Abdul Hakim Sialkoti was born in 988
AH/ during the reign of Mughal Emperor
Akbar into a
weaver family from
Sialkot. He was the son of Shaykh Shams al-Dīn, a religious scholar. Abdul Hakim received his early education from his father, and then studied under the renowned religious scholar of his time, Shaykh Kamāl al-Dīn (d. 1017 AH/ 1608), who was also the teacher of another well-known theologian,
Ahmad Sirhindi. During the reign of Akbar, Sialkoti taught in Lahore where he came to be known as Fazīl Lahorī. He had two notable class fellows, Ahmad Sirhindi and Nawab
Sa'dullah Khan. When Sa'dullah Khan was appointed as
vizier of Emperor
Shah Jahān, Sialkoti was introduced to the emperor by the former who ordered him to be sent for. He became the most influential scholar in the imperial court, and taught in the imperial
madrassa in
Delhi. He was the one who introduced the Persian philosopher
Mulla Sadra in the Subcontinent, and his fame reached as far as
Ottoman Empire already during his lifetime. Ahmad Sirhindi and Sialkoti were both class fellows. After the completion of their studies, they remained separated till 1022 AH/1613. Later in that year, one of Sialkoti's students remained absent for a few days from the class. Sialkoti got concerned and he sent word for him. The student came back with few pages in his hands and on Sialkoti's curiosity, he told that he read these pages and they caught his attention that he got distracted from his studies. When Sialkoti read the pages, he was also impressed. Ultimately, he figured out that these pages were written by Ahmad Sirhindi himself. Between 1023 AH/1614 and 1024 AH/1615, he went to Sirhind to meet Ahmad and accepted Sirhindi's discipleship. He was the one who gave the title of
Mujadid-e-Alf-e-Sani (Reviver of the second millennium) to Ahmad Sirhindi. In return, Ahmad Sirhindi bestowed upon him the title of
Aftāb-i-Panjāb (Sun among the scholars of
Punjab). ==Literary works==