Ahmad Sirhindi was a religious teacher who disapproved of religious syncretism of Mughal emperor Akbar. Known for his orthodoxy and anti-Shia views, he was opposed to the Akbar’s religious views. He had hailed the assassination of Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth Sikh Guru, who was executed by orders of fourth Mughal Emperor Jahangir, who ruled from 1605 to 1627. Guru Arjan Dev was charged with treason because he had given shelter to Prince Khusrau at Tarn Taran, who had rebelled against his father Jahangir for the Mughal throne.
Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi was born in the 16th century at Sirhind (currently in the Patiala district of the Punjab).
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first education minister of free India, eulogised Sirhindi as the defender of Islam and criticised Akbar’s religious policy.
Sirhindi was sent by Jahangir to the fort of Gwalior for a brief period of imprisonment.
Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi was the most prominent saint of Naqshbandi Sufi order. Also known as Mujaddid Alif, Shaikh Ahmed Sirhindi died in 1624 at Sarhind in Punjab.
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