Hazrat Syed Shah Faizur Rahman Chishty Quadry Biabani Rehmatullahi Alaihi (1899 –1954 CE) also known as Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) was the Spiritual Father of Hazrat Syed Shah Sufi Khawaja Abul Hasan Chishty Quadry Biabani (R). He used to live at Titagarh situated beside the Barrackpore city in the district South 24Parganas of India. Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) did rigorous pursuit and extreme worship about more than one era to know about “The Creator and his creation”. His family members knew about his curiosity to know about “The Creator and his creation”, and also were habituated about the fact that he will leave home at any moment for holy pursuit. They accepted and supported him on his journey on the way to know about the Creator. Ultimately, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) reached at his target and attained in subtle the answers of “The mystery of Creator and his creation” under the guidance of his Spiritual Teacher. Based on his vast spiritual knowledge, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) used to teach his disciples regarding the core part of religion. Particularly, he taught the inner conception of the endless spiritualism, theosophy and his philosophy to his disciples. He was an Islamic scholar and followed the philosophy of Sufism as well as spiritualism. Among his disciples, Hazrat Syed Shah Sufi Khawaja Abul Hasan Chishty Quadry Biabani (R) was the wise and foresighted disciple, who wrote 733 Gazals in Bengali, Urdu & Hindi languages and authored several spiritual books like “Rooh” (The Soul), “Mazhab-e-Sufi” (The Characteristics of Sufi), “Dhormer Nihita Tatther Sandhane” (In search of hidden truth of religion), “Ami Ke” (Who I Am), “Juger Dhormo O Manobota” (Periodical Religion & Humanity), “Addhyattic Totto-Kotha” (The theory of Spiritualism) etc. to preach the Sufism based on what he learned from His Murshed Moula (Spiritual Father) Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R).

Here are some brief descriptions of Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani Rehmatullahi Alaihi’s lifestyle:

 Early life and Background:

Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) was born in 1899 CE (as recorded from his daughter Gawsia Khatun at 2020 CE) at Titagarh, in the District 24 Parganas, under West Bengal of India. His Father Dr. Shariyatullah was familiar as a renowned doctor at Titagarh and also respected in the society as a wealthy and pious man. His mother’s name was Hafizun Bibi and she was a pious woman as well. Among three sons and two daughters, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) was the second of the sons. From his childhood Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) was very scholar. His father died at 1923, when he was 25 (twenty Five) years old. From a very early age, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) was of different characteristics i.e. he always drowned in his thought to know about “The Creator and theory of creation” and accordingly he was in search for a guidance i.e. for Spiritual Teacher to develop himself. At the beginning of youth, he felt very eager to know the mystery, from then he started to search a person who can solve this mystery. As the solution of these queries were not the topics of external knowledge, that is why, it was difficult for him to find the solution from any learned person. Day by day, he grew more anxious and started to pray to almighty to help him know the solution to this mystery or to show him a path so that he can have this answer from a Spiritual Teacher.

In this way Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) passed years after years and did pursuit in the jungle and in different holy places to find the answer of his eagerness.

Journeys/Travels

At the very early youth age i.e. at 1916, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) got himself out from his residence and went to Delhi and Ajmer Sharif to paid his esteem homage at the Holy Rawza Mubarak of Hazrat Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki Ushi (R), Holy Rawza Mubarak of Sultanul Mashayekh Hazrat Nizamuddin Zari-zarbaksh Mahbub-e Elahi (R), Holy Rawza Mubarak of Nasiruddin Mehmood Cherag (R) and at the Holy Rawza Mubarak of Garib-e-Newaz Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Hasan Chishty (R), as well as in different holy places and did a hard pursuit at the different Holy Shrines of Great Pious men to get the peace in his mind as well. He also visited Golconda Holy Do-chasmi Rawza (Shrine) at Hyderabad and Holy Rawza (Shrine) of Shah Mohammad Banda Nawaz Gesu Daraz (R) situated at the bottom of Gulbarga Hill under Mysore State (earlier), now in Karnataka. To perform these holy deeds, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) spent approximately 5 years of his youth age and came back at 1920 CE.

