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).
Personal life Masum had six sons and six daughters. The sons were:
Shaykh Muḥammad Ṣibghat-Allāh Sirhindī Shaykh Muḥammad Ḥujjat-Allāh Sirhindī Shaykh Muḥammad ʿUbayd-Allāh Sirhindī Shaykh Muḥammad ʾAshraf Sirhindī Shaykh Muḥammad Saif ad-Dīn Sirhindī Shaykh Muḥammad Ṣiddīq Sirhindī
Death and burial He died on 16th August 1668 CE (9th Rabīʿul ʾAwwal 1079 Hijrī). He was buried alongside his father.
Succession and legacy He was succeeded by his son, Khawaja Muhammad Saif ad-Dīn, who continued his father's work. His shrine serves as a major site of reverence in Sirhind, located near his father's mausoleum. His descendants became known collectively as the Maʿṣūmī family, many of whom remained important religious figures.
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