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Delhi High Court recently, ordered a joint inspection of the religious place, where public entry was banned in the aftermath of the Tablighi Jamaat members testing positive for coronavirus more than a year ago.
The Covid guidelines of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) will also apply to the Markaz Nizamuddin.

Chisti order-

• The Chishti Order is a Sufi order which arose from Chisht, a small town near Herat, in western Afghanistan.
• It was founded by Abu Ishaq Shami in about 930 CE (Christian Era).
• Before returning to western Asia he trained and deputed the son of local emir, Abu Ahmad Abdal, under whose leadership the Chishtiyya flourished as a regional mystical order.
• Great emphasis was originally placed by the Chishtīyah on the Sufi doctrine of the unity of being (waḥdat al-wujūd), oneness with God; thus, all material goods were rejected as distracting from the contemplation of God.
• Moinuddin Chishti is credited with laying its foundations in India. Other famous saints of the Chishti Order are Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Nizamuddin Auliya and Alauddin Ali Ahmed Sabir Kalyari.
• Moinuddin Chishti was born in 1141 in Iran. According to legend, he renounced his material belongings after coming in contact with Sheikh Ibrahim Qunduzi.
• Other famous saints of the Chishti Order are Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Nizamuddin Auliya and Alauddin Ali Ahmed Sabir Kalyari.

Nizamuddin Aauliya-

• Syed Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya was one of the most famous Sufi saints from the Indian subcontinent region.
• Also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin, and Mahbub-e-Ilahi (Beloved of God), he was a Sunni Muslim scholar and Sufi saint of the Chishti Order.
• He believed the love of God implied a love of humanity. He had a major influence on the Muslims of Delhi and the world over.
• Nizamuddin Auliya was born in 1238 AD in Badaun , Uttar Pradesh to Syed Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Hussaini Badayuni and Bibi Zulekha.
• His father died when Nizamuddin was just five years old. At the age of 21, Nizamuddin went to Ajodhan (present Pakpattan Sharif in Pakistan) to become a disciple of the Sufi saint Fariduddin Ganjshakar, also known as Baba Farid.
• He built his Khanqah (place of worship and holding Sufi rituals) which was thronged with all kinds of people, rich and poor alike.
• Some of the famous disciples of Nizamuddin includes – Shaikh Nasiruddin Chirag Delhavi, Amir Khusro, and the royal poet of the Delhi Sultanate.
• He died on April 3, 1325. His dargah (shrine) ‘Hazrat Nizamuddin Aauliya Mehboob E Elahi Dargah’ was built in 1562 and is situated in the Nizamuddin West area of Delhi.

Sources- The times of India, the Indian express