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SilsilaHadrat Khawaja Muniuddin Chisti (Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu) popularly known asKhawaja Ghareeb Nawaaz (The Supporter of the Poor) is the mujaddid (reviver) ofthe Chistiya Order of Sufis. He is one of the most outstanding figures in the history ofIslamic Sufism.The Chistiya Silsila[2]1 is one of the most popular and influential Sufi orders inIslam. It derives its name from Chist, a village near Heerat, Afghanistan, where thefounder of the Order, Khawaja Abu Ishaq (Rahmatullahi alaihi) of Syria, settled.Hadrat Khawaja Muniuddin Chisti (Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu) brought the Silsila toIndia at the close of the 11th century A.D. and established its centre in Ajmer, whencethe order spread far and wide in India and became a force in the spiritual life of theMuslims.Hadrat Khawaja Muniuddin Chisti (Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu) was born in 536A.H./1141 A.D. at a place called Sanjar, in Sijistan (Persia or present day Iran). Hewas in direct lineage of the Beloved Prophet Muhammad (Salla Allahu ta'ala alayhiwa Sallam) being paternally descended from the Beloved Prophet’s grandson, ImamHussain (Radi allahu ta'ala anhu) and maternally from the Beloved Prophet’sgrandson, Imam Hasan (Radi allahu ta'ala anhu). Thus he is a Hasani and aHusayni Sayyad[3]. He was brought up in Khorasan, Iran and received his earlyeducation at home from his father, Hadrat Sayyad Gheyasuddin (Radi Allahu ta'alaanhu) At the age of 9 ; he committed the Qur’an al-kareem to memory. He was 16 yrsold when his father passed into the realm of Divine Beauty; he inherited a grindingstone and an orchard, which formed a source of his livelihood.1[2] Silsila The Spiritual Chain of each Sufi Order descends from the Beloved Prophet (Salla Allahu ta'ala alayhi waSallam) down to the present Spiritual Guide. It is through attachment to the silsila that the newly initiated disciplehas the means to travel to Allah under Divine Protection.
Spiritual AwakeningA Madhzoub[4]2 saint, Hadrat Ibrahim Qandoozi (Rahmatullahi alaihi) paid Khawaja Sahib(Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu) a visit at his orchard. Khawaja Sahib (Radi Allahu ta'alaanhu) laid out a sheet for him to sit on and offered him a few grapes from the garden.The saint ate some grapes, and then took out a piece of bread from his sack andchewed on it. He then took out the chewed bread from his mouth and placed it inKhawaja Sahib’s (Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu) mouth. An instant transformationoccurred, in keeping with the Sunnah [5] of the Beloved Prophet (Salla Allahu ta'alaalayhi wa Sallam). It is stated in at-Tabarani, that a slave girl, who was not verymodest, asked the Beloved Prophet (Salla Allahu ta'ala alayhi wa Sallam) for somefood whilst he was eating and he offered her some of the food in his plate. She refusedto accept it saying, “I want the food in your mouth.” He took some food out of hismouth and as soon as she ate it she was transformed into the most modest woman inMadinah.The saints of Allah (Subhanahu wa ta'ala) also practice the internal, spiritual Sunnahof the Beloved Prophet (Salla Allahu ta'ala alayhi wa Sallam). On eating the breadfrom Hadrat Ibrahim Qandoozi (Rahmatullahi alaihi), Khawaja Sahib (Radi Allahuta'ala anhu) penetrated the thin line separating the material world from the unseen:the inner organs of perception opened and so did his universe expand. The veil ofworldly imagination was lifted from his mind and he found himself in quite a strangeworld radiating with divine manifestation. The intellectual proof of Islam is foundamong the Ulema or scholars whilst the personification of 'surrender to the Will ofAllah' or the visible proof are the Awliya. The truth of the Beloved Prophet (SallaAllahu ta'ala alayhi wa Sallam)'s integrity is manifested through these Awliya.With this expanded view of the universe, Khawaja Sahib (Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu)went to his mother and with her permission left to acquire more knowledge of Islam(ilme din). Distributing all his worldly belongings to the poor, he went to Bukharaand Samarqand to join the famous Nizamia Universities there for his theologicaleducation. He studied under Hadrat Hussamuddin Bukhari (Rahmatullahi alaihi)and other great scholars. He completed his academic courses brilliantly in 9 years2[4] Madjzoub: One under the influence of Divine attraction (jadhba). The power of this attraction brings aboutspiritual intoxication (sukr) and indifference to all that is other than Allah. In being drawn towards Allah theMadjzoub experiences excessive ecstacy.
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