20 Rabbi ath Thani Grand Sheikh Sidi Hamza al-Qadiri al-Boutchichi 1438AH/2017CE Oujda, Morroco

Posted on November 25, 2021 by Imam Salim Chishti
Grand Sheikh Sidi Hamza

He passed on 18 January, 2017 (CE). Here we list his Urs date according to the Hijri calendar – 20 Rabbi ath Thani.

I spent a wonderful Mawlid at his Zawia many years ago. Beacon of love!

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The Qawwali Photo Project – An Untold Story: Candid shots of Delhi’s mystic muses

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Imam Salim Chishti

Conceptualised in 2011 by Manjari Chaturvedi, founder of Sufi Kathak Foundation, Saket, this project features photographs by Dinesh Khanna, Mustafa Quraishi, and Leena Kejriwal. Continue reading →

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24th Rabi ul Awwal Urs Shah Kalim Allah Jahanabadi, Jammah Masjid, Delhi

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Imam Salim Chishti
Mazar of Shah Kalimallah jahanabadi Photo (c) Imam Salim Chishti 2017

Shah Kalim Allah Jahanabadi (there are many variations on the spelling and format of his name) was a great Sufi Saint in the Chishti lineage. He founded the Kaleemi branch of the order that migrated to Hyderabad, India. Eventually this led to Hazrat Inayat Khan meeting Syed Muhammad Abu Hashem Madani in Hyderabad. Madani then sent Inayat Khan to the west.

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Urs of Hazrat Ali Hajveri (RA) begins – Daily Times

Posted on September 25, 2021 by Imam Salim Chishti

Staff Report

(Originally posted in 2017)

LAHORE: The 974th three-day annual urs of Syed Hasan Ali bin Usman bin Ali Al-Jalabi Al- Hajveri, also known as Data Ganj Bakhsh (RA), started with full religious zeal and traditional fervour in the provincial capital on Wednesday. On the occasion, foolproof security arrangements were made to avoid any untoward incident.

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15th August CE Assumption of Mary, Quds (Jerusalem)

Posted on August 15, 2021 by Imam Salim Chishti
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Tomb of Mary in Cedron

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life is a defined dogma of the Catholic Church. The Feast of the Assumption, celebrated every year on August 15, is a very old feast of the Church, celebrated universally by the sixth century. It commemorates the death of Mary and her bodily assumption into Heaven, before her body could begin to decay–a foretaste of our own bodily resurrection at the end of time. Because it signifies the Blessed Virgin’s passing into eternal life, it is the most important of all Marian feasts and a holy day of obligation in the Catholic Church.

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