Shamsuddin Azeemi

{{Short description|Pakistani sufi scholar (1927–2025)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox person

| honorific_prefix = Khawaja

| name = Shamsuddin Azeemi

| image = Khawaja Shamsuddin Azeemi.jpg

| caption = Azeemi in 1990

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|10|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Saharanpur, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India

| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|02|21|1927|10|17|df=yes}}

| death_place = Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

| nationality = Pakistani

| notable_works = Muraqaba

| website = https://azeemiasilsila.org/

}}

Khawaja Shamsuddin Azeemi ({{langx|ur|{{nq|خواجه شمس الدين عظيمي}}}}; 17 October 1927 – 21 February 2025) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and a prominent master of Tassawuf (Sufism), holding Ijazah and authorisation from his Murshid, Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya, the founder and Shaykh of Silsila Azeemiyya. As the second head of the Azeemiyya order, he played a pivotal role in its expansion and teachings.{{cite book |last=Azeemi|first=Khawaja Shamsuddin|title=Spiritual Prayer}}

Azeemi authored over 20 books on Rūhaniyat (spirituality) and Muraqaba (meditation) and served as the chief editor of the monthly Roohani Digest and Qalander Shaoor in Karachi, Pakistan. He also established a global network of 53 meditation centres, promoting spiritual development and self-awareness.{{cite web |title=Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi|url=http://azeemiasilsila.org/khwaja_shamsuddin.php|date=|accessdate=28 August 2015}}

Personal life and death

Azeemi was the son of Anis Ahmed Ansari and Umat-ur-Rehman. He traced his lineage to Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, through Abdullah Ansari Herawi of Herat.{{cite web|title=Khawaja Shamsuddin Azeemi|url=https://www.azeemiafoundation.org/khawaja.htm|date=|accessdate=28 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404030431/http://www.azeemiafoundation.org/khawaja.htm|archive-date=4 April 2015|url-status=dead}}

Azeemi passed away on Friday, 21 February 2025 (22 Sha'ban 1446 Hijri) at the age of 97 in Karachi, Pakistan.{{Cite web |title=سلسلۂ عظیمیہ کے مرشد خواجہ شمس الدین عظیمی انتقال کر گئے |url=https://jang.com.pk/news/1444084 |access-date=21 February 2025 |website=Daily Jang |language=ur}}{{Cite web |date=21 February 2025 |title=سلسلہ عظیمیہ کے مرشد شمس الدین عظیمی 98 برس کی عمر میں انتقال کرگئے |url=https://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk/21-Feb-2025/1870667 |access-date=21 February 2025 |website=Nawa-i-waqt |language=ur}}{{Cite web |title=سلسلہ عظیمیہ کے مرشد شمس الدین عظیمی 98 برس کی عمر میں انتقال کرگئے |url=https://urdu.geo.tv/latest/396600- |access-date=21 February 2025 |website=Geo News |language=ur}}

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