Imamul Arus (rali) founded the Arusiyyatul Qadiriyyah Tariqah, which is being followed widely in Tamil Nadu, Srilanka, and in some places in Arab countries like Morocco, Libya and UAE.

We come to understand that the sea shore areas of Iran like Kurram Sha, Bandar Abbas, Jasim, Linja and other places too have followers of Arusiyyatul Qadiriyyah Tariqah.

There are still Murids in Kerala, Maharastra, West Bengal, and present day Bangladesh, where he went to establish Mosques in Bombay, Calcutta, Chittagong, Cox Bazaar etc.

By founding this branch of the Qadiriyyah Tariqah, he made the sufistic way of life very simple.

He prescribed very short recitals for his murids. He did away with the practice of long recitals, spending long hours in meditation etc. For example many Shaykhs teach their murids to recite 'La ilaha illallah' 10,000 times, 6000 times 'Allah' for every wakt etc.

There are only two compulsory recitals that Imamul Arus has prescribed for the murids of his Arusiyyatul Qadiriyyah Tariqah.

1. To recite a minimum of 100 times 'La ilaha Illallah' and 'Muhammadur Rasulullah' once.

2. To recite 10 times the Salawat "Adada mafi Ilmillah". This salawat was taught by the Holy Prophet (Sal) to Hadrat Ayeshah (rali) and she has said that its merit is 600,000 more than an ordinary salawat.

Apart from these he prescribed other forms of spiritual exercises, which are described in his books Fathud Dayyan, Fathus Salam, Maghani, Ghanimatus Salikin, and others. These exercises which the present Shaykh teaches vary from murid to murid, depending upon his Spiritual Enlightenment (daraja).

Ghanimatus Salikin is specially a book on this subject, which deals about the spiritual exercises and how a man can get elevation in the religion.

The other importance of Imamul Arus's Tariqah is that it is purely Qadiriyyah with no combinations of other Shaykhs. For example there are other tariqahs in South India like the one propagated by Shaykh Noori Shah (rali) of Hyderabad, which is a combination of Qadiriyyah and Chishtiyyah Tariqah.

As per the teachings of Imamul Arus, the disciple has to consider the Shaykh as the true representative of the Holy Prophet (sal). The disciple has to always have his Shaykh's memory and his image in his mind, whether he is doing something that is spiritual or worldly, and to do all deeds accordingly to his wishes.

Omar al Kahiri (Omar wali) (rali), the uncle of Imamul Arus's Shaykh, Sayyid Abdul Qadir Tayka Sahib (rali), lived only for 54 years, but has composed more than 20-25 spiritual books of the highest standards.

He is quoted to have said before his death that he expected things from Allah and got more than what he expected because of three things,

1. He never made enemy of anybody during his lifetime.

2. He always had the greatest respect for the family of the Holy Prophet (sal) i.e. Syeds, the Ahli Bayts, the Ulema and the religious people.

3. He never forgot for a minute the advises of his Shaykh. He always held his Shaykh's facial imagination (Tasawwura Shaykh) and then took him as his guide in all worldly and spiritual activities.

The above points were basis on which the Arusiyyatul Qadiriyyah Tariqah was founded.

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