He was raised by his honourable parents, who were known for their piety. His household was fortunate enough to be of those who upheld the Prophetic way, and would engage themselves in supererogatory worship. The Grand Shaykh had spoken about this on multiple occasions, in one account he had told us;
“When I was a young child, I had got in to the habit of reading the dawn prayer with extreme vigilance. My grandfather gave me the duty of waking him for the Fajr (Dawn) Prayer, a task that I would relish. However, on one occasion I overslept, yet I found my grandfather had awoken and performed the ablution readying himself for the prayer. He called me but I did not immediately answer, to his amazement he found me still to be in bed. I inquired of him ‘Have you prepared for the prayer?’ he replied ‘Yes!’ in amazement ‘It was you who awoke me, telling me to ready myself for prayer and now you ask me such a question?’ The Grand Shaykh, praising Allah ﷻ the Exalted, explained that this is the special blessing of Allah Almighty ﷻ upon his righteous servants in allowing them to be in various places simultaneously.”
The Chosen one
“I was in my 19th year and had returned home for the day. When I entered my room I busied myself in clearing up my things, whilst doing this the room suddenly was consumed by a very bright light. The luminosity of this light was such it enveloped the room with a blanket of white light, the likes of which I had never encountered before. I was struck with an urge to inquire as to the source of this radiance; upon turning towards my right side I beheld the Beauty of the Messenger of Allah 
. I realised how Sayyiduna Abu Bakr 
felt when he proclaimed ‘I have seen none more handsome than you O Beloved of Allah ’ and how Hassaan bin Thabit and Imam Busiri 
made known the state of their hearts. The Messenger of Allah commanded me ‘Do the work of the Religion of Islam.’
To which I replied dutifully ‘As you have commanded I shall do, insha’Allah.’
He blessed me with some unripe dates which he had in his luminous hands and instructed me to take them. I gladly took them, and began to eat the dates that had the most unique taste. Upon finishing the dates my chest became illuminated with a very peculiar light, the light I felt penetrated my heart, and then my whole essence. It had elevated me to states that I had never reached, or seen before.
The Messenger of Allah raised me to the highest levels in the Path, placing me in the thresholds of the Rightful Champions of Truth, Maqam al-Siddiqiyya. To me it occurred I had reached the pinnacle and obtained the ultimate goal of those who have trodden the Path leading to Allah ﷻ the Exalted. The Prophet had blessed me in a manner of which a person of my standing is not worthy of.”
The Grand Shaykh reached stations of being the knower of Allah ﷻ the Exalted and His attributes as much as possible (al Arifu billah), The Muhammdan Reality was instilled, light poured and radiated to such extent that those who sat in his gatherings were quickly raised to the presence of the Prophet .
Immediately a sense of longing to please and gain closeness to Allah ﷻ and the Messenger of Allah was instilled, quickly night prayers became imbedded and frequent, this constant thirst and longing was fuelled by constant recitation of Salawaat upon the best of creation RasoolAllah . The body was consumed in the remembrance of the Lord, the Grand Shaykh was flowered with Prophetic character, silence was adopted, wisdom, the Master of Tareeqah was about to be born.
On 7th Rabi al-Awwal 1377 H, a Tuesday, the 1st October 1957 CE, the Shaykh travelled with his friend Raza Ahmad to Khanqah Mohri Sharif to attend the gathering of Grand Master, Khwaja Sufi Nawabuddin . Once there Grand Shaykh was overwhelmed by the sublime beauty and perfection in the Grand Master who sat before Him dressed in array of Prophetic light. Within the gathering a discussion took place by Grand Master which related to the young Grand Shaykh’s history and connection. Within moments he submitted and gave his hand into the Grand Master’s hand and officially came into the Tareeqah Naqshbandiyya Mujaddidiyya Order.
In a short span the tawwajuh of the Great Grand Shaykh was focused heavily on His new student. A short wird was given consisting of
100 times – Salawaat al Khidri
صَلَّى اللهُ عَلٰى حَبِيْبِهٖ مُحَمَّدٍ وَّاٰ لِهٖ وَاَصْحَابِهٖ وَسَلَّمْ
SallAllaahu ‘alaa Habeebihee Muhammadiw wa Aalihee wa as-Haabihee wa Sallam.
Salutations of Allah be upon His Beloved Muhammad – and his family and his companions – and peace (be upon them)!
300 times – Dua
يَاحَيُّ يَاقَيُّوْم
Yaa Hayyu Yaa Qayyum
O Ever-Living One! O Upholding One!
100 times – Salawaat al Khidri
صَلَّى اللهُ عَلٰى حَبِيْبِهٖ مُحَمَّدٍ وَّاٰ لِهٖ وَاَصْحَابِهٖ وَسَلَّمْ
SallAllaahu ‘alaa Habeebihee Muhammadiw wa Aalihee wa as-Haabihee wa Sallam.
Salutations of Allah be upon His Beloved Muhammad – and his family and his companions – and peace (be upon them)!
The young student was in awe and mesmerised by the new litany given to him by Great Grand Shaykh. Khwaja Sufi Muhammad Aslam was a man known for His extensive Ibadah (Worship) and his carrying out the night prayers vigilantly; and all of a sudden he had received such a small litany in comparison. This thought crossed his mind, however such was his purity, foreseen by the sight of Great Grand Master within for he saw with the Light of Allah ﷻ, this sense of delight and mesmerisation was captured and what was to unfold was light upon light.
As the Grand Shaykh narrates:
Great Grand Master appeared to me that evening; I had never beheld such a Shaykh before. Light was pouring from his forehead like the rain of the Monsoon and gleaming like the midday sun, his smile had the likeness of a piercing arrow drawing my heart ever more close to him. I sensed the warmth of his spirituality enveloping me. His eyes shone with the mysteries of Ma’rifah. Great Grand Master focused his spiritual attention, tawajjuh, towards me and I found that my heart was transmitting the Dhikr of Allah Hu with every beat. The transmission starting from my heart spread all over my body until every atom was busy in proclaiming Allah Hu Allah Hu Allah Hu! I found to my amazement that in one tawajjuh of the Great Grand Master my whole essence began to transmit this great Dhikr. This brought upon me a state that I had never experienced before and he caused an expansion in my soul as if he had renewed it by the permission of Allah ﷻ the Exalted. Alhamdulillah!
At the age of 29 on the 1st October 1963 the Grand Shaykh was sent by the Great Grand Master to the barren lands of England, Europe. In a land where darkness thrived through fornication, clubbing, drinking, and all other Satan incited acts. He quickly witnessed that man had fallen victim to the lower self. This is where man does whatever he wills in order to satisfy and pursue carnal desires, a wordly pursuit, without consideration of what is right (Halal) and what is forbidden (Haram).
The Messenger of Allah said:
“Whoever holds of to my sunnah at the time of corruption of my Ummah, will get the reward of a hundred martyrs”
(Imam Baihaqi in his Kitab uz Zuhd)
Over the many decades, he vastly transformed thousands, from those who attended the pubs and clubs to those who indulged in the major sins of zina, and he placed within their hearts the light of remembrance, sending them onto the Mussala (prayer mat) of RasoolAllah , and furthermore forging them into beacons of light for us as a nation to drink from today in the 21st Century.
Resting place of The Great Shaykh of Europe – Jhelum, Pakistan