 Again at 1923 CE, when Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) was 25 years old, he heard that, in one of the hills at Hazaribag, which is surrounded by the deep Jungle at Jharkhand of India and there is a holy tomb of a Great Pious man. So, he decided to go there. Accordingly, after praying at the Holy Rawza Mubarak of Shah Waris (R) at Titagarh, which is situated in his hometown, he started again for his next journey. It is about 260 miles away, which took about 40 days to reach there and was a very tough journey. After reaching there, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) spent almost six months and did a rigorous pursuit by fasting to know the answer of his asking. During the period, he survived by eating jungle leaves and sometimes jungle fruits to meet-up his extreme hunger. After about 9 months, he came back home, but night after night he still cried and prayed to Allah to show him a right path. In this way, he was passing his days, months and years.

At the early of 1930 CE decade, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) again left his home without informing any of his family members. He felt strongly that he have to find his ultimate answer and after almost one decade of doing hard pursuit in Jungles, Hills and in the Spiritual teacher’s dorm (detail in “Pursuit and Attainment” chapter) up to 1938 CE, he received the spiritual realization of his question by the guidance of His Spiritual Teacher. Due to completion of his pursuit and the 2^nd World War, he came back and stayed at his hometown from 1939 to 1944 CE.

At the end of 1944, just after Japanese attack on Calcutta in 2^nd World war, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) again went to Hyderabad, Mysore and after that to the Bahrain thru Baghdad of Iraq to find the Holy Tomb of Hazrat Ali Karmullahu Wazhu (R) at the deep forest beside the Bahrain city. There was an ancient and common proverb that the Holy Tomb of Hazrat Ali Karmullahu Wazhu (R) is situated at this deep forest. However, to reach at this Holy place, He used different means, but mostly by walking, which took about couple of months and was too tired and extremely hungry, when reached at the city of Bahrain. He didn’t had the mental peace to maintain his physical out looking, that is why, his clothes, hair, beard became untidy after this long journey. However, at the city of Bahrain, the residents are Arabic speaking and Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) was mostly Hindi & Urdu speaking and little bit English. So, nobody could understood his words that he is looking for a food place to have some small food. As Almighty always favours those who are walking to the way to find him and thus for suddenly a kind gentle man came to him and asked that, “You are looking like a Sayalani Dervish (saint like man), where you are from and what are looking for?” Then, Dervish Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) tried to make him understand, why he came out and walking on the way to find the Almighty. The gentleman was kind hearted as, after hearing all, he first arranged food for the dervish and after having that meal by the Dervish, the Arabic gentleman said, ‘there is a deep forest next to the city and heard that inside that deep forest there is a holy Tomb, which is called the Tomb of Hazrat Ali Karmullahu Wazhu (R) and it is a very ancient and common proverb of here, but that forest is very dense and full of violent animals. Whether it is true or false I don’t know, but heard that, a lot of Hazrat Ali (R) lovers tried to reach there at different times but could not reach and discover the same. However, after hearing this, Dervish Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) got a special inspiration and intended to reach there at any cost. He thought, if I have to lose my life, no matter, because the life has no value, if I can’t recognize that holy place, for whom our Prophet (Pbuh) said, “Ana madina-tul-ilm wa Aliyun babuha” means “I am the city of knowledge and Ali is the gate of that city”. So, whosoever seeks knowledge, let them come through this door. Though, the Arabic gentleman requested to go with some other Hazrat Ali (R) lovers as the forest is very violent. But Dervish Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) was determined to reach at that holy Place alone and in the early morning he started his journey. The Dervish did not know the exact location of that holy place, so he entered in the forest and prayed to Almighty to show him the right path. After walking for a whole day, the Dervish reached at the deep forest, but he is not scared about his life rather praying, curious and tried to find that holy place. Finally, at the first hour of night Dervish found a Holy Tomb, though it is not recognized yet that the Tomb is of Hazrat Ali Karmullahu Wazhu (R), but after having some spiritual information, Dervish Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) offer his utmost prayer (Fateha Sharif) to Almighty and at the next day he started to came back from that deep forest with keeping eternal peace in his mind.

