Abu Ishaq Shami
Abu Ishaq Shami was a Muslim scholar who is often regarded as the founder of the Sufi Chishti Order . He was the first in the Chishti lineage to live in Chisht and so to adopt the name "Chishti", so that, if the Chishti order itself dates back to him, it is one of the oldest recorded Sufi orders. His original name, Shami, implies he came from Syria. He died in Damascus and lies buried on Mount Qasiyun, where Ibn Arabi was later buried.Abu Ishaq Shami's teacher was Ilw Dinwari, whose own teacher was Abu Hubairah Basri, a disciple of Huzaifah Al-Mar'ashi who was in turn a disciple of Ibrahim ibn Adham. The Chishtiyyah silsila continued through Abu Ishaq Shami's disciple Abu Ahmad Abdal. In South Asia Moinuddin Chishti was the founding father who brought the teaching to the region and he remains the most revered saint of the Chishti order in India and Pakistan.Quotes
Some of Abu Ishaq Shami's sayings are:
