![]() ![]() He visited the eminent scholars of his age. He sold all his assets, gave the proceeds in charity and took to itineracy. It drove the Khwaja’s mind inwards and he realized the futility of hankering after worldly glory or looking after worldly goods. 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. Hagiologists trace the germination of mystic attitude in him to the blessings of this Saint. ![]() Shaikh Mu’in-u’d-din entertained him in his garden. 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. He left as legacy an orchard and a grinding mill. His father, Sayyid Ghiyas-u’d-din, a pious man of some means, died when his son was in his teens. 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.). 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. ![]()
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