Pursuit & Attainment

After an endless and unrealizable Pursuit with humble crying years after year, by the grace of Almighty Allah, suddenly in one night at the early of 1930 CE decade, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) had a very short dream but very notable that an unknown Saint is telling him, “You go to Hyderabad”, nothing more. After this dream, he awoke suddenly and started thinking. It was late night and at the early morning he started for Hyderabad. The journey to Hyderabad from Howrah (Kolkata) was too long and in the idle-time Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) was thinking about that Saint he saw last night in his dream and also thinking that, the Hyderabad city is totally unknown to him, where will he go, to whom will he ask that he want to know about “The Creator, who created the universe and theory of creation” and where will he get this answer, etc. While thinking these, he reached at Hyderabad station. At that time, Hyderabad was in golden age, the best and largest native state in British India. The last Nizam of Hyderabad state, Mir Osman Ali Khan was the ruler. But these immaterial matter were not in his thinking. After this long journey, though Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) was tired, but he was only thinking about that Saint, who instructed him at the dream to go to Hyderabad and in his subconscious mind he was getting an inspiration that he will find his answer there. However, after getting down from the train, he was hungry and then suddenly an unknown gentleman came to him and asked where he is from as he was looking like a Sayalani Dervish. Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) said, is there any holy place of any famous Dervish or Saint? Then after knowing the intention of Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R), the gentleman said, actually you will not find it in the city, but if you want, you can to go to around 80~85 miles away from the city and so far I know, there you will find a very famous Dervish (Peer) at Qazipet Sharif. In between time, that gentleman arranged a good meal for Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) and after having that on request of that gentleman, at once he started for that holy place. Just after starting, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) suddenly thought about the unknown gentleman, who served him a lot with much affection in the last few hours and he looked like that Saint from his dream, who instructed him to go to Hyderabad. But nothing to do, as he left that place few minutes back and already started for his next journey to find the answer. After few hours, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) reached that holy place named Qazipet Sharif and started to feel heaven like peace. During that period, Hazrat Syed Shah Ghulam Afzal Biabani (R) was the In-charge of that Holy Place, which is called Gaddi-nashin in Sufi terms. In Hyderabad area, it’s a famous and very ancient holy Darbar Sharif of Great Dervishes and is consistent from generation to generation. He saw a number of Holy Tombs of Predecessors inside the boundary and at the south corner, there was a big room called Khankah Sharif, where Hazrat Syed Shah Ghulam Afzal Biabani (R) sits to preach the inner theory of Islam among the disciples. However, after moving few minutes inside the Qazipet Sharif area, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) entered the Darbar Sharif, where Hazrat Syed Shah Ghulam Afzal Biabani (R) was sitting and giving lessons to his disciples about Sufism. At first glance to each other, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) saw a pious man of majestic and beautiful appearance with long white beard, wearing a very clean Muslim dress and giving religious teachings to some disciples. On the other side, Hazrat Syed Shah Ghulam Afzal Biabani (R) saw a young boy with a thirsty mind standing at the door in search of knowledge about the Creator and theory of creation. Then Hazrat Syed Shah Ghulam Afzal Biabani (R) hint him to come and sit next to him. All of his disciples became quiet to see that their Majestic Spiritual Teacher calling a stranger to sit beside him. However, after sitting beside him, Hazrat Syed Shah Ghulam Afzal Biabani (R) asked and heard some spiritual news from the young boy and said, don’t be frustrated, you will get your answer for what you were waiting years after year. Then young Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) became surprised and thinking that “how could he understand that I am waiting for some answer? He must be a wise and pious man.” Then Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) decided to stay there and took discipleship of Him and started spiritual training with the guidance of his Spiritual Teacher Hazrat Syed Shah Ghulam Afzal Biabani (R). 

