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In
the present advanced age several questions are being
raised in relation to those offerings which are made
at the shrines of Muslim saints, particularly at the
Dargah of Hazrat Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.)at ajmer.
It is all due to the lack of proper religious knowledge,
lack of well established customs precedents and traditions
and lack of settled Islamic and judicial pronouncements
on this point Nazar-O-Niaz which is a combination
of two words of Arabic language, in English it means
vows and oblations.
According to Islamic law:
Offering i.e. Nazar-O-Niaz is a deed through
which the nearness is attained,it is also a source of earning the pleasure
and blessings of those who have attained the nearness of god ,not only this ,
presentation of Nazar-O-Niaz is considered as a source of achievement and success
in life.
According
to CHISHTIA sect: Offerings which people make at any Dargah, their intention
and aim is to obtain the blessing of that Saint at whose Dargah the offerings
are made and also the blessings of that person who is the custodian of that Dargah
and in his capacity as Gaddi Nashin, Moallim, Mujawar or Khadim is entitled
to receive the same. After understanding the literary meanings of offerings
let us see how the famous Muslim Jurist and Ulama have theologically explained
the same. In his book Nazar Buzurgan-e-din HAZRAT SHAH
RAFIULLAH says:- | 
