Cheruseethi Thangal
Sayyid Zain Hamid Cheruseethi Thangal[1] | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | (1669 C.E) ,(A.H. 1080) |
| Died | 1771 August 29 (C.E), 1185 Jamad-ul-Awwal 17 (A.H) Vatakara, Kerala, India |
| Resting place | Thayengadi, Vadakara |
| Nationality | Yemeni |
| Home town | Hadhramaut |
| Spouse | Sayyida Khadija Beevi (Yemen) |
| Children | Sayyida Aysha Beevi |
| Parent | Father: Sayyid Abdullah Ba'Alavi |
| Known for | spiritual Master |
| Other names | Muhammed Bin Hamid |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam, specifically the Qadiriya order of Sufism |
| Order | Ba'Alavi |
| Lineage | Qadiriya Tariqa |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Vadakara |
| Period in office | 1701 - 1771 (C.E), 1113 - 1185 (A.H) |
| Successor | Sayyid Abdurahman Mashhoor, Mamburam Thangal |
Sayyid Zain Hamid Cheruseethi Thangal (Arabic : سيّد زين حامد بن اب الكير عبد الله , Malayalam: സയ്യിദ് സൈൻ ഹാമിദ് ചെറുസീതി തങ്ങൾ ) was born in the city of Tarim of Hadhramaut which was a part of Yemen in the year 1669 (C.E) (A.H. 1080). He is 29th grandson of prophet Muhammed (S). He was acclaimed for his spiritual leadership, scholarly competence and a social reformer of great stature. His final resting place is Thayengadi Vatakara. His full name is Sheikh Sayyid Zain Hamid bin Abul Khair Abdullah Ba’ Alavi Cheruseethi Thangal. He is also mentioned as Muhammed Bin Hamid in some documents. He grew up with many dispositions- good demeanor, virtuous character and excellent traits.
Family and early life
Sayyid Cherussethi Thangal Learned Quran and Tajwid from his native place, then he mastered religious knowledge from great scholarly men like Abdullahil Haddad Thangal. Cheruseethi Thangal went to mecca for a short time where he gained in-depth knowledge in all stream of knowledge and returned to his native land. After that he came to in India.
The famous Sayyid ancestry Ba’ Alavi is the Qabeela of Cheruseethi Thangal. The leader of Ba’ Alavi lineage is Sayyid Ahamed Bin Issa (R) who was migrated to Hadhramaut in the year 952 (C.E). The ancestry remained through his son Sayyid Ubeidullah. The elder son of Ubeidullah, Sayyid Alavi was ardent in religious faith, a religious exponent and a great scholar. Those who were joined to Sayyid Alavi are called Ba’ Alavis. They are spread in Yemen, Hijas, West Africa, East Africa and Indonesia and their population is about ten thousand.
Cheruseethi Thangal's daughter Sayyida Aysha Beevi, born of his yemeni wife was married to Sayyid Abdurahman Mashhoor who is also nephew of Cheruseethi Thangal. Through Abdurahman Mashhoor who came to kerala in 1710 C.E, Mashhoor lineage started in Kerala.
The famous sufi saint, great scholar and ayurveda physician, Vadakara Muhammed Mashhoor Mullakoya Thangal was his descendant.
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In Malabar
Cheruseethi Thangal alighted at Kerala with his brother Sheikh Sayyid Jamaludeen Muhammudul Wahthi in Hijri year 1113 (1701 C.E).[2] They came to Thiruvananthapuram, today’s capital city and stayed there for a short while. After that, Tanur was a go-between, where they stayed temporarily for some time. Finally, they came to Vatakara and settled there.
As a result of tolerance to Muslims and the esteem in which Muslim leaders and scholars were held by Zamorin rulers, Sayyids came to Malabar and started to settle there.[3] Natives and rulers alike held them in high esteem and accepted them.
Since locals couldn’t articulate with precision the Arabic names of the venerable visitors who came and settled in Vatakara, they called them Valiya Seethi Thangal and Cheriya Seethi Thangal. The landlords of Valiyakath ancestral home gave a double-storied house, under their ownership in Thayengadi, to Thangal brothers to live for free.[4]
In the spiritual world
Cheruseethi Thangal was initiated to Qadariya Tariqath by Sayyid Abdurahman Al Hydrose who came to Malabar from Hadhramaut in 1703 and whose final resting place is Valiyajarathingal at Ponnani.[5] Cheruseethi Thangal who continued with his activities to create spiritual awareness was a beacon of hope and support for everyone. Sayyid Sheikh Jifri Thangal in 1746 (C.E) and his brother Sayyid Hassan Jifri in 1754 (C.E) came to Malabar and became Cheruseethi Thangal’s disciples. Sayyid Sheikh Cheruseethi Thangal, Sayyid Sheikh Valiya Seethi Thangal, Sayyid Sheikh Jifri Thangal, Sayyid Sheikh Hassan Jifri Thangal were of great help to the people of Malabar. They travelled to different places and attracted people through spiritual and cultural transformation.[6]
In 1766, Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali came to Kozhikode via Kadathanad. They came to Cheruseethi Thangal and sought his blessings. In 1770 Qutub Zaman Mouladaveela Mamburum Sayyid Alavi Thangal (1752–1845) came to Malabar and became the disciple of Cheruseethi Thangal.[7] Whenever he comes to visit his master, he would remove the sandals at a mosque 100 yards away from Cheruseethi Thangal’s abode. This practice continued when he came for Ziyarath even after Cheruseethi Thangal’s demise.
