Qayyum (Sufism)

The first Qayyum was Ahmad Sirhindi (d. 1624). The second was Ahmed Sirhindi third son, Khwaja Muhammad Masum Faruqi (d.1668), who was followed by his son Khwaja Muhammad Hujjatullah Naqshbandi (d. 1703). The fourth Qayyum was Khwaja Muhammad Zubair (d. 1740), the grandson of Khwaja Naqshbandi.^[1]

Several other influential Sufis have claimed the title of Qayyum.

Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janan (d. 1817) was an important saint of the Naqshbandi Sufi order in the 18th century. He was also a renowned poet of modern Urdu. Shah Waliullah, an Islamic scholar and contemporary of Mirza Mazhar, is quoted as saying, "As far as I can see, and I can see the seven continents, there is no saint today like Mirza Mazhar."^{[citation needed]}

Muhammad Safiullah Faruqi was the son of Ghulam Masoom Faruqi Mujaddidi. He died in the Hijri month of Dhu al-Qadah in 1844 on his return journey from the hajj.^[2] Makhdoom Safi Ullah died in Hudaydah, a coastal city of Yemen.^{[3][better source needed]}

Ghulam Ali Dehlavi (d. 1662) is also claimed to be the Mujaddid, a person who revives Islam every century, for the 13th century of the Islamic calendar.^[4]

Abu Saeed Faruqi Mujaddidi (d.1672) was predicted to be the next Qayyum by Ghulam Ali Dehlavi, his own Shaykh.^[4]