History
was born on 30th Rabbi-us-sani 720 A.H. (1320 C.E.) at a place called Kilo-khadi near old Delhi in India. His father and mother are Hazrat Peer Mubarak Fakhruddin Ansari (May Allah be kindful to him) and Hazrat Bibi Rani Khurd respectively. He is the eldest of the family. He is a direct descendant of Hazrat Abu Ayyub Ansari (May Allah be pleased with him), a close companion and host of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Allah's peace be upon him) and Hazrat Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (May Allah be kindful to him), a Persian Sufi poet and Saint. When the news of his birth reached his grandfather Hazrat Tajuddin Ansari (May Allah be kindful to him), he immediately rushed home, looking at the new-born child, he named him "Allauddin". It is very interesting to note here that the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Allah's peace be upon him) was also named by his grandfather Hazrat Abdul-Mutallib.
He received his early education at home by his father, a great scholar of that time. In his early childhood, then Sultan of Delhi Muhammad Bin Tughlaq decided to shift his capital city from Delhi to Daulatabad (Devagiri) and ordered his subject to migrate to Daulatabad in 728 A.H.(1328 C.E.). His family along with other saintly families migrated to new capital city Daulatabad; reached there on 17th Moharram 729 A.H.(1328 C.E.) He was admitted to Hazrat Bajun's Maktab (School) to learn various disciplines of knowledge such as Islamic and Qur'aanic sciences, philosophy, Islamic jurisprudence, logic and other subjects. He memorized the whole Noble Qur'an i.e., became a Hafiz-e-Qur'aan at the age of 7 or 8. There he learnt Dakkani language (An early form of today's Urdu language) as well. Hazrat Khwaja Banda Nawaz (May Allah be kindful to him) was his school-mate.
Reason for Getting the Title "Ladle Mashaikh"- His maternal grandfather Hazrat Kabirullah Husaini (May Allah be kindful to him) usually used to accompany him whenever former visited any Sufi's Court during latter's childhood, on one such occasion he went to Hazrat Hasanuddin Naqshabandi (May Allah be kindful to him)'s court where Hazrat Quazi Aleemuddin (May Allah be kindful to him) was present, he took the child from his grandfather and started pampering him; on seeing this Hazrat Hasanuddin Naqshabandi (May Allah be kindful to him) smiled and said, "O Allauddin! You are beloved of saints". Then onwards everybody started calling him "Ladle Mashaikh"(Beloved of the Saints).
"Prophecy of his Sainthood" -During his childhood his paternal grandfather Hazrat Tajuddin Ansari along with his son Hazrat Fakhruddin Ansari (May Allah be kindful to him) and grandsons went to Hazrat Burhanuddin Gharib (May Allah be kindful to him) and requested him for making supplications (Duas) for his grandsons' well-being. He pointed his right index finger at Ladle Mashaikh and said to his father, "O Fakhruddin! Your son (Ladle Mashaikh) would become a great Qutb (a Saint of higher rank) of his time", this prophecy, in actual dua of Hazrat Burhanuddin Gharib (May Allah be kindful to him) came true. His family returned to Delhi on 4th Rajjab 736 A.H. (1336 C.E.). He was educated in various disciplines from a number of noted Scholars of that time, such as Hazrat Maulana Quadr, Hazrat Maulana Sharafuddin Qathaili, Quazi Abdul muqtdir (May Allah be kindful to them) and so on. After completing formal education (Ilm-e-Zahiri), he started searching for a perfect spiritual teacher-n-guide (Peer-o-Murshid) for getting spiritual knowledge (Ilm-e-Batini). His search ended at the court of Hazrat Peer Naseeruddin Chirag-e-Delhi (May Allah be kindful to him), he took Baith (an Oath of spiritual allegiance) from him and hence became his Disciple (Mureed), later a Khalifa (A spiritual successor). Hazrat Khwaja Banda Nawaz (May Allah be kindful to him) is also his Khalifa. Both, therefore, are spiritual brothers (Peer-Bhai) and maternal cousins too.
