The Real face of Imposter Scholars in the light of Hazrat Baba Bulleh-Shah’s Poetry

Muhammad Ali Kareemi and Ihsan ul Rehman Ghouri

Abstract

In my Research work, I analyzed the criticism made by Hazrat Bulleh-Shah on fake Islamic scholars. In the poetry of Hazrat Bulleh-Shah, important basic principles of humanity and moral values were explained in a very good manner. Those educational institutions from where the great Islamic scholars, Syed Abdul Qadir Jillani, Shahab ul din Sehrwardi and Imam Ghazali got benefits. Now, nothing is left there except the superficial knowledge. Scholars have been entangled on many matters of life just because of their unnecessary arguments and ego. The object oriented and meaningful poetry of Hazrat Bulleh-Shah has been proved very fruitful in spreading the message of saints to the people. The educational institutes which made such great people like Baba Farid Udin Gunje Shakar, Hazrat Sultan Bahoo and Shah Abdul Latif Bhatai, Today those institutions are not giving such beneficial and spiritual education. They are only educating materialism. Now a days most of the scholars, I am to say them scholars because they are holding high degrees, they are not giving such education or knowledge, which they ought to but, their only objective is to make money. This making of money is the only reason for the ignorance among people and sectors among them. In my views, the spiritual knowledge of Ulama-e-Karaam must be given in its original color at national and international level. I counsel at the great universities of my region to promote the knowledge and sayings of Sufis, because the studies of Sufism is ultimately the studies of peace and humanity. Today, our main problem is anarchy and lawlessness and the thirst of money and material among people because most of the people are ignorant of the real knowledge. I just want to say that we should excite the thirst of real knowledge among people. In this way, they may know about the purpose of their arrival in this world and get themselves prepared for the day of judgment.