Sufi Seminar & Sama Mahfil: Rahe Vander- Tangail

A Sufi Seminar and Sama Ceremony took place to observe the annual Zikr-e Mustafa (SW) & Zikr-e Gausul Azam Mahfil (R) at Tangail District. It was observed on 14 February, 2021 at Tetul Tala area at West Kagmara of Tangail District in Bangladesh.

Tangail Chapter members of the Youth Association of Rahe Vander Affectionate (YARA) organised this holy program as part of their annual program schedule. Tangail (Bengali: টাঙ্গাইল জেলা) formerly Tangail Upzilla of Greater Mymensingh district is a district (zila) in the central region of Bangladesh. It is the largest district of Dhaka division by area and second largest by population (after Dhaka district). The population of Tangail zila is about 3.8 million and its area is 3,414.28 square kilometres (1,318.26 sq mi). The main city of the district is Tangail. It is surrounded by Jamalpur District on the north, the Dhaka and Manikganj Districts on the south, the Mymensingh and Gazipur on the east, and the Sirajganj on the west. Distance from the Port City Chattogram (Chittagong District) to Tāngāil is 284 kilometers means 176 miles. This air travel distance is equal to 176 miles.

Sajjada Nashin of Chattogram Darbar Sharif Hajratul Allama SUFI SYED JAFAR SADEK SHAH Damaat Barakatuhu Al Qudsia attended as chief guest on the ceremony, is the surviving Grand Shaykh of Rahe Vander Tariqa.

Shaykh Syed Jafar Sadek Shah (DBQ) born on March 21, 1962 corresponding Choitoro 7, 1358 of the Bengali calendar year at his native house, which was well known as the Chattogram Darbar Sharif (at that time: Malek Manjil) situated at Boalkhali Pourasava in Chittagong district of Bangladesh. He is the Khalifa of Rahe Vander Tariqa’s Predeceased Shaykh Hajrath Mawlana SYED MOHAMMED ABDUL MALEK SHAH (1916-1980)  was his beloved father. Founder of the Rahe Vander Tariqa; Dulha-E Hajrath; The Universal Sufi Saint; Hajrath Mawlana SYED SALEKUR RAHMAN SHAH (May, Allah accept his holiness) (1848- 1968) named him SYED JAFAR SADEK while living at Yangon in Myanmar, was a great universal Sufi saint of the last century.

In the second session, SHAYKH SYED JAFAR SADEK SHAH (DBQ) addressed the ceremony in the context of Sufism in our modern day lifestyle. He also focused upon various related subjects as of Shahada (Arabic: ٱلشَّهَادَةُ‎ aš-šahādah), Kalma (Arabic: كَلِمَاة) , Introspective ideology ( معن عرفة النفس ), Turning back to our primordial existence Allah ( كلُّ شيء يعود إلى أصله )  , Necessity of a Sufi Shaykh ( الشيخ الصوفية ) etc.

The holy program started through the recitation of a verse from the Holy Quran, recited by Sabbir Hosain then Naat-e Rasool Sallahu Alaihi Wasallam was presented by Hajrat Ali, are the members of of Youth Association of Rahe Vander Affectionate (Tangail Chapter). Following them, ceremony’s earlier session was addressed by Khalifa-e Rahe Vanderi Mawlana Fakhruddin Chandpuri, an Arabic Lecturer of Sipatali Kamil Multipurpose Madrasa (M.A.), is an Islamic Scholar and famous orator (Waizeen) of nowadays Bangladesh.

Awlad and Khalifa-E Rahe Vander Mawlana Syed Moshiur Rahman Rahat, Mrs. Mahmuda Aktar- Female Councillor of ward #3, Mr. Helal Faqir- Councillor of ward #3, Mr. Shaiful Islam Sharkar- Councillor of ward #4, General Secretary of Bangladesh Tariqat Federation (Tangail District Chapter) Mr. Mukhlesur Rahman and Press Secretary attended the ceremony as special guest. While Pir-E Tariqat Hajrath Helal Sahib of Kagmara Darbar Sharif, Pir-E Tariqat Hajrat Sattar Ali of Qutub Shah Darbar Sharif and Hajrat Shamimul Haq was also present among some other local leaders and citizens.

Munajat was offered by Engineer Mawlana Hadiul Islam at the  end of first and Mr. Mukhlesur Rahman after the second session.

The holy occasion was closed after distribution of Blessed meal (Tabarruk) followwed by a SAMA Mahfil (Qwwali) performed by some members of Rahe Vander Sufi Shilpi Parishad.