Naqshbandi

Naqshbandi (Naqshbandiyya) is one of four major Sufi orders (tariqa) of Islam. Formed in 1380, the order is considered by some to be a "sober" order which believes in silent dhikr (remembrance of God) and suhbat (an intimate relationship between student and master).

The order began with Abu Bakr a constant companion of Prophet Muhammad and father-in-law, whereas most other turuq (Chishtia, Suhrawardiyya and Qadiriyyah) trace their lineage from the Prophet Muhammad through Ali ibn Abu Talib.

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 "Pattern Maker" 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."

Naqshbandi Hijazi Sufi Order

• 1. The Beloved of Allah, Prophet Muhammad (saws)

• 2. Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiqi (ra)

• 3. Hazrat Salman al-Farsi (ra)

• 4. Hazrat Qassim ibn Abu Bakr (ra)

• 5. Hazrat Jafar as-Saddiq (ra)

• 6. Hazrat Bayazid al-Bistami (ra)

• 7. Hazrat Abul Hassan Ali al-Harqani (ra)

• 8. Hazrat Bue Ali al-Farmadi

• 9. Hazrat Yaqub Yusaf al-Hamadani (ra)

• 10. Hazrat Khawaja Abdul Khaliq Ajdwani (ra)

• 11. Hazrat Abul Abbas al-Khadr (ra)

• 12. Hazrat Arif al-Rewgani (ra)

• 13. Hazrat Khawaja Mahmood al-Injir al-Faghnawi (ra)

• 14. Hazrat Azizan Ali- Ar-Ramitani (ra)

• 15. Hazrat Muhammad Baba as-Samasi (ra)

• 16. Hazrat Sayyid Amir Kulal (ra)

• 17. Hazrat Mohammad Bahauddin Naqshband (ra)

• 18. Hazrat Alauddin al-Bukhari al-Attar (ra)

• 19. Hazrat Yaqub al-Charkhi (ra)

• 20. Hazrat Ubaydullah al-Ahrar (ra)

• 21. Hazrat Muhammad Az-Zahid Wali (ra)

• 22. Hazrat Mohammad Darwish (ra)

• 23. Hazrat Khawaja al-Akmangi (ra)

• 24. Hazrat Muhammad al-Baqi Billah (ra)

• 25. Hazrat Ahmad al-Faruqi as-Sirhindi, mujadid alf-at'thani (ra)

• 26. Hazrat Khawaja Muhammad Masoom (ra)

• 27. Hazrat Khawaja Saifuddin (ra)

• 28. Hazrat Syed Noor Muhammad Badayoori (ra)

• 29. Hazrat Mirza Jaane Janaan (ra)

• 30. Hazrat Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlvi (ra)

• 31. Hazrat Muhammmad Abdul Rasool Qusoori (ra)

• 32. Hazrat Muhammad Rasool Qusoori (ra)

• 33. Hazrat Khawaja Ghulam Dastigir (ra)

• 34. Munazir-e-Azam Maulana Mohammad Umar Icharvi (ra)

• 35. Hazrat Mujadid Abdul Wahab Siddiqi (ra)

• 36. Hazrat Allama Pir Shaykh Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi Hijazi

