Ata Hussain Fani Chishti
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Hazrat Ata Hussain Fani (1810–1889), also known as Ata Hussain Gayavi or Haji Ata Hussain Chishti Monami Abulolai, was a famous Sufi saint of the chisti order in South Asia
. He was the first Sufi to go in the complete non-Muslim locality of Gaya
and spread Islam
. He was a Sufi, writer, poet, linguist and one of the greatest orators of his time.
Although he never touched money with his hands he lived life kingsize. He always befriended strangers specially non-Muslims and everyone loved him to the deepest core of their hearts. There were thousands of converts(both humans and Genie
) to Islam
on his hands. His only aim in life was to serve the entire human being on this earth and spread the message which the Prophet Muhammad brought on this earth. He died as the Ghaus (the highest degree of spirituality a Sufi can attain in his life) of his time.
, India
. He was nurtured by his father Sultan Ahmed Shaheed up to the age of 10. Though at the age of 10 after the death of his father his paternal grandfather Ghulam Hussain Danapuri took complete responsibility of his most loved grandchild. He died at the age of 86 just after 9 years making him his successor of the ancestral Khanquah. After the death of his pir-o-murshid he was nurtured by his maternal uncle Ala Hazrat Meer Qamruddin Husain Monami, who completed his worldly studies as well as spiritual teachings and awarded Khilafat -o- Ijazat after completion.
. After the death of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir Imam Jafar al-Sadiq became the imam of the Muslim community. Another Son of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir was Abdullah Shaheed who died in the life of his father. His descendants migrated to Tus in present Iran
. After few generations one of the descendants migrated to Lahore
, Pakistan
. Later on a great learned scholar from that branch of Baqri sayyid
s known as Tajuddin Dehlvi migrated towards India
via Ajmer
. He became a murid
and Khalifa of Moinuddin Chishti
at Ajmer. He send him to Delhi
in the company of Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
. He later on settled in Delhi itself. His son went to Kalpi, Uttar Pradesh
, India
to spread Islam
. After migrating to various places to spread light of Islam in Eastern and Northern India this branch of Sayyid
migrated to Danapur in the leadership of Muhammad Basir, the then Sajjada Nasheen of the khanqah Chistia which was founded by Tajuddin Dehlvi.
and Sufism
. Their shrines are located at various places all over northern and eastern India.
at Ajmer. After he was awarded with the Ijaza of the Chisti order from Moinuddin Chishti
he was sent to Delhi
for further spiritual empowerment in the company of Hazrat Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
. Later he settled down in Delhi and was buried in Delhi only. He died in 691 hijri
. When he was awarded the Khilafat from Moinuddin Chishti he was also awarded with the khirkha(gown) of his master which is still preserved in his khanquah at Gaya
, Bihar
, India
.
, India
and spread Islam there. He is one of the earliest Sufis of kalpi.
. He was awarded with the cap(kulah) of his master which is still preserved in the khanquah. Another Sufi of the same name lived in the same town but he was the murid-o-khalifa of Syedna Abulola Akbarabadi. He died in 1071 hijri.
(spiritual master) of the king of that kingdom, Daud Shah. The capital of that kingdom was Hajipur, presently a small town near Patna
, Bihar
, India
. He invited him to his capital where his shrine exists today and is famous as the shrine of Badshah ke pir(master of the king).
in the locality now known as Kachauri Gali. The family lived for three generations over there.
. The ancestral Naseeria branch of Chisti order came to and end to this great Sufi who lived for 116 years and died in 1126 hijri
.
. As he was born in muharram he was given the name Ghulam-e-Hussain. He was the grandson of Syed-ul-Majzubin and the grandfather of Shah-e-Ata. He became the murid-o-khalifa of Hazrat Maqdum Munampak. He also got Khilafat from few other Sufis of that time. He had four sons. He became very famous as one of the early Sufis of the Munamia order. He had had four sons who carried his lineage forward. He made Shah-e-Ata his Spiritual Successor and the Successor of the ancestral Khanquah of Tajuddin Dehlvai in front of all his companion, disciples, khalifas and family members. He also had many Khalifas all over Bihar. He died at the age of 86 and his shrine is present in Danapur.
on foot to the Mecca
at the age of 28. The journey took a total of 5 years. He was finally ordered by the Muhammad spiritually to go back to India
and spread the light of Islam and accept the responsibility as a Qutub of Gaya where he lived, died and was buried. He reached in Gaya in 1850. He arrived at the house of the then district judge of Gaya, Syed Ashraf Hussain Sadrus Sudoor(He was already shown the face of Shah-e-Ata in dreams spiritually and was told to welcome him whole heartedly).
by all the major branches of the respective orders. He was originally bait in the Chistia Khizria Monamia order and completed his Sulook in Abulolaiya order from his uncle Hzrat Syed Shah Qamruddin Monami. He also had great spiritual connections wid Hazrat Mohiuddin Abdul Qadir Jilani
, Hazrat Baba Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Nizamuddin Auliya
and Hazrat Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri.
Start of the Chishti Order:
Start of the Chisti Khizria branch
Start of the Chistia Khizria Munamia branch
when he went to Medina and was produced in front of the court of Prophet (not in dreams).
Other titles are as follows
. He had only three children, one son and two daughters out of which only two carried the lineage forward. One of his daughter didn't have any children. His son is remembered as Syed Shah Ghulam Qutubuddin Chishti. All of his grandsons and great grandsons were great Sufis of their time. There are enormous blessings of the Prophet Muhammad that there are great Sufis in each generation of his descendants.
The succession of the Sajjada of his ancestral Khanqah
has always been in his son's descendants. Only his son had the authority to offer the duties of the Sajjada nashin
in his absence. Shah Qutubuddin Chishti was his son. As he died in the life of his father his son became the successor of Shah-e-ata and since then the Sajjada nashin has been the descendants of Shah Qutubuddin.
. He lived wholly in the company of his father. He gained all his education from his father. He completed all his spiritual courses of enlightenment from his father and became a successful spiritual leader of his time.
It was a culture among the pandas(a caste amongst Hindus who perform selected type of worship for the peace of the soul of a dead person) that a devotee gifted them a horse or any animal to them after they perform the worship for the peace of their relatives' soul. If the horse used to be naughty and disobedient they used to bring it to Hazrat Qutubuddin. Hazrat used take a small round on it and the horse used to become obedient. Once a horse wouldn't let anyone even touch his back was brought to him. Hazrat sat on the horse at one go and went for a ride. The horse tried a lot to get him dashed to any wall, tree or a solid surface but all his attempts went in vain. Hazrat pushed his thighs slightly and the horse started gasping but kept on behaving badly. Hazrat at last got down, lifted the horse and thrashed him on the ground. This incident occurred near Ghandhi Maidan(it was then known as Church ka maidan(field)). Oldham, the then District collector
of Gaya
was sitting in his garden, got shocked to see this happen and remarked "Is he a man or a giant, he lifted and thrashed the horse on the ground with his hands".
Many such unbelievable incidents occurred in the short span of his life. He dedicated his life in helping his father in spreading the mission of Prophet Muhammad to all possible lengths. He died young at the age of 49 in the life of his father in 1887 and left behind a son.
) of all orders from both his father and grandfather. He was a great Hakeem and a versatile person. He learnt in the company of his father and grandfather. Moreover he gained education from teachers and scholars at Gaya
and Bihar Sharif
. He also attended Bankipur engineering college at Patna
and got a degree from there.
Like his grandfather he was well-versed in all fields of education ranging from Theology
, History
, Fiqh
, Engineering
, Tib(Medical Science), Tassawwuf and Jurisprudence
. He was the unparalleled leader of his time. Everyone from the District collector
to the Judge
used to seek his advice on difficult matters. He was offered many political and administrative positions throughout his life but he always refused softly saying,"I'm a Fakir
(Dervish
). How can I accept these responsibilities".
He became the successor of Shah-e-ata after his death in 1889. After becoming the Sajjada nashin
he went to the dargah of Moinuddin Chishti
at Ajmer
to pay his homage before starting a new chapter of his life as the Sajjada nashin
of the ancestral Khanqah
founded by Tajuddin delhvi, the murid(disciple) and khalifa of Moinuddin Chishti
. Once during this visit he told his companions to leave him alone as he was not feeling well. Everyone went and he was left alone in the room. Suddenly everyone noticed a fire on the roof and in the room. Everyone rushed to see Hazrat and found him as they have left. They went puzzled. Again they saw the same scenario and realised that there was an illuminated chain of blaze like light from the tomb of Moinuddin Chishti
to the room of the Hazrat. The scenario remained the same for the whole night. Even after that he had great spiritual connections with Gharibnawaz and Sufis like Ghaus-e-Pak and Maqdum-e-jahan. His physical powers were also no less than his father.
He was also a great educationist. He founded the first ever Islamic study centre in the entire Bihar
with the name Darse-Nezami on the name of great Sufi Nizamuddin Auliya
in 1901. It was larger than a traditional Madrasah
and the centre of all educational activities around Gaya
and the Magadha
region. Subjects excluding Islamic studies were also taught there. This institution went many ups and downs but is still present and is now known as Al-Jamia-tul-Ata.
He lived for 44 years and died in 1904. He was first married to the daughter of Shah Enayat Ali Maudidi-a descendant of Maudood Chishti
, and had a son named Syed Shah Hussainuddin Safi who became his successor. His second marriage was with the daughter of Akbar Danapuri-a great Abulolai Sufi ever born, and had three sons viz. Hafiz Hakeem Syed Shah Qayamuddin, Syed Shah Hesamuddin Chishti and Syed Shah Ehteshamuddin Chishti and a daughter. Two of his sons Shah Qayamuddin and Shah Ehteshamuddin died young and bachelor. His daughter also didn't carry the lineage forward. He was buried in his ancestral home at Danapur, Patna
near the grave of his ancestors Syed-ul-Waseleen and Syed-ul-Majzubeen.