Migration to Deccan: After the demise of his Peer-o-Murshid, according to his order he migrated to Deccan region for guidance of misled Human-beings, propagation of humanity, universal brotherhood, peace, justice, tolerance, love and integration, eradication of ignorance and superstitious beliefs. He started his journey towards Deccan on 15th Shaban 761 A.H. (1360 C.E.) After reaching Ajmer, he visited the tomb of Hazrat Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (May Allah be kindful to him) where he shed tears in the memory of the noble Sufi saint. He stayed there for some days, and then moved towards Daulatabad via Chanderi, Baroda, Khambayat and Malwa. He was welcomed warmly at Daulatabad. There he stayed for a few days, paid visit to the tombs of various Saints, met a number of Saints and in turn he was visited by a number Saints in particular, and public in general. He headed towards Gulbarga via Qandhar, Ausa and Osmanabad. Near Gulbarga, he was given a warm royal reception by mother of Muhammad Shah Bahmani, Malika Makhdum-jahan along with Scholars, Prime Minister Saifuddin Ghori, courtiers and military in general. He spent few days there, he met a popular Sufi of city Hazrat Shaikh Ruknuddin Tola (May Allah be kindful to him). During his stay he tried to met a great Sufi-Saint Hazrat Sirajuddin Junaidi (May Allah be kindful to him), but succeeded in his 3rd attempt. Before leaving his court he asked him as where to stay permanently, then he said, "Go towards west there is a place called Aland, stay there and propagate the preaching of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Allah's peace be upon him) and Sil'sila-e-Chistiya (spiritual order/chain of Chistiya School of Sufism) come on (first) Wednesday (after this lunar month) along with all materials of last ritual (for me)".
He left for Aland on certain Friday in 761 A.H.(1360 C.E.),On the way, reaching Sultanpur, he paid visit to his teacher Hazrat Maulana Quadr (May Allah be kindful to him) 's tomb, shed tears in his memory. He was given a grand farewell by the Bahmani kingdom. From Gulbarga (then Hasanabad) to Sultanpur, along with the Bahmani king Muhammad Shah Bahmani, Malik Saifuddin Ghori, the Preacher of Jamia-Masjid of Sultanpur Hazrat Quazi Abdul Wahid Shah Farooqui, the Preacher-n-Leader of Jamia-Masjid of Gulbarga Hazrat Mulla Akramullah Noori Shah Siddiqui (May Allah be kindful to them) and others walked for him. He halted at Farooqui's house for a night. Offering Morning prayer at Jamia-Masjid, he resumed his journey to Aland. He reached Aland via Chincholi, Dhannur, Tallur, Kodal-Hangarga. While reaching Kodal-Hangarga village, he got down from his camel and got into a Palanquin. It is very interesting to note that when the Prophet Muhammad (Allah's peace be upon him) migrated from Makka (Mecca) to Madina, he used camel to travel, so Hazrat Ladle Mashaikh Ansari (May Allah be kindful to him) had followed the practice (Sunnah) of the Prophet Muhammad (Allah's peace be upon him). On out-skrits of Aland town, he met a Sufi-saint Hazrat Umar Chisti (May Allah be kindful to him) and they discussed about spirituality for a long time. He entered the town, stayed for three days at Gadhi (at that time Gadhi, the complex where ministers, officials and military used to live in, was surrounded by houses of general public).during his stay there, people irrespective of religion and caste continued paying visit to him and were blessed. Then he moved to a mile-away hillock towards west, where Hazrat Ahmad Mohayuddin Mardana Ghaib (May Allah be kindful to him)'s tomb was located.
Demise of Hazrat Sirajuddin Junaidi (May Allah be kindful to him): Hazrat Ladle Mashaikh (May Allah be kindful to him) left for Gulbarga on his camel, along with materials of last ritual of Hazrat Sirajuddin Junaidi (May Allah be kindful to him) as per his advise. He reached his Hujra (prayer-hall) at "Shaikh-Roza" in Gulbarga, where his grandson Hazrat Abul-Fazl Junaidi (May Allah be kindful to him) and other servants were present. Hazrat Ladle Mashaikh (May Allah be kindful to him) told Hazrat Abul-Fazl (May Allah be kindful to him) that he had brought this last ritual's items as per the will of his grandfather (for him), he had left this mundane-world and asked to open the door of Hujra. To their surprise, when they entered in, they saw that he had passed away. Abul-Fazl, Mulla Akramullah Noori Shah Siddiqui, Abdul Wajid Shah Farooqui (May Allah be kindful to them) and other gave a bath (Ghusl) to his mortal remains. Hazrat Ladle Mashaikh and Mulla Akramullah Noori Shah Siddiqui (May Allah be kindful to them) took part in rapping cloth (Kafan) to his holy body. Hazrat Ladle Mashaikh (May Allah be kindful to him) led the funeral-prayer (Namaz-e-Janaza), he was buried in his Hujra. The Bahmani king, Mahmood Shah Bahmani and his all courtiers took part in the funeral-procession. Later Feroz Shah Bahmani constructed a dome on his Tomb.