Naks'i-Bendi Hakkani Golden Chain

1. SAYYIDINA WA MEVLANA MUHAMMAD MUSTAFA (S.W.S)

2. Seyyid-ul Awliya Abu Bakr as Siddiq (R.A.)

3. Salman-i Farisi (R.A.)

4. Imam Kasim bin Muhammed (R.A.)

5. Imam-i Jafer-i Siddiq bin Imam Muhammed el-Bakir (R.A.)

6. Sultan-ul Arifin Bayezid-i Bestami (K.S.)

7. Ebul Hasan Harkani (K.S.)

8. Ebu Ali Ahmed Farmedi (K.S.)

9. Haje Yusuf-ul Hamedani (K.S.)

10. Ebul Abbas (Hizir A.S.)

11. Imam-ul Hatim Abdul Halik Gujdevani(K.S.)

12. Haje Arif Rigveri (K.S.)

13. Haje Mahmud Injir-i Faghnevi (K.S.)

14. Haje Aziz'Ali Ramitani (K.S.)

15. Haje Muhammed Baba Semmasi (K.S.)

16. Haje Seyyid Emir Kulal (K.S.)

17. Imam-i Tariqa wa Ghaus-ul Halika Haje Muhammed Bahauddin Nakshibendiy-yil Uwaysil Buhari (K.S.)

18. Haje Alauddin Muhammed-il Attar (K.S.)

19. Haje Yakub-ul Cherhi (K.S.)

20. Haje Ubeydullah-il Ahrar Semerkandi (K.S.)

21. Muhammed-uz Zahid (K.S.)

22. Dervish Muhammed-il Buhari (K.S.)

23. Hajegi-l Emkineki-l Semerkandi (K.S.)

24. Muhammed-il Bakibillah Semerkandi (K.S.)

25. Imam Rabbani Ahmed Faruki Serhendi (K.S.)

26. Muhammed Masum-urrabbani (K.S.)

27. Haje Seyfuddin-irrabbani (K.S.)

28. Nur Muhammed-il Bedvani (K.S.)

29. Habibullah Mirza Jan-u Janan-ul Mazhar (K.S.)

30. Gulam Ali Abdullah-ud Dehlevi (K.S.)

31. Ziya-uddin Halid al Baghdadi al-Shami (K.S.)

32. Sheykh Ismail Enerani (K.S.)

33. Has Muhammed Shirvani (K.S.)

34. Sheykh Muhammed Efendi Yeraghi (K.S.)

35. Seyyid Jemaleddin Gumukiyyil Huseyni (K.S.)

36. Ebu Ahmed-is Sughuri (K.S.)

37. Ebu Muhammed-ul Medeni (K.S.)

38. Seyyid Sherafuddin Daghestan-i (K.S.)

39. Sultan-ul Awliya Abdullah al-Faizi Daghestan-i (K.S.)

40. Seyyid-ud Taife, Hatim-us Saadet, Kiblet-ul Islam, Sahib-uz Zaman, Sheykh-ul Islam, Sultan ul Awliya, Hazreti Shah Sultan Mevlana Muhammed Nazim Adil al-Kibrisi al-Hakkani an-Naksh-i'bendi (K.S.)

The Golden Chain (Shijrah) of Naqshbandiya Mujaddadiya Mujarradiya

01. Prophet Huzoor Muhammad-ur-Rasoolullah s.a. (d. 12 Rabbiyul Awwal 11AH) -Medina

02. Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddique r.a. (d. 22 Jama'dil A'lhar 13AH) - Medina

