Q. 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
Ans: (a) Muin-ud-din Chishti
Explanation: Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti came from central Asia. He made Ajmer as his place of residence. Chisti held that if music played and sung beautifully then it brought men close to God. His Dargah is situated at Ajmer. He died in 1236.
