Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami

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{{short description|Sufi Saint from Delhi}}
{{Infobox religious biography
| name = Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami
| image = Bazmemaikash.jpg
| caption = Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami at Bazm-e-Maikash
| religion = [[Islam]]
| denomination = [[Sunni]]
| school = [[Hanafi]]
| order = [[Chishti]]
| flourished = [[Islamic golden age]]
| birth_name =
| resting_place = [[Old Delhi]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| Predecessor = [[Khwaja Hasan Nizami]]
| Successor = Khwaja Syed Muhammad Nizami And Khwaja Syed Naved Pasha Nizami
}}
{{Sufism}}

'''Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami''' (15 May 1931 – 15 March 2015)<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Ernst|first1=C.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p-UYDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA113&dq=khwaja+hasan+sani+nizami#v=onepage|title=Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order in South Asia and Beyond|last2=Lawrence|first2=B.|date=2016-04-30|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-137-09581-7|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|date=2007-05-03|title=A chronicler of 1857 par excellence|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/a-chronicler-of-1857-par-excellence/story-oBCFmBiuEkFgGlBGc2U2JN.html|access-date=2020-07-01|work=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-26|title=Are the Delhi dargahs facing a slow death?|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/features/delhi-dargahs-facing-slow-death-1502627477.html|access-date=2020-07-02|website=The Statesman|language=en-US}}</ref> (birth name Khwaja Hasan Abu Talib Nizami)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9I0orByZgP4C&q=Khwaja+Hasan+Sani+Nizami&dq=Khwaja+Hasan+Sani+Nizami|title=Annual Report of the Registrar of Newspapers for India|date=1962|publisher=Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|language=en}}</ref> was a Sufi Shaykh of Nizami branch of [[Chishti Order]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tn9IAAAAMAAJ&q=Khwaja+Hasan+Sani+Nizami&dq=Khwaja+Hasan+Sani+Nizami|title=Church and Islam: Report of a Consultation|date=1984|language=en}}</ref>
<ref name="Qureshi 1986">{{Cite book|last1=Qureshi|first1=Regula|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c3o9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA144&lpg=PA144&dq=Khwaja+Hasan+Sani+Nizami#v=onepage|title=Sufi Music of India and Pakistan: Sound, Context and Meaning in Qawwali|last2=Qureshi|first2=Regula Burckhardt|date=1986|publisher=CUP Archive|isbn=978-0-521-26767-0|language=en}}</ref> and the former Sajjadanasheen (head caretaker)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jafa|first=Navina|date=2018-05-28|title=Vignettes that define the Ramzan month|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/with-a-prayer-on-parched-lips/article24011868.ece|access-date=2020-07-02|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> of [[Nizamuddin Auliya]]'s shrine<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami|url=https://www.milligazette.com/news/1-community-news/12093-khwaja-hasan-sani-nizami/|access-date=2020-07-01|work=The Milli Gazette — Indian Muslims Leading News Source|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Pot of blessings - Indian Express|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/pot-of-blessings/488142/2|access-date=2020-07-02|work=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref> and considered as the most prominent figure of Urdu literature.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Vice President condoles the passing away of Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami {{!}} Former Vice President of India {{!}} Government of India|url=http://mhamidansari.nic.in/pressrelease/vice-president-condoles-passing-away-khwaja-hasan-sani-nizami|access-date=2020-07-01|website=mhamidansari.nic.in}}</ref> He was a member of United Nations Religious Initiatives, San Francisco of [[United States of America]].<ref name=":0" /> He was the son of [[Khwaja Hasan Nizami]]<ref name=":3" /> and the master of [[Iqbal Ahmad Khan]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Whitener|first=Olivia|title=The elegy for good days: Encounters with Urdu poetry in Delhi|url=https://tif.ssrc.org/2019/05/29/the-elegy-for-good-days/|access-date=2020-07-02|website=SSRC The Immanent Frame|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Career==
Khwaja received his primary education from his home and was later graduated from [[Jamia Millia Islamia]].<ref name=":0" />

Khwaja was a member of Delhi Urdu Academy, Ghalib Academy and Ghalib Institute, and was the Chairman of Ghalib Academy.<ref name=":1" /> He was also the founder-member of All India Sufi Conference, Hyderabad, secretary of Khwaja Hasan Nizami Memorial Society and member of National Ameer Khusro Society.<ref name=":0" /> Khwaja was also said to be the editor of " the Munadi" (monthly magazine) after his father Khwaja Hasan Nizami from 1955 onwards, which he continued publishing under his editorship from 1955 onwards.<ref name=":0" />

Khwaja was fond of [[Qawwali]],<ref>{{Cite news|date=2014-04-21|title=Musical treat from Dilli Gharana|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/400973/musical-treat-dilli-gharana.html|access-date=2020-07-02|work=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref> He used to organize various [[Qawwali]] programmes in [[Nizamuddin Auliya]]'s shrine.<ref name="Qureshi 1986"/>

