Naqshbandi
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Naqshbandi (Naqshbandiyya) is one of the major Sufi orders (tariqa) of Islam. Formed in 1380, 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 to trace its spiritual lineage (silsilah) to Muhammad through Abu Bakr, the first caliph. In contrast, most other turuq trace their lineage Ali ibn Abu Talib, Muhammad's son-in-law and 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 "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."
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[edit] