Haroon al Rasheed

For other people with the same name, see Haroon Rashid.

Haroon Al Rashid (Urdu:پیر ہارون الرشید) (born 1935) is the leader of the Nisbat-e-Rasooli Sufi order in Mohra Sharif, Pakistan as of 1960, 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.

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
Children	Dr Muhammad Gohar Nazir Gohar, Shahzada Jamal Nazir, and two daughters

Al-Rashid has performed the Hajj pilgrimage every year since 1960, and has over six million followers around the world.

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.

Death of Pir Haroon ur Rashid

The Sajjada Nasheen Mohra Sharif Pir Haroonur Rashid died due to illness on Sunday. He was 86. His funeral was offered at Mohra Sharif, Murree.

References

• 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/