[[File:Qawwali hazrat nizamuddin delhi.jpg|thumb|Qawwali at Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya's shrine]]

Khwaja was one of the Islamic leader who condemned [[Taliban]] as 'out of Islam' organization in 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2006-05-02|title=Reprehensible|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/reprehensible/articleshow/1511853.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2020-07-02}}</ref>

==Literary Works==
Khwaja republished various literary works which was written by his father Khwaja Hasan Nizami which are as follows<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Aquil|first1=Raziuddin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9CUlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA211&dq=khwaja+hasan+sani+nizami#v=onepage|title=Literary and Religious Practices in Medieval and Early Modern India|last2=Curley|first2=David L.|date=2016-09-13|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-351-98732-5|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sani|first=Nizami Khwaja|date=|title=Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/33733539.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>
*Tarjuma e Quran e Majid
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*Fawaidul Fawaad (Urdu Tarjuma)
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*Tasawwuf (Rasm Aur Haqeeqath)
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*Tazkira E Nizami
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*Tazkira E Khusravi
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*Nizami Bansari
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* A'mal e Hizbul Bahar
*Begamaat ke aansu (editor)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5v5sDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT242&lpg=PT242&dq=Khwaja+Hasan+Sani+Nizami#v=onepage|title=City of My Heart: Four Accounts of Love, Loss and Betrayal in Nineteenth-Century Delhi|date=2018-09-18|publisher=Hachette India|isbn=978-93-5195-259-6|language=en}}</ref>

==Awards and Legacy==
Khwaja received Delhi Gaurav award from Indian Government under prime minister ship of [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]].<ref name=":0" />

In 2017, [[Urdu Academy]] organized an evening in the memory of Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami at Kashmiri gate.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Urdu|first=Academy|date=|title=Urdu academy calendar 2017-2018|url=https://urduacademydelhi.com/Calandar%202017-18.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Urdu academy}}</ref>

Books based on life and achievements of Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami, was released by [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]] in the month of April 2017.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Bureau|first=The Dairy Times News|date=2017-04-08|title=Two Beautifully Designed Volumes on Life and Times of Hazrat Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami (R.A.), Released by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Hon'ble Vice President of India|url=http://thedairytimes.com/two-beautifully-designed-volumes-on-life-and-times-of-hazrat-khwaja-hasan-sani-nizami-r-a-released-by-shri-m-hamid-ansari-honble-vice-president-of-india/|access-date=2020-07-01|work=The Dairy Times {{!}} Dairy Industry News and Views Portal|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bureau|first=The Retail Times News|date=2017-04-08|title=Two Beautifully Designed Volumes on Life and Times of Hazrat Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami (R.A.), Released by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Hon'ble Vice President of India|url=http://theretailtimes.co.in/two-beautifully-designed-volumes-on-life-and-times-of-hazrat-khwaja-hasan-sani-nizami-r-a-released-by-shri-m-hamid-ansari-honble-vice-president-of-india/|access-date=2020-07-01|website=The Retail Times|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Two Beautifully Designed Volumes on Life and Times of Hazrat Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami (R.A.), Released by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Hon'ble Vice President of India|url=https://www.newsvoir.com/release/two-beautifully-designed-volumes-on-life-and-times-of-hazrat-khwaja-hasan-sani-nizami-r-a-released-by-shri-m-hamid-ansari-hon-ble-vice-president-of-india-8505.html|access-date=2020-07-02|work=www.newsvoir.com|language=en-gb}}</ref>

Khwaja's family members were working as the Sajjad Nashin of [[Nizamuddin Auliya]]'s shrine from the era of [[Prithviraj Chauhan]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=The Food Of Love {{!}} Outlook India Magazine|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-food-of-love/221791|access-date=2020-07-02|work=outlookindia.com}}</ref>

Ultimately, in March 2015, Khwaja's soul united with Allah after prolonged heart disease and diabetes,<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> leaving behind his successor Khwaja Syed Muhammad Nizami<ref name=":2" />

Khwaja's funeral prayer was performed twice, one was by the Imam of [[Jama masjid|Jama Masjid]] of Nizamuddin Auliya's shrine and another by his disciple Syed Rashid Nizami<ref name=":0" />

Khwaja Ikram Nizami is one of the disciple of Khwaja, leading the Nizami Sufi order in Nagpur.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Khwaja Ikram Nizami|url=https://sufisofnagpur.blogspot.com/|access-date=2021-06-15|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1931 births]]
[[Category:2015 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian Sufis]]
[[Category:Hanafi fiqh scholars]]
[[Category:Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam]]
[[Category:Translators of the Quran into Urdu]]
[[Category:20th-century translators]]

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