Since this treatise is a book on the lives of the Chishti Silsilah, the logical demand is to narrate the life of Hadhrat Ali (karramallahu wajhah) after Rasulullah (صلى الله عايه وسالم) because in this Silsilah appears Hadhrat Ali’s name after the name of Nabi-e-Akram (صلى الله عايه وسالم). Nevertheless, something of the lives of the other three Khulafaa-e-Raashideen will be presented because, in reality, the tazkarah (discussion) of the Khulafaa-e-Raashideen is supplementary to the tazkarah of Rasulullah (صلى الله عايه وسالم). In fact, it is the closing chapter of a discussion on Rasulullah’s life.

According to some Masha-ikh the three Khulafaa (radhiyallahu anhum) play an important role in the spiritual and moral excellencies of Hadhrat Ali (karramallahu wajhah), the Head of Tariqat. Furthermore, these Masha-ikh also narrate the medium of the Khulafa-e-Rashideen in the Salaasil-e-Ar’ba’ (the Four Chains of Tasawwuf). It is, therefore, considered appropriate to present brief discussions of the three Khulafa before commencing the name-sequence of this treatise (i.e. the sequence of the Masha-ikh as their names appear in the Chain mentioned on page 10.