Moin-ud-din Chishti

Persian Sufi Chishtiyya order mystic (1143–1236)

Hazrat Sheikh Khwaja Moin-ud-din Chishti Ajmeri, was born in 1141 and died in 1236 AD. He is also known as "Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti" and "Gharīb Nawāz" (Benefactor of the Poor). He is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti order of South Asia. Moinuddin Chishti is believed to have introduced and established this Order in India. His shrine is at Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.[7]

Muʿīn al-Dīn Chishtī
معین الدین چشتی ؓ
Mu'in al-Din Chishti, Ghareeb Nawaz, Sultan Ul Hind
A Mughal miniature representing Muʿīn al-Dīn Chishtī
Other namesKhawja Ghareeb Nawaz, Sultan Ul Hind
Personal
Born1 February 1143
Died15 March 1236 (aged 92–93)[source?]
Resting placeAjmer Sharif Dargah
ReligionIslam
FlourishedIslamic golden age
ChildrenThree sons—Abū Saʿīd, Fak̲h̲r al-Dīn and Ḥusām al-Dīn — and one daughter Bībī Jamāl.
ParentsKhwāja G̲h̲iyāt̲h̲ al-Dīn Ḥasan, Umm al-Wara
DenominationSunni[2][3]
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedMaturidi
TariqaChishti (Founder)
Other namesKhawja Ghareeb Nawaz, Sultan Ul Hind
ProfessionIslamic preacher
Senior posting
Influenced by
Influenced
ProfessionIslamic preacher

The main beliefs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti were achieving oneness with Allah, devotion to the Divine, leading a pure life, showing compassion and charity for the helpless and poor.

References change

  1. "Chishti, Mu'in al-Din Muhammad". Oxford Islamic Studies.
  2. Francesca Orsini and Katherine Butler Schofield, Telling and Texts: Music, Literature, and Performance in North India (Open Book Publishers, 2015), p. 463
  3. Arya, Gholam-Ali and Negahban, Farzin, "Chishtiyya", in: Encyclopaedia Islamica, Editors-in-Chief: Wilferd Madelung and, Farhad Daftary: "The followers of the Chishtiyya Order, which has the largest following among Sufi orders in the Indian subcontinent, are Ḥanafī Sunni Muslims."
  4. 4.0 4.1 Ḥamīd al-Dīn Nāgawrī, Surūr al-ṣudūr; cited in Auer, Blain, "Chishtī Muʿīn al-Dīn Ḥasan", in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE, Edited by: Kate Fleet, Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas, Everett Rowson.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Blain Auer, "Chishtī Muʿīn al-Dīn Ḥasan", in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE, Edited by: Kate Fleet, Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas, Everett Rowson.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Arya, Gholam-Ali; Negahban, Farzin. "Chishtiyya". In Madelung, Wilferd; Daftary, Farhad (eds.). Encyclopaedia Islamica.
  7. "Ajmer Sharif Dargah, Khwaja Garib Nawaz Rajasthan, India". Ajmer Sharif Dargah. Retrieved 7 January 2024.