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".