Khawaja Muhammad Masum
Khawāja Muḥammad Maʿṣūm ibn Ahmad al-Fārūqī al-Sirhindī
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محمد معصوم بن أحمد | |
| Title | Maʿṣūm-i Thānī |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 26 May 1599 |
| Died | 16 August 1668 (aged 69) Sirhind, Lahore Subah, Mughal Empire |
| Children | 12 |
| Era | Mughal India |
| Region | Indian sub-continent |
| Main interest(s) | Islamic Law, Islamic philosophy |
| Notable idea(s) | Evolution of Islamic philosophy Application of Islamic law |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Tariqa | Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
| Muslim leader | |
| Predecessor | Ahmad Sirhindi |
| Successor | Khawaja Muhammad Saif ad-Dīn |
Influenced | |
| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | Muḥammad Maʿṣūm محمد معصوم |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | Ahmad أحمد |
| Epithet (Laqab) | Khawāja خواجة |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Fārūqī al-Sirhindī الفاروقي السرهندي |
Khawāja Muḥammad Maʿṣūm (Urdu/Persian: خواجہ محمد معصوم ;1599–1668), also known as Maʿṣūm-i Thānī (“the Second Maʿṣūm”), was an Indian Naqshbandī-Mujaddidī Sufi master, Islamic scholar and the son and principal successor of Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi (d. 1624), the founder of the Mujaddidi branch of the Naqshbandi order. He is widely revered in South Asian Islamic history as the Urwat-ul-Wuthqa (The Unbreakable Bond/Rope of Allah) and the Qayyum-i-Thani (The Second Qayyum).