The

Sarwari Qadri Way as explained by Hazrat Sultan Bahu (RA)

The Qadri order has two off shoots, Zahidi and Sarwari Qadri.
A Sarwari Qadri Murshid is the possessor of all the attributes of Ism-e-Allah Zaat(the
personal Name of Allah The Essence), that is why when he blesses a seeker with the
Divine guidance and persuasion of Ism-e-Allah Zaat, he grants him an equal status of
his own.
Thus seeker becomes so indifferent to all needs and completely resigned to Allah
that gold and soil becomes equal for him. On the contrary the follower of Zahidi
Qadri order has to devote at least twelve years to hard mystic struggles, then Hazrat
Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani RA helps him and elevates him to the status of majzoob
(lunatic) devotee, while the status of a Sarwari Qadri devotee is that of belovedness.
(From Kaleed-ul-Tauheed Kalan by Sultan Bahu RA)

Only the Qadri way has complete command over time and space. There are two
kinds of Qadri way, Zahidi Qadri and Sarwari Qadri. I, the humble Faqeer, possess
command over the Sarwari Qadri way, as when I found presence in the sacred
Assembly of the Holy Prophet Sall'Allahu Alayhi Wa'alihi Wasallam, he took oath of
allegiance from me and ordered warmly "have courage to guide people on the way
to Allah". After persuasion he assigned me to Hazrat Pir Dastgeer Razi Allah Anhu.
He also blessed me with eternal success and ordered to persuade people. It owes to
his kind favour that, afterwards, whenever I concentrated on Zahir (extrinsic self)
and Batin (inner self) of any seeker, at once took him to the Assembly of the Prophet
Sall'Allahu Alayhi Wa'alihi Wasallam just with the help of Tasawur-e-Ism-e-Allah
Zaat and Tasawur-e-Ism-e-Mohammad, without putting him to any hard mystic
struggle or supererogatory prayer. Then there remained no veil before him and he
saw Ism-e-Allah Zaat everywhere. Sarwari Qadri way is definitely a very courageous
and bounteous way, while in other ways people burnt some seekers to death by the
extreme fire of Ism-e-Allah Zaat, some could not bear the burden of Ism-e-Allah Zaat
and helplessly stopped moving forward on the way to Allah, and some apostatized.
(From Ain-ul-Faqr by Sultan Bahu RA)

What is the initial status of an accomplished Sarwari Qadri? (It is that) he blesses
the seeker with presence in the Assembly of Prophet Sall'Allahu Alayhi Wa'alihi
Wasallam by drowning him in The Divine Light of knowledge of Allah only with his
one glance, or by Tasawur-e-Ism-e-Allah Zaat (contemplation of Personal Name of
Allah) or by stroke of Kalma Tayyaba (the creed) or by his intrinsic attention. This is
the first day lesson of the Sarwari Qadri way. The Murshid who does not know this
lesson and cannot take his seekers to the Assembly of Prophet Mohammad
Sall'Allahu Alayhi Wa'alihi Wasallam is not a perfect Qadri. His ecstatic state is just
an illusion and deceit because the original and perfect Qadri always remains
drowned in the Divine Union by being engrossed in the light of Divine knowledge.
Remember there are two kinds of Sarwari Qadri way. One is Zahidi Qadri in which
the seeker appears to be doing hard mystic struggles, he strokes his heart with loud
invocation, keeps check on his nafs (baser self) by meditation, remains busy in

supererogatory prayers, spends his nights in prayers and days in fasting but has no
knowledge and vision of his Batin (inner self). He just shows off to be having Divine
experiences by his conversation. The other way is Sarwari Qadri in which the
Perfect Faqeer actually experiences the ecstatic states of Divine closeness, union and
vision and can take his seekers to the Divine company and union and bless him with
the status of Haq-ul-Yaqeen (experiencing the Divinity). Only such Sarwari Qadri
Faqeer is trustworthy because he is the killer of Nafs (baser self) and the
commander who steps forward boldly in the battlefield of Divine Truth.
(From Mehek-ul-Faqr Kalan by Sultan Bahu RA)

The Sarwari Qadri way is named so because "Sarwari" means to have oath of
allegiance at the sacred hands of Sarwar-e-Aalam Hazrat Mohammad Sall'Allahu
Wa'alihi Wasallam and "Qadri" means to follow the path of Hazrat Shaikh Abdul
Qadir Jilani.
Sarwari Qadri is actually the one who swears allegiance upon the hands of Hazrat
Mohammad Sall'Allahu Alayhi Wa'alihi Wasallam. All the evils and immoral
behaviors are removed from his self and is blessed with the taufeeq (Divine favour)
to adopt the way of Shariat-e-Mohammadi.
(From Mehek-ul-Faqr Kalan by Sultan Bahu RA)