A Brief Biography of Shaykh Abdul Qayoum Shopiyani – by Amir Al-Athari

The Shaykh was a charismatic scholar and an expert in the Atharii Aqedah whose service was well known in the circles of knowledge in Kashmir as well as in Gulf .Sheikh himself used to delever Friday Sermons at the Historic Jamia Masjid Ahl Al Hadith Zaldagar .

Silsilay Isnad (transmission) from Imam Muhammad ibn Ismā‘īl Bukhari (قدس الله سرة) to Allameh Sheikh Abd Al Qayoom Shopiyani (دام ظلة عليه) goes as Follows:

The Shaykh studied the books of the Aqedah directly with Shaykhu-Salafiyya ,Allameh Abd al Gani Shopiyani(رحمه الله) , who took from his Father Al Sheikh Anwar Shah Shopiyani (رحمه الله)who took from Al Sayyid Sheikh Muhammad Hussaini (رحمه الله)who took from ‘Sheikh al Kul Fil Kul Hazrat Allameh Sayyid Nazer Hussain Dehlavi (رحمه الله) who took from Sheikh i Yemen ,Hazrat Allameh Mohsin bin Sabaii Ansarii(قد الله سرة) ; who took from Mujadid i Yemen Hazrat Allameh Imam Muhammad bin Ali al-Shawkani(قدس الله سرة) who took From Al Imam Sayyid Abd Al Qadir Bin Ahmad Al Kowkabani(قدس الله سرة) who took from Shaykhu-l Arab ,Imam Muhammad bin Ismail al-Sanani (قدس الله سرة); who took from al-Sheikh Abu Tahir Kurdistani (قدس الله سرة) who took from his Father al-Qadi ‘Ibrahim Kurrani Kurdistani(قدس الله سرة),Sheikh i Haram , Ahmad Kashashi (قدس الله سرة)who took from Sheikh Ahmad bin Abdul Qaddus Sanabii (قدس الله سرة) who took from Al Qadi Muhammad bin Ahmad Ramli Filastini(قدس الله) who took from Sheikh Al Islam Khwaja Zakariya Ansari Khorasani(قدس الله) who took from Al Imam Hafiz ibn Hajr Askalani (قدس الله)who took from Sheikh Ibrahim Tanukhii (قدس الله) who took from Sheikh Ahmad bin Abi Talib al Hajarii(قدس الله) who took from Abul Hassan Muhammad bin Abd Al Rehman Dabardii (قدس الله سرة)who took from Imam Muhammad bin Ahmad Al Ramli(قدس الله سرة) who took from Imam Muhammad bin Abdullah Hamvi Shamii (قدس الله سرة)who took from Sheikh Abdullah bin Yousuf Faraabi(قدس الله سرة) who Took From Al Imam_Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mughīrah ibn Bardizbah al-Ju‘fī al-Bukhārī (عليه رحمة)

May Allah have mercy upon them all and gather us with them in Jannah.

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