Syed Ghulam Moinuddin Gilani | |
Religion: | Islam |
Order: | Sufism Qadiriyya Chishti Order |
Alias: | Baray Lala jee |
Location: | Golra Sharif |
Pir, Syed | |
Relations: | Meher Ali Shah (grandfather), Syed Shah Abdul Haq Gilani (younger brother) |
Children: | Naseer-uddin-Naseer, Syed Ghulam Jalaluddin Gilani, Syed Ghulam Hussamuddin Gilani |
Predecessor: | Syed Ghulam Mohiyyuddin Gilani |
Birth Date: | 22 May 1920 (3 Ramadan 1338 A.H.) |
Birth Place: | Golra Sharif, British India (Present Day Pakistan) |
Death Date: | 12 March 1997 (aged 77) (2 1417 A.H.) |
Death Place: | Golra Sharif, Pakistan |
Syed Ghulam Moinuddin Gilani[1] commonly known as Baray Lala jee born on Saturday, 22 May 1920 at Golra Sharif, of district Rawalpindi was the Sajjada Nashin of Shrine Golra Sharif. He was the grandson of Pir Meher Ali Shah.[2] He was the son of Syed Ghulam Mohiyyuddin Gilani and father of Pakistani scholar Naseer-uddin-Naseer. He is also the elder brother of Syed Shah Abdul Haq Gilani.[3]
Ghulam Moinuddin received his education from Ghulam Muhammad Peshawari, the Islamic leader of Golra Sharif. He had completed his recitation of the Quran in 1936. He studied Dars-e-Nizami from Muhammad Ghazi in the same institution and learned "Sharah Jami" and "Hadaya" etc. After the death of his teacher Muhammad Ghazi in 1938, Ghulam Moinuddin's father Syed Ghulam Mohiyyuddin Gilani appointed Ghulam Muhammad Ghotavi as a mentor for the religious training of his both sons. Ghulam Moinuddin and his brother studied at Jamia Abbasia Bahawalpur (now known as Islamia University) in 1938 and received the guidance of the principal of the Jamia. After learning Islamic disciplines for seven years in Bahawalpur, Ghulam received the certificate of Allama, Maulvi and Fazil. He is also said to be student of mathematics.[4] [5]
Ghulam's father trained him in Shariah and Tariqah. After the death of his father, he and his brother took over management of the Golra sharif shrine.
His poetry "Israr-ul-Mushtaq" was published after he diedby his brother Syed Shah Abdul Haq Gilani in 1418 A.H.[6]
He died on 12 March 1997.