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13th-century Punjabi Muslim mystic, poet and preacher
- Farīduddīn Masūd Ganjshakar (c. 4 April 1173 – 7 May 1266), commonly known as Bābā Farīd or Sheikh Farīd (also in Anglicised spelling Fareed, Fareed ud-Deen, Masood, etc.), was a 13th-century Punjabi Muslim mystic, poet and preacher.
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Farīduddīn Masūd Ganjshakar (c. 4 April 1173 – 7 May 1266), commonly known as Bābā Farīd or Sheikh Farīd (also in Anglicised spelling Fareed, Fareed ud-Deen, Masood, etc.), was a 13th-century Punjabi Muslim [3] mystic, poet and preacher. [4] .
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Baba Farīd (R.A) lineage of Chishti Order started from Hazrat Ali (R.A), cousin and son-in-law of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) to Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki (R.A).
Baba Farīd (R.A) was brought into the world in 1175 (571 AH) in Kothewal, 10 km from Multan in the Punjab area, to Jamāl-ud-dīn Suleimān and Maryam Bibi (Qarsum Bibi), the daughter of Wajīh-ud-dīn Khojendī. He was a Sunni Muslim and was one of the initial architects of the Chishti Sufi order. Baba Farīd (R.A) got his initial instruction at Multan. ...
According to Hazrat Baba Farid (R.A), a Sufi must possess the following: 1. He must forget himself and the world in the love and devotion of Allah. 2. He must overlook the faults of others however serious. 3. He must close his eyes, i.e., he must not look towards things declared haram (forbidden) in Islam. 4. He must become deaf also so that he may...
One day a mureed named Mohammed Shah came to Hazrat Baba Farid (R.A) in a most disturbed state of mind. When Baba Farid (R.A) enquired the reason, Mohammed Shah said that his brother was most dangerously ill and that he had left him in the state of a coma, only to come and plead to Hazrat Baba Farid’s (R.A) for his blessing. Baba Farid (R.A) said: ...
One of Baba Farid’s (R.A) most significant commitments to Punjabi writing was his advancement of the language for scholarly purposes. Whereas Sanskrit, Arabic, Turkish and Persian had truly been viewed as the dialects of the learned and utilized in ascetic communities, Punjabi was by and large thought to be a less refined society language. By utili...
Sep 28, 2020 · After the untimely death of Hazrat Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki, the mantelpiece of India’s spiritual leadership within the illustrious Chishti Order fell upon the shoulders of Hazrat Khwaja Fariduddin Masood Ganjshakar of Pakpatan, popularly known as “Baba Farid” and “Baba Ganjshakar“. Family & Lineage
Hazrat Sheikh Farīd-ud-dīn Mas'ūd Ganj Shakar (4 April, 1179 – 7 May, 1266), commonly known as Baba Farid Ganjshakar (Punjabi, lit: 'Treasury of Sugar/Sweetness'), was a renowned Sufi preacher, mystic poet and saint of the Chishti Order of South-central Asia.
Born Sheikh Fariduddin Masood, Baba Farid Ganj-e-Shakar was a 12th century poet and mystic, who was also the disciple of famous Chishti saint Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki. During his time in Haryana, he enjoyed the company of other revered Sufi saints like Hazrat Nizamuddin, Sheikh Jamaluddin Hanswi, and Sabir Kaliyari.
Farīd al-DīnMasʿūdGanj-i-Shakar (c. 4 April 1179 – 7 May 1266), known reverentially as BābāFarīd or Shaikh Farīd by Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus of the Punjab Region, or simply as FarīduddīnGanjshakar, was a 12th-century Punjabi Muslim preacher and mystic who went on to become "one of the most revered and distinguished ...
Popularly known as Baba Farid, he is one of the distinguished medieval Muslim mystics in the Indian world, most revered in the Punjabi communities and sects of South Asia. In a book on
