2. Intro
Chishti was the first of the four main Sufi orders to enter subcontinent
1. Chishti Order founded by Khwaja Abu Shami Chishti in Heart.
1. Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti flourished this silsila in India
2. Qadira Order founded by Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani in Baghdad
3. Suharwardi order, founded by Sheikh Shahbudin Umar Suharwardi at Baghdad
4. Naqshbandi order popularized in India by efforts of Khwaja Baqi Bilah.
3. Role of Chishti in Spreading of Islam
• Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti converted 90,00,000 Hindus to Muslim
• Khwaja Abdullah Chishti had 10000 followers in India
4. Founder of Chishti Order
Hazrat Khuwaja Abu Ishaq Shami Chishti (RA)
• First person to call himself Chishti
• Came to Chisht from Arab
• to spread Islam
• Died 941
CHISHTI ORDER
1. Abu Ishaq Shami Chishti
2. Abu Ahmad Abdal
3. Abu Muhammad Bin Abi Ahmad
4. Abu Yusuf Bin Saamaan
5. Maudood Chishti
5. Moinuddin Chishti
• Memorize Quran at age of 9
• He gave his property to poor
• Known for Love, tolerance and openness.
• His tomb is in at Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
known as Dargah Sharif
• Converted 9 million hindu to muslim in India
• His tomb is in at Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
known as Dargah Sharif
• Akbar had vowed to visit the Chishti dargah if
they were victorious.
Chishti Order from Maudood Chishti
1. Maudood Chishti
2. Sharif Zandani
3. Usman Harooni
4. Muneeruddin Haji Shareef Zandani
5. Qutubuddin Yusuf Chisti
6. Moinuddin Chishti
6. Maudood Chishti
• Also known as Qutubuddin Chishti
• Twelfth link in Chishti Order
• Memorized the Qur'an by age 7
• Master order to follow path of Faqr
• Faqr is translated as "poverty“
• Start reciting Quran four time in a day.
• Died in 1139 at age of 97
7. Maudood Chishti Descendent
• Syed Khwaja Abdul Rahman Chishti
• Descendent of Maudood Chishti
• Migrate to Bakhar, Sindh from Chisht
• His descendent Hazrat Khwaja Asadullah Chishti
• Moved to Nawada, India.
• Tomb in Chota Shiekhpura, Nawada, India.
Image: Syed Niazmuddin Tomb (Bakhar, Sindh)
SHAJRA
1. Syed Khwaja Maudood Chishti
2. Syed Khwaja Mansuruddin Chishti
3. Syed Khwaja Mohammad Mamaan Chishti
4. Syed Khwaja Mohammad Jaan Chishti
5. Syed Khwaja Abdul Rahman Chishti
6. Syed Khwaja Burhaanuddin Chishti
7. Syed Khwaja Asadullah Chishti
8. Syed Khwaja Abdullah Chishti
8. Asadullah Chishti Descendent
Hazrat Khwaja Abdullah Chishti
◦ Son of Asadullah Chishti
◦ Played important role in spreading Islam
◦ 10,000 followers in Bihar and Jharkhand India
◦ Tomb Hazrat Khwaja Abdullah Chishti at Chota Shiekhpura, Nawada, India.
9. Abdullah Chishti Descendent
• Syed Shujat Ali Chishti
• From Chota Sheikhpura, Hisua, India.
• Syed Irshad Ali Chishti
• From Chota Sheikhpura, Hisua, India.
• Syed Riaz Ali Chishti
• Moved to Pakistan in 1944.
• Syed Saleem Akhtar
• Syed Owais Ali Chishti (HERE I AM)
• Living in Peshawar
10. “ Love all and hate none ”
- Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti