Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty (R.A) (Persian/Urdu: خواجہ معین الدین چشتی ) also known as Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (Urdu: غریب نواز ), is the most
famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order of South Asia. He is also known as "Sultan-e-Hind".
Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chishti was born in Asfahan and brought up in Sanjar, Persia, in the year 530 AH / 1135 AD. He was the
son of Khwaja Ghiyas Uddin Hasan and Bibi Mah Nur. In 544 AH / 1150 AD, his father passed away leaving him a garden and a
grinding stone as inheritance. Soon thereafter, Khwaja Sahib came in touch with a mystic, Hazrat Ibrahim Qandoozi. The meeting
bought about a noticeable change in his condition and he became absorbed in the search for Truth. He sold his inheritance and left for Khorasan.
Khwaja Moin-uddin Hasan Chisti (R.A) occupies a prominent place among the spiritual Healers of the world.
In his temperament as in the circumstance of his life Khwaja Sahib was destined for an extra ordinary career.
Into a tottering civilization, fraught with material acquisition, which guaranteed no safety to human life and which conferred no spiritual freedom on human beings he burst forth all the masterful force of his personality, There is a complete blending of greatness and grace, mediation and action precept, practice, indifference of the mystic and idealism of a Saint.
He stands for all that is true, Beautiful and Noble..
He is a SYMBOL OF LOVE, HARMONY AND TRUTH.
The sources of this power may be traced to his own exceptional endowments.
Throughout his life, he exhibited the noble traits of character so peculiar to the house of Prophet Mohammed (S.A.W) to which he belonged.
He traveled far and wide and during his search, he met Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir of Jilan, better known as Ghous-ul-Azam, and also Hazrat Khwaja Usman Harooni. His search for a spiritual guide was rewarded when Hazrat Khwaja Usman Harooni took him as a mureed (spiritual disciple).
He spent several years under the guidance of Khwaja Usman Harooni and traveled widely with him, seeking Truth and meeting mystics and adding to his spiritual treasures. In the year 582 AH / 1186 AD, he was appointed spiritual successor by his spiritual guide, Hazrat Khwaja Usman Harooni. Later, upon his visit to Medina in 583 AH / 1187 AD, he received a mandate from the Holy Prophet to proceed to Ajmer.
Mandate from the Holy Prophet
Hazrat Khwaja Moin Uddin Hasan Chishti came to India as the harbinger of peace and humanism and as an ambassador of unity and goodwill. He ultimately came to be identified as the Spiritual Sovereign of India.
Hazrat Khwaja Moin Uddin Hasan Chishti received the mandate from the court of the Holy Prophet Mohammed to the effect that: -
"O, Moin Uddin! Thou art a helper of my religion. I entrust to thee the country of Hindustan (India) where prevails darkness. Proceed on to Ajmer, and spread there our gospel of Truth."
Receiving this mandate, Khwaja Sahib was immensely pleased but wondered, as to where Ajmer was situated. In the meantime, he felt drowsy. He fell asleep and was blessed by the vision of the Holy Prophet Mohammed in a dream, who showed him the city, the fort and the location of Ajmer. He was bid farewell, and was given a pomegranate from heaven.
Thus began his journey to Ajmer, India
Travels of khawaja moinuddin hasan chisthi
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