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Hazrat Khuwaja Nizam Uddin Aurangabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ)

Qutub-ul-Aqtaab, Qutub-E-Deccan, Shaikh-Ul-Islam, Hazrat Khuwaja Nizam Uddin Aurangabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) among the most renowned and prominent saints of India. The birth year of Hazrat Khuwaja Nizam Uddin Aurangabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) was 1060 AH as on 1650 AD. Hazrat Khuwaja Nizam Uddin Aurangabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) belongs to village near Lucknow named as Kakor.


When Hazrat Khuwaja Nizam Uddin Aurangabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) was learning the basic in his village Kakor at the same time in Madina Munnawara preparation for his spiritual teaching were going on, which means that in Madina Tul Munawwara at the Roza of Hazrat Khuwaja Mohi Uddin Abu Yousuf Yahya Madni Chishti (رضی اللہ) showered spiritual teaching and learning to Hazrat Khuwaja Shah Kaleem Ullah Jahanabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ). After giving khilafat to Hazrat Khuwaja Shah Kaleem Ullah Jahanabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) gave farewell and advised him the name of his spiritual successor will be “NIZAM UDDIN” who will come to you to seek the knowledge and will recite the following couplet.

(I have surrendered myself to you

You know the best for me.)

Hazrat Khuwaja Nizam Uddin Aurangabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) after completing his basic education at Kakor. He came to Khanqah (sufi monastery) of Hazrat Khuwaja Shah Kaleem Ullah Jahanabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) at Delhi to get higher islamic education. While learning, the intense spritiual atmosphere that’s surrounded Hazrat Khuwaja Shah Kaleem Ullah Jahanabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) drew him closer to the path of Sufis. One day after Namaz-e-Zohar the Hazrat Khuwaja Shah Kaleem Ullah Jahanabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) was searching his shoes Hazrat Khuwaja Shah Kaleem Ullah Jahanabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) came forward and dusted his Murshid shoes and placed them before him, the Murshid smile and asked to Hazrat Khuwaja Shah Kaleem Ullah Jahanabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ)

“Have you come to acquire knowledge or javascript:void(0);do you seek the path of Allah?”

To this Hazrat Khuwaja Shah Kaleem Ullah Jahanabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) humbly recited the following words

(I have surrendered myself to you;

You know the best for me.)

After hearing this Hazrat Khuwaja Shah Kaleem Ullah Jahanabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) become emotional for some time and he recalled the prophesy of Hazrat Khuwaja Mohi Uddin Abu Yousuf Yahya Madni Chishti (رضی اللہ) then he narrated that event of Madina Munnwara to Hazrat Khuwaja Nizam Uddin Aurangabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) that my Murshid Hazrat Khuwaja Mohi Uddin Abu Yousuf Yahya Madni Chishti (رضی اللہ) has said that a man named “NIZAM UDDIN” will come to your khanqah to get higher Islamic education but later his heart will drew him towards the path of spiritual teaching (Sufism) he will express his desire and will recite this couplet and you should provide him with all spiritual teaching knowledge as he will be your Successor who will spread and propogate Islam and chistia silsila. Thus the spiritual teaching of Hazrat Khuwaja Nizam Uddin Aurangabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) started after a period of strict spiritual tranning Hazrat Khuwaja Nizam Uddin Aurangabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) was made the Successor of Hazrat Khuwaja Shah Kaleem Ullah Jahanabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) and instructed him to settled in deccan and showered upon him the Vilayat of deccan with the instruction of Murshid Hazrat Khuwaja Shah Kaleem Ullah Jahanabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ).

Hazrat Khuwaja Nizam Uddin Aurangabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) came to deccan and he traveled to Burhanpur, Sholapur, Bijapur and permanently setlled at Aurangabad. Hazrat Khuwaja Nizam Uddin Aurangabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) started a spiritual khanqah at Aurangabad and devoted the whole life for the spiritual uplifting of the people.

Hazrat Khuwaja Nizam Uddin Aurangabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) after arrival at Aurangabad became anxious for blessing of Murshid. Thus both the sufi saints were in continuous contact through correspondence with letters. Hazrat Khuwaja Shah Kaleem Ullah Jahanabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) provided guidance to Hazrat Khuwaja Nizam Uddin Aurangabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ). Through these letters, these letters were collected and rewritten in persion language by Hazrat Khuwaja Qasim Ali (رضی اللہ). The collections of these letters are called as Maktubaat-E-Kaleemi.

The spiritual titles given to Hazrat Khuwaja Nizam Uddin Aurangabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) described in the letters of Hazrat Khuwaja Shah Kaleem Ullah Jahanabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) are as follows.

• “The mystic saint of the world of lovers of Almighty God.”

• “They witness of the high attributes of beloved Dervishes of Almighty God.”

• “The comfort of the mystic Dervishes.”

• “The prominent sufi saint of Islam and Muslims.”

• “Saint Nizam Uddin treasure mystic Sufies.”

• “The venerable icon of Sufi Darvaishes, the venerable icon of noble companion, the master in theological commentary, truth and religion may almighty God perpetuate his bounties in the universe.”

• “The most prominent in the rank of lovers of almighty God, the trust worthly of those who reached the nearness of almighty God, the prominent saint of Islam and Muslim Community.”

• “The mentor of Muslim Community, the establisher of religion of piece the beauty of God through whose existence the pious Darvaishes adorn their hereafter.”

Further Hazrat Khuwaja Shah Kaleem Ullah Jahanabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) writes in his letters:

Nizam Uddin your every breath is counted as Haj. You purify the sole of your murid by teaching them the attitude of speech (as the tongue can take you to hell or heaven.) You teach them good manners and ettiquettes.”

From above it is clear that Hazrat Khuwaja Nizam Uddin Aurangabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) was very much near and dear to Hazrat Khuwaja Shah Kaleem Ullah Jahanabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ).

Hazrat Khuwaja Nizam Uddin Aurangabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) came to Aurangabad and founded his Khanqah. According to Hazrat Shah Suleman Tausvi (رضی اللہ) The Khanqa of Hazrat Khuwaja Nizam Uddin Aurangabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) had 10 doors. The needy people used to come to the door with the paper on which there lawful needs were written. This paper was stamped by the Name of Hazrat Khuwaja Nizam Uddin Aurangabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) and the Ameer i.e. officers and Jagirdar would regard it as the highest honor to fulfill their brothers need because of their great respect and deep love for Hazrat Khuwaja Nizam Uddin Aurangabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ).

The Khanqah of Hazrat Khuwaja Nizam Uddin Aurangabadi Chishti (رضی اللہ) was always full of needy people kamgar khan (mureed) says that he has never seen in his life the needy people returning empty handed from Darbar.