Question

Write a brief note on the Chishti silsila.

Answer 1

Instructions:

• Talk about what a silsila is.
• Talk about the Chishti silsila and the famous teachers belonging to that silsila.

Solution:

• The Sufi teachers had their own methods of ritual practice and teaching, which led to the formation of different spiritual genealogies or silsilas.
• The Chishti silsila was the most famous among these silsilas.
• Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, Nizamuddin Auliya, and Bandanawaz Gisudaraz were some of the most famous teachers belonging to this silsila.