==References==
Category:1920 births
Category:2000 deaths
Category:Sufi mystics
Category:20th-century Indian poets
Category:Indian Sufis
Category:Sufi poets
Category:Indian male poets
Category:Indian scholars of Islam
Category:20th-century Indian male writers