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]
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 A Mughal miniature representing Muʿīn al-Dīn Chishtī |
| Other names | Khawja Ghareeb Nawaz, Sultan Ul Hind |
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| Born | 1 February 1143
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| Died | 15 March 1236 (aged 92–93)[source?]
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| Resting place | Ajmer Sharif Dargah |
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| Religion | Islam |
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| Flourished | Islamic golden age |
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| Children | Three sons—Abū Saʿīd, Fak̲h̲r al-Dīn and Ḥusām al-Dīn — and one daughter Bībī Jamāl. |
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| Parents | Khwāja G̲h̲iyāt̲h̲ al-Dīn Ḥasan, Umm al-Wara |
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| Denomination | Sunni[2][3] |
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| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
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| Creed | Maturidi |
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| Tariqa | Chishti (Founder) |
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| Other names | Khawja Ghareeb Nawaz, Sultan Ul Hind |
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| Profession | Islamic preacher |
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- Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki. Muḥammad Mubārak al-ʿAlavī al-Kirmānī,[5] Ḥāmid b. Faḍlallāh Jamālī,[5] ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq Muḥaddith Dihlavī,[5] Ḥamīd al-Dīn Ṣūfī Nāgawrī,[6] Fakhr al-Dīn Chishtī,[6]Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, Deobandism, and virtually all subsequent mystics of the Chishtiyya orderall shia muslims and Sunni Muslims, Barelvi movement and all Sufis
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| Profession | Islamic preacher |
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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.
