Haroon al Rasheed
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Pir Haroon Al-Rashid | |
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| 2nd Leader of Tariqa Nisbat-E-Rasooli | |
| In office August 28, 1960 – February 27, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Pir Nazir Ahmad |
| Succeeded by | Alhaj Pir Dr. Gohar Nazir Jamal ul Mulk Kiani |
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| Born | October 1935 Mohra Sharif, British Raj |
| Children | Dr Muhammad Gohar Nazir Gohar, Shahzada Jamal Nazir, and two daughters |
Haroon Al Rashid (Urdu:پیر ہارون الرشید) (born 1935) is the leader of the Nisbat-e-Rasooli Sufi order in Mohra Sharif, Pakistan as of 1960[update], and is known by the honorific Pir. He gives Islamic sermons every Friday (in Mohra Sharif) and Saturday (in Islamabad). He preaches the philosophy of Nisbat-e-Rasooli.
Al-Rashid has performed the Hajj pilgrimage every year since 1960, and has over six million followers around the world[citation needed].
He has two sons, Alhaj Pir Dr. Gohar Nazir and Shahzada Jamal Nazir, and two daughters. Pir Gohar Nazir is the current leader or the gadi nasheen of Mohra Sharif. He has two sons, Deedawar Nazir and Murad Nazir, who are currently studying. Pir Gohar Nazir is a doctor by education and profession. He built a free hospital in Mohra Sharif, where he sees patients daily. He wrote his first book "Arzo e Natamam" when he was in eighth grade in Aitchison College Lahore. After that he wrote two more books: Kayal Rang and Rang e Ja'n. Both are in Urdu and contain Sufi Kalam (Naats) and gazals as well.
Shahzada Jamal Nazir is a former Federal Minister in the interim 2013 Cabinet. He was also a Member National Commission on Minorities, and Advisor with Minister of State status for the Government of Pakistan on National Regulations and Services. He has a J.D. (Juris Doctor) and LL.M. from the Strum College of Law, University of Denver, USA.
Death of Pir Haroon ur Rashid
[edit]The Sajjada Nasheen Mohra Sharif Pir Haroon ur Rashid (ra) died due to illness on Sunday 27th of February, 2022. He was 86 years old. His funeral was offered by hundreds of thousands of his followers and admirers at Mohra Sharif, Murree. It was 26th of Rajab. [1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sajjada Nasheen Mohra Sharif Pir Haroonur Rashid passes away". Dunya News. 2008-02-14. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- Sufi Muhammad Rasheed (2006). Nisbat-e-Rasooli. Maktaba Nisbat-e-Rasooli.
- http://www.mohrasharif.com.pk
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100130141901/http://www.nisbat-e-rasooli.info/