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Hazrat Khuwaja Muhammad Ilm Uddin Chishti (رضی اللہ)

Hazrat Khuwaja Muhammad Ilm Uddin Chishti (رضی اللہ) was the son and foremost khalifa and successor of Hazrat Khuwaja Siraj Uddin Chishti (رضی اللہ), who had led the Chishtia silsilah in the Gujrat for nearly sixty years.


Little is known of his early history, as most of the life-histories from his period (such as Majalis-E-Husainia) are no longer extant. He was much inclined to asceticism, and was known for the performance of strenuous and advanced mujahidahs during the course of his spiritual training. He was blessed with a strong physical constitution, an essential attribute for such feats of spiritual endurance. It has been said that he was regarded as unique in his time in term of his mujhidah, and comparisons were made to great Sufis of the past, such as Hazrat Khuwaja Baba Fareed Uddin Shakar Ganj Chishti (رضی اللہ) Upon completion of his suluk, he was awarded the khalifat-e-azam from his father, and also received khilafat from Hazrat Khuwaja Banda Nawaz Gesu Daraz (رضی اللہ). Thus through Hazrat Khuwaja Muhammad Ilm Uddin Chishti (رضی اللہ) the two major branches of the Chishti Nizami order-those of Hazrat Khuwaja Muhammad Ilm Uddin Chishti (رضی اللہ) and Hazrat Khuwaja Banda Nawaz Gesu Daraz (رضی اللہ) were reunited.

After the wisal of his father, Hazrat Khuwaja Muhammad Ilm Uddin Chishti (رضی اللہ) assumed the authority over the Chishtiah sisilah in Gujrat. He ascended his father's seat and continued the teaching and spiritual reformation of the people. He was well known for giving all his students a solid grounding in the shariah as a pre-requisite for spiritual advancement. Only after they had mastered the uloom-e-deen would he allow them to enter upon the tariqah. He used to limit those who remained unqualified to certain wazifahs, and they would never be afforded khilafat. If anyone expressed to him a desire to achieve khilafat merely by tasawwuf, he used to immediately refuse them.

Hazrat Khuwaja Muhammad Ilm Uddin Chishti (رضی اللہ) used to mention famous saying of Hazrat Khuwaja Baba Fareed Masood Shakar Ganj Chishti (رضی اللہ) " the matter of khilafat is Allah's work and cannot be given to those who desire it. Those who are qualified will receive it without asking."

Hazrat Khuwaja Muhammad Ilm Uddin Chishti (رضی اللہ) continued to teach and perform the islah of his murideen until his wisaal on the 26th of Safar the exact year of is not known. His shrine is located in Peeran Pattan Gujrat, India.