Author Archives: Imam Salim Chishti

5th Muharram Urs Fariduddin Ganj-I Shakkar Pakpattan, Pakistan, 664AH/1265CE

Text and pictures from the Aulia e Hind website. His Shrine His mazar (shrine) is the pride of Pakpattan. Khawaja Nizamuddin Aulia constructed his tomb. The mazar has two doors, named Noori darwaza and Bahishti darwaza. Bahishti darwaza opens once … Continue reading

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5th Muharram Urs Hazrat Fuzail bin Iyaz (87 H./705 AD)

In the Chishti silsila he is the khalifa of Hazrat Khwaja ‘Abd al-Wahid bin Zayd, who is the khalifa of Hazrat Khwaja Hasan Basri. His spiritual descendant and khalifa is Hazrat Khwaja Ibrahim Adham. I do not have a picture … Continue reading

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4th Muharram Urs Hazrat Hassan Basri, Basra, Iraq, 728CE/110AH

HAZRAT KHWAJA HASAN BASRI. was the spiritual descendant of Hazrat Ali (ra) in the Chishti silsila. He comes after Ali (ra) and before Hazrat Kwaja ‘Abd al-Wahid Bin Zayd who was his student in Basra. In his childhood Hazrat Hasan … Continue reading

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2nd Muharram Urs Hazrat Maroof Karkhi, Bahdad, 200AH/815CE

Initially, he was a non-Muslim, but even as a child, he had great love for Islam. He used to always spend his time in the company of Muslim children, and often talked to his parents about accepting Islam. His father … Continue reading

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19th August Urs of Joe Miller d. 1992CE

Joe Miller (1904 — 1992) was an American mystic best known for his Thursday Morning Walks in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park with his wife Guin during the 1970s and 1980s. Joe was widely respected for his spiritual clarity and … Continue reading

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