. His initial education was completed in his maternal home at Sheikhpura. He learnt Persian from Maulvi Fasahat Hussain and Arabic from Syed Mohammed Isameil and Syed Abdullah Bazeedpuri. He went on to complete his studies from Darse-Nezamia founded by his father.
He became a murid(disciple) of his father in the Chishti Order
and got the khilafatIjazah
of all the orders from his father. He spiritual teachings were initiated by his father. Since his father died when he was very young, he got Owaisiat(a state in Tasawwuf in which one can meet the soul of a Sufi master just as the master was alive and learn spiritual lessons directly from the master) from Shah-e-ata and this is how his spiritual teachings were completed.
He became the Sajjada nashin
of the ancestral Khanqah
in 1904. The Khanqah
achieved its highest peak during his reign on the Sajjada. Everyone used to call him the exact copy of Shah-e-ata by all means. He took the charge of Darse Nezamia founded by his father very properly after his father's death. Apart from the traditional methods of Khanqah of preaching he opted for many modern methods of preaching.
It was an organization for all Muslim brethren. A programme used to be organised on the 17 of every Islamic month. Speeches of different Ulema
and Sufi were organized in the campus of Khanqah
. This group also had the responsibility of burial of anonymous dead bodies of Muslims. This group is still in existence and the present Sajjada nashin
of the Khanqah
is the Chief of this organisation.
Print media has always been an important means to communicate with the masses so he founded a publication house with the name of Matbua-Monamia for the publication of different manuscripts preserved in the ancestral library of the Khanqah
. This was the first publication house ever founded in Gaya
. He published many books written by his ancestors specially Shah-e-ata and the disciples of Shah-e-ata. He himself authored many books including the biography of many great Islamic personalities like Jalaluddin Tabreziand Maqdum Munampak. In fact, he was the first to write the biography of Maqdum Munampak and Shah-e-ata. He also wrote travelogues. He was the first to write the history of Zahidia order in Bihar
. He has also worked over Tasawwuf to a great extent. He added much to the Islamic literature in Bihar and the literature of Munami Order.
In the early 19th century Wahabism had arrived in India
and many groups had come up against Sunni Islam
specially against Khanqah
of that time. Shah Hussainuddin Safi founded a group of learned people and Islamic scholars of that time who would fight against any type of anti-Sunni activities rising anywhere in Bihar
. He brought all the scholars, masters, Sufis of all orders and other khanqahs of Bihar
together. This is why he is remembered as Wakeel-ul-Mashaiq(leader of all the masters) by his contemporaries.
He died at the age of 55 in 1939 leaving behind a son and daughter. He had three marriages. He didn't have any kids from his first wife. Only after the death of his first wife he married again. He had few kids but all died as infants. His second wife also couldn't survive for long and died. Then he had his third marriage and had two children who have carried his lineage forward. His son, Amir-ul-Mashaiq Syed Shah Ghulam-e-Mustafa Ahmed Chishti is the present Sajjada nashin
of the Khanqah
. He had thousands of disciples and khalifa all over Indian sub-continent who have carried his spiritual lineage forward.
and from his eldest brother Shah Hussainuddin Safi. He became a disciple of his brother in the ancestral Chishti Order
. The master awarded him KhilafatIjazah
of all the order after completing all his spiritual teachings himself. He was a great linguist and had thorough knowledge of Urdu
, Persian
, Arabic and English
. He was serving as the Chief librarian of the Jamia Millia Islamia
when Shah Hussainuddin Safi called him in 1938, one year before his death and gave him all the responsibilities of the Khanqah
. He was a very immaculate and soft spoken person.
He left for Pakistan
in 1958 after making his nephew(the son of Shah Hussainuddin Safi) the Sajjada nashin
of the Khanqah
. He had two marriages. He had one daughter from the first marriage and six children, one son and five daughters from the second marriage. He died in 1992 at the age of 93 leaving behind thousands of disciples all over India
and Pakistan
and was buried in Sakhi Hasan graveyard, Nazimabad, Karachi
.
of the Khanqah
of Tajuddin Dehlavi-the disciple of Moinuddin Chishti
. He was born on 14 December 1936 which coincides with 29th of Ramzan 1355 hijri
. Before his birth the Khadim of the Dargah
of the great Sufi of Chishti Order
, Noor Qutb-e-Aalam Pandwi, Pandua
, West Bengal
, Hafiz Peer Mohammad Monami saw in dreams that Shah Nur-Qutb-e-Aalam Pandwi is saying "Inform Shah Hussainuddin Ahmed that he will be bestowed with a son, he should name him Ghulam-e-Mustafa". When Amir-ul-Mashaiq was born Hazrat named him Ghulam-e-Mustafa Ahmed. He has learnt from various teachers and scholars all over Gaya
and Patna
.
When Amir-ul-Mashaiq was only two and a half years old his father died. Before his death Shah Hussainuddin Safi put the ancestral cap of Sajjada nashin
on his head on the eve of Eid Milad Nnabi during the programme of Ziyarat
of the Tabarrukat(sacred belongings of great people like the Muhammad
and greatSufi of any order) and announced him as his successor and the heir of all his personal and ancestral belongings of the Khanqah
.
Amir-ul-Mashaiq had a unique childhood. He was never seen playing games with his agemates or in any playground. He either used to study his lessons or do Zikr and read wazifa
or recite Quran. When Amir-ul-Mashaiq was a kid Shah Hussainuddin Safi had made him his Murid(disciple) in the ancestral Chishti order and has left the khilafatnama(certificate of Ijazah
) for him. When Amir-ul-Mashaiq grew up he accepted the bait(oath) on the hand of his paternal uncle Shah Hesamuddin Chishti and Hazrat awarded him the Khilafat and told him"You are already a murid and have the khilfat from your father. It's now upon you, you can use either my Khilafat or your fathers'". Amir-ul-Mashaiq as a respect has always used the khilafat of his uncle which also includes the name of his father.
He has thousands of disciples all over India
, Pakistan
and USA and he also has many khalifas all over India
. He has been serving as the Sajjada nashin
of the Khanqah
for over fifty years now. He has been married to a descendant of Abdul-Qadir Gilani, the eldest daughter of Hakeem Abdur-Rahim Qadri, AmjharSharif, Aurangabad, Bihar
. He has three sons viz.Faqr-e-ulema Alhaaj Maulana Syed Mohammed Sabahuddin Chishti, Syed Ata Ahmed Fuzail and Hafiz Syed Ata Faisal and eight daughters.
Each and every Sufi of Gaya
has learnt spiritual lessons from him. This is why he is known as Amir-ul-Mashaiq(the master of all master). Sufis of all the order feel extremely impressed from his spirituality after meeting him. His personality is unparalleled all over Bihar
.Ulema
and Sufi love his company and he loves to impart spiritual lessons to everyone. There have many converts to Islam
on his hands. Even Wahhabi and Deobandi
accept him as the true leader of the Muslim community. He is very soft spoken and no any seeker of anything, Knowledge
, Spirituality
, Tranquility, Wealth
or a Child
has returned empty handed from his doors. His doors and the doors of the Khanqah
are open for all of human
ity, round the clock.
in 1857.Secondly when the Wahhabi extremist formed Saudi Arabia
and sufis had to leave that region. Shah-e-Ata's Khulfas and their successors in the Middle East
went out of touch and could not be traced after that. One can easily imagine the greatness of Shah-e-Ata that the Sheikh-ud-Dalail (that used to be an authority in Medina
who used to give the Ijazah
of Dala'il al-Khayrat
( to anyone who could recite it properly) after listening it from the seeker of Ijazah
) became his murid(disciple) and Shah-e-ata awarded him the Ijazah
of his order.
Much information regarding sufis of the Razzaqi order was lost during the Partition of India
in 1947.So very less information regarding the disciples & sufis of the order of Shah-e-Ata was available. Some information has been recovered from the book of Shahe-e-Ata, Kaifya-tul-Aarfeen wa Nisbatul Aasheqeen, which was published twice,once during the life of the author and again in the life of his great grandson Shah Hussainuddin Safi.
Many other sufis who are the successors of the disciples of Shah-e-Ata have been traced after 1970 and have become an important source of information regarding the Razzaqi order and the history of Razzaqi order in different parts of Asia
.
Only those of the famous Sufis are enlisted below whose orders are still present by means of any of the living Sufi around the globe and their successors are still in touch with the successors of Shah-e-Ata.
in the Manpur locality of Gaya
district and a man who was looking for a Pir
after completion of all his studies came to him respectfully and requested him to make him his murid(disciple). Hazrat said," I am still not associated with any of the Tariqah
(orders) how can i make you my murid". Hazrat kept on reapeating the same but the stranger was very firm over his words. The man kept on repeating that Hazrat seems to be the impeccable Sufi according to him and he will become only a disciple of Hazrat. At last Hazra Qazi Mazahir Imam went to Shah-e-ata to become his murid. When he entered the Khanqah
Shah-e-ata was sitting on the Sajjada, waiting for him. Shah-e-ata had already taken out the Shijra(the chain depicting the name of all the Sufis in the order) and signed the Khilafatnama (a certificate giving Ijazah
(permission) to the disciple to propagate the order further) to be given to him.
Once he became the murid of Shah-e-ata he used to visit his master in the Khanqah
everyday on foot covering a distance of almost five to seven kilometers with mountain and rivers on he way. Shah-e-ata died in 1889 but he kept visiting the shrine of his master until his last day on earth. He died in 1942 and was buried in the Abgila locality of Gaya
. His life is a perfect example for the disciples of all the Sufis. He never called the descendants of shah-e-ata by their name even when one of the great grandsons of Shah-e-ata was his son-in-law. His disciples were innumerable and was present all over India
. He founded his own Khanqah
which is famous as Khanqah mazahirya and is still in existence. He had three sons Qazi Maqbool Imam, Qazi Waris Imam and Qazi Jalil Imam. All three of them went on to become great Sufis of their time. His youngest son died in 1992. The orders of his eldest and youngest son is no more in existence but the order of his second son and many of his Caliph
is still present.
