They exorcise malicious spirits and perform rituals of purification. The Jilala are also renowned for their ability to provide spiritual and physical healing, especially of seizure disorders. When entranced, they dance over burning coals. The Jilala Brotherhood, an offshoot of the Qadiriyya, is an order of Dervish musicians renowned for trance dancing. Among them are the Jilala Brotherhood and the Gnawa Brotherhood. Although he never traveled to North Africa, he is intensely venerated there by various mystical brotherhoods ( tariqas), perhaps in less conventional ways than this conservative man may have envisioned while he was alive.
Tariqa is typically translated into English as brotherhood but literally means the way. Moulay ‘Abd al-Qadir founded the Qadiriyya, the first organized Sufi tariqa. Moulay ‘Abd al-Qadir is invoked for any type of assistance, especially healing, but is renowned for preventing miscarriage. He authored several books and lived to a ripe old age. Eventually, facilities were built that incorporated a home for the holy man and his extensive family, as well as a guesthouse and classrooms for students. People were tremendously moved by Moulay ‘Abd al-Qadir’s teachings his reputation grew. The awestruck mystics instantly acclaimed him as a master and welcomed him, naming him the Rose of Baghdad. He accepted the vessel and, in the middle of winter, out of season, materialized a perfect rose to place within it, indicating both his exceptional powers and that room would be found for him. Legend has it that when Moulay ‘Abd al-Qadir arrived at the city limits, he was greeted by a coalition of teachers bearing a vessel filled with water, indicating that the city was already filled to the brim with spiritual leaders and that there was no room for him. He was over fifty when he returned to Baghdad, a city packed with mystic teachers, holy people, and miracle workers. He left Baghdad to spend twenty-five years wandering Iraq’s deserts in spiritual pursuits. He initially pursued the sciences, until he experienced a tremendous spiritual awakening. Moulay ‘Abd al-Qadir went to study in Baghdad, then the center of learning in the Islamic world. Al-Jilani is his surname, indicating his place of birth in the Iranian district of Jilani.‘ Abd al-Qadir is his personal name meaning Servant of the All-Powerful.He is referred to as Sheikh or Moulay, honorifics and terms of respect. 1077–1166) is now widely considered to be among the greatest of all Sufi saints.
Renowned as a miracle worker during his lifetime, Moulay ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani (c. PRONOUNCED: ahbd-ahl-kah-deer-ahl-jill-ah-nee.ĮPITHETS: Sultan of the Saints The Supreme Helper The Rose of Baghdad Standard Bearer of the Way The Grey Falcon The Radiantly Shining Lamp. Also known as ‘Abd al-Qâder Abdelkader Abdelqader al-Jilani Abdul Qadir Jilani Abdelkadar Jilali Abdelkader Ghailani.
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