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Naqshbandi (an-Naqshbandiyyah) is one of the major tasawwuf orders (tariqa) of Islam. The order is considered by some to be a "sober" order known for its silent dhikr (remembrance of God) rather than the vocalized forms of dhikr common in other orders.

The Naqshbandi order is also notable as it is the only Sufi order that claims to trace its spiritual lineage (silsilah) to Muhammad through Abu Bakr, the first Caliph. In contrast, most other turuq trace their lineage to Ali, Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law and the Fourth Caliph.

The word Naqshbandi نقشبندی is Persian, taken from the name of the founder of the order, Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari. Some have said that the translation means "related to the image-maker," some also consider it to mean "patternmaker" rather than "image maker," and interpret "Naqshbandi" to mean "Reformer of Patterns", and others consider it to mean "Way of the Chain" or "Golden Chain."

Shah Bahauhidin said,

The Naqshbandi School is the easiest and simplest way for the student to understand tawhid. It urges its followers to seek a state of complete worship of Allah both publicly and privately by keeping the complete code of conduct of the Prophetic Sunnah. It encourages people to keep to the strictest modes of worship (cazima) and to abandon exemptions (rukhsa). It is also free from all innovations and deviations. It does not demand of its followers perpetual hunger or wakefulness. That is how the Naqshbandiyya has managed to remain free from the excesses of the ignorant and the charlatans (mushacwazan). In sum we say that our way is the mother of all tariqats and the guardian of all spiritual trusts. It is the safest, wisest, and clearest way. It is the purest drinking-station, the most distilled essence. The Naqshbandiyya is innocent from any attack because it keeps the sunnah of the beloved Prophet (s).^{citation needed}

Naqshbandi chain of transmission

1. Muhammad
2. Abu Bakr
3. Salman the Persian
4. Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr
5. Ja'far al-Sadiq
6. Bayazid Bastami
7. Abul-Hassan Kharaqani
8. Abu Ali al-Farmadi
9. Yusuf Hamdani
10. Abul Abbas al-Khidr (Spiritual Bayah)
11. Khwaja Abdul Khaliq Gajadwani
12. Khwaja Arif al-Riwakri
13. Khwaja Mahmood al-Injir al-Faghnawi
14. Khwaja Ali Ar-Ramitani
15. Khwaja Muhammad Baba as-Samasi
16. Khwaja Sayyid Amir Kulal
17. Khwaja Baha-ud-Din Shah Naqshband Bukhari - Namesake of Naqshbandi order

From here, the order branches into several sub-orders. One of the most important and widespread is the Naqshbandi-Mujaddadi branch founded by Ahmad Sirhindi. The chain between Bahauddin Naqshbandi and Ahmad Sirhindi continues below:

1. Khwaja Alauddin al-Bukhari al-Attar
2. Khwaja Yaqub al-Charkhi
3. Khwaja Ubaydullah al-Ahrar
4. Muhammad Az-Zahid
5. Darwish Muhammad
6. Khawaja al-Amkanaqi
7. Muhammad al-Baqi Billah
8. Ahmad Sirhindi Mujaddid Alf-thani

Sub-orders

There is no single authority for the Naqshbandi order today. Rather, there are numerous sub-orders which operate in autonomy. Among them are the Sardaria, Owaisiah, Haqqani, Aslamiya, Hijazi, Mujarradiya, Maqsoodiya and Tauheedia branches. All the Sub-orders have altered the ways to suit the needs of the different communities thus making them into Naqshbandia Mujadidiah ......

Naqshbandi Maqsoodi branch

1. Muhammad Ma'soom Farooqui
2. Sayfuddeen
3. Muhsin Dehlawi
4. Noor Muhammad Badyooni
5. Mirza Mazhar Jaan-I-Jaanan
6. Abdullah Shah
7. Abu Sa'eed Ahmad
8. Ahmad Sa'eed
9. Dawst Muhammad Qandhaari
10. Muhammad Uthmaan Daamaani
11. Siraaj-ud-deen
12. Khwajah Ghareeb Nawaz Hadhrat Fazal Ali Shah Qureshi
13. Abdul Ghaffar
14. Allah Bakhsh
15. Prof. Muhammad Maqsood Ilahi Naqshbandi Mujaddidi

Naqshbandi Tahiri branch

In Pakistan, Naqshbandi Order is mostly prevalent under this branch. Previously known as Ghaffari branch, the Naqshbandi Tahiri order belongs to a famous Shaikh of Pakistan, Shaikh Muhammad Tahir Abbasi Naqshbandi Mujaddidi, who is more famous with the name Sajjan Saeen. The headquarter of this branch is at the Dargah in Allahabad, near Kandiaro, in the province of Sindh. This order is prevalent in all provinces of Pakistan, and many other countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, New Zealand and the USA. Shaikh Muhammad Tahir Abbasi belongs to the previously known as Ghaffari branch of Naqshbandi order; his lineage goes back to Shaikh Fazal Ali Qureshi.

Naqshbandia Owaisiah branch

Naqshbandi Order has another famous branch called Naqshbandia Owaisiah Order. The method of spiritual instruction is quite close to Mujaddidya branch. However, there are two main differences. First Naqshbandia Owaisiah order uses the "Pas Infas" method of zikr. Secondly, the method of spiritual instruction is "Owaisee", which means that the Shaikh can impart spiritual instruction regardless of physical distance and even difference of time period. Seekers of Naqshbandia Owaisiah can obtain spiritual blessing from their Shaikh regardless of their location in the world. Owaisiah connection is also useful in obtaining spiritual blessings from Sufis of the Past. Naqshbandia Owaisiah Order is based in Pakistan and its modern founder was Shaikh Allah Yar Khan. Current shaikh is Maulana Muhammad Akram Awan. Headquarters for this sect is Dar-ul-irfan, Minara, Chakwal, Pakistan.

