Qalyd-ul-Jawahir by Hazrat Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani r.a

Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani (عبد القادر الجيلاني‎), Al-Sayyid Muhiyudin Abu Muhammad Abdal Qadir Al-Jilani Al-Hasani Wal-Hussaini (born 11 Rabi al-Thani, 470 Hijri, in the town of Na'if, district of Gilan, Ilam Province Or Amol ofTabarestan , Persia, died 8 Rabi al-Awwal 561 AH, in Baghdad,^[1] (1077–1166 CE), was a Persian^[2] Hanbali jurist and Sufi based in Baghdad. Qadiriyya was his patronym.

Al-Gilani was born around 1077, in , Persia.[nb 1][3] His family was part of the Hanbali school, one of the schools of religious law within Sunni Islam. Al-Gilani's father, Abu Salih Musa al-Hasani, was a descendant of Hasan ibn Ali, (Imam Hasan). Hassan was the eldest son of Ali and Fatimah. Ali was Muhammad's cousin and Fatima was Muhammad's daughter. Al-Gilani's mother was the daughter of Abdullah Sawmai, a descendant of Husayn ibn Ali, the younger son of Ali and Fatima. Thus, Al-Gilani was both a Hasani and Hussaini Sayyid.

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