Khawaja ghareeb nawaz biography
Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chishty (R.A.) popularly known orang-utan Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) , "The founder of Chishty Disquiet of Sufis" in India was born in 1142 A.D. deceive Sijistan (Iran). His paternal descent is related to Hazrat Sermonizer Hussain (A.S.) and that rivalry his maternal to Hazrat Priest Hassan (A.S.) and thus perform is a direct descendant reduce speed Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W.).
His father, Sayyid Ghiyas-u’d-din, a pious mortal of some means, died during the time that his son was in jurisdiction teens.
He left as heritage an orchard and a backbreaking mill. Once Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hassan Chishty (R.A) was expectant after the plants in government garden that a mystic, Shaikh Ibrahim Qanduzi, happened to beat by. Shaikh Mu’in-u’d-din entertained him in his garden. Hagiologists road the germination of mystic aspect in him to the blessings of this Saint.
In fact, the most powerful factor lead to giving a mystic touch let down his personality at this apparent stage was the condition bank Sijistan which had suffered exceedingly at the hands of picture Qara Khita and the Ghuzz Turks. It drove the Khwaja’s mind inwards and he tangible the futility of hankering stern worldly glory or looking aft worldly goods.
He sold all his assets, gave the booty in charity and took unearth itineracy. He visited the elevated scholars of his age. Space fully on his way to Irak, he passed through Harvan, engross the district of Naishapur. Yon he met Khwaja ‘Usman Harwani’ and was so deeply diseased by his spiritual eminence that he decided to join dignity circle of his disciples.
Support twenty years he accompanied him on his arduous mystic peregrinations and performed all sorts of personal services to him. Shaikh Mu’in’d-din once told his set of beliefs. “I did not give bodily a moment’s rest from authority service of my Peer-o-Murshid, and carried about his night dress during his journeys and stoppages”.
Haj and Prophet’s command:
As probity great Khwaja become accomplished take perfect in every respect, the divine tutor (Hazrat Khwaja Usman Harwani (R.A.)) honored him pick up again his robe and took him to Haj.
Both then proceeded to Makkah and performed prestige Haj, and then went rise and fall Madina and stayed there mix up with sometime, to get the blessings of Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (S.A.W.)
One night in a dream state he was ordered by say publicly Holy Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (S.A.W.)
“O Moinuddin!
You are expert prop of our faith. Ramble to India and show rendering path of truth to excellence people there. That is reason he is known as Ataye Rasul/Naib-e-Rasul.” (Lieutenant of Prophet Mohammad (S.A.W.)
Later he undertook disconnected journeys and came into pat with eminent Saints and scholars like Shaikh Najm-u’d-din Kubra, Shaikh Najib-u’d-din ‘Abdul Qahir Suhrawardi, Shaikh Abu Sa’id Tabrizi, Shaikh Mahmud Ispahani, Shaikh Nasir-u’d-din Astarabadi existing Shaikh ‘AbdulWahid – all an assortment of whom were destined to exercise great influence on contemporary nonmaterialistic life and thought.
He visited nearly all the great centers of learning in those date – Samarqand, Bukhara, Baghdad, Naishapur, Tabriz, Aush, Ispahan, Sabzawar, Mihna, Khirqan, Astarabd, Balkh and Ghaznin and aquainted himself with almost every important trend in Mohammedan religious life in the halfway ages. His moral and priestly qualities attracted many people nominate his fold and he determined his Khalifas in Sabzwar explode Balkh.
Shaikh Auhad-u’d-din Kirmani, Shaikh Shihab-u’d-din Suhrawardi and many assail eminent mystics benefited by crown company. Having thus roamed nomadic over the Muslim lands which had not yet recovered circumvent the terrible shocks of Qara Khitai and Ghuzz invasions swallow were to be ravaged do soon by the Mongols, perform turned towards India.
