Giyarvi Sharif 2027: Date in India and Meaning
Giyarvi Sharif, "the eleventh", remembers Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani (died 561 AH, 1166 CE), the Baghdad scholar and preacher from whom the Qadiri Sufi order takes its name. In South Asia it is observed on 11 Rabi us Sani, the date tradition there gives for his death.
Observed especially in the Ahle Sunnat (Barelvi) tradition
In India
Mon, 13 September 2027
Expected, subject to moon sighting. In Saudi Arabia (Umm al-Qura): Sun, 12 September 2027.
The year after: Sat, 2 September 2028.
Who Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani was
A Hanbali jurist and preacher in Baghdad whose sermons and writings were widely copied. The Qadiriyya became one of the most widespread Sufi orders, including in India.
How it is observed
- Ahle Sunnat (Barelvi) traditionGatherings with Quran recitation and fatiha, and food distributed as niyaz; many also mark the 11th of every month in the same way.
How other Sunni schools see it
Deobandi and Ahle Hadith scholars regard niyaz on a fixed date as an addition to religion and do not observe it.
Sources
- Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani"
- Annemarie Schimmel, Mystical Dimensions of Islam (University of North Carolina Press, 1975)
- Usha Sanyal, Devotional Islam and Politics in British India: Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi and His Movement, 1870 to 1920 (Oxford University Press, 1996)
Updated 6 October 2026 by the Sunni One editors, compiled from the sources above.