Hazrat Sheikh Khwaja Syed Moinuddin Hasan Chisti Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti (ra) was blessed with direct lineage to the Holy Prophet ﷺ through his mother, Umm-ul-Warah (ra) (alias Bibi Mah Noor), who was a descendant of Hazrat Imam Hasan Ra.gif. Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti (ra) was brought up in Khorasan and received his early education at home. When he was nine years old, he committed the Holy Quran to memory. Subsequently, he was admitted to a Maktab, where he concentrated primarily on the hadis and fiqh (jurisprudence), and completed his education very early. Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti (ra) was about fifteen years old when his father died in 544 AH. He was extremely heart-broken. Prior to his father’s death, the Tatar invaders had entered Khorasan and ransacked the province. Hardly a year had passed since the death of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti’s (ra) father, when the Tartars once more ransacked Khorasan and repeated the same drama. He was overwhelmingly dismayed to see these scenes of terrible devastation.Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti (ra) was both a Hasani (maternal) and Husseini (paternal) Syed. He was blessed with direct lineage to the Holy Prophet ﷺ through his father, Khwaja Ghiyasuddin Hasan (ra), who was a direct descendant of Hazrat Imam Hussein Ra.gif, son of Hazrat Ali Ra.gif. His silsila-e-nasab (family lineage) is as follows: Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti (ra), son of Hazrat Khwaja Ghiyasuddin Hasan (ra), son of Syed Ahmed Hassan (ra), son of Syed Hassan Ahmed (ra), son of Syed Najmuddin Tahir (ra), son of Syed Khwaja Abdul Aziz Hussain (ra), son of Syed Imam Mohammad Mehdi (ra), son of Syed Imam Askari (ra), son of Hazrat Imam Musa (ra), son of Imam Ali Naqi (ra), son of Hazrat Imam Mohammad Taqi (ra), son of Hazrat Imam Ali Musa Raza (ra), son of Hazrat Imam Musa (ra), son of Hazrat Imam Mohammad Jafar Sadiq (ra), son of Hazrat Imam Mohammad Baqir (ra), son of Hazrat Imam Zainul Abedin (ra), son of Hazrat Imam Hussain Ra.gif, son of Hazrat Imam Ali Ra.gif, son-in-law of The Holy Prophet Hazrat Mohammad Mostafa ﷺ His father, an accomplished man, was well-educated and trained, and a great Sufi of his time. His piety and scholarship won him widespread respect and regard, and was held in high esteem by the Sufis of Khorasan. Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti (ra) was also blessed with direct lineage to the Holy Prophet ﷺ through his mother, Umm-ul-Warah (ra) (alias Bibi Mah Noor), who was a descendant of Hazrat Imam Hasan Ra.gif. His great grandfather, Khwaja Syed Ahmad Husain, migrated from Samarra in Iraq and eventually settled in Sanjar, within the region of Sistan. He was also closely related to al-Ghawth al-Azam, Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani (ra). It is also said that he had two brothers.[1]
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