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South Asian Sufi saint (1816–1893) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Syed Shah Ata Hussain Fani Chishti (1816–1893), popularly known as Khwaja-e-Bihar was an Indian Sufi saint of the Chisti Order . He was the first Sufi to go into the completely non-Muslim locality of Gaya and spread Islam . He was also a writer , poet , linguist , and orator . He died as the Ghaus , which is the highest degree of spirituality a Sufi could attain in his time.
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Hazrat Ata Hussain Fani (1810–1889), also known as Ata Hussain Gayavi or Haji Ata Hussain Chishti Monami Abulolai, was a famous Sufi saint of the chisti order in South Asia . He was the first Sufi to go in the complete non-Muslim locality of Gaya and spread Islam . He was a Sufi, writer, poet, linguist and one of the greatest orator of his time. Although he never touched money with his hands he lived life kingsize. He always befriended strangers specially non-Muslims and everyone loved him to the deepest core of their hearts. There were thousands of converts(both humans and Genie ) to Islam on his hands. His only aim in life was to serve the entire human being on this earth and spread the message which the Prophet Muhammad brought on this earth. He died as the Ghaus(the highest degree of spirituality a Sufi can attain in his life) of his time.
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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Hazrat Ata Hussain Fani (1816–1893), also known as Ata Hussain Gayavi or Haji Ata Hussain Chishti Monami Abulolai, was a famous Sufi saint of the chisti order in South Asia. He was the first Sufi to go in the complete non-Muslim locality of Gaya and spread Islam . He was also a writer, poet, linguist, and orator.Although he never touched money with his hands he lived an extravagant life.He was known to befriend strangers, especially non-Muslims, was very well liked among his people.There were thousands of converts (both humans and Genie ) to Islam that he was responsible for.His aim in life was to serve all human beings on earth and spread the message which the Islamic prophet Muhammad brought.He died as the Ghaus, which is the highest degree of spirituality a Sufi can attain, of his time.
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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Ata Hussain Fani (1816–1893), also known as Ata Hussain Gayavi or Haji Ata Hussain Chishti Monami Abulolai, was a Sufi saint of the Chisti Order in South Asia. He was the first Sufi to go into the completely non-Muslim locality of Gaya and spread Islam. He was also a writer , poet , linguist , and orator . He died as the Ghaus, which is the highest degree of spirituality a Sufi could attain in his time.
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South Asian Sufi saint (1816–1893) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Ata Hussain Fani (1816–1893), also known as Ata Hussain Gayavi or Haji Ata Hussain Chishti Monami Abulolai, was a Sufi saint of the Chisti Order in South Asia . He was the first Sufi to go into the completely non-Muslim locality of Gaya and spread Islam . He was also a writer , poet , linguist , and orator . He died as the Ghaus, which is the highest degree of spirituality a Sufi could attain in his time.
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