Syed Muhammad ibn Yousuf al-Hussaini (30 July 1321 − 1 November 1422), commonly known as Bande Nawaz or Gisu Daraz,[2] was a Hanafi Maturidi scholar and Sufi saint of the Chishti Order, from India.

[6] In AH 735 (1334/1335), he returned to Delhi without his father, who had died in Daulatabad,[7] and soon began training under Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi, the preeminent sheikh of the Chishti Order in the city.

[2][15] In 1407,[2] these quarrels caused the sheikh to involuntarily move his residence and hospice (khanaqah) away from its original location outside the fort's gate, which the sultan asserted was necessary to ensure the safety of the court.

[16] Bande Nawaz wrote 195 books in Arabic, Persian and Urdu,[4] a rarity for people of his kind, who previously had not directly written their ideas.

[2] He also composed a book on the Prophet of Islam titled Miraj-al Ashiqin for the instruction of the masses in Dakhni, a South Indian branch of the Urdu language.

His death anniversary (urs) takes place on 15, 16 and 17 Dhu al-Qadah at the Bande Nawaz mausoleum in Gulbarga,[4] built by Ahmad Shah after his accession.