Silsilah Ehsanniyyah was established by Khwaja Ehsanullah Shah and is based on the teachings of Qibla Alam Khwaja Habeebullah Shah QS.

Khwaja Ehsanullah Shah was appointed by Qibla Alam Khwaja Anwaarullah Shah who received his Khalifate from Qibla Alam Khwaja Wajhullah Shah, the successor of Qibla Alam Khwaja Habeebullah Shah QS. The mission of the Tariqa is to spread the Sufi teachings of Divine Love (Hubb) to bring hearts closer to Allah swt and to bring peace and harmony to the lives of all.

The ennoble path of Qibla Alam Khwaja Habeebullah Shah QS is the way of the holy Prophet PBUH, Companions and the great Imams of the major Sufi orders in Islam. Qibla Alam Khwaja Habeebullah Shah QS was adorned with 45 Silsilahs, of which the major 5 are Chisti, Qadiri, Naqshabandi, Suhrawardi and Sanusi. These lineages are inherited by the appointed successors till today.

Anchored in the practices of the Shariah (Islamic Rulings), Sunnah of the Holy Prophets pbuh and the methods of Zikr that have been handed down from the great Imams of Tariqa till present times, the emphasis of this noble way is to be in a constant state of remembrance of Allah swt (Zikrullah) internally and externally.

The aims of this noble way are:

• To attain the merits of spiritual development

• To efface the ego

• To be in a constant communion with Divine Love (Hubb)

Hazrath Al-Hajj Khwaja Habebullah Shah Chistiul Qaadiri Naqshabandi Suhrawardhi Sanusi Salaasil Arba’een Hazrath Al-Hajj Khwaja Habebullah Shah q.s. was born in India to Abdul Hameed and Ahmed Begum. He was the Grand Murshid of all 43 Tariqahs with more than 100,00 Mureeds from all over the world, comprising of prominent Scholars, and learned men. With the birth and coming of the Grand Syeikh, the Chisti Qadiri Tariqah attained great fame and recognition. Having been inclined towards religious knowledge at a young age, Khwaja Habeebullah Shah q.s. pursued and mastered the various Islamic sciences which included Quran, Hadith and was fluent in the Persian, Urdhu, Tamil and English language.

The beginning of Hazrath Al-Hajj Khwaja Habebullah Shah’s q.s. spiritual journey

Naturally drawn to spirituality at a young age, he met his Spiritual guide, Khwaja Arifullah Shah Chisiti Qaadiri q.s. at the age of fourteen, in which he was initiated into the Tariqah. Having served and trained under his spiritual guide, Hazrath Al-Hajj Khawaja Habebullah Shah q.s. attained perfect gnosis and mastered various sciences in Tasawwuf & Tariqah.

40 Spiritual Chains

While working as a manager in RE Muhammad Kassim & Company in Tanjai District, of South India, he met with an ocean of knowledge, Quthubeh Tamkeen Hazrath Khwaja Khair Muhammad Shahib Siddiqque Meerathi q.s. It was through this encounter that he received further spiritual training which elevated his spiritual status even higher. Eventually, as a result of his excellence, Hazrath Al-Hajj Khawaja Habebullah Shah q.s. was made a Khalifah through Hazrath Khwaja Khair Muhammad Shahib Siddiqque Meerathi q.s. which gave him the authorization to train spiritual aspirants from 40 Tariqahs.

The meeting with Hazrath Syed Murtaza Sani Ashadullah shah Asrabhi Muhajiri Mathani Hazrath q.s.

During his Hajj (Pilgrimage) trip in 1959, Hazrath Khwaja Khair Muhammad Shahib Siddiqque Meerathi q.s. met with the Grand Syeikh of the Sanusi Tariqah, Hazrath Syed Murtaza Sani Ashadullah shah Asrabhi Muhajiri Mathani Hazrath q.s. who exchanged their views and philosophies of Sufism. It was through this encounter that Hazrath Syed Murtaza Sani q.s. took bai’ah from Hazrath Al-Hajj Khwaja Habeebullah Shah q.s who made him the Khalifah of the entire 40 Tariqahs. In exchange, Hazrath Al-Hajj Kh waja Habebullah Shah q.s took bai’ah from Hazrath Syed Murtaza Sani q.s. who made him Khalifah of the Sanusi Tariqah.

In book The Spiritual Message of Islam written by Qibla Alam Khawaja Habeebullah Shah q.s., he concludes his written pieces as follows:

I have to reiterate that Spiritual Development is based on complete self-negation. By this one can attain close communion with God and become absorbed in the Divinity.

The object of a Shaikh is to teach the Salik to get released from the clutches of desires and passions and to emerge out of his individual sphere of knowledge and enter into the knowledge of God.

Sufism is nothing but the “Knowledge of Nearness of God” and the one who is conversant with this knowledge knows the secret of the relation between God and man. This knowledge is absolutely essential for the attainment of the imperishable joy and pleasure and everlasting peace.

This knowledge is the true knowledge of “La Ilaha Illallahu”. The knowledge of this sacred Kalima keeps mankind from duality and raises up mankind to higher states of Spiritual enlightenment.

All the Prophets from time to time delivered this sacred message and imparted this knowledge for perfection of mankind and peace in the world. For those who have this knowledge God has declared:

فَرَوْحٌۭ وَرَيْحَانٌۭ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍۢ

Then (for him) there is comfort and fragrance and garden of bliss [Quran 56:89]