Meher Ali Shah

Pir Meher Ali Shah ( Urdu : پیر م‍ﮩ‍رعلى شاه ) was born 14 April 1859 (1 Ramadan , 1275 A.H. ) in Golra Sharif , which is located midway between Rawalpindi and Islamabad , in present-day Pakistan . The time just before his birth saw the Indian Rebellion of 1857 fought between the British and the sepoys allied with seven of the Princely states . He is renowned as a Sufi saint, a great Hanafi scholar upholding the position of Hazrat Abdul Haqq Muhaddith Dehalvi , and especially for being at the forefront of the anti-Ahmdiyya movement. He wrote several books most notably Saif e Chishtiyai , (The Sword of the Chishtis ), a polemical work regarding the unorthodoxy and the heresy of the Ahmadiyya movement of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. He also declared any one who does follow him is also Heritic and should go to Hell.

Meher Ali Shah ( Urdu : پیر م‍ﮩ‍رعلى شاه ) was a Sufi scholar, known to his followers as a saint, who was born on 14 April 1859 (1 Ramadan , 1275 A.H. ) in Golra Sharif , which is located midway between Rawalpindi and Islamabad , in present-day Pakistan . He is known as a Sufi saint, a Hanafi scholar upholding the position of Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi , and a leader of the anti-Ahmadiyya movement. He wrote several books, most notably Saif e Chishtiyai , (The Sword of the Chishtis ), a polemical work regarding the unorthodoxy and the heresy of the Ahmadiyya movement of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad .

Meher Ali Shah in middle age Meher Ali Shah ( ; 14 April 1859 – May 1937), was a Sufi scholar from British India (present Day Pakistan ) belonging to the Chishti order . He is known as a Hanafi scholar leading the anti- Ahmadiyya movement. He wrote several books, most notably Saif e Chishtiyai ("The Sword of the Chishti Order"), a polemical work criticizing the Ahmadiyya movement of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad . Shah was a descendant, on his father Nazr Din Shah's side, of Abdul Qadir Jilani in the 25th generation, and of Muhammad through Hassan Ibn-e-Ali in the 38th generation. On the side of his mother Masuma Mawsufa, he descended from Abdul Qadir Jilani in the 24th generation and from Muhammad through Hussain Ibn-e-Ali in the 37th generation. Mihr-e-munīr: Biography of Ḥaḍrat Syed Pīr Meher Alī Shāh ( in English) . : |website= ignored ( help ) Mihr-e-munīr: Biography of Ḥaḍrat Syed Pīr Meher Alī Shāh ( in English) . : |website= ignored ( help )

Punjabi Sufi scholar and poet (1859–1937) Pir Syed Meher Ali Shah Hanfi Qadri Chisti ؓ ( ; 14 April 1859 – May 1937), was a Sufi, a great scholar and a mystic Punjabi poet from Punjab , British India (present-day Pakistan ) belonging to the Chishti order . He is known as a Hanafi scholar who led the anti- Ahmadiyya movement. He wrote several books, most notably Saif e Chishtiyai ("The Sword of the Chishti Order"), a polemical work criticizing the Ahmadiyya movement of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad . Shah was a descendant, from his father Nazr Din Shah's side, of Abdul Qadir Jilani in the 25th generation, and of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through Hassan Ibn-e-Ali in the 38th generation. On the side of his mother Masuma Mawsufa, he descended from Abdul Qadir Jilani in the 24th generation and from Muhammad through Hussain Ibn-e-Ali in the 37th generation. Mihr-e-munīr: Biography of Ḥaḍrat Syed Pīr Meher Alī Shāh ( in English) – via GoogleBooks website. Mihr-e-munīr: Biography of Ḥaḍrat Syed Pīr Meher Alī Shāh ( in English) – via GoogleBooks website.