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Khadim · Astana Alia Khanoharni Sharif
عشقِ مصطفیٰ ﷺ میں ڈھلتی زندگی
A life woven around the love of the Beloved ﷺ. Mehfil-e-Milad, 12 Rabi ul Awal, Urs Mubarak and Mela, preserved as a living album.
زین
سید زین العابدین کاظمی
Bismillah · An introduction
Syed Zain Kazmi is a devoted servant of Astana Alia Khanoharni Sharif, the spiritual home where the remembrance of Allah and the love of His Beloved ﷺ are kept alive through the year. From the illuminated night of the 11th to the grand Mehfil-e-Milad of 12 Rabi ul Awal, from the Urs Mubarak to the joy of the Mela, his days are spent in the service of these gatherings and the people who come to them.
This site is a living album of those moments: a record of devotion, gratitude and service, shared so that every visitor may take a little of that light home.
Ishq-e-Rasool ﷺ
Love for the Prophet ﷺ is the root from which every gathering grows.
Khidmat-e-Khalq
Serving the guests, the poor and the traveller as a way of worship.
Adab
Courtesy toward Allah, His Messenger ﷺ, the Awliya and every person.
Zikr
A heart kept alive with the remembrance of Allah, morning and night.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ۚ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا
Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings upon the Prophet. O you who believe, send blessings upon him and greet him with a worthy salutation of peace.
Surah Al-Ahzab 33:56
The rhythm of the year
Sacred Gatherings
محافل و مجالس
Each gathering has its own night, its own fragrance and its own lesson. Scroll through the year as it is lived at the Astana.
شبِ میلاد
11 ka Milad · Shab-e-Milad
The luminous night before 12 Rabi ul Awal, kept awake with naat, durood and salam until the dawn of the blessed birth.
Night of 11th Rabi ul Awal
بارہ ربیع الاوّل
12 Rabi ul Awal · Mehfil-e-Milad
Jashn-e-Eid Milad-un-Nabi ﷺ: the grand annual Mehfil-e-Milad celebrating the arrival of the Mercy to the Worlds ﷺ.
12th Rabi ul Awal
محفلِ نعت و سماع
Mehfil-e-Naat & Sama
Year-round gatherings of zikr, naat and sama, where hearts soften and the remembrance of Allah and His Beloved ﷺ fills the air.
Throughout the year
عرسِ مبارک
Urs Mubarak
The annual remembrance of the friends of Allah: Quran Khwani, Chadar Poshi, Mehfil-e-Sama and dua at the blessed resting place.
Annually, as announced by the Astana
میلہ
Mela
The festive heart of the community: families, stalls, traditional food and the colours of Punjab gathered in joy and brotherhood.
Alongside the annual Urs
لنگر و خدمت
Langar & Khidmat
Feeding all who come, without asking who they are. The open table is the oldest teaching of the Astana.
At every gathering
زیارات
Ziyarat & Journeys
Visits to the sacred places and the shrines of the Awliya, carrying the greetings of the devotees and returning with blessings.
Throughout the year
The night of light approaches
12 Rabi ul Awal
جشنِ عید میلاد النبی ﷺ
The annual Mehfil-e-Milad at Astana Alia Khanoharni Sharif: the night of the 11th is kept awake with naat and salam, and the 12th dawns in celebration of the Mercy to the Worlds ﷺ.
The living album
یادگار لمحات
From the glow of Shab-e-Milad to the crowds of the Urs and the warmth of the langar. Every gathering, preserved.
Words of the Beloved ﷺ
فرمانِ مصطفیٰ ﷺ
لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ وَالِدِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ
“None of you truly believes until I am more beloved to him than his father, his child and all of mankind.”
Islamic calendar
بابرکت ایّام
Upcoming blessed days, calculated live from the Hijri calendar. Gatherings held at the Astana are marked in gold.
- 10 Muharram
Ashura
یومِ عاشور
Remembrance of Imam Hussain and the martyrs of Karbala
- 11 Rabi ul AwalAt the Astana
Shab-e-Milad
شبِ میلاد
11 ka Milad: the illuminated night of mehfil
- 12 Rabi ul AwalAt the Astana
Eid Milad-un-Nabi ﷺ
عید میلاد النبی ﷺ
The annual Mehfil-e-Milad
- 11 Rabi us Sani
Gyarhvi Shareef
گیارہویں شریف
Remembrance of Ghaus-e-Azam Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani
- 27 Rajab
Shab-e-Mi'raj
شبِ معراج
The night of the Ascension
- 15 Sha'ban
Shab-e-Barat
شبِ برات
The night of forgiveness
- 27 Ramadan
Laylat al-Qadr
لیلۃ القدر
Better than a thousand months (sought in the odd nights)
- 1 Shawwal
Eid ul Fitr
عید الفطر
The festival of breaking the fast
- 10 Dhul Hijjah
Eid ul Adha
عید الاضحیٰ
The festival of sacrifice
Dates follow the Umm al-Qura calendar and may differ by a day with local moon sighting in Pakistan.
The spiritual home
آستانہ عالیہ خانو ہارنی شریف
A place where the lamps are never allowed to go out. Its doors open for the zikr of Allah, the naat of His Beloved ﷺ, the remembrance of His friends, and a langar from which no guest is turned away.
Join the circle
Send Durood upon the Beloved ﷺ
Tap the circle with each durood you recite. Whoever sends one blessing upon him ﷺ, Allah sends ten upon them. (Sahih Muslim 408)