03. Hadhrat Salman al-faris r.a. (d. 10 Rajjab 35AH) - Madain

04. Hadhrat Imaam Qasim bin Muhammad bin Abu Bakr r.a. (d. 24 Jama'dil ( Awwal/A'khar) 107AH) - Medina

05. Hadhrat Imaam Ja'far al-Sadiq r.a. (d. 15 Rajjab Murajjab 148AH) - Medina

06. Hadhrat Bayazid Bastami r.a. (d. 14/17 Sha'ba'n 261AH) - Bastam

07. Hadhrat Abul Hassan Khurqaani r.a. (d. 15 Ramda'n 425AH) - Khurqan

08. Hadhrat Abu Ali Farmadi r.a. (d. 4 Rabbiyul Awwal 477AH) - Mashad

09. Hadhrat Yusuf Hamdani r.a. (d. 27 Rajjab 535AH) - Turkistan

10. Hadhrat Abdul Khaliq Gajadwani r.a. (d. 12 Rabbiyul Awwal 575AH) - Bukhara

11. Hadhrat Muhammad Arif Riogri r.a. (d. 1 Shawwa'l 615AH) - Tajikistan

12. Hadhrat Mehmood Injir Faghnavi r.a. (d. 17 Rabbiyul Awwal 715AH) - Bukhara

13. Hadhrat Azizane Ali Raamitni r.a. (d. 718/721AH) - Bukhara

14. Hadhrat Muhammad Baba Samasi r.a. (d. 755AH) - Bukhara

15. Hadhrat Sayyed Amir Kulaal r.a. (d. 772AH) - Bukhara

16. Hadhrat Kwajah Bahauddin Naqshband r.a. (d. 2 Rajab al-Murajjab, 791AH) - Qasr-e-Aarifan (Bukhara)

17. Hadhrat Alaa'uddin Attaar r.a. (d. 20 Rajab 802AH) - Jafaaniyan (Mawralnahar)

18. Hadhrat Ya'qoob Charkhi r.a. (d. 5 Safar, 851AH) - Charkh (Bukhara)

19. Hadhrat Ubeydullah Ahraar r.a. (d. 20/29 Rabi al-Awwal, 895AH) - Samarqand (Mawralnahar)

20. Hadhrat Muhammad Zaahid r.a. (d. 1 Rabi al-Awwal, 936AH) - Wakhsh (Malk Hasaar)

21. Hadhrat Darwesh Muhammad r.a. (d. 19 Muharram, 970AH) - Samarqand (Mawralnahar)

22. Hadhrat Muhammad Waaqif Akangi r.a. (d. 21/22 Sha'baan, 1008AH) - Akang (Bukhara)

23. Hadhrat Khwaja Baaqi Billaah r.a. (d. 25 Jumaad al-Aakhar, 1012AH) - Delhi (India)

24. Huzoor Imam Rabbani, Mujaddid Alf Thani, Hadhrat Shaykh Ahmad Farooqui Sarhandi r.a. (d. 28 Safar, 1034AH) - Sarhand (India)

25. Hadhrat Muhammad Ma'soom Farooqui r.a. (d. 9 Rabi al-Awwal, 1079AH) - Sarhand (India)

26. Hadhrat Sayfuddeen Bin Ma'soom Farooqui r.a. (d. 19 Jumad al-Oola, 10951096AH) - Sarhand (India)

27. Hadhrat Noor Muhammad Badyooni r.a. (d. 11 Dhul Qa'dah, 1135AH) - Dehli (India)

28. Hadhrat Mirza Mazhar Jaan-I-Jaanan r.a. (d. 10 Muharram, 1195AH) - Khanqah Mazharia Dehli(India)

29. Hadhrat Abdullah Shah Naimullah r.a. (d. 22 Safar, 1240AH) - Behraich U.P.(India)

30. Hadhrat Mawla'na Muradullah r.a. (d. Dhul Qa'dah, 1248AH) - Lakhnow U.P.(India)

31. Hadhrat Sayyed Abul Hasan Sa'eed r.a. (d. Sha'ba'n, 1272) - Rai Bareli U.P.(India)

32. Hadhrat Niya'z Ali Shah r.a. (d. 2 Dhul Qa'dah, 1310AH) - Rai Bareli U.P.(India)

33. Hadhrat Sufi Wazeer r.a. (d. 1 Jama'dil Awwal, 1319AH) - Kasrawad Khargone M.P.(India)

34. Hadhrat Al-Haaj Abdullah r.a. (d. 6 Jama'dil Awwal, 13--AH) - Patkalyana, Samalkha, Karnaal, Haryaana, (India)

35. Hadhrat Shah Khairuddin Makhdoom Mujarrad r.a. (d. 12 Rabiyul Awwal, 1325AH) - Chopda, Jalgaon, Maharastra (India)

36. Hadhrat Al-Haaj Abdur Rehman Shah Sailaani r.a. (d. 22 Dhul Qa'dha 1326 AH) - Sailaani Gaon, 10 Miles From Chikli, Bultthana, Maharastra (India)

37. Hadhrat Mohd. Masoom Armaan r.a. (d. 5 Dhul Qa'dha 1378 AH) - Kasa'r Kheda, Balapur, Akola, Maharastra (India)

38. Hadhrat Shah Sharfuddin Abdul Gafoor Abda'l r.a. (d. 22 Safar 13-- AH) - Kasali Muhalla, Motipura, Amalner, Maharastra (India)

