Fariduddin Ganjshakar

Baba Farid († 1265 ) was a scholar and prominent member of the moderate Islamic orthodox Sufi Chishtiyya, who is also the spiritual lineage ( silsila ) of the Order ( tariqa ) is counted. He is counted among the most important Sufis of India and Pakistan. He led a very ascetic life and communicated with the yogis and sadhus. He " converted large parts of the then predominantly Hindu country population of south-western Punjab and sent emissaries further south until after Kutch, Sindh and Makran ."

Baba Farid wrote countless aphorisms in Hindawi ( Hindustani ) from a mixed Hindi and Urdu vernacular, which will take another five hundred are obtained, which are also cited in the sacred books Adi Granth and Guru Granth Sahib of the Sikhs.

Mausoleum

The mausoleum of the Sufi saint in the city of Pakpattan, south of Lahore, Pakistan in 2010 was target of a bombing.

Quote

" I only ask, to love you God, pray. I wish to turn to dust and you, to lie forever at your feet. My greatest desire in heaven and earth is to live for you and die. "