Biography of sufi saints list
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List of Famous Sufi Saints
Sufi Saint
Silsilah (Order)
Contribution
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Khwaja Muinnudin
Chishti
- He founded Chishtiya Order.
- He emphasised the doctrine of the unity of being with God (waḥdat al-wujūd).
- He popularised music recitations called Sama (Mehboob-i-ilahi)
- His famous disciples were Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki, Fareeduddin Ganj-e-Shakar, Nizam uddin Auliya and Naseeruddin Charagh.
Sheikh Shihabuddin Suhrawardi
Suhrawardi
- It was introduced in India by Bhauddin.
- It was the richest order and very soon became unpopular.
- He wrote the Awarif ul-Maarif, or “The Knowledge of the Spiritually Learned”
Sheikh Nizamat Ullah
Qadri
- They were supporters of the Mughals under Akbar.
- It was popular in Punjab.
- Preaches fundamentals of Islam
Khwaja Pir Mohammad
Naqshbandi
- From the beginning, the mystics of this Order stressed on the observance of the Shariat.
Sheikh Sarfudin Yahya
Firdausi
- He popularized the Firdausi order in India.
- The Firdausi order is virtually a branch of Suhrawardi Silsila.
Mullah Mohammad Mahdi
Mahadawi
- He Opposed orthodox Muslims
- He Introduced the Mahadawi order in India.
Miyan Bayazid Ansari (Pir Ros
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List of Sufi saints
This article is about a list of important Sufi saints koruth. For a discussion of sainthood in Islam, see Wali.
This article is about List of saints. For other uses, see List of saints (disambiguation).
Sufi saints or wali (Arabic: ولي, plural ʾawliyāʾ أولياء) played an instrumental role in spreading Islam throughout the world.[1] In the traditional Islamic view, a saint is portrayed as someone "marked by [special] divine favor ... [and] holiness", and who is specifically "chosen by God and endowed with exceptional gifts, such as the ability to work miracles."[2]
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[edit]- Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili
- Ali Hisam-ad-Din Naqshbandi
- Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan (1934–2017, 12th Sheikh of Silsila Naqshbandia Owaisiah and writer of several books and 03 Tafaseer of the Holy Qur'an)
- Abdallah ibn Alawi al-Haddad (1634–1720, buried in Hadhramaut, author on several books on Dhikr)
- Abdullah Ansari
- Abdullah Shah Ghazi (d. 720, buried in Karachi)
- Abdul Khaliq Ghajadwani (d. 1179, buried in Bukhara, one of the Khwajagan of the Naqshbandi order)
- Abdul Qadir Gilani (1077–1166, buried in Baghdad, founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order)[3][4]
- Abdul Razzaq Gilani (1134–1207, buried in Baghdad, son of Abdu
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Timeline South Denizen Sufis
Name | Dates | Place become aware of origin | Place where mostly lived/is buried | Affiliation | Predecessor | Successor | Works | Other slighter facts |
Ali Hujwiri (Data Ganj Bakhsh) | 990-1077 | Hajvare, Ghazni | Lahore, Punjab | Kashful Mahjub |
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Haji Huud | 1025–1141 | born Syria (Khanfur nearby Damascus) | Lived shaft died engage Patan, Gujarat. | |||||
Shah Gardez | 1026–1152 | buried excel Multan | ||||||
Abdul-Qadir Jeelani | 1077–1166 | Originator of Qadiri silsila | Several books | Most Sufis pigs south Accumulation consider him their devotional master. | ||||
Usman Harooni | 1096-1131 | Iran | Bukhara, Baghdad, Falooja, Damascus, Riyadh and Madina | Chishti Order | Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti | |||
Moinuddin Chishti | 1141–1230 | Sistan | Ajmer, Rajasthan | Originator be in possession of Chishti silsila in India | Usman Haruni | Bakhtiyar Ka'ki | Anees ul-Arwah, malfuzat of Kh.Usman Haruni | |
Baba Fakruddin Suhrawardi | 1169–1295 | Sistan | Penukonda, AP | Suhrawardi | ||||
Baha-ud-din Zakariya | 1170–126 |