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Hazrat Syed Fariduddin Tavela Bukhsh Chishti

Hazrat Ibrahim Chishti
Hazrat Fariduddin Tavela Bukhsh Chishti

Syed Yusuf Shahab

Naat-o-Manqabat

muraad-e-qalb har muriid shaiKH sa.ad shaiKH sa.ad
sukuun-o-raahat maziid shaiKH sa.ad shaiKH sa.ad

Sheikh Abu Saeed Safvi

Rubai

ai shaiKH ye zohd-e-KHud-numaa kuchh bhii nahii.n
ye makr ye sheva-e-riyaa kuchh bhii nahii.n

Pir Naseeruddin Naseer

Sufi Quotes

The disciple (mureed) should leave aside all of his volitions and be attached to his Shaikh like a suckling child. It is essential that he should be before his Shaikh like a servant before God. He should firmly believe that no one in the world is like of his Shaikh.

The disciple (mureed) should leave aside all of his volitions and be attached to his Shaikh like a suckling child. It is essential that he should be before his Shaikh like a servant before God. He should firmly believe that no one in the world is like of his Shaikh.

Faziluddin Qadri Batalvi

Sufi-Terminology

Shaikh are of three categories:
(i) Shaikh-e-kaamil (a perfect guide) is perfect in himself, but cannot take others to perfection. Nevertheless he can initiate the seekers (salik) on the Sufi path.

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mujid e qavvali

Akmal Hyderabadi

Sufi Quotes

If anyone asks a Shaikh, ‘I am your disciple’, and the Shaikh refuses to accept, that disciple will be considered his disciple (mureed) for discipleship is act and he stands firmly on it. On the other hand if a Shaikh declares anyone his disciple, but the latter refuses, he will not be considered his disciple for he denies his own act.

If anyone asks a Shaikh, ‘I am your disciple’, and the Shaikh refuses to accept, that disciple will be considered his disciple (mureed) for discipleship is act and he stands firmly on it. On the other hand if a Shaikh declares anyone his disciple, but the latter refuses, he will not be considered his disciple for he denies his own act.

Faziluddin Qadri Batalvi

Sufi Quotes

Shaikh shoutd pardon mureed’s blunder if he sees a defect in abandoning a service or neglecting a rule. He should forgive him, and by kindness and grace incite him.

Shaikh shoutd pardon mureed’s blunder if he sees a defect in abandoning a service or neglecting a rule. He should forgive him, and by kindness and grace incite him.

Sheikh Shahabuddin Suhrawardi

Ghazal

haqiiqat us balaa-nosh-e-azal kii shaiKH kyaa jaane
jise taKHliiq-e-hastii me.n farishte tak na pahchaane

Aaqil Revarhvi

Ghazal

shaiKH kyaa jaane sharaab-e-arGavaanii kaa mazaa
aah mustasqii se puuchho sard paanii kaa mazaa

Khwaja Ruknuddin Ishq

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Sufi practices as the cause of spiritual, mental and physical healing at Chishti shrines in India and Pakistan

Sufi Dargahs hold immense position in the society of Pakistan generally and in the Punjab particularly.

Mazhar Farid Chishti

sher

vo bahr-e-husn shāyad baaġh meñ āvegā ai 'ehsā۔n'
ki favvāra ḳhushī se aaj do do gaz uchhaltā hai

Abdul Rahman Ehsan Dehlvi

Sufi Quotes

Accomplished Shaikh is one of the elected souls. Such souls have traversed the distance of time and space. Shaikh can be present in an assembly and in his tomb simultaneously.

Accomplished Shaikh is one of the elected souls. Such souls have traversed the distance of time and space. Shaikh can be present in an assembly and in his tomb simultaneously.

Khwaja Bandanawaz Gesudaraz

Ghazal

ārām mujhe sāya-e-tūbā meñ nahīñ hai
batlāo ki vo sāya-e-dīvār kahāñ hai

Abdul Rahman Ehsan Dehlvi

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Chishti Sufis and the Idea of Co-existence

Sufi Hameeduddin Nagauri stopped eating meat when he went to Nagaur. Because that time Nagaur was a town of Jains who did not eat any non-vegetarian food. So, Sufi Hameeduddin Nagauri also left having non-vegetarian food that he could adjust himself to the society.
Chishti Sufis practically supported the idea of co-existence with the concept of love, peace and equality. These selfless services for humanity which the Chishti Sufis taught to every man enshrined in their practices and literature.

Aatif Kazmi

Sufi Quotes

Ghaus-e-Azam Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani honoured me with special conferment and gave me gift from the treasure of his gifts (marifat).

Ghaus-e-Azam Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani honoured me with special conferment and gave me gift from the treasure of his gifts (marifat).

Faziluddin Qadri Batalvi