Nizamuddin Auliya
| Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya | |
|---|---|
| Religion | Islam |
| Order | Chisti order |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1238 Badayun (present-day Uttar Pradesh) |
| Died | 3 April 1325 Delhi |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Delhi |
| Title | (محبوبِ الٰہی) (سُلطان المشائخ) Sultan-ul-Mashaikh, Mehboob-e-Ilahi, Khalifa |
| Period in office | Late 13th century and early 14th century |
| Predecessor | Fariduddin Ganjshakar |
| Successor | Various, most prominent being Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi, Amir Khusrow, Akhi Siraj Aainae Hind and Burhanuddin Gharib |
Sultan-ul-Mashaikh, Mehboob-e-Ilahi, Hazrat Shaikh Khwaja Syed Muhammad bin Abdullah AlHussaini Nizamuddin Auliya (1238 – 3 April 1325) (Urdu: حضرت شیخ خواجہ سیّد محمد نظام الدّین اولیاء), also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin, was a Sufi saint of the Chishti Order in the Indian Subcontinent, an order that believes in drawing close to God through renunciation of the world and service to humanity. He is one of the great saints of the Chishti order in India, and arguably the most famous Sufi saint in India. His predecessors were Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki and Moinuddin Chishti. In that sequence, they constitute the initial spiritual chain or silsila of the Chisti order, widely prevalent in the Indian subcontinent.
Nizamuddin Auliya, like his predecessors, stressed love as a means of realising God. For him his love of God implied a love of humanity. His vision of the world was marked by a highly evolved sense of religious pluralism and kindness. It is claimed by the 14th century historiographer Ziauddin Barani that his influence on the Muslims of Delhi was such that a paradigm shift was effected in their outlook towards worldly matters. People began to be inclined towards mysticism and prayers and remaining aloof from the world.
Nizamuddin Auliya was born in Badayun, Uttar Pradesh (east of Delhi). At the age of five, after the death of his father, Syed Abdullah bin Ahmad AlHussaini Badayuni, he came to Delhi with his mother, Bibi Zulekha. His biography finds mention in Ain-i-Akbari, a 16th-century document written by Mughal Emperor Akbar’s vizier, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak.
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