♦ Khwaja Moin-ud-deen ♦ معین الدین چشتی ♦ Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ♦

Sultan-ul-Hind, Hazrat Shaikh Khwaja Syed Muhammad Mu'īnuddīn Chishtī (Ajmeri) (Persian/Urdu: خواجہ سیّد محمد معین الدین چشتی اجمیری) was born in 1141 and died in 1230 CE. Also known as Gharīb Nawāz (غریب نواز), or 'Benefactor of the Poor', he is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishtī Order of the Indian Subcontinent. He introduced and established the order in South Asia. The initial spiritual chain or silsila of the Chishti order in India, comprising Mu'īnuddīn Chishtī, Bakhtiyar Kaki, Baba Farid and Nizamuddin Auliya (each successive person being the disciple of the previous one), constitutes the great Sufi saints of Indian history.[1] Sayings of Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti, ra 1. Without performing Namaz (prayer), none can approach Allah (God), because Namaz is the climax (mi'raj) in the process of such an approach for the pious. 2. If all the rules of Namaz were not followed properly, it is struck back on the face of him who offers such a Namaz. 3. The heart of a lover (True lover of Allah) constantly burns with the fire of love, so much so that whatever intrudes upon its sanctity is burnt to ashes. 4. A sin committed does not harm an individual so much as looking down upon one's own fellow human beings. 5. Of all the worship that pleases Almighty Allah, the most is the granting of relief to the humble and the oppressed. 6. Performance of charity is the key of attaining the estate of a philanthropist. 7. The one who does not perform devotion of Allah is engaged in the ...

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Orignal From: ♦ Khwaja Moin-ud-deen ♦ معین الدین چشتی ♦ Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ♦