Beside the Khankah Sharif of Hazrat Syed Shah Ghulam Afzal Biabani (R), a bit away there is another room in the north also like Khankah Sharif, where another one Great Dervishes sits named Hazrat Lala Mia Shah (R), who is brethren of Hazrat Syed Shah Ghulam Afzal Biabani (R) and had a very tempered mind, that is why, he does not accept any disciple. He once said to his brethren Hazrat Syed Shah Ghulam Afzal Biabani (R) that, if you found any lion hearted and thirsty minded youth, who is in search of knowledge about the Creator and theory of creation, then you kindly send that person to me. Accordingly as per request of brethren after 5 to 6 months of spiritual training, Hazrat Syed Shah Ghulam Afzal Biabani (R) sent Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) to Hazrat Lala Mia Shah (R) with a letter. Surprisingly, within few minutes, when Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) reached there, Hazrat Lala Mia Shah (R) said him, “ Oh, Sayalani Dervish of Kolkata, where is the letter?, give me” and called him to sit beside him. After he seated as per instruction, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) again surprised and thinking that both of them can read the others mind and can see everything by the mind eye. However, after reading the letter, Hazrat Lala Mia Shah (R) said to Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) that once I said to my brethren Hazrat Syed Shah Ghulam Afzal Biabani (R) that, if you found any lion hearted and thirsty minded youth, who is in search of knowledge about the Creator and theory of creation, then kindly send to me. Accordingly He sent you to me for your spiritual training. So, now you go back and after convey my Salam and say to him that, I have accepted his kind gift and then you will come back.   After coming back, Hazrat Lala Mia Shah (R) said to Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) that you will take the spiritual training from me, but you will be guided by the Hazrat Syed Shah Ghulam Afzal Biabani (R), as He is spiritual father and in this way Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) spent there couple of years for Spiritual training, did rigorous pursuit at the jungle and at the mountain, fasting months after month as per instruction of Hazrat Lala Mia Shah (R)  for development and increasing his spiritual knowledge.

After a rigorous pursuit done by Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) more than one decade at the jungle, mountain and in Qazipet Sharif, fasting months after month, once his spiritual father Hazrat Syed Shah Ghulam Afzal Biabani (R) came to know from His brethren Hazrat Lala Mia Shah (R) that Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) completed all his spiritual courses successfully given by Him and then Hazrat Syed Shah Ghulam Afzal Biabani (R) became very pleased and embraced Him with blessings and after that, He fixed a holy turban on the head top of Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R), which was the custom provided by the Predecessors of Qazipet Sharif. From then Hazrat Syed Shah Ghulam Afzal Biabani (R) added the “Biabani” title with the name of Shah Faizur Rahman (R), as most of his spiritual courses were completed in the Jungle and the ‘Biabani” title is for them only who did the pursuit mostly in the jungle.

However, after doing hard pursuit almost about one decade i.e. from 1930 to 1938 CE, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) got Caliphate from his Murshed Moula (Spiritual father) at the age of 40 and received instruction to move to Titagarh, West Bengal (home district) to transmit the teachings to his disciples leading to the widespread proliferation of his Silsila (ideology & philosophy).

Journey & Miracles (Karamat)

In the lifetime of Hazrat Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R), there were a lot of miracles in every steps, all of those are not possible to describe here. But some of them are mentioned below for understanding Hazrat Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R).

1. In September 1939, just after coming back at his home town Titagarh, from his Spiritual dorm completing his all spiritual courses, the 2^nd World war started. At that time, the Calcutta (Kolkata) city was one of the main business hub of the British Empire. That is why, the Japanese’s target was to capture Calcutta city to destroy or remove the British domination from the Asia region. Based on that planning, Japanese fighter plane mainly attacked through bombing on the Calcutta city. The Titagarh, Barrackpore and the Ichapore city are adjacent to Calcutta city. The whole Titagarh and Barrackpore city is an industrial zone, where lot of jute mills, cloth mills, world famous paper mill and other lot of industries existed and the biggest Rifle Factory of India were situated in Ichapore city. So, it can be guessed that, in the Japanese war plan, they had the intention to destroy these areas to weaken the British domination. Accordingly, a flock of Japanese fighter planes were flying frequently on the sky of Titagarh and trying to drop bombs again and again. The buildings and ground were shaking due to terrible rumble of Japanese fighter planes, the siren went on frequently, people were running here and there, some were taking shelter in the pre-excavated trench to save their life from the bomb attack. But Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) was walking along with his only successor and disciple Hazrat Syed Shah Sufi Khawaja Abul Hasan Chishty Quadry Biabani (R) on the G.C. Road of Titagarh, looking toward the sky again and again and muttering some words. Some of the neighbors were laughing to see that, in this dangerous moment Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) were walking on the road with his disciple. They thought maybe he will die with his disciple in the attack. But some of the neighbors actually knew him and after coming to Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R), they were crying and saying, “please save Titagarh and save us from this attack”. After hearing this appeal, the face and eyes of Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) became reddish with anger, he started moving with long step, looking at the sky and muttering continuously. It went on for a while and then, suddenly, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) loudly uttered looking towards sky, “If a single bomb is charged on Titagarh and Barrackpore, then the Japanese will not get relief from the justice of Almighty.” After saying this, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) said to his disciple, “O Hasan, let us move to our home, nothing will happen in Titagarh and Barrackpore”. And truly, the two cities got saved. The fact was recorded from his only successor and disciple Hazrat Syed Shah Sufi Khawaja Abul Hasan Chishty Quadry Biabani (R), who settled later on at the Khulna city of Bangladesh.