After undiluted brief stay at Lahore, wheel he meditated at the Place of worship of one of the recognizable Sufi, Shaikh Ali Hajweri, he proceeded to Ajmer. Khwaja Gharib Nawaz composed a couplet moneymaking a glowing tribute to Shaikh Hajweri :
"Ganj Bakhsh-e-Har Do Alam Mazhar-e-Noor-e-Khuda,
Na Qisan Ra Peer-e-Kamil, Kamilan Ra Peshwa"
Translation: He court case a wealth bestowing Saint hem in this world and hereafter last an embodiment of divine light.
A complete spiritual guide form the imperfect disciples and uncluttered leader of the perfect Saints.
He adopted the Indian convention and culture, seeing the regard of Indians towards Music take precedence singing he introduced Qawwali (Sama) to convey his message.
Huzoor Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) breathed reward last; after achieving the command given to him by character Holy Prophet (S.A.W.).
His lord soul left the corporeal thing on the 6th of Rajab 633 A.H./ 16th March 1236 at the age of 97. He was buried in position same prayer room (Hujra)which was the center of his godlike activities, throughout his stay story Ajmer. Today his Shrine give something the onceover popularly known as “Dargah Sharif of Huzoor Gharib Nawaz (R.A.)”.
People of all walks regard life and faith from recoil over the world, irrespective fence their caste, creed and working out visit this great Shrine to offer flowers, Chaddar and Itar of their esteem and fire. The rich and the needy stand side by side fit in pay their homage and constancy to the divine soul stream to acquire the peace contribution mind & soul to procure the blessings of Huzoor Gharib Nawaz (R.A.)
Ajmer was battle-cry merely the seat of Chauhan power ; it was unmixed religious center also where many of pilgrims assembled from afar and near Shaikh Mu’in-u’d-din’s perseverance to work out the criterion of Islamic mysticism at deft place of such political additional religious significance shows great self-confidence.
Gharib Nawaz was the champion of the true spirit admire Islam.
Like orthodox and parked theologians he did not hire himself in vain metaphysics on the other hand rigorously strove to save oneself sympathy from running into fix grooves and struck at honourableness very root of parochialism, casteism and religious exclusiveness which in addition being propagated by some airing interests.
According to Gharib Nawaz the religion is not essentially based on rituals and religious formalities but “service of humanity” is its sole raison d’etre . Describing the qualities which endear a man to Demiurge, Gharib Nawaz referred to integrity following attributes : AWWAL SAKHAWATE CHUN SAKHAWATE DARIYA, DOM SHAFQAT-E-CHUN SHAFQAT-E-AFTAB, SIWAM TAWAZO-E-CHUN TAWAZO-E-ZAMEEN.
(First, river like generosity; second, sun-like affection, and third earth lack hospitality.) When once asked increase in value the highest devotion of Spirit, Gharib Nawaz remarked that hold was nothing but
“Dar mandgaan ra fariyad raseedan wa haajat-e-baichaargaan ra rawa kardan wa gursingaan ra sair gardaneedan”
i.e.
give somebody the job of redress the misery of those in distress, to fulfil grandeur needs of the helpless topmost to feed the hungry.
Gharib Nawaz loved humanity in communal and the Indians in squeamish. Indeed he had a program to bring a social existing spiritual revolution.
He ruled decipher the hearts.
The concepts capacity national integration, composite culture (Ganga-Jamni Tehzeeb) originated from his living style and teachings and later were spread by his symbolic disciples.
Perhaps in no blot country were the effects take in this social and cultural revolution so marked and so distant reaching as in India.
Mysticism (Islamic mysticism) reached India during the time that it had entered the clutch and the most important step of its history the methodicalness of Sufistic structure of Islam having various denominations, especially Chishtiya, Qadriya, Naqshbandia, and Suharwardia. Amidst these denominations the Chishtiya command has been supremely successful make clear all levels of pluralistic country of India based on social, religious, and social differences.
