Khawaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (Urdu: خواجه شمس الدين عظيمي; 17 October 1927 – 21 February 2025) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and a master in the field of Tassawuf, with Ijazah and authorization from his Murshid Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya, the founder and the Shaykh of Silsila Azeemia. He was the second head of the Azeemia order.[1] He authored more than 20 books on the various subjects of Rūhaniyat and Muraqaba, and was the chief editor of the monthly Roohani Digest and Qalander Shaoor in Karachi, Pakistan. He established a chain of fifty-three meditation centres worldwide.[2]
Personal life and death
Azeemi's father was Anis Ahmed Ansari and mother was Umat-ur-Rehman. He is descended from Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad through Abdullah Ansari.[3]
Khawaja Shamsuddin Azeemi died on 21 February 2025, at the age of 97, in Karachi, Pakistan.[4][5][6]
See also
References
- ^ Azeemi, Khawaja Shamsuddin. Spiritual Prayer.
- ^ "Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi". Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ^ "Khawaja Shamsuddin Azeemi". Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ^ "سلسلۂ عظیمیہ کے مرشد خواجہ شمس الدین عظیمی انتقال کر گئے". Daily Jang (in Urdu). Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ "سلسلہ عظیمیہ کے مرشد شمس الدین عظیمی 98 برس کی عمر میں انتقال کرگئے". Nawa-i-waqt (in Urdu). 21 February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ "سلسلہ عظیمیہ کے مرشد شمس الدین عظیمی 98 برس کی عمر میں انتقال کرگئے". Geo News (in Urdu). Retrieved 21 February 2025.