(1886 – 1951)
Hazrat Khwaja Yunus Ali, one of the most influential Sufis in Bangladesh, also known as Khwaja Enayetpuri after his birthplace of Enayetpur in Bangladesh, was a Sufi saint and considered the founder of the Mujaddediya Sufi order in Bangladesh. He developed a tripartite teaching method, “by writing”, “by lecture” and “by khanqah” (for Sufi gatherings and place of spiritual retreat).
Khwaja Enayetpuri’s teachings focused on Tajalli, divine illumination, and his followers numbered in the hundreds of thousands. He developed a tripartite teaching method, “by writing”, “by lecture” and “by khanqah”. His Sufi order is said to be influenced by four other Sufi orders: Qadiri, Chishti, Naqshbandi and Mujaddediya, with special influence from Naqshbandi and Mozaddediya, and he is specifically credited with introducing the Mujaddediya order to Bangladesh.
A Sufi revival in then-East Pakistan is attributed to Khwaja’s outreach to Muslims skeptical of Sufism, including his work reconciling Sharia and Sufism (tariqa), He wrote two books, Shariyater Alo (The Light of Sharia) and Ganje Asrar (The City of Mystery), about Sharia and Sufism respectively.