Syed Shah Qazi Najam Imam Chishti Monami Razzaqi is the grandson of Qazi Maqbool Imam-the eldest son of Qazi Mazahir Imam and the present Sajjadanasheen of Khanqah Mazahirya founded by Qazi Mazahir Imam.He has Khilafat(Ijazah
) from Qazi Waris Imam (the second son of Qazi Mazahir Imam) and Amir-ul-Mashaiq-the successor and Sajjadanasheen of the Khanqah of Shah-e-Ata. In fact, he has taken thorough spiritual lessons from Amir-ul-Mashaiq and has become his murid(disciple).
of his ancestral Khanqah established at Burdwan, West Bengal
. His was ordered spiritually from his ancestors to go to Gaya
and become the disciple of Shah-e-ata. He became his very obedient disciple and started living in the Khanqah
of Shah-e-ata. Meanwhile he wrote the Malfoozat(sayings of a Sufi) of Shah-e-ata in forty majalis(lessons) and got it checked and signed by the master himself. After completing his sulook(the course of spiritual enlightenment) he went to Burdwan. After his death he was buried in his own Khanqah
at Burdwan, West Bengal
. His son Zia-ul-Hassan was a famous sufi of his time.His khanqah and the order is still in existence.Syed Shah Fazl-ur-Rahman Razzaqi is the grandson of Shah Zia-ul-Hassan and the present Sajjada nashin
of the Khanqah
.
.This is a small list of notable sufis who had KhilafatIjazah
from him.
This is just a small list and contains the name of only one disciple in a city.No any two disciples of the same city have been enlisted .No any sufi who was the descendant of his son or daughter has been enlisted here.
South Asia
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. He was the first Sufi to go in the complete non-Muslim locality of Gaya
Gaya, India
Gaya is the second largest city of Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District.Gaya is 100 kilometers south of Patna, the capital city of Bihar. Situated on the banks of Falgu River , it is a place sanctified by both the Hindu and the Buddhist religions...
and spread Islam
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. He was a Sufi, writer, poet, linguist and one of the greatest orators of his time.
Although he never touched money with his hands he lived life kingsize. He always befriended strangers specially non-Muslims and everyone loved him to the deepest core of their hearts. There were thousands of converts(both humans and Genie
Genie
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) to Islam
Islam
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on his hands. His only aim in life was to serve the entire human being on this earth and spread the message which the Prophet Muhammad brought on this earth. He died as the Ghaus (the highest degree of spirituality a Sufi can attain in his life) of his time.
Biography
Ata Hussain Fani Chishti Munami was born in 1810 into a pious family of saints of chisti order at the abode of his maternal grandfather known as Khanqah Qadria Mannania,Shah mannan ki garhi,Mughalpura, Patna City BiharBihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
, India
India
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. He was nurtured by his father Sultan Ahmed Shaheed up to the age of 10. Though at the age of 10 after the death of his father his paternal grandfather Ghulam Hussain Danapuri took complete responsibility of his most loved grandchild. He died at the age of 86 just after 9 years making him his successor of the ancestral Khanquah. After the death of his pir-o-murshid he was nurtured by his maternal uncle Ala Hazrat Meer Qamruddin Husain Monami, who completed his worldly studies as well as spiritual teachings and awarded Khilafat -o- Ijazat after completion.
Ancestral history
Hazrat Ata Hussain Fani was born in one of the most famous Syed family of Bihar. He was the descendant of Syedna Imam Muhammad al-BaqirMuhammad al-Baqir
Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī al-Bāqir was the Fifth Imām to the Twelver Shi‘a and Fourth Imām to the Ismā‘īlī Shī‘a. His father was the previous Imām, ‘Alī ibn Ḥusayn, and his mother was Fatimah bint al-Hasan...
. After the death of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir Imam Jafar al-Sadiq became the imam of the Muslim community. Another Son of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir was Abdullah Shaheed who died in the life of his father. His descendants migrated to Tus in present Iran
Iran
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. After few generations one of the descendants migrated to Lahore
Lahore
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, Pakistan
Pakistan
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. Later on a great learned scholar from that branch of Baqri sayyid
Sayyid
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s known as Tajuddin Dehlvi migrated towards India
India
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via Ajmer
Ajmer
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. He became a murid
Murid
Murid is a Sufi term meaning 'committed one' from the root meaning "willpower" or "self-esteem". It refers to a person who is committed to a Murshid in a Tariqa of Sufism. Also known as a Salik , a murid is an initiate into the mystic philosophy of Sufism. When the Talib makes a pledge to a...
and Khalifa of Moinuddin Chishti
Moinuddin Chishti
Sultan-ul-Hind, Moinuddin Chishti was born in 1141 and died in 1230 CE. Also known as Gharīb Nawāz "Benefactor of the Poor" , he is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order of the Indian Subcontinent. He introduced and established the order in South Asia...
at Ajmer. He send him to Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
in the company of Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
Qutub ul Aqtab Hazrat Khwaja Syed Muhammad Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki was a renowned Muslim Sufi mystic, saint and scholar of the Chishti Order from Delhi, India. He was the disciple and the spiritual successor of Moinuddin Chishti as head of the Chishti order. Before him the Chishti order in India...
. He later on settled in Delhi itself. His son went to Kalpi, Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
to spread Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
. After migrating to various places to spread light of Islam in Eastern and Northern India this branch of Sayyid
Sayyid
Sayyid is an honorific title, it denotes males accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husain ibn Ali, sons of the prophet's daughter Fatima Zahra and his son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib.Daughters of sayyids are given the titles Sayyida,...
migrated to Danapur in the leadership of Muhammad Basir, the then Sajjada Nasheen of the khanqah Chistia which was founded by Tajuddin Dehlvi.
Ancestral lineage
- MuhammadMuhammadMuhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...
- AliAli' |Ramaḍān]], 40 AH; approximately October 23, 598 or 600 or March 17, 599 – January 27, 661).His father's name was Abu Talib. Ali was also the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and ruled over the Islamic Caliphate from 656 to 661, and was the first male convert to Islam...
- Husayn ibn AliHusayn ibn AliHussein ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib was the son of ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib and Fātimah Zahrā...
- Ali ibn Hussain
- Muhammad al-BaqirMuhammad al-BaqirMuḥammad ibn ‘Alī al-Bāqir was the Fifth Imām to the Twelver Shi‘a and Fourth Imām to the Ismā‘īlī Shī‘a. His father was the previous Imām, ‘Alī ibn Ḥusayn, and his mother was Fatimah bint al-Hasan...
- Abdullah Shaheed
- Mohammad Hashim
- Mohsin Madni
- Jafar Madni
- Ali Raza Madni
- Hussain Madni
- Ismaeil Madni
- Ibrahim Madni
- Abu al-Qasim
- Hasan Tusi
- Abdullah Tusi
- Mohammad Yusuf Tusi
- Mohammad Yaqub Lahori
- Mohammad Daud Lahori
- Mohammad Ishaq Lahori
- Ismaeil
- Shah Tajuddin Dehlvi
- Shah Allauddin Kalpvi
- Shah Jamaluddin Kalpvi
- Mohammad Kalpvi
- Shah Jalaluddin
- Shah Taqiuddin urf Budhe
- Shah Qutbuddin
- Shah Sadr Jahan
- Shah Hussaini
- Shah Mohammad Basir
- Shah Mohammad Yasin
- Shah Waliullah
- Shah Ghulam Hussain Danapuri
- Shah Sultan Ahmed Shaheed
- Shah Ata Hussain Fani
Great ancestors
Many of his ancestors did remarkable work in their lifetime. They contributed a lot to IslamIslam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
and Sufism
Sufism
Sufism or ' is defined by its adherents as the inner, mystical dimension of Islam. A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a '...
. Their shrines are located at various places all over northern and eastern India.
Tajuddin Dehlavi
He became the disciple of Moinuddin ChishtiMoinuddin Chishti
Sultan-ul-Hind, Moinuddin Chishti was born in 1141 and died in 1230 CE. Also known as Gharīb Nawāz "Benefactor of the Poor" , he is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order of the Indian Subcontinent. He introduced and established the order in South Asia...
at Ajmer. After he was awarded with the Ijaza of the Chisti order from Moinuddin Chishti
Moinuddin Chishti
Sultan-ul-Hind, Moinuddin Chishti was born in 1141 and died in 1230 CE. Also known as Gharīb Nawāz "Benefactor of the Poor" , he is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order of the Indian Subcontinent. He introduced and established the order in South Asia...
he was sent to Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
for further spiritual empowerment in the company of Hazrat Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
Qutub ul Aqtab Hazrat Khwaja Syed Muhammad Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki was a renowned Muslim Sufi mystic, saint and scholar of the Chishti Order from Delhi, India. He was the disciple and the spiritual successor of Moinuddin Chishti as head of the Chishti order. Before him the Chishti order in India...
. Later he settled down in Delhi and was buried in Delhi only. He died in 691 hijri
Islamic calendar
The Hijri calendar , also known as the Muslim calendar or Islamic calendar , is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to date events in many Muslim countries , and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic...
. When he was awarded the Khilafat from Moinuddin Chishti he was also awarded with the khirkha(gown) of his master which is still preserved in his khanquah at Gaya
Gaya, India
Gaya is the second largest city of Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District.Gaya is 100 kilometers south of Patna, the capital city of Bihar. Situated on the banks of Falgu River , it is a place sanctified by both the Hindu and the Buddhist religions...
, Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Allauddin Kailpavi
He was the son of Hazrat Tajuddin Dehlavi. He became the murid-o-khalifa of Fariduddin Ganjshakar. He was ordered to go to Kalpi, Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and spread Islam there. He is one of the earliest Sufis of kalpi.
