Haroon al Rasheed
Pir Haroon Al-Rashid | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 1935 Mohra Sharif, British Raj |
| Died | 27 February 2022 (aged 86) |
| Children | Dr Muhammad Gohar Nazir Gohar, Shahzada Jamal Nazir, and two daughters |
Haroon Al Rashid (Urdu:پیر ہارون الرشید) (October 1935 – 27 February 2022) was 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 is of the Gakhar Kayani tribe.
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.
Rashid died on 27 February 2022, at the age of 86.[1]
References
- ↑ "پیر صاحب ہارون الرشید آف موہڑہ شریف". Daily Pakistan. 2022-03-04. Retrieved 2026-04-13.
- 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/
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