Hazrat Khawaja Nizamuddin Auliya (1238 - 3 April 1325) (حضرت خواجة نظام الدّین اولیا), also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin, was a famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order in South Asia.
Biography
Hazrat Khawaja Nizamuddin Auliya was born in 1238, in Badayun, Uttar Pradesh (East of Delhi), though at age five, after the death of father, Ahmad Dainiyal, he came to Delhi with his mother [1], where His father, who came to Badayun from Ghazni, central Afghanistan, in the year 1234–35. His biography finds mention in Ain-i-Akbari, a 16th century document, written by Mughal Emperor, Akbar’s vizier, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak [2].
At the age of 20, Nizamuddin went to Ajodhan (the present Pakpattan in Pakistan) and became the disciple of Sufi saint, Fariduddin Ganj-i-Shakkar commonly known as Baba Farid, who later made him, his successor, and sent him to Delhi, to instruct people, and many under him achieved spiritual height, this include, Shaikh Nasiruddin Muhammad Chirag-e-Delhi [3], and Amir Khusro [2], noted scholar, and the Royal poet of the Delhi Sultanate.
He made "PARDA" on the morning of 3 April 1325. His shrine, Nizamuddin Dargah is located in Delhi [4], and the present structure was built in 1562. The shrine is visited by people all faiths, through the year, though it becomes a place for special congregation during the death anniversaries, or Urs of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya and Amir Khusro [1].
His Students
He was one of the most famous Chisti Sufis of the World, a poet,a writer,a very powerful spiritual leader and a verstile personality of the Islamic history. He influenced hundreds of thousands of people over the globe in his lifetime and even after that. Few of his most famous disciples (Khalifa) are as follows:- Hazrat Shaikh Nasiruddin Muhammad Chirag-e-Dehli R.A (his shrine is in Chirag-e-Dehli, New Delhi, India), Hazrat Aqi Seraj R.A, Hazrat Amir Khusrau R.A (HIs Shrine is in Nizamuddin, New Delhi), Hazrat Burhanuddin Gharib R.A (his shrine is in Burhanpur- a city that bears his name, in the state of Madhya Pradesh in Central India), Hazrat Syed Mahmood R.A amongst hundreds of others.
His Descendants
Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia did not marry. However he had one brother named Jamaluddin. He told him,"your descendants will be my descendants". Hazrat Jamaluddin R.A had one son named Ibrahim. He was nurtured by Nizamuddin Aulia after his father's death. Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia sent his nephew to Bengal in Eastern India along with one of his most famous disciples (khalifa) Hazrat Aqi Seraj famously known as Aaina-e-Hind. Hazrat Ala-ul-Haq Pandwi(the master (Pir)of Maqdoom Ashraf Jehangir Simnani R.A), one of the most famous Sufis of the Chisti order became his disciple and khalifa. Hazrat Ala-ul-Haq Pandwi married his sister-in-law,who was the sister of Hazrat Badruddin Badr-e-Alam Zahidi R.A (his Shrine is in Biharsharif, Bihar,India) to Hazrat Ibrahim R.A. He had one son who was the most famous Chisti Sufi of Bihar known as Fariduddin Tavaela Bukhsh R.A (Syed Shah Fariuddin Tavaela Bukhsh Chisti Nizami R.A). He was married to the daughter of Hazrat Ala-ul-Haq Pandwi R.A. He became the khalifa of Hazrat Noor Qutb-e-Aalam Padwi (the eldest son and spiritual successor of Hazrat Ala-ul-Haq Pandwi). His Shrine is one the most famous Shrine in Chandpura, Biharsharif, Bihar. Many of his descendants are very famous sufis namely Hazrat Moinuddin Sani R.A, Hazrat Naseeruddin Sani R.A, Hazrat Sultan Chishti Nizami R.A., Hazrat Bahauddin Chisti Nizami R.A, Hazrat Deewan Syed Shah Abdul Wahab R.A (his shrine is in Choti takiya, Biharsharif), Hazrat Sultan Sani R.A amongst others. He spread Chishti nizami order all over Northern India. Ijaza of his Silsila (order) is present in all the existing Khanquahs of Bihar. His descendants stiil reside in Biharshrif and many parts of Bihar. However those still looking after his (Nizamuddin Aulia) shrine are the descendants of his sister.
The Chisti Nizami order
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Main article: Chishti Order
Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya was the founder of the Chisti Nizami order. He had hundreds of disciples (Khalifa) who had Ijaza (Khilafat) from him to spread the order. Many of the sufis of Chisti Nizami Order are recognised as one of the greatest sufis of all time amongst which few are his descendants and few his Khalifas and few others are listed below.
Hazrat Muhammad Hussaini Gisudaraz Bandanawaz R.A, Gulbarga (near Hyderabad), Karnataka, India, Hazrat Ala-ul-Haq Pandwi R.A & Hazrat Noor Qutb-e-Alam Pandwi, Pandwa, West Bengal, India, Makhdoom Ashraf Jahangir Simnani R.A, Kachaocha, Uttar Pradesh, India, Hazrat Faqruddin Faqr Dehlvi, Mehrauli, New Delhi, Hazrat Niyazuddin Niyaz Barelvi, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, Khwaja Shafruddin Ali Ahmed & Khwaja Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed R.A, Chirag-e-Dehli, New Delhi, Khwaja Zainuddin Shirazi R.A, Burhanpur,Madhya Pradesh, India
Further reading
- Nizamuddin Auliya Ain-i-Akbari, by Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak. English tr. by H. Blochmann and Colonel H. S. Jarrett, 1873 – 1907. The Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta, Volume III, Saints of India. (Awliyá-i-Hind), page 365.
- The Life and Times of Shaikh Nizam-u'd-din Auliya, by Khaliq Ahmad Nizami; Idarah-i Adabyat-i Delli, 1991.
- Nizam Ad-Din Awliya: Morals for the Heart, by Bruce B. Lawrence; 1991, Paulist Press. ISBN 080913280X.
- Khwajah Nizamuddin Auliya, by Abdurrahman Mumin; Qazi Publishers and Distributors, 1998, ISBN 8185362599.
- Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya, by Khaliq Ahmad Nizami; National Book Trust, 2004, ISBN 8123741480.
- The Dargah of Nizamuddin Auliya, by Laxmi Dhaul; Pallee, Anoop Kamath, Rupa & Co., 2006. ISBN 8129109387.
See also
References
- ^ a b Nizamuddin Auliya
- ^ a b Nizamuddin Auliya Ain-i-Akbari, by Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak. English tr. by H. Blochmann and Colonel H. S. Jarrett, 1873 – 1907. The Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta, Volume III, Saints of India. (Awliyá-i-Hind), page 365. "many under his direction attained to the heights of sanctity, such as Shaykh Naṣíru'ddín Muḥammad Chirágh i Dihlí, Mír Khusrau, Shaykh Aláu'l Ḥaḳḳ, Shaykh Akhí Siráj, in Bengal, Shaikh Wajíhu'ddín Yúsuf in Chanderi, Shaykh Yạḳúb and Shaykh Kamál in Malwah, Mauláná Ghiyáṣ, in Dhár, Mauláná Mughíṣ, in Ujjain, Shaykh Ḥusain, in Gujarat, Shaykh Burhánu'ddín Gharíb, Shaykh Muntakhab, Khwájah Ḥasan, in the Dekhan."
- ^ In The Name Of Faith Times of India, April 19, 2007.
- ^ Nizamuddin Dargah - Location Wikimapia.
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