A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Khwaja Quthb ad-Din Muhammad Bakhtiyar Kaki al-Awashi ibn Kamal ad-Din ( q.s. ) said, “The spiritual guide and teacher should possess so much power, that he is able to clean the darkness within the heart of his disciple through his inward power and may cause him to reach God.  The spiritual disciple must remain the same in the presence and absence of his spiritual guide and teacher, and after his passing away may show him greater respect.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Khwaja Mu’in ad-Din Hasan Shishty ( q.s. ) was born in Sistan, East Persia, also known as Sijistan, around 533 AH, 1138/39 CE, to a well-respected family.  He was a saint of the Indian subcontinent.  He introduced, and established, the Shishty order in South Asia, and significantly contributed to the spreading of Islam there.   He was blessed with direct lineage to the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) t hrough his father, Khwaja Ghayas ad-Din Hasan ( r.a. ), who was a direct descendant of Sayyidina Husayn ibn ‘Ali ( r.a. ).  His family lineage is as follows: Khwaja Mu’in ad-Din Hasan Shishty ( q.s. ), son of Khwaja Ghayas ad-Din Hasan ( r.a. ), son of Sayyid Ahmad Hasan ( r.a. ), son of Sayyid Hasan Ahmad ( r.a. ), son of Sayyid Najm ad-Din Thahir ( r.a. ), son of Khwaja ‘Abd al-‘Aziz Husayn ( r.a. ), son of Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi ( q.s. ), son of Imam Hasan al-‘Askari ( q.s. ), son of Imam Musa ibn ‘Ali ( q.s. ), son of Imam ‘Ali an-Naqi (...