64- A SHORT ACCOUNT OF SAYYID AHMAD ER RUFAI HAZRETLERİ
64- A SHORT
ACCOUNT OF SAYYID AHMAD ER RUFAI HAZRETLERİ
His
Autobiography:
His life:
Date of Birth:
1119 A.D.
Date of Death:
1182 A.D.
He
was born in Abu Ubaida, in Arz-i Bataih, a region between Basra and Baghdad. He
died in the town of Wasit. His sacred tomb is in Wasit and it is a highly
visited place.
He
holds a place in Sufism that is mostly concerned Wisdom. He is called as
“Sultan-ül Arifin-The Sultan of the Wise”. It is accepted by all the Sufis that
nobody has exceeded him in the sciences of spirituality. He is one of the great
Imams of the Knowledge of Ledunni. He is at the rank of the expounders of
Islamic Laws in the science of Canonical Jurisprudence. He became a striking
example in good morals.
HIS GENEALOGY:
His
paternal lineage was from Hazrat Husayn, his maternal lineage was from Hazrat
Hasan. Therefore, he was given the name: “Ebul Alemeyn” which means: “The Owner
of Two Banners”.
His
Sufi lineage (tariqat lineage) starts with his pir (his sheikh) Aliyyül Kari’ül
Vasiti Hz. and continues with Junayd al Bagdad, Sirri Sakati, Maruf-i Kerhi,
Davud Tai, Habibi Acemi, Imam Hasan al Basri and reaches Our Master Seyyidena
Shah-ı Velayat (The King of the Sainthood) and The Prophet Muhammad
Aleyhisselatı Vesselam.
The NARRATIVES
ABOUT HIM:
Various miraculous narratives were recorded about him. The most widely known
event took place in Ravza-i Muttahhara (The Prophet’s Tomb) when all the other
Great Saints were present there: Our Prophet, the King of the Prophethood
extended his holy, green hand to him and Hazrat Pir kissed it. This was agreed
by all the Sufis.
Sayyid Ahmad er Rufai Hazretleri is one of the Aktab-ı Arbaa, which is accepted
and known by all the Sufis. Aktab-ı Arbaa means FOUR GREAT QUTBS.
These great personalities are, in succession, Sultan-ı Awliya Sayyid Abdul Qadir
Geylani, Sayyid Ahmad er Rufai, Sayyid Ahmad Bedevi and Sayyid İbrahim Dusuki.
Abdul Qadir Geylani, Ahmad Rufai and Ahmad Bedevi are contemporaries. They had
seen each other. Sayyid Ibrahim Dusuki Hazretleri had met Sayyid Ahmad Bedevi
Hazretleri too. Four of them are Gaws-Kutb. Abdul Qadir Geylani Hazretleri is
“Gawsul Azam-The Greatest Qutb”. Four of them are the representatives of each
other in spirituality. If a person attaches one of them, he is accepted to have
attached all of them. Their secrets, manners and behaviors, methods and the
rules of conduct are the same. Qadiri Order, Rufai Order, Bedevi Order and
Dusuki Order are the same. They are the same paths. They are the Path of Hazrat
Ali. Those who follow the path of Hz. Ali are called as Alawis, Husaynis and
those that follow the path of Hazrat AbuBaqir are called as Baqris and Sıddikis
in the History of Sufism and among the Sufis. (Not in the meaning of religious
sect.)
AN IMPORTANT
NOTE:
Our Master
Sayyid Ahmad er Rufai Hazretleri had not performed any demonstrative proofs
(sensational displays) himself. He had not wounded the skin of human with knives
and skewers. He did not approve such behaviors. Yet, some pirs of Rufai Orders
had done it and they are still continuing it. Their aim is to show a proof to
unbelievers. Although Hz. Rufai is not pleased with it, he is still showing them
tolerance and he spiritually helps those whose aim is Truth and who are well
intentioned.
