By Mufti Mohammad Anwar Khan Edited by Faraz Abdul Moid Mawlana Shah ‘Abd al-Qādir Raipūri, the celebrated spiritual reformer and well-known guide of Tasawwuf in India, was born in 1296 AH in the village of Dhudiyan located in Sargodha District of Punjab Province of modern day Pakistan. His father, Hafiz Ahmad, was a righteous individual who belonged to a family steeped in religious learning and piety. Thus, when Mawlana Raipuri was born, he was surrounded by Islamic scholarship and religiosity. As the Mawlana’s life shows, he too began to develop a thirst for knowledge that was a common trait amongst his family…