Life & Work of Khawaja Ghareeb Nawaz

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The Life and Work of
Khawaja Ghareeb Nawaaz,
*[A5] Paperback - 132 pages,
Dr. Zahurul Hasan Sharib.
Published in India.

Back in Stock March 2023

Description :

This book contains the complete life biography of this great saint (wali-Allah), who was the reviver of the Chistiya tariqah. Also contains the mystical teachings and well known utterrances (malfoozat) of Khawaja Sahib, may Allah be pleased with him.

Also includes brief details of Khawaja Muin al-Dins' may Allah be pleased with him, contemporaries, his successors, prominent followers as well as his impact and legacy on Muslims and non-Muslims.

The Author : Dr Zahurul Hassan Sharib, rahmatullahi 'alayh, was born at Muradabad, Uttar Pradesh, Northern India on Jan 9th 1914. He was the janasheen (appointed successor) of the Gudri Shahi Order of Chishti Sufis in the 1970's.

He passed away in hospital in Jaipur, Rajasthan on April 9th 1996. His grave lies near the Chilla of Khawaja Muin al-Din Hasan Chishti, Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu, in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.

Table of Contents ** :

Part One :

---Chapter [I] : Ancestors,
------Maternal Relations,
------Parents and Brothers,
------Relationship with Ghawth al-A'zam, Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani.

---Chapter [II] : Birth, Name and Reverential Titles,
------Reasons for calling him Chishti.

---Chapter [III] : Early Life,
------Training and Early Education,
------Meeting with Hadrat Ibrahim Qandoozi,
------Stay in Samarqand and Bukhara,
------Political situation at the time.

---Chapter [IV] : Travels,
------Spiritual genealogy,
----From Baghdad - Syria - Kirman,
------To Syria, 555AH,
------To Kirman, 556AH,
----From Baghdad to India
------Visit to Hamadan, 557AH,
------Visit to Tabriz, 557AH,
------Visit to Astrabad, 557AH,
------Visit to Bukhara, 557AH,
------Visit to Kharqan & Samarqand, 557AH,
------Visit to Memna, 558/559AH,
------Visit to Herat, 560AH,
------First Visit to India, 561AH,
------Visit to Lahore, 561AH,
------From Lahore to Baghdad, 561/562AH.

---Chapter [V] : At the Feet of His Master,
------Return from India & His Becoming a Disciple, 562AH,
------Shaykh Shahab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi,
----Leaving Baghdad with Spiritual Teacher,
------Entry into Faluja and in Makkah,
------Oosh (Auch) Reached,
------Badakhshan Reached,
------Bukhara Reached,
----To Oosh, Saiwistan, Damascus & Return to Baghdad,
------Qutb Sahib & Bismillah Ceremony, 573AH,
------Saiwistan Reached,
------Visit to Damascus,
------Meeting with Shaykh Najm al-Din al-Kubra in Sanjar, 581AH,
------Second meeting Sayyadina Ghawth al-A'zam, 581AH,
----Return to Baghdad,
------Conferring the Robe on Shaykh Wahhad al-Din Kiramni &
Shaykh Shahab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi, 581AH,
------Receiving Sacred Relics (Tabarukaat) from Shaykh Uthman Harooni, 582AH,
----Taking leave of his Shaykh for Oosh and Asfahan,
------Reaching Oosh and Asfahan,
------From Asfahan to Pilgrimage with Qutub Sahib, 583AH,
------Pilgrimage to Makkah & Command of Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, 583-586AH.

---Chapter [VI] : First Visit to Ajmer,
------A Prophecy, 586AH,
------Journey to Ajmer via Lahore, Samana and Delhi, 587AH.

---Chapter [VII] : Stay in Ajmer,
------Apology tendered,
------Sadhu Ram and Ajai Pal enter his fold, 587AH,
------A forcecast,
------Message of Victory,
------Leaving Ajmer.

---Chapter [VIII] : Subsequent Visits to Ajmer Sharif,
------From Ghazni to Ajmer via Lahore and Delhi, 588AH,
------Spy charge refuted,
------Forecast becomes true and Shahab al-Din pays Homage, 588AH,
------His first Marriage, 590AH,
----From India to Baghdad,
----His Journey to Khurasan.

---Chapter [IX] : Reunion,
------Qutib sahib seeking reunion, 611AH,
------Arrival in Delhi during reign of Sultan Altamash, 611AH,
------Conferring the Robe on Hadrat Shaykh Baba Farid al-Din Ganj-e-Shakar, 611AH,
------Arrival of Shaykh Khawaja Uthman Haruni in Delhi, 611AH,
------Visit of Shaykh Saadi of Shiraz to India, 611AH,
------Return from Delhi to Ajmer, 615-620AH,
------His second Marriage, 620AH.

---Chapter [X] : Special Mission Undertaken,
------Visit to Delhi, 621AH,
------Representation of Shaykh Najm al-Din al-Sughra, 621AH.

---Chapter [XI] : Last Days and Death,
------Meeting with Qutib Sahib, 627AH,
------Funeral Prayers & Urs.

---Chapter [XII] : Descendants.

---Chapter [XIII] : Spiritual Comrades,
------Qazi Qudwat al-Din Ilyas Qazi Qudwa,
------Sultan Altamash,
------Shaykh Abdullah Razi,
------Shaykh Safi-ud-Din Ibrahim Razi,
------Hadrat Sayyed Arab,
------Sayyed Moeen-ud-Din,
------Hazrat Qazi Danyal Qutri.

---Chapter [XIV] : Prominent Caliphs and Disciples,
------Khawaja Qutub al-Din Bakhtyar Khaki,
------Khawaja Fakr al-Din Abu-I-Khayr, (son of Khawaja Gharib Nawaz),
------Sufi Hamid al-Din al-Nagori,
------Hadrat Shaykh Moeen-ud-Deen,
------Qazi Hamid al-Din al-Nagori,
------Shaykh Wajih-ud-Din,
------Shaykh Burhan-ud-Din Iliyas Buddu,
------Hadrat Sheikh Ahmad,
------Hadrat Sheikh Shams-ud-Din Faqari,
------Abdullah Baybani (previously known as Ajay Pal Yogi),
------Hadrat Sayyed Husain Mashhadi Khing Sawar,
------Shaykh Nizam al-Din al-Nagori,
------Shaykh Mujad-ud-Din al-Sanjari,
------Mawlana Ahmad Khadim,
------Hadrat Shaykh Mehta (or Meta),
------Shaykh Ali al-Sanjari,
------Pir Karim Saloni,
------Hadrat Hasan al-Makki (Makkah) al-Badayuni,
------Haft Hamid (The Seven Hamids).

---Chapter [XV] : Contemporaries,
------Shaykh Wajih al-Din Abu Hafzi Suhrawardi,
------Shaykh 'Abd al-Khaliq of Ghuzdan (near Bukhara),
------Shaykh Muhammad Arif of Deogir (near Bukhara),
------Shaykh Muhiy al-Din ibn Al-Arabi,
------Shaykh Farid al-Din Attar,
------Shaykh Shams al-Din al-Tabrizi,
------Hadrat Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi.

Part Two :
---The Unique Traits of Character,

Part Three :
---Khawja Sahibs Teachings and Sayings,

Part Four :
---Final Words and Conclusion.

Appendix I :
---Biographical sketch of Hadrat Khawaja Uthman Harooni,

Appendix II :
---Biographical sketch of Hadrat Khawaja Qutbuddin Bakhtyar al-Khaki,
---Bibliography.