After Completion of all funeral rituals of Hazrat Sirajuddin Junaidi (May Allah be kindful to him), Hazrat Ladle Mashaikh (May Allah be kindful to him) lived in the palace of his Spiritual Successor and Prime Minister of Bahmani king Saifuddin Ghori at the invitation of king Mahmood Shah Bahmani for about ten days. Here a number of Saints, courtiers and people continued visiting him and were blessed spiritualy. During these days, he along with Hazrat Shaikh Adam (S/o Yousuf) (May Allah be kindful to him) and his other servants, used to pay a visit to all Saints of Gulbarga city barefootedly. Meanwhile he met a Mystic-Saint Hazrat Shaikh Bahauddin Langot-Band Maj'zub (May Allah be kindful to him). After some days he moved to Sultanpur, paid a visit to his teacher Maulana Quadr's tomb; shed tears in his memory and said, "Today also I respect my teacher as I used to respect him in his life-time. It would be the duty of my followers to respect him more than me". He finally came to Aland. He lived for long 22 years at Aland, he finally left this mundane-world at the age of 63 like Muhammad, First Calipha Hazrat Abu-Bakr Siddique (May Allah be pleased to him), Second Calipha Hazrat Umar Farooque (May Allah be pleased to him), Hazrat Imam-e-Azam Abu Haneefa (May Allah be kindful to him) and other Islamic Personalities.
On 27th Rajjab 783 A.H. (1381 C.E.), after night-prayer he entered his domed-court, the door closed automatically. Next day people came to know about his departure from this mundane world. He remained unmarried throughout his life like his spiritual guide. He has three (younger) brothers namely Hazrat Munwar Ansari, Hazrat Nizamuddin Ansari and Hazrat Anwar Ansari (May Allah be kindful to them). He appointed his brothers' son Hazrat Khambar Ansari, Hazrat Sohrab Ansari and Hazrat Mubarak Ansari (May Allah be kindful to them) respectively, as his Successors. He had adopted a son Called Hazrat Shaikh Saleh Badru (May Allah be kindful to him). These fours' tombs are located in the Dargah complex, very near to his mausoleum. Their Children have been looking after the affairs of his Dargah.
His three Urs are held in a year. 1) On 9th and 10th Rabbi-us-Sani-This Urs is celebrated in commemoration of arrival of Hazrat Banda Nawaz to visit his tomb, during former's migration to Gulbarga from Delhi. This Urs is very popular and big one, thousands of devotees irrespective of religion and caste participate in it. The first Russian traveler to India AFANASY NIKITIN had written in his diary about this Urs, "There is a place-the tomb of Sheik Ala-uddin (i.e.Ladle Mashaikh) at Alland, where a fair is held once a year, and whither people from all over the Indian country come to trade for ten days. It is twelve kos (one kos is equavalent to 3 miles) from Bidar. Horses are brought thither for sale, as many as 20,000 head, and all kinds of other goods, too. It is the best fair in the land of Hindustan; all wares are sold or bought there in memory of Sheik Ala-uddin". 2) On 30th Rabbi-us-Sani or 1st Jamadil-Awwal-This Urs is celebrated on the occasion of his birth. It is also called as 'Bade-Chiragan'locally. 3) On 27th Rajjab-This Urs is held on the occasion of his departure from this world. The Sandalwood-extract, extracted from natural and fresh sandalwoods, is applied to tomb (Sandal-Mali) and doors of Mausoleum are kept closed for three days from the day of its application.