Syed Mohammad Kalpavi
He was the grandson of Allauddin kalpavi. He became the murid-o-khalifa of Nasiruddin Muhammad Chirag-e-Dehli. Until the life of the big five of Chishti order in India the Sufis of chisti order used to become the murid of the leader of the order if the communication was possible even once in life. He died in 812 hijriIslamic calendar
The Hijri calendar , also known as the Muslim calendar or Islamic calendar , is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to date events in many Muslim countries , and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic...
. He was awarded with the cap(kulah) of his master which is still preserved in the khanquah. Another Sufi of the same name lived in the same town but he was the murid-o-khalifa of Syedna Abulola Akbarabadi. He died in 1071 hijri.
Badshah Ke Pir
His original name was Taqiuddin urf Budhe. He was the grandson of Syed Mohammad kalpavi and the pirPir
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(spiritual master) of the king of that kingdom, Daud Shah. The capital of that kingdom was Hajipur, presently a small town near Patna
Patna
Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...
, Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. He invited him to his capital where his shrine exists today and is famous as the shrine of Badshah ke pir(master of the king).
Syed Qutbuddin
He was the son of Taqiuddin. He migrated to PatnaPatna
Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...
in the locality now known as Kachauri Gali. The family lived for three generations over there.
Syed Shah Mohammad Basir
He migrated to a hub of Sufis of his time, Danapur, a small town near PatnaPatna
Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...
. The ancestral Naseeria branch of Chisti order came to and end to this great Sufi who lived for 116 years and died in 1126 hijri
Islamic calendar
The Hijri calendar , also known as the Muslim calendar or Islamic calendar , is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to date events in many Muslim countries , and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic...
.
Syed-ul-Majzubin
He was the son of Hazrat Syed Shah Mohammad Basir. His original name was Syed Shah Mohammad Yasin. He was the murid-o-khalifa of his maternal grandfather Syed Mahamid Rizvi Danapuri and was also his spiritual successor. He was bait in the Chistia Serajia Faridia order but the chain did not continue after him.Syed-ul-Waselin
He was born in 1268 hijriIslamic calendar
The Hijri calendar , also known as the Muslim calendar or Islamic calendar , is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to date events in many Muslim countries , and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic...
. As he was born in muharram he was given the name Ghulam-e-Hussain. He was the grandson of Syed-ul-Majzubin and the grandfather of Shah-e-Ata. He became the murid-o-khalifa of Hazrat Maqdum Munampak. He also got Khilafat from few other Sufis of that time. He had four sons. He became very famous as one of the early Sufis of the Munamia order. He had had four sons who carried his lineage forward. He made Shah-e-Ata his Spiritual Successor and the Successor of the ancestral Khanquah of Tajuddin Dehlvai in front of all his companion, disciples, khalifas and family members. He also had many Khalifas all over Bihar. He died at the age of 86 and his shrine is present in Danapur.
Final settlement
Hazrat Ata Hussain Fani went on to HajHáj
Háj may refer to:* Háj in Turčianske Teplice District, Slovakia* Háj in Košice-okolie District, Slovakia...
on foot to the Mecca
Mecca
Mecca is a city in the Hijaz and the capital of Makkah province in Saudi Arabia. The city is located inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of above sea level...
at the age of 28. The journey took a total of 5 years. He was finally ordered by the Muhammad spiritually to go back to India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and spread the light of Islam and accept the responsibility as a Qutub of Gaya where he lived, died and was buried. He reached in Gaya in 1850. He arrived at the house of the then district judge of Gaya, Syed Ashraf Hussain Sadrus Sudoor(He was already shown the face of Shah-e-Ata in dreams spiritually and was told to welcome him whole heartedly).
Spiritual history
He had ijaza of a total of approximately 70 ways of all the major orders of the world including all the famous orders of eastern India. In fact, he had order of the fourteen major orders leading to MuhammadMuhammad
Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...
by all the major branches of the respective orders. He was originally bait in the Chistia Khizria Monamia order and completed his Sulook in Abulolaiya order from his uncle Hzrat Syed Shah Qamruddin Monami. He also had great spiritual connections wid Hazrat Mohiuddin Abdul Qadir Jilani
Abdul Qadir Jelani
Al-Syed Muhiyudin Abu Muhammad Abdal Qadir Amoli al-Gilani al-Hasani wal-Hussaini , or simply known as Ghaus-e-Azam was a Persian Islamic preacher, Sufi sheikh and the figurehead of the Qadiri Sufi tariqa, highly...
, Hazrat Baba Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Nizamuddin Auliya
Nizamuddin Auliya
Sultan-ul-Mashaikh, Mehboob-e-Ilahi, Hazrat Shaikh Khwaja Syed Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya , also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin, was a famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order in the Indian Subcontinent, an order that believed in drawing close to God through renunciation of the world and service to...
and Hazrat Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri.
Spiritual lineage (shijra)
- Islamic prophet Hazrat MuhammadMuhammadMuhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...
- Ali ibn Abu Talib
- Hasan al-Basri
- Abdul Wahid Bin Zaid Abul FadhlAbdul Waahid Bin ZaidAbdul Waahid Bin Zaid Abul Fadl was an early day Sufi Saint, a successor to Hasan al-Basri, second link in the Sufi Silsilah of Chishti Order, and the Master of Fudhail Bin Iyadh.He is also reported to have received education from Imam Abu Hanifah....
- Fudhail Bin Iyadh Bin Mas'ud Bin Bishr TameeemiFudhail Bin IyadhFudhail Bin Iyadh Bin Masood Bin Bishr Al-Tamimi aka Abul Fadhl and Abu Ali, was an early day Sufi Saint, a successor to Abdul Waahid Bin Zaid, third link in the Sufi Silsilah of Chishti Order, and the Master of Ibrahim Bin Adham....
- Ibrahim Bin AdhamIbrahim Bin AdhamIbrahim ibn Adham is one of the most prominent of the early ascetic Sufi saints.The story of his conversion is one of the most celebrated in Sufi legend, as that of a prince renouncing his throne and choosing asceticism closely echoing the legend of Gautama Buddha.Sufi tradition ascribes to...
- Huzaifah Al-Mar’ashi
- Abu Hubairah Basri
- Ilw Mumshad Dinwari
Start of the Chishti Order:
- Abu Ishaq ShamiAbu Ishaq ShamiAbu Ishaq Shami was a Muslim scholar who is often regarded as the founder of the Sufi Chishti Order because he was the person in the Chishti silsila who was the first to live in Chisht. The name Shami implies he came from Syria or even from Damascus...
- Abu Ahmad Abdal
- Abu Muhammad Bin Abi Ahmad
- Abu Yusuf Bin SaamaanAbu Yusuf Bin SaamaanAbu Yusuf Bin Samaan Al-Husaini aka Nasiruddin was an early day Sufi Saint, a successor to his maternal uncle and master Abu Muhammad Bin Abi Ahmad, eleventh link in the Sufi Silsilah of Chishti Order, and the father and Master of Maudood Chishti. Khwajah Syed Abu Yusuf Bin Sam'aan Al-Husaini...
- Maudood ChishtiMaudood ChishtiMaudood Chishti was an early day Sufi Saint, a successor to his father and master Abu Yusuf Bin Saamaan, twelfth link in the Sufi silsilah of Chishti Order, and the Master of Shareef Zandani. He was born around 430 Hijri in the city of Chisht. He initially received education from his father...
- Shareef ZandaniShareef ZandaniShareef Zandani aka Nooruddin, was an early day Sufi Saint, a successor to Maudood Chishti, thirteenth link in the Sufi Silsilah of Chishti Order, and the peer of Usman Harooni.He was born around 492 Hijri in a city Zandanah, Iraq....
- Usman HarooniUsman HarooniUsman Harooni was an early day Sufi Saint, a successor to Shareef Zandani, fourteenth link in the Sufi Silsilah of Chishti Order, and the Master of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti.He was born Haroon, Iran around 526 HijriHe died 617 Hijri....
- Moinuddin Chishti AjmerMoinuddin ChishtiSultan-ul-Hind, Moinuddin Chishti was born in 1141 and died in 1230 CE. Also known as Gharīb Nawāz "Benefactor of the Poor" , he is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order of the Indian Subcontinent. He introduced and established the order in South Asia...
- Qutbuddin Bakhtiar KakiQutbuddin Bakhtiar KakiQutub ul Aqtab Hazrat Khwaja Syed Muhammad Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki was a renowned Muslim Sufi mystic, saint and scholar of the Chishti Order from Delhi, India. He was the disciple and the spiritual successor of Moinuddin Chishti as head of the Chishti order. Before him the Chishti order in India...
Start of the Chisti Khizria branch
- Khizr Roomi chisti
- Najibuddin Shola Qalendar
- Qutbuddin Benadil Jonpuri
- Fazlullah urf Syed Gosa-e-Bihari
- Mahmood Bihari
- Naseeruddin Bihari
- Taqiuddin Durvesh Bihari
- Nezamuddin Qutbi Bihari
- Ahlullah Mubarak Hussaini
- Deewan Syed Shah Mohammad Jafar
- Syed Shah Khaliluddin
Start of the Chistia Khizria Munamia branch
- Maqdum Shah Mohammad Munampak
- Shah Ghulam Hussain Danapuri
- Shah Ata Hussain Fani Chisti Munami
Titles given
The most important of all the titles given to him is ABDUL RAZZAQ by MuhammadMuhammad
Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...
when he went to Medina and was produced in front of the court of Prophet (not in dreams).
Other titles are as follows
- Shah-e-Ata
- Qutb-e-Gaya
- Murshid-e-Aala
- Sarkar-e-Ata
- Hazrat-e-Fani
Descendants
Shah-e-ata was married to a descendant of Maqdum-e-Jahan Syed Sharfuddin Yahya maneri of Bihar SharifBihar Sharif
Bihar Sri is the district headquarters of Nalanda district in the state of Bihar in eastern India.-History:The ancient Odantpuri University was located here, an important centre for the learning of Buddhism. Odatpuri is center of Buddhist culture...
