Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chishty (R.A.)
Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chishty (R.A.) popularly
known as Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) , "The founder of Chishty
Order of Sufis" in India was born in 1142 A.D. in Sijistan
(Iran). His paternal genealogy is related to Hazrat Imam Hussain
(A.S.) and that of his maternal to Hazrat Imam Hassan (A.S.) and thus
he is a direct descendant of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W.).His father,Sayyid
Ghiyas-u'ddin, a pious man of some means, died when his son was in his
teens. He left as legacy an orchard and a grinding mill. Once Hazrat
Khwaja Moinuddin Hassan Chishty (R.A) was looking after the plants in his garden
that a mystic, Shaikh Ibrahim Qanduzi, happened to pass by. Shaikh
Mu'in-u'd-din entertained him in his garden. Hagiologists trace the germination
of mystic attitude in him to the blessings of this Saint. In fact,
the most powerful factor
in giving a mystic touch to his personality at this early stage was
the condition of Sijistan which had suffered terribly at the hands of
the Qara Khita and the Ghuzz Turks. It drove the Khwaja's mind
inwards and he realized the futility of hankering after worldly glory
or looking after worldly goods. He sold all his assets, gave the
proceeds in charity and took to itineracy. He visited the eminent
scholars of his age. While on his way to Iraq, he passed through
Harvan, in the district of Naishapur. Here he met
Khwaja 'Usman Harwani' and was so deeply impressed by his spiritual
eminence that he decided to join the circle of his disciples. For
twenty years he accompanied him on his arduous mystic journeys and
performed all sorts of personal services to him. Shaikh Mu'in'd-din
once told his disciples. "I did not give myself a moment's rest
from the service of my Peer-o-Murshid, and carried about his night clothes
during his journeys and stoppages". Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin
Hasan Chishty (R.A.) popularly known as Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) , "The
founder of Chishty Order of Sufis" in India was born in 1142 A.D.
in Sijistan (Iran). His paternal genealogy is related to Hazrat Imam
Hussain (A.S.) and that of his maternal to Hazrat Imam Hassan (A.S.)
and thus he is a direct descendant of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad
(S.A.W.). His father, Sayyid Ghiyas-u'd- din, a pious man
of some means, died when his son was in his teens. He left as legacy an orchard and a grinding
mill. Once Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hassan Chishty (R.A) was looking after the plants in his
garden that a mystic, Shaikh Ibrahim Qanduzi, happened to pass by.
Shaikh Mu'in-u'd-din entertained him in his garden. Hagiologists
trace the germination of mystic attitude in him to the blessings of
this Saint. In fact, the most powerful factor in giving a mystic
touch to his personality at this early stage was the condition of
Sijistan which had suffered terribly at the hands of the Qara Khita
and the Ghuzz Turks. It drove the Khwaja's mind inwards and he realized
the futility of hankering after worldly glory or looking after
worldly goods. He sold all his assets, gave the proceeds in charity
and took to itineracy. He visited the eminent scholars of his age.
While on his way to Iraq, he passed through Harvan, in the district
of Naishapur. Here he met Khwaja 'Usman Harwani' and was so deeply
impressed by his spiritual eminence that he decided to join the
circle of his disciples. For twenty years he accompanied him on his
arduous mystic journeys and performed all sorts of personal services
to him. Shaikh Mu'in'd-din once told his disciples. "I did not
give myself a moment's rest from the service of my Peer-o-Murshid, and
carried about his night clothes during his journeys and stoppages".
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