Ali al-Hujwiri
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Abū ʾl-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. ʿUthmān b. ʿAlī al-Ghaznawī al-Jullābī al-Hujwīrī (c. 1009-1072/77), known as ʿAlī al-Hujwīrī or al-Hujwīrī (also spelt Hajweri, Hajveri, or Hajvery) for short, or reverentially as Shaykh Sayyid ʿAlī al-Hujwīrī or as Dātā Ganj Bakhsh by Muslims of South Asia, was an 11th-century Sunni Muslim[4] mystic, theologian, and preacher from Ghaznavid Empire, who became famous for composing the Kashf al-maḥjūb (lit. 'Unveiling of the Hidden'), which is considered the "earliest formal treatise" on Sufism in Persian.[5] Ali Hujwiri is believed to have contributed "significantly" to the spread of Islam in South Asia through his preaching,[6] with one historian describing him as "one of the most important figures to have spread Islam in the Indian subcontinent."[5] Khwaja Gharib Nawaz stayed at Ali Hujwiri's mausoleum and quoted a tribute to him as a narration; گنج بخش فیضِ عالَم مظہرِ نورِ خدا ناقصاں را پیرِ کامل ، کاملاں را راہنما Ganj Bakhsh-e-Faiz-e-Alam Mazhar-e-Nur-e-Khuda, Na Qasaan-ra Pir-i Kamil, Kamilaan-ra Rahnuma.[7]
Ali al-Hujwiri (ابوالحسن علی بن عثمان الجلابی الھجویری الغزنوی) | |
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Mystic, Theologian, Codifier, Jurist; Lion of Sufism | |
Born | c. 14 August 1009 CE (19 Dhuʻl-Hijjah, 399 AH) Hajvare, Ghazni, Ghaznavid Empire (now Ghazni, Afghanistan) |
Died | c. 8 August 1072 CE (20 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah, 464 AH) Lahore, Ghaznavid Empire (now Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan) |
Venerated in | By all those traditional Sunni Muslims who venerate saints |
Major shrine | Data Darbar, Lahore, Pakistan |
Feast | 18th/19th/20th Safar (urs) |
Patronage | Lahore, Pakistan[1] |
Tradition or genre | Sunni Islam (Jurisprudence: Hanafi)[2][3] |
In the present day, Ali Hujwiri is venerated as the main wali of Lahore, Pakistan by the traditional Sunni Muslims of the area.[1][8] He is, moreover, one of the most widely venerated saints in the entire South Asia,[8] and his tomb-shrine in Lahore, popularly known as Data Darbar, is one of the most frequented shrines in South Asia.[8] At present, it is Pakistan's largest shrine "in numbers of annual visitors and in the size of the shrine complex,"[5] and, having been nationalized in 1960, is managed today by the Department of Awqaf and Religious Affairs of the Punjab.[5] The mystic himself remains a "household name" in the daily Islam of South Asia.[9] In 2016, the Government of Pakistan declared 21 November to be a public holiday for the commemoration of the commencement of Ali Hujwiri's three-day death anniversary.[10]