. He had only three children, one son and two daughters out of which only two carried the lineage forward. One of his daughter didn't have any children. His son is remembered as Syed Shah Ghulam Qutubuddin Chishti. All of his grandsons and great grandsons were great Sufis of their time. There are enormous blessings of the Prophet Muhammad that there are great Sufis in each generation of his descendants.
The succession of the Sajjada of his ancestral Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
has always been in his son's descendants. Only his son had the authority to offer the duties of the Sajjada nashin
Sajjada nashin
The Sajjada Nashin is the descendant of a Sufi Pir or descendant of a disciple of a Pir, who tends to the shrine which is erected over the Pir's tomb or grave, known as a Dargah or Mazar....
in his absence. Shah Qutubuddin Chishti was his son. As he died in the life of his father his son became the successor of Shah-e-ata and since then the Sajjada nashin has been the descendants of Shah Qutubuddin.
Syed Shah Ghulam Qutubuddin Chishti
He was the only son of Shah-e-ata. He was born in 1838. He became a murid(disciple) of his father in the Chishti OrderChishti Order
The Chishtī Order is a Sufi order within the mystic branches of Islam which was founded in Chisht, a small town near Herat, Afghanistan about 930 CE. The Chishti Order is known for its emphasis on love, tolerance, and openness. The doctrine of the Chishti Order is based on walāya, which is a...
. He lived wholly in the company of his father. He gained all his education from his father. He completed all his spiritual courses of enlightenment from his father and became a successful spiritual leader of his time.
It was a culture among the pandas(a caste amongst Hindus who perform selected type of worship for the peace of the soul of a dead person) that a devotee gifted them a horse or any animal to them after they perform the worship for the peace of their relatives' soul. If the horse used to be naughty and disobedient they used to bring it to Hazrat Qutubuddin. Hazrat used take a small round on it and the horse used to become obedient. Once a horse wouldn't let anyone even touch his back was brought to him. Hazrat sat on the horse at one go and went for a ride. The horse tried a lot to get him dashed to any wall, tree or a solid surface but all his attempts went in vain. Hazrat pushed his thighs slightly and the horse started gasping but kept on behaving badly. Hazrat at last got down, lifted the horse and thrashed him on the ground. This incident occurred near Ghandhi Maidan(it was then known as Church ka maidan(field)). Oldham, the then District collector
District collector
The District Collector is the district head of administration of the bureaucracy in a state of India. Though he/she is appointed and is under general supervision of the state government, he/she has to be a member of the elite IAS recruited by the Central Government...
of Gaya
Gaya, India
Gaya is the second largest city of Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District.Gaya is 100 kilometers south of Patna, the capital city of Bihar. Situated on the banks of Falgu River , it is a place sanctified by both the Hindu and the Buddhist religions...
was sitting in his garden, got shocked to see this happen and remarked "Is he a man or a giant, he lifted and thrashed the horse on the ground with his hands".
Many such unbelievable incidents occurred in the short span of his life. He dedicated his life in helping his father in spreading the mission of Prophet Muhammad to all possible lengths. He died young at the age of 49 in the life of his father in 1887 and left behind a son.
Syed Shah Nezamuddin Chishti Monami
He was the only child of Shah Qutubuddin. He was born in 1860. He wanted to become the murid(disciple) of his paternal grandfather, Shah-e-ata but Shah-e-ata ordered him to become a murid of his father. So he became a murid of his father in the ancestral Chishti Monami order. He had Khilafat(IjazahIjazah
An ijazah is a certificate used primarily by Sunni Muslims to indicate that one has been authorized by a higher authority to transmit a certain subject or text of Islamic knowledge...
) of all orders from both his father and grandfather. He was a great Hakeem and a versatile person. He learnt in the company of his father and grandfather. Moreover he gained education from teachers and scholars at Gaya
Gaya, India
Gaya is the second largest city of Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District.Gaya is 100 kilometers south of Patna, the capital city of Bihar. Situated on the banks of Falgu River , it is a place sanctified by both the Hindu and the Buddhist religions...
and Bihar Sharif
Bihar Sharif
Bihar Sri is the district headquarters of Nalanda district in the state of Bihar in eastern India.-History:The ancient Odantpuri University was located here, an important centre for the learning of Buddhism. Odatpuri is center of Buddhist culture...
. He also attended Bankipur engineering college at Patna
Patna
Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...
and got a degree from there.
Like his grandfather he was well-versed in all fields of education ranging from Theology
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
, History
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
, Fiqh
Fiqh
Fiqh is Islamic jurisprudence. Fiqh is an expansion of the code of conduct expounded in the Quran, often supplemented by tradition and implemented by the rulings and interpretations of Islamic jurists....
, Engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, Tib(Medical Science), Tassawwuf and Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence is the theory and philosophy of law. Scholars of jurisprudence, or legal theorists , hope to obtain a deeper understanding of the nature of law, of legal reasoning, legal systems and of legal institutions...
. He was the unparalleled leader of his time. Everyone from the District collector
District collector
The District Collector is the district head of administration of the bureaucracy in a state of India. Though he/she is appointed and is under general supervision of the state government, he/she has to be a member of the elite IAS recruited by the Central Government...
to the Judge
Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
used to seek his advice on difficult matters. He was offered many political and administrative positions throughout his life but he always refused softly saying,"I'm a Fakir
Fakir
The fakir or faqir ; ) Derived from faqr is a Muslim Sufi ascetic in Middle East and South Asia. The Faqirs were wandering Dervishes teaching Islam and living on alms....
(Dervish
Dervish
A Dervish or Darvesh is someone treading a Sufi Muslim ascetic path or "Tariqah", known for their extreme poverty and austerity, similar to mendicant friars in Christianity or Hindu/Buddhist/Jain sadhus.-Etymology:The Persian word darvīsh is of ancient origin and descends from a Proto-Iranian...
). How can I accept these responsibilities".
He became the successor of Shah-e-ata after his death in 1889. After becoming the Sajjada nashin
Sajjada nashin
The Sajjada Nashin is the descendant of a Sufi Pir or descendant of a disciple of a Pir, who tends to the shrine which is erected over the Pir's tomb or grave, known as a Dargah or Mazar....
he went to the dargah of Moinuddin Chishti
Moinuddin Chishti
Sultan-ul-Hind, Moinuddin Chishti was born in 1141 and died in 1230 CE. Also known as Gharīb Nawāz "Benefactor of the Poor" , he is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order of the Indian Subcontinent. He introduced and established the order in South Asia...
at Ajmer
Ajmer
Ajmer , formerly written as Ajmere, is a city in Ajmer District in Rajasthan state in India. Ajmer has a population of around 800,000 , and is located west of the Rajasthan state capital Jaipur, 200 km from Jodhpur, 274 km from Udaipur, 439 km from Jaisalmer, and 391 km from...
to pay his homage before starting a new chapter of his life as the Sajjada nashin
Sajjada nashin
The Sajjada Nashin is the descendant of a Sufi Pir or descendant of a disciple of a Pir, who tends to the shrine which is erected over the Pir's tomb or grave, known as a Dargah or Mazar....
of the ancestral Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
founded by Tajuddin delhvi, the murid(disciple) and khalifa of Moinuddin Chishti
Moinuddin Chishti
Sultan-ul-Hind, Moinuddin Chishti was born in 1141 and died in 1230 CE. Also known as Gharīb Nawāz "Benefactor of the Poor" , he is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order of the Indian Subcontinent. He introduced and established the order in South Asia...
. Once during this visit he told his companions to leave him alone as he was not feeling well. Everyone went and he was left alone in the room. Suddenly everyone noticed a fire on the roof and in the room. Everyone rushed to see Hazrat and found him as they have left. They went puzzled. Again they saw the same scenario and realised that there was an illuminated chain of blaze like light from the tomb of Moinuddin Chishti
Moinuddin Chishti
Sultan-ul-Hind, Moinuddin Chishti was born in 1141 and died in 1230 CE. Also known as Gharīb Nawāz "Benefactor of the Poor" , he is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order of the Indian Subcontinent. He introduced and established the order in South Asia...
to the room of the Hazrat. The scenario remained the same for the whole night. Even after that he had great spiritual connections with Gharibnawaz and Sufis like Ghaus-e-Pak and Maqdum-e-jahan. His physical powers were also no less than his father.
He was also a great educationist. He founded the first ever Islamic study centre in the entire Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
with the name Darse-Nezami on the name of great Sufi Nizamuddin Auliya
Nizamuddin Auliya
Sultan-ul-Mashaikh, Mehboob-e-Ilahi, Hazrat Shaikh Khwaja Syed Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya , also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin, was a famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order in the Indian Subcontinent, an order that believed in drawing close to God through renunciation of the world and service to...
in 1901. It was larger than a traditional Madrasah
Madrasah
Madrasah is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious...
and the centre of all educational activities around Gaya
Gaya, India
Gaya is the second largest city of Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District.Gaya is 100 kilometers south of Patna, the capital city of Bihar. Situated on the banks of Falgu River , it is a place sanctified by both the Hindu and the Buddhist religions...
and the Magadha
Magadha
Magadha formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas or kingdoms in ancient India. The core of the kingdom was the area of Bihar south of the Ganga; its first capital was Rajagriha then Pataliputra...
region. Subjects excluding Islamic studies were also taught there. This institution went many ups and downs but is still present and is now known as Al-Jamia-tul-Ata.
He lived for 44 years and died in 1904. He was first married to the daughter of Shah Enayat Ali Maudidi-a descendant of Maudood Chishti
Maudood Chishti
Maudood Chishti was an early day Sufi Saint, a successor to his father and master Abu Yusuf Bin Saamaan, twelfth link in the Sufi silsilah of Chishti Order, and the Master of Shareef Zandani. He was born around 430 Hijri in the city of Chisht. He initially received education from his father...