Ba'Alavi ancestral genealogy and QadiriyaTariqa Lineage
Ba'Alavi ancestral genealogy
1. Sayyid Zain Hamid Cheruseethi Thangal [Q:S]
2. Sayyid Abdullah [R]
3. Sayyid Ali [R]
4. Sayyid Hassan [R]
5. Sayyid Alavi [R]
6. Sayyid Ali [R]
7. Sayyid Abubacker Sakaran [R]
8. Sayyid Abdurahman Sakkaf [R]
9. Sayyid Muhammed Mouladhaveela [R]
10. Sayyid Ali Hyder [R]
11. Sayyid Alavi [R]
12. Sayyid Muhammed Fakheeh-el-Mukadami Thurbah [R]
13. Sayyid Ali Ba’Alavi [R]
14. Sayyid Muhammed Sahib-ul-lafar (Mirbath)
15. Sayyid Ali Sahibul Hali-el-Qisam [R]
16. Sayyid Alavi [R]
17. Sayyid Muhammed [R]
18. Sayyid Alavi [R]
19. Sayyid Ubaidullah [R]
20. Sayyid Ahmadul Muhajir [R]
21. Sayyid Issal Nukaib [R]
22. Sayyid Muhammed [R]
23. Sayyid Aliyyin-el-Kuraili (Areelh) [R]
24. Sayyid Ja’far Sadiq [R]
25. Sayyid Muhammed Bakhir [R]
26. Sayyid Zainul Abideen [R]
27. Sayyid Imam Hussain [R]
28. Sayyidath Fathimah Ali [R]
29. Sayyiduna Muhammed Musthafa [S:A]
Qadiriya Tariqa Lineage
1. Sheikh Sayyid Zain Hamid Cheruseethi Thangal [Q:S]
2. Sheikh Sayyid Abdurahman-al-Hydrose [Q:S]
3. Sheikh Sayyid Ali Ibn Hussain-al-Hydrose Hadrami [R]
4. Sheikh Sayyid Abdurahman-al-Hydrose Hadrami [R]
5. Sheikh Sayyid Ali Ibn Abdullah-el-Hydrose[R]
6. Sheikh Sayyid Ahmed Shihabudeen [R]
7. Sheikh Sayyid Abdullah Afeefudeen [R]
8. Sheikh Sayyid Hussain Hishamudeen [R]
9. Sheikh Sayyid Sherif Noorudeen [R]
10. Sheikh Sayyid Abubacker Ibn Abdullah-el-Hydrose Adaniyy [R]
11. Sheikh Sayyid Jamaludeen Muhammed Ibn Umar-ul-Hadrami [R]
12. Sheikh Sayyid Muhammed Ibn Masood-ul-Ansari [R]
13. Sheikh Sayyid Kazi Muhammed Ibn Saeed Thibiri [R]
14. Sheikh Sayyid Muhammed Ibn Abubacker [R]
15. Sheikh Sayyid Ismail Jabrani [R]
16. Sheikh Sayyid Sirajudeen Abubacker [R]
17. Sheikh Sayyid Muhiyadeen Ibn Ahmed [R]
18. Sheikh Sayyid Abubacker Ibn Muhammed Nayeem [R]
19. Sheikh Sayyid Muhammed Ibn Ahmad-ul-Asadiyy [R]
20. Sheikh Sayyid Muhiyadeen Abdul Qadir Jilani [Q:S]
21. Sheikh Sayyid Abu Saeed Ibn Aliyyil Mubarak-el-Maqsumi [R]
22. Sheikh Sayyid Abul Hasani Aliyyil Kurashiyy-el-Mukkari (Hankhari) [R]
23. Sheikh Sayyid Abul Farah-el-Muhammed Tharthusi [R]
24. Sheikh Sayyid Abdul Wahid Thamimi [R]
25. Sheikh Sayyid Abdul Azeez Yemani [R]
26. Sheikh Sayyid Abubacker Shibili [R]
27. Sheikh Sayyid Junaid-al-Baghdadi [R]
28. Sheikh Sayyid Siriyyinal Siqthi [R]
29. Sheikh Sayyid Mahruf-el-Karkhi [R]
30. Sheikh Sayyid Ali Ibn Moosa Rila [R]
31. Sheikh Sayyid Moosa-al-Qalim [R]
32. Sheikh Sayyid Ja’far Sadiq [R]
33. Sheikh Sayyid Muhammed Bakhir [R]
34. Sheikh Sayyid Zainul Abideen [R]
35. Sheikh Sayyid Imam Hussain [R]
36. Sheikh Sayyid Ali Ibn Abithalib [K:W]
37. Sayyiduna Muhammed Musthafa [S:A]
Demise
A.H 1185 Jamad-ul-Awwal 17 (August 29, 1771 C.E, Thursday) he left this mortal world.
References
- ^ Thangal, sufi, Qadiriya, Tariqa, Vatakara, kozhikode
- ^ Mullakoya thangal and Vadakara. Vadakara: Ayshabi Publication. 2016 – via Thirurangadi Printers.
- ^ Keralathile Sayyidanmar | History. Rahmathulla Sakhafi.
- ^ Malabarile Makkah. T.V. Abdurahman Master.
- ^ "Thangals Qabeela in Kerala".
- ^ Cheruseethi Mala. Therkandi Muhammed Vatakara.
- ^ Mamburam Thangal Jeevitham Athmeeya Porattam. Chemmad: Darul Huda Islamic University. pp. Darul Huda Islamic University.