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{{Infobox person
|name            = Mai Safoora [[Qadiriyya]]
|image           = Arabic Calligraphy of word Hazrat Mai Safoora Qadiriyya.png
|caption         = Arabic Calligraphy
|birth_name      = Safoora
|birth_date      = 
|death_date      = 1795
|birth_place     =  Jarala, {in [[Mughal Empire]] / [[Durrani Empire]] (1747–1826)}
|residence       = Ravi belt, in [[Durrani Empire]]
|other_names     = 'Rabia Zaman'
|known_for       = Sufism, Miracles, Piousness 
|era             = [[Durrani Empire]] (1747–1826)
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|education       = Religious Education
|alma_mater      = 
|occupation      = Agriculture
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|family          =Farooqi Qadiri{{fact|date=October 2012}}
|spouse          = Khwaja Noor Muhammad{{fact|date=October 2012}}
|children        = Saleh Muhammad Safoori (son), Saleha (daughter{{fact|date=October 2012}}
|parents         = Rustam Ali{{fact|date=October 2012}}
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'''Rabia Zaman Mai Safoora Qadiriyya (r.a)''' '''(رابعہ زماں حضرت مائی صفورہ قادریہ رحہ)''' or Mai Safoora was a holy [[Sufi]] lady of southern Punjab.
Her modesty and piousness are described by many contemporary historians.
Her Sufi position was accepted by the poet Ali Haider who previously believed that "a woman can't become Sufi"{{fact|date=October 2012}}.

= = = Miracles = = =
Ali Haider who was a local saint from nearby town once refused to accept the Wilayat of Hazrat Mai Safoora Qadiriyyah. One day he was walking along the Bank of the Ravi River. And what he saw astonished him. He saw Hazrat Mai Safoora Qadiriya praying her Namaz in the middle of Ravi River. He became so  embaressed about his refusal of her Wilayat that he asked the forgiveness of Allah Almighty.⏎
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== Life ==
She was born in Jarala (a place in present [[Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]){{fact|date=October 2012}}. According to tradition, she was of Arab descent, her grandfather being one Abu'il'Fateh{{fact|date=October 2012}}, who was an Arab merchant and a Qadiri Sufi by denomination{{fact|date=October 2012}}. In her childhood, she got formal religious education in Islam and also learnt three languages, Punjabi, Persian and Arabic. In addition, she also obtained spiritual-mystical training.

At the time of her birth, the Punjab was under the [[Mughal Empire]]. But after the death of [[Nader Shah]], [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]] the [[Afghan]] in 1747 became the [[Padshah]] ([[King]]) and most of the area was ceded to him along with [[Sindh]] by the weak Mughals, in order to save themselves from Afghan attack. This was the foundation of the Afghan [[Durrani Empire]] which remained in power from 1747 until 1826. This period also coincided with much of her life, by and large{{fact|date=October 2012}}. After that the Punjab came under the Sikh Empire (1799–1849) and was later annexed to [[British India]] in March 1849.

She was supposedly married to one Khawaja Noor Muhammad and had two children by him. Whilst living a normal domestic life, she also practiced her ascetic beliefs and was very pious and devoted to prayer. In time, it is claimed she performed several miracles and attained to a high degree of faith{{fact|date=October 2012}}. After her demise, her family and various locals set up  a small shrine over her grave where people would come to pray and ask for assistance {{fact|date=October 2012}}>. After her demise she was titled 'Rabia Zaman' by people, indicating that she was the 'Rabia of the Age' (after the earlier Arabic Sufi saint [[Rabia Basri]]).

== Descendants ==
She had two children Saleh Muhammad Safoori (son), Saleha (daughter){{fact|date=October 2012}}.
The descendents of Saleh Muhammad Safoori are still living in same area where she was born, lived and died.<ref>{{cite book |title= Descendents of Mai Safoora |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= |publisher= |location=.|isbn= |page= |pages= |url=http://www.dawn.com/2011/06/23/controversy-over-poet-ali-haider.html |accessdate=}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:Muslims]]
[[Category:Asian Sufis]]
[[Category:1795 deaths]]
[[Category:1742 births]]