39. Hadhrat Mohd. Ainuddin A'rif Ali r.a. (d. 16 Sawwa'l 1410 AH) - Kasa'r Kheda, Balapur, Akola, Maharastra (India)

40. Hadhrat Salimuddin/Mohd. Sa'dique Armaani (Present Sajjadah Nashin) - Near Fort, Balapur, Akola, Maharastra (India)

41. Hadhrat Muhammad Malang Masoom Naqshbandi (Present Jaanashin & Sajjadah Nashin, Founder of D N F. 12, S.K. KAPADIA CHAWL, CHIRAG NAGAR, GHATKOPAR (W) MUMBAI - 400 086. E-MAIL mmmnaqshbandi@gmail.com )

42. Hadhrat Nuseyreddin Rustem Fazilahovich Kovachi Mrahorovich Naqshbandi (Present Goranchich & Bretolich Gjakova, Founder of U C K)

43. Hazrat Allama Mufasir-Quran Mufaker-e-Islam PEER SYED RIAZ HUSSAIN SHAH Sahib Damat barakatum aalia (GENERAL SECTARY JAMAT-E-AHLE SUNNAT PAKISTAN)

Mujaddidiya branch

1. The mercy for the worlds Rasulullah [Holy City of Madinah Munawwarah].

2. Sayyedina Hadrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (radiallahu anhu) [Holy City of Madinah Munawwarah].

3. Hadrat Salman Farsi (radiallahu anhu) [Madain].

4. Hadrat Qasim bin Muhammad bin Abi Bakr (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Holy City of Madinah Munawwarah].

5. Hadrat Imam Jafar Sadiq (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Holy City of Madinah Munawwarah].

6. Hadrat Khuwaja Bayazeed Bustami (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bastam].

7. Hadrat Khuwaja Abul Hasan Kharkani (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Kharkhan].

8. Hadrat Khuwaja Abul Qasim Gorgani (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Jarjan].

9. Hadrat Khuwaja Abu Ali Farmadi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Mashad].

10. Hadrat Khuwaja Yusuf Hamdani (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Turkistan].

11. Hadrat Khuwaja Abdul Khaliq Gajadwani (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].

12. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Arif Riogri (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Tajikistan].

13. Hadrat Khuwaja Mehmood Injir Faghnavi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].

14. Hadrat Khuwaja Azizane Ali Raamitni (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].

15. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Baba Samasi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].

16. Hadrat Khuwaja Sayyed Amir Kalal (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].

17. Hadrat Khuwaja Bahauddin Naqshband Bukhari (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].

18. Hadrat Khuwaja Ala'uddin Attar (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Hassar].

19. Hadrat Khuwaja Yaqoob Charkhi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Dushanbe].

20. Hadrat Khuwaja Ubaidullah Ahrar (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Samarqand].

21. Hadrat Khuwaja Maulana Muhammad Zahid (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Hassar].

22. Hadrat Khuwaja Darvish Muhammad (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Sher Sabz].

23. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Amkangi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].

24. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Baqibillah (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Delhi]

25. Hadrat Khuwaja Mujaddid Alf-Thani (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Sirhind Sharif].

26. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Masoom (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Sirhind Sharif].

27. Hadrat Khuwaja Saifuddin (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Sirhind Sharif].

28. Hadrat Khuwaja Hafiz Muhammad Muhsin (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Delhi].

29. Hadrat Khuwaja Sayed Nur Muhammad Badaiooni (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Delhi].

30. Hadrat Mirza Mazhar Janejana (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Delhi].

31. Hadrat Shah Ghulam Ali Mujaddidi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Delhi].

32. Hadrat Khuwaja Shah Abu Sa'eed (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Delhi].

33. Hadrat Khuwaja Shah Ahmed Sa'eed Dehlvi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Holy City of Madinah Munawwarah].

34. Hadrat Haji Dost Muhammad Kandhari (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Musazai Sharif].

35. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Usman Damani (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Musazai Sharif].

36. Hadrat Khuwaja Sirajuddin (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Musazai Sharif].

37. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Fazal Ali Qureshi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Miskeenpur Sharif].

38. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Abdul Malik Siddiqui (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Khanewal].