2. After the end of the 2^nd World War, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) again went to the Holy Rawza (Shrine) Mubarak of Shah Mohammad Banda Nawaz Gesu Daraz (R) at Gulbarga under Mysore (earlier) to pay his esteem homage. At that time, the state was being temporarily ruled by the Queen, as the King was seriously sick and the state was on severe trouble due to scarcity of food and partial regional drought. However, the Queen was very pious and prayed every night to the idol of deity to get rid of this situation and to show her a right way, so that she can get rid of this food crisis situation for her tenant and could pay the Tax to Central Govt. as well. So, she was praying night after night and then once at night she dreamt that her deity was saying, “A stranger Bengali Dervish (saint) came to your state, who is spiritually very powerful. Bring him cordially in your palace and pay your esteem homage to that Dervish, because only he can solve your problem.” Suddenly, the queen woke up at the early morning. She was very excited and after describing the stranger’s get-up seen in her dream, she sent her people at every corner of her state to bring that Bengali Dervish to her palace with great honor. Accordingly, her people went to every corner of the state and found that Bengali Dervish. However, after conveying the queen’s earnest request to keep his kind step in the queen’s palace, the Bengali Dervish accepted and came to the queen’s palace. Then the queen after paying homage to that Bengali Dervish, she told everything about her state’s situation to that dervish and requested him to pray for her so that she can get rid of these situations. However, after the Dervish came into the palace, as day by day the state situation was getting better, day by day the Queen’s devotion was also increasing towards that Bengali Dervish. Thus for every morning, after having the morning bath and wearing holy dresses, the queen paid her homage first to the feet of that Bengali Dervish and then to her idol of deity. In this way, once again the queen got message that, considering the situation, the Central Govt. also waived the Tax of her state. So, her state came out of crisis day by day and the queen became very much devoted to that Bengali Dervish and started worshiping him. These information circulated very rapidly in the entire Mysore state. On the other hand, the queen also had a famous Religious Master, who was known as Thakur (worshipper of deity), who had a lot of disciples and was appointed to give her advice on religious matter. However, this messages also reached to that Religious Teacher. Upon hearing the message that, a stranger Bengali Muslim Dervish came to the queen’s palace to solve her state crisis and the queen had been paying her esteem homage to that Bengali Dervish every day, he became very annoyed and started for the palace with all his disciples to charge the Bengali Muslim Dervish. However, after coming to the palace, the Religious Master became very angry on the Bengali Muslim Dervish, because the queen was paying homage to that Bengali Muslim Dervish instead of her Religious Master. So, the Religious Master said to the Bengali Muslim Dervish, if you have that spiritual power, then you have to prove it first and you have to bloom roses on that Basil Tree, which is on the decorated tub in front of the Queen’s room. The Bengali Muslim Dervish softly smiled and said, “If I can, then what will you do?” The Religious Master said, ‘if you can, then I will prostrate you with all my disciples.” After saying this, the Religious Master ordered some of his disciples to keep watch on the stranger Muslim saint. Thakur thought that, it is impossible to perform this miracle by that stranger Bengali Muslim saint, so he will run-away at night. The stranger Muslim saint prayed for whole night to Almighty for His blessing to the Queen to solve her total crisis and also prayed to bloom the rose on the Basil Tree as the Religious Master of Queen asked him to do, as otherwise he will cause him trouble. The stranger Muslim saint again prayed to Almighty, “O Allah, Thou informed the Queen that her crisis will be solved by me and I didn’t know anything about this. So, whenever Thou said this, please help me to overcome this situation.” The Almighty accepted his prayer and suddenly two roses bloomed on the branches of Basil Tree at the late night. However, at the early morning, when the morning lights are start to dazzling in the East Sky, then the Religious Master of Queen with all his disciples were started to come to the palace thinking that, probably the stranger Muslim saint had run away at night, if not then how can they charge the stranger Muslim saint. However, while thinking this, Religious Master with all his disciples came to the palace and saw a big gathering in front of Queen’s palace. Then he smiled in himself and thinking, “Probably the stranger Muslim saint run away at night.” But, when he along with his disciples came to that place, he became astonished to see that, there were two live roses bloomed on the branches of the Basil Tree. He came near the Basil tree and checked those two roses again and again, whether they were real or not! But he saw truly they were alive. He became speechless and confessed himself guilty in his mind. Suddenly he came back in his consciousness and thinking to go to that stranger Muslim saint for begging pardon and to prostrate, but while the gathering were busy to see those live roses, in between time the stranger Muslim saint left the Queen’s Palace. This was the miracle of Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) as he was that stranger Muslim saint, who did this miracle in the Queen’s palace. Its needed to mention here that, the stranger Bengali Muslim saint i.e. Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) was familiar there in the name of “Turk Shah” as probably during that period Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) almost had a Turkish cap on his head. (as recorded from his only successor.)

