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Baba Farid, as he is commonly known, has his poetry included in the Guru Granth Sahib, the most sacred scripture of Sikhism, which includes 123 (or 134) hymns composed by Farid. [12] Guru Arjan Dev Ji , the 5th guru of Sikhism, included these hymns himself in the Adi Granth , the predecessor of the Guru Granth Sahib . [ 1 ]
The Shrine of Baba Farid (Punjabi: مزار بابا فرید دا, romanized: Mazār Bābā Farīd Dā; Urdu: بابا فرید درگاہ, romanized: Bābā Farīd Dargāh) is a 13th-century Sufi shrine located in Pakpattan, Punjab, Pakistan dedicated to the Punjabi Sufi mystic and poet Baba Farid.
Descent from Fariduddin Ganjshakar, It was established that Shaikh Farid was a great-grandson of Shaikh Salim Chisti.Shaikh Salim Chisti was a prominent Sufi saint of the Chishti order, and he was himself a descendant of Fariduddin Ganjshakar (also known as Baba Farid), a major figure in the Chishti lineage.
The revered sanctuary is dedicated to Hazrat Baba Farid-ud-Din Masood Ganj Shakar, a prominent 13th-century Sufi saint of the Chishti Order. Known for his spiritual teachings and Punjabi poetry, Baba Farid's shrine attracts thousands of visitors annually, particularly during the Urs (death anniversary) celebrations.
Langar, the practice and institution, was first started by Baba Farid, a Muslim of the Chishti Sufi order. [4] [5] The institution of the langar was already popular in the 12th and 13th century among Sufis of the Indian subcontinent. The practice grew and is documented in the Jawahir al-Faridi compiled in 1623 CE. [6]
Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1188–1280, buried in the Shrine of Baba Farid, Pakpattan, Pakistan and developed Punjabi literature through poetry) [17] Fazl Ahmad Khan (1857–1907), Indian Sufi teacher Fuzuli (1494–1556), considered one of the greatest poets of Azerbaijani literature )
The shrine's wilayat is noted to border the spiritual territory of the Shrine of Baba Farid, [3] based in Pakpattan. The ancient pre-Islamic Hindu temple Prahladpuri Temple dedicated to Lord Narasimha , the fourth avatar of Lord Vishnu is located adjacent to the walls of the shrine.
Mu'in al-Din Hasan Chishti Sijzi (Persian: معین الدین چشتی, romanized: Muʿīn al-Dīn Chishtī; February 1143 – March 1236), known reverentially as Khawaja Gharib Nawaz (Persian: خواجہ غریب نواز, romanized: Khawāja Gharīb Nawāz), was a Persian Islamic scholar and mystic from Sistan, who eventually ended up settling in the Indian subcontinent in the early 13th ...