Khawaja Habibullah Shah al-Chishti ق (D.1971)

Exactly 49 years ago, Khawaja Habibullah Shah passed on in Singapore on 31 October 1971

Born in Tamil Nadu (India), he is known as a complete Sufi figure because his membership covers a wide range of knowledge and was a Murshid Thariqah Qadiriyah Naqshahbandiyah Suhrawardiyah Chistiyah Sanusiyah in his time.

He is able to parse an issue clearly and is able to compose books related to Sufism in Arabic and English. Among his essays are Irshad Al-Habibiya and The Spiritual Message Of Islam. He has about 100,000 students and 45 Caliphs all over the world. Among the scholars in Singapore who have received a shower of knowledge from him are Maulana Abu Bakar bin Abdul Qadir (Maulana Abu Bakar Al-Malabari / Khawaja Nurillah Al-Mustafa), Shaikh Muhammad Taha bin Muhammad Fadhlullah As-Suhaimi, Ustaz Osman bin Yusoff and Ustaz Mohamed Ibrahim bin Mohamed Kassim (Khawaja Kalimullah Shah). He is buried at Kassim Endowment Cemetery (Siglap Road).