Syed Ghulam Naseeruddin Naseer (14 November 1949 – 13 February 2009) ( ur, پیر نصیر الدین نصیر‬) was a Pakistani poet and Islamic scholar of the

Chishti The Chishtī Order ( fa, ''chishtī'') is a tariqa, an order or school within the mystic Sufism, Sufi tradition of Sunni Islam. The Chishti Order is known for its emphasis on love, tolerance, and openness. It began with Abu Ishaq Shami in Ch ...

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. He was the custodian of the Golra Sharif shrine in the

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. Naseeruddin Naseer was the great-grandson of

Meher Ali Shah Meher Ali Shah ( ur, پیر مہر على شاه‬; 14 April 1859 – May 1937), was a Sufi scholar and a mystic Punjabi poet from Punjab, British India (present-day Pakistan) belonging to the Chishti order. He is known as a Hanafi scholar le ...

Golra Sharif Golra Sharif ( ur, ) is a town situated near the Margalla Hills in the Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, at about above sea level, from the ancient city of Taxila. It is known for the Mausoleum of Meher Ali Shah that yearly attracts thous ...

and the son of

Syed Ghulam Moinuddin Gilani Syed Ghulam Moinuddin Gilani commonly known as Baray Lala jee born on Saturday, 22 May 1920 at Golra Sharif, of district Rawalpindi was the Sajjada Nashin of Shrine Golra Sharif. He was the grandson of Pir Meher Ali Shah. He was the son of Sy ...

. He is the nephew of Shah Abdul Haq Gilani. Thousands of people attended his funeral ceremony. Ghulam Naseeruddin was a religious scholar and poet. He wrote poetry in Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Persian and many other languages and authored 36 books on Islam, the Quran, Hadith and Fiqh and

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Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

. He played an important role in spreading the message of Islam in the Potohar region.

Books

His books include: * ''Lafz-i-Allah kee Tahqiq'' * ''Kia Iblees Alim Thaa'' * ''Pakistan mein Zalzaley ke Tabahkarian'' * ''Musalmaanoon ke Urooj-o-Zawal kay Asbab'' * ''Quran Majid key Aadab-i-Tilawat’'' * ''Mawazna-i-Ilm-o-Karamat'' * ''Faiz e Nisbat'' * ''Fatwa Naveesi ke aadab'' * ''Peeran E Peer ki shakhsiyat, seerat, taleemat'' * ''Aaena Shareeat mein Peeri mureedi ki hesiyat'' *Tareeq Ul Falah Fi Mas’alatil Kufwi Li’Nikah.

Death

Naseeruddin died on 13 February 2009 at the age of 59. He suffered a massive heart attack and was shifted to a private hospital but died before being provided any medical aid on 8 Safar 1430.

References

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