SULTAN-UL-HIND SHAYKH SYED MOINUDDIN CHISTI
Sultan-ul-Hind Hazrat Shaykh Syed Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti Sanjari Ajmeri Hassani Wal Hussaini al-Maroof Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz Radhi Allahu Anhu was born in 537 A.H (Islamic Year) in a place called Sanjar, an area in Sijistan (in present day Iran).
The real blessed name of Khwaja Ghareeb Nawaz (Raḥimahullāh) is Moinuddin Hasan and he is a Hussaini Syed.
The other renowned titles of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti (Raḥimahullāh) are Sultan Ul-Hind, Ghareeb Nawaz, Ata-E-Rasool, Waris Un-Nabi, Hind Al-Wali, Naib Al-Rasool Fil-Hind and Khawaja-E-Buzurg etc.
He started travelling at the young age of 15 to acquire knowledge. He travelled to Samarkhand, Bukhara, Baghdad, Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Madinah Al-Munawwarah to acquire sacred knowledge.
He was initiated into the Chishti order by seeking allegiance (bay’ah) at the hands of Shaykh Usman Harooni (Raḥimahullāh).
He spent 40 days meditating and earning very special spiritual blessings from Hazrath Data Ganj Baksh (Raḥimahullāh).
He would perform his Fajr with the wudhu (ablution) of Isha and he would finish two daily complete recitations of the Holy Qur'an.
ADVICE ON CLEANLINESS
Sultan ul-Hind Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti Ajmeri (May Allah sanctify his secret) explained that cleanliness is very important in Islam, but this does not depend on externaly purity.
For the general public, wudhu (ablution) and a ghusl (bath) are the easiest things to do. But there is also inner cleanliness, which is the purity of the heart and soul.
This is even higher and requires sincerity in action. For the awliya (saints), it is not enough to be outwardly clean, but he or she must have purity of heart. This inner purity is acquired only when you are really sincere in improving yourself from within and work hard to free yourself from your ego (nafs).
You should protect your stomach from doubtful and unlawful food and be free from anger, hypocrisy, insincerity and loss of hope. You should wash your back in such a way that there may be no unlawful and doubtful dress. You should wash your limbs in such a way that you may have control over your eyes to prevent yourself from seeing anything you should not see. You should wash your hands in such a way that you are able to prevent your hands from touching anything unlawful (haram) and feet from going to an improper place.
O my Lord, for the sake of all your beloved prophets and saints, please fulfill all my needs and remove my pains
Ya Mere Allah Jumla Ambiya ke wasthey,
Hajathe Barla Meri Kul Awliya ke wasthey
Silsila Aaliya e Khushhaliya !!
(Ref: The meditations of Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti R.A by Dr. Zahurul Hassan Sharib, pg. 7-8)
