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Qutb ul Aqtab Khwaja Sayyid Muhammad Bakhtiyar AlHussaini, Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki was a Sunni Muslim Sufi mystic, saint and scholar of the Chishti Order from Delhi, India. He was the disciple and the spiritual successor of Moinuddin Chishti as head of the Chishti order, and the person to whom the Qutb Minar, Delhi is dedicated. Before him the Chishti order in India was confined to Ajmer and Nagaur. He played a major role in establishing the order securely in Delhi. His dargah located adjacent to Zafar Mahal in Mehrauli, and the oldest dargah in Delhi, is also the venue of his annual Urs festivities. The Urs was held in high regard by many rulers of Delhi like Qutbuddin Aibak, Iltutmish who built a nearby stepwell, Gandhak ki Baoli for him, Sher Shah Suri who built a grand gateway, Bahadur Shah I who built the Moti Masjid mosque nearby and Farrukhsiyar who added a marble screen and a mosque.His most famous disciple and spiritual successor was Fariduddin Ganjshakar, who in turn became the spiritual master of Delhi's noted Sufi saint, Nizamuddin Auliya, who himself was the spiritual master of Amir Khusrau and Nasiruddin Chirag-e-Delhi.

Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki had much influence on Sufism in India. As he continued and developed the traditional ideas of universal brotherhood and charity within the Chisti order, a new dimension of Islam started opening up in India which had hitherto not been present. He forms an important part of the Sufi movement which attracted many people to Islam in India in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

People of every religion like Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, etc. visiting his Dargah every week. Wikipedia  

✵ 1173 – 27. November 1235
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Famous Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki Quotes

“The gnostic (arif) attains the station of passionate love of God so that he may experience Godhead or His pure Essence.”

Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 264

“The seekers on the path of God are a community who are overwhelmed in the ocean of love from head to nail of the foot.”

Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 264

“The spiritual state of nearness of God is a sign of true saintliness. This ultimately results in the experience of love and longing for early union.”

Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 264

“Fear is a whip of God for the undisciplined devotee. When the fear of God enters into the heart, it turns the flask of the heart into pieces.”

Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 263

“The seeker's real approach to God means his preoccupation with afflictions appearing on the way to Him. Tribulations in separation from God is to be treated as a boon granted by God to His elect.”

Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 263

“One's friendship with God consists in being satisfied with whatever comes from God and expresses his gratitude hundred thousand time that he was remembered by Him.”

Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 263

Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki Quotes about God

“Communion with God is conferred after the dervish has become alien to all else.”

Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 263

“The saint enjoys real attachment to God when he experiences states of contentment and satisfaction.”

Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 263

“Detachment from worldly things is the most essential qualification required for a true dervish. His separation from everything, including his own self is the only way for the realization of kingship with God.”

Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 263

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