3. Just few years before the demise of Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R), he caught some sickness as he did a hard and long pursuit in his life to know about the Creator and his creation. Thus he suffered from a respiratory problem severely and by the grace of Almighty, he was alive for a long period. During this period, Hazrat Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) said to his child at a different time while laughing that, “My dear child, lie on my chest and listen, I have no heartbeat, what you all have”. His Children thought that father is joking with them and that is not possible. But, once his younger daughters tried to hear the heartbeat by placing their ear on the chest of their father, they didn’t get any sound of heartbeat. They tried to hear again and again, but they heard nothing. Then they asked to their father, how is it possible? Then Hazrat Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) said, “If Almighty wish, then everything is possible”. At that period, there was a famous doctor named Tarapada Babu, who was also taking care of Hazrat Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R), because he knew that Hazrat Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) is not a simple man, he is a great Saint and he can say the every past and future. However, once Dr. Tarapada Babu said to Hazrat Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R), “My lord, if you permit then I will take you to Calcutta for better treatment. I will form a doctors board there for investigation and diagnosis”. Then Hazrat Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) said, “O my dear Doctor, your medical science cannot diagnosis my problem. Ok let’s go as per your wish”. Dr. Tarapada Babu took him to Calcutta and after investigation saw in the chest X-ray that, his lung had no space for functioning, it looked like a thin paper and has pasted with the chest ribs. Then all the doctors in the board became astonished and thinking, how it is possible? Then Dr. Tarapada Babu said to the doctors in the board that, “Don’t be wondered, he is not a simple man, he is a great saint and everything is possible for him”. Then he briefed them about the life history of Hazrat Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R). After hearing this, all the doctors came to him and prostrated him with great honour.

4. Just before half an hour of demise, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) again showed the power of his wisdom that, he knows the future and that is, he is leaving this material world soon and in this way proved himself very successful in his life and also proved that, Almighty Allah is very happy with him and accepted any of his appeal according to his desire. The whole event has described in the “Decease and Burial” chapter.

Decease and Burial

After a long 16 years of proclamation of Sufism & Spiritualism, on September 19, 1954 CE, Sunday (22nd Muharram 1374 AH) at the age of 56 Years, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) left this material world forever at 11:30 PM. Last 2/3 days of his life, he suffered from some sickness and was laid on the bed. In between time, once Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) said to his wife to clean and make ready his torch light with its battery, as it will be needed to her shortly.

