Abu Aḥmad Abdal Chishti
Abu Aḥmad Abdal Chishti | |
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| Died | 966 CE |
| Influences | Abu Ishaq Shami |
| Influenced | Abu Muḥammad Chishti |
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Abu Aḥmad Abdal Chishti[1] (Arabic: ابو احمد ابدال چشتی) was a Sufi of the Chishti Order in the 10th century CE and a disciple of Abu Ishaq Shami and the master of Abu Muḥammad Chishti.[2][3] He died in 966 CE.[4][5] He was Syed and his father was ruler of Fargana. He died in Chisht in Afghanistan and buried there.[6]
Biography
[edit]Abu Ahmad Abdal Chishti was born in Chisht, Afghanistan on 25 June 874 A.D,[7] during the 6th Ramadan of the 260 AH, during the reign of the Abbasid Caliph Mu'tasim Billah. He started his journey towards Khwaja Abu Ishaq Shami from the age of 7 years. He acquired knowledge of both Uloom-i-Zahiriya and Batiniyah from Khwaja Abu Ishaq Shami. After acquiring formal knowledge, at the age of 18, he became a bayat (oath of allegiance) to Khwaja Abu Ishaq Shami. According to some accounts, he became a disciple at the age of 13. [citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Mashaikh of Chisht by Shaykh Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi | Medina | Abrahamic Religions | Free 30-day Trial". Scribd. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
- ^ "Hazrat Khawaja Abu Ahmad Abdal Chishti". www.ziaetaiba.com.
- ^ "Abu Ahmad Abdal Chishti — Risala". Inayati Sufism.
- ^ Rozehnal, R. (April 30, 2016). Islamic Sufism Unbound: Politics and Piety in Twenty-First Century Pakistan. Springer. ISBN 9780230605725 – via Google Books.
- ^ Suvorova, Anna (July 22, 2004). Muslim Saints of South Asia: The Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries. Routledge. ISBN 1134370059 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Khwaja Abu Ahmad Abdal Al-Chishti – Chishtiya Ribbat".
- ^ https://aalequtub.com/hazrat-khwaja-abu-ahmed-abdaal-chisti-radi-allahu-anhu/ - accessed 20 April, 2022