Naqshbandi Haqqani Golden Chain

The Golden Chain is a lineage of Khalidiyya-Naqshbandiyya. It passes from Iraq under Khalid al-Baghdadi to Daghestan, where it remained through seven generations of Sufi masters, to finally return to the Middle East in Damascus with the emigration of Sharafuddin ad-Daghestani and his spiritual inheritor Abdullah al-Fa'iz ad-Daghestani, and then to Cyprus under Nazim al-Qubrusi, who is now the leader of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani order worldwide.^[1]

Tauheedia Naqshbandia branch

In 1955 Hazarat Kawajah Abdul Hakeem Ansari along with his only caliph Hazarat Abdul Sattar Khan (accompanied by Kawajah Sattar's wife and daughter) founded a new branch of the Naqshbandia Mujadidiah Order (chain mentioned below). He named it Tauheediah, with a focus on unity (Tauheed), truthfulness and love and making it more practical for modern Westernized society aiming towards unification of ummah... and development of humanity. It has a base in Lahore, and disciples throughout the world.

Naqshbandia Aslammiya branch

In 1963 Shaikh Muhammad Aslam came to spread Islam in the UK. He along with a disciple invited towards good until after 7 years, many people joined their gatherings. The order had Aslammiya put after its name because of its simplicity of Dhikr. In other Tariqas many Chakras had to be lit before annihilation but in this particular Group there was only one chakra which is the heart that made you Pure. It is now being led by their son Sufi Riaz Ahmed in Blackburn.

Political aspects

In Syria the Alawi-dominated Ba'ath government is said to depend on the Naqshandi order for legitimacy. A prominent leader of the Naqshbandi order, Sheikh Ahmad Kaftarou, was grand mufti of Syria until his death in 2004. In Afghanistan, Chechnya and the Balkans, local Naqshbandi groups preceded better-financed, higher profile Saudi-backed groups in fighting oppressive non-Muslim forces.^[2]

References

1. ^ The Naqshbandi Sufi Way, (History and Guidebook of the Saints of the Golden Chain). by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani. Kazi Publications, USA (1995) ISBN 0-934905-34-7
2. ^ Nasr, Vali, The Shia Revival, Norton, 2006, p.61

• John G. Bennett (1995). The Masters of Wisdom. Bennett Books. ISBN 1881408019. 

Further reading

Naqshbandi Tahiri Sufi Order

• Official website of the Naqshbandi Tahiri sufi order

Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order External links

• Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order
• As-Sunnah Foundation of America
• Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order Multilingual

Indonesia:

• Tarekat Naqsybandi Haqqani Indonesia
• Naqsybandi Haqqani Indonesia Community Portal
• Rabbani Sufi Institute of Indonesia

Osmanlı Nakş'ı-bendi Sufi Order

Branch of Naqshbandi Order authorized directly by Mevlana Shaykh Nazim al-Hakkani.

• Naksibendi Hakkani Tarikat

External links

Speeches (video) by Shaikh Muhammad Tahir Naqshbandi

• Speeches of Shaikh Muhammad Tahir (Urdu)

Naqshbandia Sardaria

• Naqshbandia Sardaria
• Our Sheikh: Hadhrat Muhammad Sardar Ahmad Naqshbandi

Naqshbandia Siddiquia

• Naqshbandia Siddiquia

Naqshbandia Owaisiah

• Naqshbandia Owaisiah
• Our Sheikh
• Owaisiah
• Ghazwa tul Hind
• Zikr e Ilahi

Naqshbandia from Afghanistan

[1]http://www.spyoftheheart.com/index.php

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• Works by Idries Shah List of works by prominent Naqshbandi Sufi author Idries Shah-
• Works by Omar Ali Shah and Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah List of works by prominent Naqshbandi Sufi authors Omar Ali Shah and Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah-
• Eleven Principles Of The Naqshbandi Sufi Order
• Golden Sufi Center
• Istanboli
• Dargah Luari Sharif of Sultan al Aulia Khawaja Muhammad Zaman in Luari Sharif, Pakistan
• Books by Naqshbandi Shaikh Abdullah Dougan

Mujaddidi/Khalidi

• Gumushkhanewi Dargah of the Khalidiyya Naqshbandi Order
• Silsila-e-Aliya Naqshbandia Mujadadiya, Jamatiya, Chadriya, Lasania
• Naqshbandiya Foundation for Islamic Education- Shaykh Muhammad Masum an-Naqshbandi
• Mujaddidiyyah Aslamiyyah Order
• Website with numerous articles on the late Naqshbandi Sheikh Mehmed Zahid Kotku also features a large article by Korkut Ozal, brother of Turgut Ozal. Korkut was a follower of Sheikh Mehmed Zahid Kotku

Naqshbandiyya Mujaddidiyya Aslamiyyah

http://www.shadpurshareef.com/ http://www.salyalshareef.com

• http://www.shadpursharif.com/
• http://www.naqshbandibradford.co.uk/

Saifi

• Naqshbandi Safy
• Saify Net

Hijazi

• Information on Naqshbandi Hijazi Sufi Order