Just before half an hour of demise, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) said to his child to call his younger brother named Sheikh Lutfor Rahman, who was Doctor in profession alike their father and one of his close cousin named Abdur Rahman and also said to call Hazrat Ismail Shah (R), who was at that time, the Gaddi-nashin (Spiritually In-charge) at the Shrine of Hazrat Waris (R) at Titagarh. However after coming all of them in a short period in the house of Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R), he said them all to recite Surah-Al-Yassin and also asked to his child to give him more air with hand fan, as he was sweating much and breathing very rapidly. Then Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) laid down on his back and started to recite Surah-Al-Yassin along with them. While Surah-Al-Yassin recitation done up to Mubeen i.e. up to end of 1^st Ruku, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) turned his face at the right hand side and closed his eyes softly to left this material world. It seemed clearly, he knew that he had to leave this world at that moment. Then, all of his children and relatives broke into tears, who were present in front of him. The neighbors were being informed instantly and started to come and see him for the last time. Then the torch light, which Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) said to make ready, were extremely needed to use at that night. Next morning at 8:30 AM, Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) was buried at their family grave yard near to his house. On the other hand, while Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) had left this material world, his only disciple and successor Shah Hasan Chishty (R) were at Khulna city i.e. South Bengal of Bangladesh as per instruction of his Spiritual Father Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) to preach the Sufism and was spiritually informed then and there that, his Spiritual Father has left this material world. Then Shah Hasan Chishty (R) became very much depressed and disheartened, and it was impossible to console himself. However, within few days Shah Hasan Chishty (R) went to Titagarh to pay his esteem homage at the Holy Rawza Mubarak of his Spiritual Father “Hazrat Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R)” and met with the family of his Spiritual Father to convey his condolence and said them to inform him for any support needed to them.

After that, Shah Hasan Chishty (R) were thought to build the holy tomb of his Spiritual Father with very mournful mind but didn’t as once his Spiritual Father told him not to build his Shrine. However, after praying years after year, once Shah Hasan Chishty (R) informed spiritually one of his senior disciple Md. Sajiruddin Chishty to give necessary efforts to build his Spiritual Fathers Tomb and accordingly, it was built by the Grand Sons of Hazrat Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R), those who were also the disciples of Shah Hasan Chishty (R), but after 53 years of demise of Hazrat Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) i.e. at 2007.  From then the Holy Shrine is known as the Holy Rawza Sharif of Hazrat Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) to those, who loves his Creator and want to know “the mystery of The Creator and his creation”.

Impact and legacy

Every year, disciples of Shah Hasan Chishty (R) would get together at the mausoleum of Hazrat Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R)’s from different areas and countries of the world for the celebration of death anniversary of their Dada Peer (Spiritual Grand Father). The celebration starts at the morning with Sandal and Gazals composed by his only disciple and successor Shah Hasan Chishty (R) and finished at the end of night with prayer to get attainment and vicinity of Almighty Allah after listening and perceiving the Ilm-e-Mouseki (موسيقي علم) for a whole night. At the end of celebration, all the disciples of Shah Hasan Chishty (R) pay their esteem homage to their Dada Peer (Spiritual Grand Father) with the great pain of estrangement. In between time, the whole day is passed with recitation (Telawat) from the Holy Qur’an. At the evening, a Holy Fateha Sharif is rendered at the Holy Rawza Sharif of Hazrat Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) and then Shirni (holy food) is distributed among the disciples and participants.

Since 1954 CE, when Hazrat Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) left this material world to till date, his only disciple and successor Shah Hasan Chishty (R) is remembering his Murshed Moula (Spiritual Father) along with his disciples as well to get attainment, some are singing Gazals with deep remembrance, some are recite Al-Quran, some are plunged in pursuit and some are engaged to disclose the mysterious life of Hazrat Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R).

On the other hand, to spread out the philosophy of Hazrat Shah Faizur Rahman Biabani (R) all over the world, his only disciples and successor Shah Hasan Chishty (R) authored a lot the spiritual books and Gazals for the future generation, which will be the treasures of Spiritualism, Cosmology and Theology of Sufism.