, and had a son named Syed Shah Hussainuddin Safi who became his successor. His second marriage was with the daughter of Akbar Danapuri-a great Abulolai Sufi ever born, and had three sons viz. Hafiz Hakeem Syed Shah Qayamuddin, Syed Shah Hesamuddin Chishti and Syed Shah Ehteshamuddin Chishti and a daughter. Two of his sons Shah Qayamuddin and Shah Ehteshamuddin died young and bachelor. His daughter also didn't carry the lineage forward. He was buried in his ancestral home at Danapur, Patna
Patna
Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...
near the grave of his ancestors Syed-ul-Waseleen and Syed-ul-Majzubeen.
Shah Hussainuddin Safi
He was known as Syed Shah Hussainuddin Safi Chishti. He was the eldest son of Shah Nezamuddin Chishti. He was born in 1303 hijriIslamic calendar
The Hijri calendar , also known as the Muslim calendar or Islamic calendar , is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to date events in many Muslim countries , and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic...
. His initial education was completed in his maternal home at Sheikhpura. He learnt Persian from Maulvi Fasahat Hussain and Arabic from Syed Mohammed Isameil and Syed Abdullah Bazeedpuri. He went on to complete his studies from Darse-Nezamia founded by his father.
He became a murid(disciple) of his father in the Chishti Order
Chishti Order
The Chishtī Order is a Sufi order within the mystic branches of Islam which was founded in Chisht, a small town near Herat, Afghanistan about 930 CE. The Chishti Order is known for its emphasis on love, tolerance, and openness. The doctrine of the Chishti Order is based on walāya, which is a...
and got the khilafatIjazah
Ijazah
An ijazah is a certificate used primarily by Sunni Muslims to indicate that one has been authorized by a higher authority to transmit a certain subject or text of Islamic knowledge...
of all the orders from his father. He spiritual teachings were initiated by his father. Since his father died when he was very young, he got Owaisiat(a state in Tasawwuf in which one can meet the soul of a Sufi master just as the master was alive and learn spiritual lessons directly from the master) from Shah-e-ata and this is how his spiritual teachings were completed.
He became the Sajjada nashin
Sajjada nashin
The Sajjada Nashin is the descendant of a Sufi Pir or descendant of a disciple of a Pir, who tends to the shrine which is erected over the Pir's tomb or grave, known as a Dargah or Mazar....
of the ancestral Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
in 1904. The Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
achieved its highest peak during his reign on the Sajjada. Everyone used to call him the exact copy of Shah-e-ata by all means. He took the charge of Darse Nezamia founded by his father very properly after his father's death. Apart from the traditional methods of Khanqah of preaching he opted for many modern methods of preaching.
- Halqae-Abulolaiya
It was an organization for all Muslim brethren. A programme used to be organised on the 17 of every Islamic month. Speeches of different Ulema
Ulema
Ulama , also spelt ulema, refers to the educated class of Muslim legal scholars engaged in the several fields of Islamic studies. They are best known as the arbiters of shari‘a law...
and Sufi were organized in the campus of Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
. This group also had the responsibility of burial of anonymous dead bodies of Muslims. This group is still in existence and the present Sajjada nashin
Sajjada nashin
The Sajjada Nashin is the descendant of a Sufi Pir or descendant of a disciple of a Pir, who tends to the shrine which is erected over the Pir's tomb or grave, known as a Dargah or Mazar....
of the Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
is the Chief of this organisation.
- Matbua-Monamia
Print media has always been an important means to communicate with the masses so he founded a publication house with the name of Matbua-Monamia for the publication of different manuscripts preserved in the ancestral library of the Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
. This was the first publication house ever founded in Gaya
Gaya, India
Gaya is the second largest city of Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District.Gaya is 100 kilometers south of Patna, the capital city of Bihar. Situated on the banks of Falgu River , it is a place sanctified by both the Hindu and the Buddhist religions...
. He published many books written by his ancestors specially Shah-e-ata and the disciples of Shah-e-ata. He himself authored many books including the biography of many great Islamic personalities like Jalaluddin Tabreziand Maqdum Munampak. In fact, he was the first to write the biography of Maqdum Munampak and Shah-e-ata. He also wrote travelogues. He was the first to write the history of Zahidia order in Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
. He has also worked over Tasawwuf to a great extent. He added much to the Islamic literature in Bihar and the literature of Munami Order.
- Hizbul-Foqra
In the early 19th century Wahabism had arrived in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and many groups had come up against Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam. Sunni Muslims are referred to in Arabic as ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah wa āl-Ǧamāʿah or ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah for short; in English, they are known as Sunni Muslims, Sunnis or Sunnites....
specially against Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
of that time. Shah Hussainuddin Safi founded a group of learned people and Islamic scholars of that time who would fight against any type of anti-Sunni activities rising anywhere in Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
. He brought all the scholars, masters, Sufis of all orders and other khanqahs of Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
together. This is why he is remembered as Wakeel-ul-Mashaiq(leader of all the masters) by his contemporaries.
He died at the age of 55 in 1939 leaving behind a son and daughter. He had three marriages. He didn't have any kids from his first wife. Only after the death of his first wife he married again. He had few kids but all died as infants. His second wife also couldn't survive for long and died. Then he had his third marriage and had two children who have carried his lineage forward. His son, Amir-ul-Mashaiq Syed Shah Ghulam-e-Mustafa Ahmed Chishti is the present Sajjada nashin
Sajjada nashin
The Sajjada Nashin is the descendant of a Sufi Pir or descendant of a disciple of a Pir, who tends to the shrine which is erected over the Pir's tomb or grave, known as a Dargah or Mazar....
of the Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
. He had thousands of disciples and khalifa all over Indian sub-continent who have carried his spiritual lineage forward.
Shah Hesamuddin Chishti
Born in 1899 he was the third son of Shah Nezamuddin Chishti. He gained education at Dars-e-Nezamia in the campus of KhanqahKhanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
and from his eldest brother Shah Hussainuddin Safi. He became a disciple of his brother in the ancestral Chishti Order
Chishti Order
The Chishtī Order is a Sufi order within the mystic branches of Islam which was founded in Chisht, a small town near Herat, Afghanistan about 930 CE. The Chishti Order is known for its emphasis on love, tolerance, and openness. The doctrine of the Chishti Order is based on walāya, which is a...
. The master awarded him KhilafatIjazah
Ijazah
An ijazah is a certificate used primarily by Sunni Muslims to indicate that one has been authorized by a higher authority to transmit a certain subject or text of Islamic knowledge...
of all the order after completing all his spiritual teachings himself. He was a great linguist and had thorough knowledge of Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
, Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
, Arabic and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. He was serving as the Chief librarian of the Jamia Millia Islamia
Jamia Millia Islamia
Jamia Millia Islamia is an Indian Central University located in Delhi. It was established at Aligarh in United Provinces, India in 1920. It became a Central University by an act of the Indian Parliament in 1988...
when Shah Hussainuddin Safi called him in 1938, one year before his death and gave him all the responsibilities of the Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
. He was a very immaculate and soft spoken person.
He left for Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
in 1958 after making his nephew(the son of Shah Hussainuddin Safi) the Sajjada nashin
Sajjada nashin
The Sajjada Nashin is the descendant of a Sufi Pir or descendant of a disciple of a Pir, who tends to the shrine which is erected over the Pir's tomb or grave, known as a Dargah or Mazar....
of the Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
. He had two marriages. He had one daughter from the first marriage and six children, one son and five daughters from the second marriage. He died in 1992 at the age of 93 leaving behind thousands of disciples all over India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
and was buried in Sakhi Hasan graveyard, Nazimabad, Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
.
Amir-ul-Mashaiq
He is the present Sajjada nashinSajjada nashin
The Sajjada Nashin is the descendant of a Sufi Pir or descendant of a disciple of a Pir, who tends to the shrine which is erected over the Pir's tomb or grave, known as a Dargah or Mazar....
of the Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
of Tajuddin Dehlavi-the disciple of Moinuddin Chishti
Moinuddin Chishti
Sultan-ul-Hind, Moinuddin Chishti was born in 1141 and died in 1230 CE. Also known as Gharīb Nawāz "Benefactor of the Poor" , he is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order of the Indian Subcontinent. He introduced and established the order in South Asia...
. He was born on 14 December 1936 which coincides with 29th of Ramzan 1355 hijri
Islamic calendar
The Hijri calendar , also known as the Muslim calendar or Islamic calendar , is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to date events in many Muslim countries , and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic...
. Before his birth the Khadim of the Dargah
Dargah
A Dargah is a Sufi shrine built over the grave of a revered religious figure, often a Sufi saint. Local Muslims visit the shrine known as . Dargahs are often associated with Sufi meeting rooms and hostels, known as khanqah...
of the great Sufi of Chishti Order
Chishti Order
The Chishtī Order is a Sufi order within the mystic branches of Islam which was founded in Chisht, a small town near Herat, Afghanistan about 930 CE. The Chishti Order is known for its emphasis on love, tolerance, and openness. The doctrine of the Chishti Order is based on walāya, which is a...
, Noor Qutb-e-Aalam Pandwi, Pandua
Pandua
Pandua or Hazrat Pandua or Firuzabad is a historical city, presently lying in the ruined condition in Malda district of the Indian state of West Bengal. Pandua is now almost synonymously known as Adina, a small town located about 18 km North of Malda Town.The city was probably founded by...
, West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
, Hafiz Peer Mohammad Monami saw in dreams that Shah Nur-Qutb-e-Aalam Pandwi is saying "Inform Shah Hussainuddin Ahmed that he will be bestowed with a son, he should name him Ghulam-e-Mustafa". When Amir-ul-Mashaiq was born Hazrat named him Ghulam-e-Mustafa Ahmed. He has learnt from various teachers and scholars all over Gaya
Gaya, India
Gaya is the second largest city of Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District.Gaya is 100 kilometers south of Patna, the capital city of Bihar. Situated on the banks of Falgu River , it is a place sanctified by both the Hindu and the Buddhist religions...
and Patna
Patna
Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...
