Category Archives: Sufi Urs and Event Dates

1 Rajab Urs Hazrat Khwaja Maudood Chishti, Chisht, Afghanistan 527H/1133 AD

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Imam Salim Chishti

Hadrat Khawaja Mawdud al-Chishti aka Shams Sufiyaan, Chiraag Chishtiyaan, was a great sufi saint and a learned Islamic scholar of his time. He was a successor to his father and murshid ABU YUSUF NASIR AL-DIN BIN SAMAAN, in the Chishti silsila, and the murshid of KHAWAJA HAJI SHAREEF AL-ZANDANI Rahmatullahi alayh. Continue reading →

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27th Jumada ath Thani Urs Mawlana Fakhr al-Din, Mehroli, Delhi, India 1199/1785

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Imam Salim Chishti

Hazrat Moulana Fakhr al-Din(ra) (also spelled Fakrudin) was one of the most brilliant of Islamic scholars in India, as well as being one of the most popular of the Chishtia saints. Indeed, this noble personality’s influence is so great that … Continue reading →

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25th Jumada ath-Thani Urs Hazrat Khwaja Baqi Billah, Old Delhi, 1012AH/1603CE

Posted on February 7, 2021 by Imam Salim Chishti

Khwaja Baqi Billah (1563-1603) was a Sufi saint from Kabul. Founder of the Naqshbandia silsila in the Indian sub-continent, Hazrat Billah was born in 16th century Kabul. After wandering through cities like Samarkand, Balkh, Lahore and Multan, he settled in … Continue reading →

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25th Jumada ath-Thani Urs Mohammad Farhad Delvi, Delhi 1135AH/1723CE

Posted on February 7, 2021 by Imam Salim Chishti

Shah Farhad was born in Delhi but grew up in Burhanpur in central India where his father was a governor. As a child, he got attached to the sufi mystic Dost Mohammed who initiated him in the Abul Ulai order, … Continue reading →

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14th Jumada al Awwal Urs Bibi Fatima al Zahra, Medina, 11AH, 632CE

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Imam Salim Chishti

Fatima took the death of the Holy Prophet to heart, and she passed away in early 633 C E, barely six months after the passing away of the Holy Prophet. She was only twenty-nine years old at the time or … Continue reading →

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