Chaar Yaar
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Chaar Yaar - is used to refer to:
  • Rashidun
    Rashidun
    The Rightly Guided Caliphs or The Righteous Caliphs is a term used in Sunni Islam to refer to the first four Caliphs who established the Rashidun Caliphate. The concept of "Rightly Guided Caliphs" originated with the Abbasid Dynasty...

     - The Rightly Guided Caliphs or The Righteous Caliphs used in Sunni Islam to refer to the first four Caliphs who established the Rashidun Caliphate, who ruled after the death of Muhammad are often quoted as the Khulafah Rashidun.
    • Abu Bakr
      Abu Bakr
      Abu Bakr was a senior companion and the father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He ruled over the Rashidun Caliphate from 632-634 CE when he became the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad's death...

       (632–634 AD)
    • Umar ibn al-Khattab, (Umar І) (634–644 AD)
    • Uthman ibn Affan (644–656 AD)
    • Ali ibn Abi Talib (656–661 AD)

  • The great pioneers of the 13th century Chisti and Suhrawardiyya Sufi movements and followers of Moinuddin Chishti in South Asia were four friends known as "Chaar Yaar". However there were more than just 4 of them. Including Chisti himself they include:
    • Moinuddin Chishti
      Moinuddin Chishti
      Sultan-ul-Hind, Moinuddin Chishti was born in 1141 and died in 1230 CE. Also known as Gharīb Nawāz "Benefactor of the Poor" , he is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order of the Indian Subcontinent. He introduced and established the order in South Asia...

       (1141–1230 AD)
    • Baha-ud-din Zakariya
      Baha-ud-din Zakariya
      Baha-ud-din Zakariya was a Sufi of Suhrawardiyya order . His full name was Al-Sheikh Al-Kabir Sheikh-ul-Islam Baha-ud-Din Abu Muhammad Zakaria Al-Qureshi Al-Asadi Al Hashmi....

       of Multan (1170–1267 AD)
    • Baba Farid Shakar Ganj of Pakpattan (1174–1266 AD)
    • Lal Shahbaz Qalandar
      Lal Shahbaz Qalandar
      Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar , a Sayed Sufi saint, philosopher, poet, and qalandar. Born Syed hussain Shah, he belonged to the Suhrawardiyya order of Sufis. He preached religious tolerance among Muslims and Hindus...

       aka Jhulelal of Sehwan (1177–1274 AD)
    • Syed Jalaluddin Bukhari of Uchch (c. 1192–1294 AD)
    • Nizamuddin Auliya
      Nizamuddin Auliya
      Sultan-ul-Mashaikh, Mehboob-e-Ilahi, Hazrat Shaikh Khwaja Syed Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya , also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin, was a famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order in the Indian Subcontinent, an order that believed in drawing close to God through renunciation of the world and service to...

      (1238–1325 AD)
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