

Regarding the third of the Rightly Guided Caliphs of the early Islamic community, Uthman (d.

644) as one "specially distinguished by sagacity and resolution," and said that "the Sufis make him their model in wearing a patched garment and rigorously performing the duties of religion." He further praised Umar for his "very exalted station" in combining a life of worldly duties with intense and consistent spiritual devotion. He is the leader of the Muslims in general, and of the Sufis in particular." Umar Īli Hujwiri described the second caliph of Islam Umar (d. 634) as "the Greatest Truthful," and deemed him "the leader ( imām) of all the folk of this Path." Eulogizing Abu Bakr's piety, Ali Hujwiri praised him for how "he gave away all his wealth and his clients, and clad himself in a woolen garment, and came to the Messenger Muhammad " and stated elsewhere that he "is placed by the Sufi shaykhs at the head of those who have adopted the contemplative life." In conclusion, Ali Hujwiri stated: "The whole sect of Sufis has made him their patron in stripping themselvesan of worldly things, in fixity, in an eager desire for poverty, and in longing to renounce authority. Views Companions of Muḥammad (صل اللہ علیہ و سلم) Abu Bakr Īli Hujwiri described the first caliph of Islam Abu Bakr (d. After his death, Ali Hujwiri was unanimously regarded as a great saint by popular acclaim. Eventually, Ali Hujwiri settled in Lahore, where he died with the reputation of a renowned preacher and teacher. For a short period, the mystic is believed to have lived in Iraq His brief marriage during this period is said to have been unhappy. As for his Sufic training, he was linked through his teacher al-Khuttalī to al-Husrī, Abu Bakr Shibli (d. Īccording to the autobiographical information recorded in his own Kashf al-maḥjūb, it is evident that Ali Hujwiri travelled "widely through the Ghaznavid Empire and beyond, spending considerable time in Baghdad, Nishapur, and Damascus, where he met many of the pre-eminent Ṣūfīs of his time." In matters of jurisprudence, he received training in the Hanafi rite of orthodox Sunni law under various teachers. His genealogical chain goes back eight generations to Ali. As is common with Sufi saints, he is a direct descendant of Muhammad through his father, who was a direct descendant of Al-Imam Hasan ibn Ali.

At present, it is Pakistan's largest shrine "in numbers of annual visitors and in the size of the shrine complex," and, having been nationalized in 1960, is managed today by the Department of Awqaf and Religious Affairs of the Punjab. He is, moreover, one of the most widely venerated saints in the entire South Asia, and his tomb-shrine in Lahore, popularly known as Data Darbar, is one of the most frequented shrines in South Asia.

In the present day, Ali Hujwiri is venerated as the main wali of Lahore, Pakistan by the traditional Sunni Muslims of the area. Ali Hujwiri is believed to have contributed "significantly" to the spread of Islam in South Asia through his preaching, with one historian describing him as "one of the most important figures to have spread Islam in the Indian subcontinent." 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. It is also believed by few medieval historians that he was born in Caucasus Nowadays in Russian Federation. 'Unveiling of the Hidden'), which is considered the "earliest formal treatise" on Sufism in Persian. 1009-1072/77), known as ʿAlī al-Hujwīrī or al-Hujwīrī (also spelt Hajweri, Hajveri, or Hajvery) for short, or reverentially as Shaykh Syed ʿAlī al-Hujwīrī or as Dātā Ganj Bakhsh by Muslims of South Asia, was an 11th-century Persian Sunni Muslim mystic, theologian, and preacher from Ghazna, who became famous for composing the Kashf al-maḥjūb ( lit. ʿAlī al-Ghaznawī al-Jullābī al-Hujwīrī (c.
