Moin-ud-din Chishti

Hazrat Sheikh Khwaja Moin-ud-din Chishti Ajmeri, was born in 1141 and died in 1236 AD. He is also known as "Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti" and "Gharīb Nawāz" (Benefactor of the Poor). He is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti order of South Asia. Moinuddin Chishti is believed to have introduced and established this Order in India. His shrine is at Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.^[7]

Muʿīn al-Dīn Chishtī
معین الدین چشتی ؓ‎
A Mughal miniature representing Muʿīn al-Dīn Chishtī
Other names	Khawja Ghareeb Nawaz, Sultan Ul Hind
Personal
Born	1 February 1143 Sistan,[1] Nasrid kingdom
Died	15 March 1236 (aged 92–93)[source?] Ajmer, Delhi Sultanate
Resting place	Ajmer Sharif Dargah
Religion	Islam
Flourished	Islamic golden age
Children	Three sons—Abū Saʿīd, Fak̲h̲r al-Dīn and Ḥusām al-Dīn — and one daughter Bībī Jamāl.
Parents	Khwāja G̲h̲iyāt̲h̲ al-Dīn Ḥasan, Umm al-Wara
Denomination	Sunni[2][3]
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Creed	Maturidi
Tariqa	Chishti (Founder)
Other names	Khawja Ghareeb Nawaz, Sultan Ul Hind
Profession	Islamic preacher
Senior posting
Influenced by Usman Harooni, ʿAbdullah Ansari, Abdul Qadir Gilani[4] Najīb al-Dīn Nakhshabī[4]
Influenced Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki. Muḥammad Mubārak al-ʿAlavī al-Kirmānī,[5] Ḥāmid b. Faḍlallāh Jamālī,[5] ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq Muḥaddith Dihlavī,[5] Ḥamīd al-Dīn Ṣūfī Nāgawrī,[6] Fakhr al-Dīn Chishtī,[6]Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, Deobandism, and virtually all subsequent mystics of the Chishtiyya orderall shia muslims and Sunni Muslims, Barelvi movement and all Sufis
Profession	Islamic preacher

The main beliefs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti were achieving oneness with Allah, devotion to the Divine, leading a pure life, showing compassion and charity for the helpless and poor.