.
When Amir-ul-Mashaiq was only two and a half years old his father died. Before his death Shah Hussainuddin Safi put the ancestral cap of Sajjada nashin
Sajjada nashin
The Sajjada Nashin is the descendant of a Sufi Pir or descendant of a disciple of a Pir, who tends to the shrine which is erected over the Pir's tomb or grave, known as a Dargah or Mazar....
on his head on the eve of Eid Milad Nnabi during the programme of Ziyarat
Ziyarat
Ziyārah is an Arabic term literally means "visit", used to refer to a pilgrimage to sites associated with Muhammad, his family members and descendants , his companions, or other venerated figures in Islām, such as the Prophets, Sufi saints and Islāmic scholars...
of the Tabarrukat(sacred belongings of great people like the Muhammad
Muhammad
Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...
and greatSufi of any order) and announced him as his successor and the heir of all his personal and ancestral belongings of the Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
.
Amir-ul-Mashaiq had a unique childhood. He was never seen playing games with his agemates or in any playground. He either used to study his lessons or do Zikr and read wazifa
Wazifa
Wazifa is the Sufi practice of reciting and meditating on some or all of the 99 names of Allah.-In Universal Sufism:The qualities of God, which in Universal Sufi terms are the aspects of Nature, can be evoked, understood, felt, and seen through the repetition of Wazifas, the Divine Names and...
or recite Quran. When Amir-ul-Mashaiq was a kid Shah Hussainuddin Safi had made him his Murid(disciple) in the ancestral Chishti order and has left the khilafatnama(certificate of Ijazah
Ijazah
An ijazah is a certificate used primarily by Sunni Muslims to indicate that one has been authorized by a higher authority to transmit a certain subject or text of Islamic knowledge...
) for him. When Amir-ul-Mashaiq grew up he accepted the bait(oath) on the hand of his paternal uncle Shah Hesamuddin Chishti and Hazrat awarded him the Khilafat and told him"You are already a murid and have the khilfat from your father. It's now upon you, you can use either my Khilafat or your fathers'". Amir-ul-Mashaiq as a respect has always used the khilafat of his uncle which also includes the name of his father.
He has thousands of disciples all over India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
and USA and he also has many khalifas all over India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. He has been serving as the Sajjada nashin
Sajjada nashin
The Sajjada Nashin is the descendant of a Sufi Pir or descendant of a disciple of a Pir, who tends to the shrine which is erected over the Pir's tomb or grave, known as a Dargah or Mazar....
of the Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
for over fifty years now. He has been married to a descendant of Abdul-Qadir Gilani, the eldest daughter of Hakeem Abdur-Rahim Qadri, AmjharSharif, Aurangabad, Bihar
Aurangabad, Bihar
Aurangabad is a city and a municipality in Aurangabad district in the state of Bihar, India. Aurangabad is the district headquarters of the Aurangabad district. It is situated on the Grand Trunk Road. The people of this region primarily speak Magahi. Due to lack of industrialization, people are...
. He has three sons viz.Faqr-e-ulema Alhaaj Maulana Syed Mohammed Sabahuddin Chishti, Syed Ata Ahmed Fuzail and Hafiz Syed Ata Faisal and eight daughters.
Each and every Sufi of Gaya
Gaya, India
Gaya is the second largest city of Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District.Gaya is 100 kilometers south of Patna, the capital city of Bihar. Situated on the banks of Falgu River , it is a place sanctified by both the Hindu and the Buddhist religions...
has learnt spiritual lessons from him. This is why he is known as Amir-ul-Mashaiq(the master of all master). Sufis of all the order feel extremely impressed from his spirituality after meeting him. His personality is unparalleled all over Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
.Ulema
Ulema
Ulama , also spelt ulema, refers to the educated class of Muslim legal scholars engaged in the several fields of Islamic studies. They are best known as the arbiters of shari‘a law...
and Sufi love his company and he loves to impart spiritual lessons to everyone. There have many converts to Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
on his hands. Even Wahhabi and Deobandi
Deobandi
Deobandi is a movement of Sunni Islam. The movement began at Darul Uloom Deoband in Deoband, India, where its foundation was laid on 30 May 1866.-History:...
accept him as the true leader of the Muslim community. He is very soft spoken and no any seeker of anything, Knowledge
Knowledge
Knowledge is a familiarity with someone or something unknown, which can include information, facts, descriptions, or skills acquired through experience or education. It can refer to the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject...
, Spirituality
Spirituality
Spirituality can refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality; an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being; or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.” Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop...
, Tranquility, Wealth
Wealth
Wealth is the abundance of valuable resources or material possessions. The word wealth is derived from the old English wela, which is from an Indo-European word stem...
or a Child
Child
Biologically, a child is generally a human between the stages of birth and puberty. Some vernacular definitions of a child include the fetus, as being an unborn child. The legal definition of "child" generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority...
has returned empty handed from his doors. His doors and the doors of the Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
are open for all of human
Human
Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...
ity, round the clock.
Disciples
It is believed that he had approximately of 60,000 disciples all over Asia. The number of Khalifas is expected to be in many hundreds. Many of his disciples went on to become a very successful Sufi of their time. Though the list is very long a few are enlisted here.Razzaqi order
Since Shah-e-Ata was given the title of ABDUL RAZZAQ his disciples and sufis of his order proudly wrote themselves as sufis of Razzaqi order.Thus the Razzaqi Order came into existence.Famous disciples
The information regarding many of his Khalifas was lost during India's First War of IndependenceIndia's First War of Independence (term)
The First War of Indian Independence is a term that is sometimes used, predominantly in India, to describe the Indian Rebellion of 1857, which has been described variously outside of India as "uprising", "revolt" and "mutiny".- History :...
in 1857.Secondly when the Wahhabi extremist formed Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
and sufis had to leave that region. Shah-e-Ata's Khulfas and their successors in the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
went out of touch and could not be traced after that. One can easily imagine the greatness of Shah-e-Ata that the Sheikh-ud-Dalail (that used to be an authority in Medina
Medina
Medina , or ; also transliterated as Madinah, or madinat al-nabi "the city of the prophet") is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, and...
who used to give the Ijazah
Ijazah
An ijazah is a certificate used primarily by Sunni Muslims to indicate that one has been authorized by a higher authority to transmit a certain subject or text of Islamic knowledge...
of Dala'il al-Khayrat
Dala'il al-Khayrat
Dala'il al-Khayrat or Dalaail u'l Khayraat Wa Shawaariq u'l Anwaar Fee Zikri's Salaat Alan Nabiyyi'l Mukhtaar is a famous collection of prayers for Islamic prophet Muhammad, which was written by the Moroccan Sunni Sufi and Islamic Scholar Muhammad al-Jazuli...
( to anyone who could recite it properly) after listening it from the seeker of Ijazah
Ijazah
An ijazah is a certificate used primarily by Sunni Muslims to indicate that one has been authorized by a higher authority to transmit a certain subject or text of Islamic knowledge...
) became his murid(disciple) and Shah-e-ata awarded him the Ijazah
Ijazah
An ijazah is a certificate used primarily by Sunni Muslims to indicate that one has been authorized by a higher authority to transmit a certain subject or text of Islamic knowledge...
of his order.
Much information regarding sufis of the Razzaqi order was lost during the Partition of India
Partition of India
The Partition of India was the partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India on 14 and 15...
in 1947.So very less information regarding the disciples & sufis of the order of Shah-e-Ata was available. Some information has been recovered from the book of Shahe-e-Ata, Kaifya-tul-Aarfeen wa Nisbatul Aasheqeen, which was published twice,once during the life of the author and again in the life of his great grandson Shah Hussainuddin Safi.
Many other sufis who are the successors of the disciples of Shah-e-Ata have been traced after 1970 and have become an important source of information regarding the Razzaqi order and the history of Razzaqi order in different parts of Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
.
Only those of the famous Sufis are enlisted below whose orders are still present by means of any of the living Sufi around the globe and their successors are still in touch with the successors of Shah-e-Ata.
Syed Shah Qazi Mazahir Imam
He was the most loved disciple of Shah-e-ata. Initially he was hesitant to become a disciple(murid) of any Sufi master though he wanted Shah-e-ata to be his master(pir) as his father was also the disciple of Shah-e-ata. Shah-e-ata used to say that it seems that you are very hesitant to accept bait(oath) so i will have to take your bait forcefully. The words of Shah-e-ata became true. Qazi Mazahir was an immaculately beautiful person with a charismatic personality. He was once listening SemaSema
Sama is a Sufi ceremony performed as dhikr. Sama means "listening", while dhikr means "remembrance". These rituals often includes singing, playing instruments, dancing, recitation of poetry and prayers, wearing symbolic attire, and other rituals...
in the Manpur locality of Gaya
Gaya District
Gaya is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India. The district is having a common boundary with the Jharkhand state in the south. Gaya city is its largest city and the district headquarters.-History:...
district and a man who was looking for a Pir
Pir
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after completion of all his studies came to him respectfully and requested him to make him his murid(disciple). Hazrat said," I am still not associated with any of the Tariqah
Tariqah
A tariqa is an Islamic religious order. In Sufism one starts with Islamic law, the exoteric or mundane practice of Islam and then is initiated onto the mystical path of a tariqa. Through spiritual practices and guidance of a tariqa the aspirant seeks ḥaqīqah - ultimate truth.-Meaning:A tariqa is a...
