AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Secretary General of World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought visited the tomb of prominent Sunni mystic Ali ibn Uthman Hujwiri in Lahore on Saturday.
Sheikh Hamid Shahriari, leading a delegation of Iranian scholars and cultural experts met with Tahir Reza Bukhari, Director General in Auqaf & Religious Affairs Department in Punjab as they visited the tomb of prominent 11th century Sunni mystic, Ali ibn Uthman Hujwiri.
Tahir Reza Bukhari stressed the loyalty and respect of the Sunni community for Ahlul Bayt (AS), household of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and referred to endeavors of the Sunni Muslims to spread the culture of Ahlul Bayt (AS).
Pakistani expert also related on the high character and endeavors of the Sunni mystic Ali ibn Uthman Hujwiri.
Ali ibn Uthman Bukhari (c. 1009-1072/77), known as Ali al-Hujwiri was an 11th- century Persian Sunni Muslim mystic, theologian and preacher famous for composing one his famous book Kashf al-Mahjub (Unveiling of the Hidden).
Ali Hujwiri is believed to have contributed "significantly" to the spread of Islam in South Asia through his preaching, with one historian describing him as "one of the most important figures to have spread Islam in the Indian subcontinent."
The book is considered the "earliest formal treatise" on Sufism in Persian.
According to Tahir Reza Bukhari, the ninth edition of Kashfal-Mahjoub, by Abul Hassan Ali ibn Uthman Hujwiri with an introduction by Mahmoud Abedi was published ahead of the International Tehran Book Exhibition.
Sheikh Hamid Shahriari and the Iranian delegation visited the tomb of Sunni mystic Ali ibn Uthman Hujwiri in Lahore on Saturday in part of their trip to Pakistan.
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