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UPSC 1996: The sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of coming close to God was
(a)Muin-ud-din Chishti
(b)Baba Farid
(c)Saiyid Muhammad Gesudaraz
(d)Shah Alam Bukhari
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (a) Muin-ud-din Chishti
Khwāja Muin-ud-din Chishti, founder of the Chishti order in India, upheld samā‘ (Qawwali/devotional music) as a legitimate means to kindle divine love and draw nearer to God; later Chishti masters like Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki and Baba Farid followed this precedent. ([thelightofgolrasharif.com](https://thelightofgolrasharif.com/Website/TheLightofGolraSharif/hazrat/views_on_sama.htm?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 1996, GS Paper 1, as Question 57. It falls under Medieval History > Sufism.
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