(orders) how can i make you my murid". Hazrat kept on reapeating the same but the stranger was very firm over his words. The man kept on repeating that Hazrat seems to be the impeccable Sufi according to him and he will become only a disciple of Hazrat. At last Hazra Qazi Mazahir Imam went to Shah-e-ata to become his murid. When he entered the Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
Shah-e-ata was sitting on the Sajjada, waiting for him. Shah-e-ata had already taken out the Shijra(the chain depicting the name of all the Sufis in the order) and signed the Khilafatnama (a certificate giving Ijazah
Ijazah
An ijazah is a certificate used primarily by Sunni Muslims to indicate that one has been authorized by a higher authority to transmit a certain subject or text of Islamic knowledge...
(permission) to the disciple to propagate the order further) to be given to him.
Once he became the murid of Shah-e-ata he used to visit his master in the Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
everyday on foot covering a distance of almost five to seven kilometers with mountain and rivers on he way. Shah-e-ata died in 1889 but he kept visiting the shrine of his master until his last day on earth. He died in 1942 and was buried in the Abgila locality of Gaya
Gaya, India
Gaya is the second largest city of Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District.Gaya is 100 kilometers south of Patna, the capital city of Bihar. Situated on the banks of Falgu River , it is a place sanctified by both the Hindu and the Buddhist religions...
. His life is a perfect example for the disciples of all the Sufis. He never called the descendants of shah-e-ata by their name even when one of the great grandsons of Shah-e-ata was his son-in-law. His disciples were innumerable and was present all over India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. He founded his own Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
which is famous as Khanqah mazahirya and is still in existence. He had three sons Qazi Maqbool Imam, Qazi Waris Imam and Qazi Jalil Imam. All three of them went on to become great Sufis of their time. His youngest son died in 1992. The orders of his eldest and youngest son is no more in existence but the order of his second son and many of his Caliph
Caliph
The Caliph is the head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the ruler of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah. It is a transcribed version of the Arabic word which means "successor" or "representative"...
is still present.
Syed Shah Qazi Najam Imam Chishti Monami Razzaqi is the grandson of Qazi Maqbool Imam-the eldest son of Qazi Mazahir Imam and the present Sajjadanasheen of Khanqah Mazahirya founded by Qazi Mazahir Imam.He has Khilafat(Ijazah
Ijazah
An ijazah is a certificate used primarily by Sunni Muslims to indicate that one has been authorized by a higher authority to transmit a certain subject or text of Islamic knowledge...
) from Qazi Waris Imam (the second son of Qazi Mazahir Imam) and Amir-ul-Mashaiq-the successor and Sajjadanasheen of the Khanqah of Shah-e-Ata. In fact, he has taken thorough spiritual lessons from Amir-ul-Mashaiq and has become his murid(disciple).
Syed Shah Nudrat Hussain Burdawani
He was already the Sajjada nashinSajjada nashin
The Sajjada Nashin is the descendant of a Sufi Pir or descendant of a disciple of a Pir, who tends to the shrine which is erected over the Pir's tomb or grave, known as a Dargah or Mazar....
of his ancestral Khanqah established at Burdwan, West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
. His was ordered spiritually from his ancestors to go to Gaya
Gaya, India
Gaya is the second largest city of Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District.Gaya is 100 kilometers south of Patna, the capital city of Bihar. Situated on the banks of Falgu River , it is a place sanctified by both the Hindu and the Buddhist religions...
and become the disciple of Shah-e-ata. He became his very obedient disciple and started living in the Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
of Shah-e-ata. Meanwhile he wrote the Malfoozat(sayings of a Sufi) of Shah-e-ata in forty majalis(lessons) and got it checked and signed by the master himself. After completing his sulook(the course of spiritual enlightenment) he went to Burdwan. After his death he was buried in his own Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
at Burdwan, West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
. His son Zia-ul-Hassan was a famous sufi of his time.His khanqah and the order is still in existence.Syed Shah Fazl-ur-Rahman Razzaqi is the grandson of Shah Zia-ul-Hassan and the present Sajjada nashin
Sajjada nashin
The Sajjada Nashin is the descendant of a Sufi Pir or descendant of a disciple of a Pir, who tends to the shrine which is erected over the Pir's tomb or grave, known as a Dargah or Mazar....
of the Khanqah
Khanqah
A Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
.
Other notable sufis
Shah-e-Ata had hundreds of Khulfas all over AsiaAsia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
.This is a small list of notable sufis who had KhilafatIjazah
Ijazah
An ijazah is a certificate used primarily by Sunni Muslims to indicate that one has been authorized by a higher authority to transmit a certain subject or text of Islamic knowledge...
from him.
- Syed Shah Ahmed Hussain Chishti, KhanqahKhanqahA Khanqah, Khaniqah , ribat, zawiya, or tekke is a building designed specifically for gatherings of a Sufi brotherhood, or tariqa, and is a place for spiritual retreat and character reformation...
Maududia Chishtia,Chota Sheikhpura, NawadaNawadaNawada is a city and a municipality. It is also the headquarters of Nawada district in the Indian state of Bihar.-Geography:Nawada is located at . It has an average elevation of 80 metres...
, BiharBiharBihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India.... - Syed Shah Nazeer Hussain a.k.a Shah Dammad Danapuri, DanapurDanapurDanapur , sometimes known as Dinapur or Dinapore is a satellite town of Patna in Bihar state of India. It is located on the bank of the River Sone which merges with River Ganges at Digha a few kilometers from Danapur...
, BiharBiharBihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India.... - Maulvi Faizullah a.k.a Maulvi Moinudddin Faiz Bukhsh, Bihar SharifBihar SharifBihar Sri is the district headquarters of Nalanda district in the state of Bihar in eastern India.-History:The ancient Odantpuri University was located here, an important centre for the learning of Buddhism. Odatpuri is center of Buddhist culture...
, BiharBiharBihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India.... - Maulvi Syed Shah Ali Raza,Bithosharif(a satellite town of Gaya), GayaGaya, IndiaGaya is the second largest city of Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District.Gaya is 100 kilometers south of Patna, the capital city of Bihar. Situated on the banks of Falgu River , it is a place sanctified by both the Hindu and the Buddhist religions...
, BiharBiharBihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India.... - Syed Dr. Wazir Ali, GayaGaya, IndiaGaya is the second largest city of Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District.Gaya is 100 kilometers south of Patna, the capital city of Bihar. Situated on the banks of Falgu River , it is a place sanctified by both the Hindu and the Buddhist religions...
, BiharBiharBihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
(buried in the southern part of Khanqah) - Maulana Syed Fatah Shareefuddin a.k.a Mir Ashraf Ali Hussaini Gulshanabadi, Nashik, MaharashtraMaharashtraMaharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
- Muhammad Sayeeduddin sarmast walmakhatib Ata Dost, MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, MaharashtraMaharashtraMaharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India... - Khwaja Ghulam Ghaus, AgraAgraAgra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...
, Uttar PradeshUttar PradeshUttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity... - Hakim Haji Muhmmad Bukhsh, KhairabadKhairabadKhairabad is a city and a municipal board in Sitapur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Geography:Khairabad is located at . It has an average elevation of 138 metres .-Demographics:...
, Uttar PradeshUttar PradeshUttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity... - Haji Hafiz Maulvi Abu Saeed, AmethiAmethiAmethi is a city and a municipal board in Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the headquarters of the district. Amethi district officially named after Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj, is a newest and 72nd district in the state of Uttar Pradesh in...
, SultanpurSultanpurSultanpur is a city and a municipal board in Sultanpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located in the geographic center of and is the administrative headquarters of Sultanpur District. It is an ancient town situated on the right bank of Gomati River, to the south east of...
, Uttar PradeshUttar PradeshUttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity... - Khwaja Muhammad Sadruddin, MoradabadMoradabadMoradabad is a city and a municipal corporation in Moradabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 1600 by prince Murad, the son of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan; as a result the city came to be known as Moradabad. It is the administrative headquarters of...
, Uttar PradeshUttar PradeshUttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity... - Sheikh Muhammad Yusuf, BharuchBharuchBharuch , also known as Broach, is the oldest city in Gujarat, situated at the mouth of the holy river Narmada. Bharuch is the administrative headquarters of Bharuch District and a municipality of more than 1,50,000 inhabitants. As Bharuch is a major seaport city, a number of trade activities have...
, Gujarat - Munshi Muhammad Ismaeil, Shahjahanbad, DelhiDelhiDelhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
- Sheikh Faqeer Muhammad, MeccaMeccaMecca is a city in the Hijaz and the capital of Makkah province in Saudi Arabia. The city is located inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of above sea level...
, Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaThe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World... - Sheikh-ud-Dalail Maulana Syed Muhammad ibn Syed Abdur Rahman Maghribi Al-Ghalali, MedinaMedinaMedina , or ; also transliterated as Madinah, or madinat al-nabi "the city of the prophet") is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, and...
, Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaThe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
This is just a small list and contains the name of only one disciple in a city.No any two disciples of the same city have been enlisted .No any sufi who was the descendant of his son or daughter has been enlisted here.
See also
- Moinuddin Chishti AjmerMoinuddin ChishtiSultan-ul-Hind, Moinuddin Chishti was born in 1141 and died in 1230 CE. Also known as Gharīb Nawāz "Benefactor of the Poor" , he is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order of the Indian Subcontinent. He introduced and established the order in South Asia...
- Qutbuddin Bakhtiar KakiQutbuddin Bakhtiar KakiQutub ul Aqtab Hazrat Khwaja Syed Muhammad Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki was a renowned Muslim Sufi mystic, saint and scholar of the Chishti Order from Delhi, India. He was the disciple and the spiritual successor of Moinuddin Chishti as head of the Chishti order. Before him the Chishti order in India...
- Khwaja Maudood ChishtiMaudood ChishtiMaudood Chishti was an early day Sufi Saint, a successor to his father and master Abu Yusuf Bin Saamaan, twelfth link in the Sufi silsilah of Chishti Order, and the Master of Shareef Zandani. He was born around 430 Hijri in the city of Chisht. He initially received education from his father...
- Khwaja Wali Kirani
- SufismSufismSufism or ' is defined by its adherents as the inner, mystical dimension of Islam. A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a '...