Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi

Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi
Mystic
Born	12 Rajab 403 H or January 1013 Hankar, Mosul
Died	11 Rabī’ al-Thānī 513 H or July 1119 Baghdad
Venerated in	Islam
Major shrine	Baab-e-Azj, Baghdad

Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi (Arabic: ابوسعیدمبارک مخزومی‎‎), known also as Mubarak bin Ali Makhzoomi and Abu Saeed and Abu Sa'd al-Mubarak (rarely known as Qazi Abu Sa'd al-Mubarak al-Mukharrimi) was a Sufi saint as well as a Muslim mystic and traditionalist. He was an Islamic theologian and a Hanbali jurist based in Baghdad, Iraq. Abu Saeed was his patronym.

Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi was born in Hankar (the land of his Murshid) on 12th Raja 403 Hijri but spent most of his life in Makhzum, a small town in Baghdad. He established Baab-ul-Azj, the famous madrasa of Baghdad whom he later handed over to his disciple and khalifah, Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani. Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi was also appointed as the chief justice but he preferred to renounce the worldly life. Thereafter he led his life as a mystic and devoted his time to the dhikr of Allah. He died on 11th Rabī’ al-Thānī 513 Hijri and was buried in Baab-ul-Azj, Baghdad.

Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi is known as one of the greatest Imams of Fiqh in his era. He followed the Hanbali school of thought. He was the Murshid and most proficient spiritual guide of Shaikh Abdul Qadir jilani amongst teachers. He often said:

“I invested Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani with a robe khirqa and he invested me too with a robe. We attained blessings from each other.”

The lineage of Faqr reaches Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi from Muhammad in the following order:

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