The
branches of Rufai Order exist in all the states and cities in Bagdad, Basra,
Hejaz, Egypt, India, Syria, Anatolia, Istanbul, Bursa, East and Southeast of
Turkey, Balkans and in the lands of Ottomans. They are still active in these
places.
The
Dhikr of Rufais is firstly performed aloud and then performed silently. The
advanced disciples perform them both aloud and silently. Sad voice and sad music
are permitted in Rufai Order.
Only in Rufai Orders women and men sit together in the ceremonies of worship.
It
is compulsory to make contact with the spirit of the Perfect Man in Rufai
orders. If there is no spiritual connection in remembrance, what is desired
cannot be attained. The dhikr involves daily reciting of “Kelime-i Tevhid-the
declaration of Unity (La ilahe illallah) mostly 100 times, the name of Allah
1500 times and other beautiful names of Allah. The disciples read 5 pages of the
Koran and its meaning. The most distinguishing characteristics of Rufai
Hazretleri are Knowledge and Wisdom. He has love too but he attaches more
importance to Wisdom. The Path of Rufai is based on Wisdom.
The
result of Rufai Order is to attain good moral qualities and to be honest.
His
most important command to his disciples is “to abstain from hypocrisy and
pretentiousness”.
A
great Sufi from Adıyaman, the Perfect Man, Mustafa Rufai Hazretleri said to his
disciples one day:
“Hazreti Sayyid Ahmad er Rufai, who is the spiritual door of Hz. Ali and who
represents him completely, who is the Sultan of the Wise, Pir, the Greatest
Qutb, the Greatest Saint, Sayyidina and Sheyhina said to me during spiritual
connection (rabıta): ‘If a disciple (the follower of the holy God) continues his
daily activities (and does not abandon his worldly affairs); but if he performs
his lesson -daily recitation- constantly and fervently; and if he abstains from
hypocrisy, he reaches Allah more quickly than the follower of God that quits
quitting. Rufais do not show that they are a dervish (a disciple) easily because
hypocrisy and pretentiousness may also start in a person who quits quitting.’ ”
This is the path of Hz. Rufai.
The
path of Hz. Rufai is the most beautiful, the easiest and the quickest path. How
happy are those who follow it…
To
quit quitting or the renunciation of what he has quitted means: a disciple-a
follower of God renounces the world and the worldly affairs for the sake of
Allah and then leaves and forgets what he has quitted. That is to say: “He
destroys his worldly life in order to prosper the next world.” It is not an easy
behavior. It is a difficult way. There are people who quit quitting in every
Sufi order but they are only one percent. It is said that five percent of every
hundred people in Khalwati Branch are the people who renounced what they have
quitted.
Hz.
Rufai has several books that are translated into Turkish. The most important
book that is available at book stores is entitled as “Onların Alemi-The world of
the Wise Saints” that tells the Reality and Wisdom.
Kazım YARDIMCI (from
Adıyaman)
2nd June,
2005
We
also present the poem written for Rufai Hazretleri by a Sufi poet Aydi Baba from
Antep, who is one of the great Sheikhs of Khalwati Order. This peom is taken
from “Aydi Divanı”.
If you ask
them O Hodja, they are Rufais,
They say
Allah every night, they are Rufais.
Rufai
Dervishes are attached to Sheikh,
They are busy
with the Dhikr of Allah, they are Rufais.
Their pir is
Sayyid Ahmad, he conquers the lions,
Their secrets
cannot be evident, they are Rufais,
They keep
their promise and continue their service,
They fast to
forbidden things, they are Rufais.
The roses of
Izzeddin, their hearts are bright
They say the
formula of unity, they are Rufais.
Their teacher
is Ebussafa, they torment their self
They are true
to their promise, they are Rufais.
They quit all
things, move to the place of friend,
They drink
the wine of unity, they are Rufais,
They burn
inwardly for love and satiated from “Sekahüm”
They become
attentive, they are Rufais.
My sheikh is
Ahmad üs Saydi, he is the Master of this group
Aydi is the
lowest of them, they are Rufais.
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