حضرة ابو بكر سلطنتیں

Muhammad Bin Abi Bakr Al-Bilbeisi ⁽¹⁾: Imam Al-Din Muhammad Bin Al-Zain Abi Bakr Bin Ali Bin Abi Bakr Bin Muhammad Bin Uthman Bin Abi Al-Fath Nasrallah Bin Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Abdul-Ghani Bin Muhammad Bin Abi Bakr Bin Yusuf Bin Ahmed Bin Ali Bin Abi Bakr Bin Abdul-Ghani Bin Al-Qasim Bin Abdel-Rahman Bin Al-Qasim Bin Muhammad Bin Abi Bakr Al-Siddiq Al-Bilbeisi of Mahalla and Cairo was a descendant of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq whose ancestry could be traced back to the tribe of Quraysh.

Born in 764 AH, Muhammad Bin Abi Bakr memorized the Qur’an as he grew up and followed the Hanbali school of thought.  He and his father both received knowledge of Al-Shatibiyyah from Al-‘Asqalani. He also received hadiths from Al-Bulqini, Al-Iraqi, Al-Haythami, Al-Abnasi, Al-Ghamari, Al-Salah Al-Zaftawi, Al-Tanukhi, Ibn Abi Al-Majd, Al-Zain Ibn Al-Shaikha, Al-Muraghi, and others.

Muhammad Bin Abi Bakr was described as a pious jurist and became a Hanbali Sufi at Al-Barquqiah when it was first opened. Some saints gave him the good news of this event before it actually happened. He also experienced spiritual revelations in other locations. He resided in the mosque overlooking Baha’uddin neighborhood ⁽²⁾, near the basin and well there, writing out copies of the Qur’an and other books, reading, and busying himself with worship. He died on 9 Sha’ban 846 AH and was buried in Hosh Al-Sufiah.

Source: Kitab Al-Sulala Al-Bakria As-Siddiqia – Part II, by Ahmed Farghal Al-De’abassi Al-Bakri

Date of Publication

1 Ramadan 1438 AH / May 26, 2017 AD

(1) Al-Dhaw’ Al-Lami’ li Ahl Al-Qarn Al-Tasi’ 7/ 177, Al-Tibr Al-Masbuk fi Dhayl Al-Suluk 1/ 144-145

(2) Baha’uddin neighborhood refers to the neighborhood of Baha’uddin Qaraqush Al-Salahi, just inside Bab Al-Futuh in Cairo, Egypt. See: Al-Nujum Al-Zahira fi Muluk Misr wa Al-Qahira (4/ 49, 6/ 176), Al-Mawaiz wa Al-‘I’tibar bi Dhikr Al-Khitat wa Al-‘Athar 3/ 3