39. Murshid-e-Alam Hadrat Khuwaja Ghulam Habib (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Chakwal].

40. Hadrat Maulana Hafiz Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi Mujaddidi (damat barakatuhu) [Jhang Sharif].

Owaisiya 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 Sufies of the Past. Naqshbandia Owaisiah Order is based in Pakistan and its modern founder was Shaikh Allah Yar Khan (R.A). Current shaikh is Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Akram Awan.

Owaisiya Chain of Transmission

1. Hazrat Muhammad S.A.W

2. Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique Razi Allah Anho

3. Hazrat Imam Hasan Basri R.A

4. Hazrat Daud Tai R.A

5. Hazrat Junaid Baghdadi R.A

6. Hazrat Khwaja Ubaid Ullah Ahraar R.A

7. Hazrat Abdul Rahman Jami R.A

8. Hazrat Abu Ayub Muhammad Saleh R.A

9. Hazrat Khwaja Allah Din Madni R.A

10. Hazrat Maulana Abdul Raheem R.A

11. Hazrat Maulana Allah Yar Khan R.A

12. Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Akram Awan(Present)

Some famous Naqshbandis

• Bayazid Bastami
• Khwaja Mir Dard
• Imam Shamil
• Jami
• Shaykh Nazim al-Qubrusi
• Professor Sibghatullah Mojaddedi
• Huseyin Hilmi bin Said-i lstanboli
• Verdaro Krakov Muhamad Fihmi-Effendi bin Abu-Abdurehhmani al-Albani
• Ameer-e-Millat Pir Sayed Jamat Ali Shah
• Wali Muhammad Shah Chadar walli Sarkar
• Haji Soofi Masood Ahmad Siddiqui Lasani Sarkar
• Ahmet Kayhan Dede
• Imam Rabbani,Mujaddid Alf Thani, Hadhrat Shaykh Ahmad Farooqui Sarhandi

Further reading

• Seyyed Hossein Nasr (2003). Classical Islam And The Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition. Islamic Supreme Council of America. ISBN 1930409109.
• Dina Legall (2005). A Culture of Sufism: Naqshbandis in the Ottoman World, 1450-1700. State University of New York Press. ISBN 0791462455.
• Arthur F. Buehler (1998). Sufi Heirs of the Prophet: The Indian Naqshbandiyya and the Rise of the Mediating Sufi Shaykh. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 1570032017.
• Anna Zelkina (2000). In Quest for God and Freedom: The Sufi Response to the Russian Advance in the North Caucasus. New York University Press. ISBN 0814796958.

External links

• Islah ul Muslimeen - Present Naqshbandi Mujaddadi Order
• Information on Naqshbandi Hijazi Sufi Order
• Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqbandi Damat Barakatuhu - Audio bayans in Urdu.
• Naqshbandi Hijazi Sufi Order - Website on the background of this Naqshbandi Sufi Order.
• Osmanli Naks'i-bendi Hakkani Sufi Order - Dergah of Shaykh Abdul Kerim al-Kibrisi in Sidney Center, NY
• Hazrat Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad
• Eleven Principles Of The Naqshbandi Sufi Order
• The Naqshbandi shaikhs of Hawraman and the heritage of Khalidiyya-Mujaddidiyya in Kurdistan, Farhad Shakely, University of Uppsala, Sweden
• Gumushkhanewi Dargah of the Khalidiyya Naqshbandi Order
• Golden Sufi Center
• Website of Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad, of one of the Naqshbandi orders
• Naqshbandiya Foundation for Islamic Education
• Siraajiya 'Haqqaaniya
• Istanboli
• [1], Dargah Luari Sharif in Karachi , Pakistan
• Silsila-e-Aliya Naqshbandia Mujadadiya, Jamatiya, Chadriya, Lasania

Owaisi

• Naqshbandia Owaisia order
• Silsila Naqshbandia Owaisia
• Tazkiya
• Istanboli

Haqqani

• Naqshbandi Muhibeen
• Naqshbandi Homepage
• Haqqani multimediablog

Safy

• Naqshbandi Safy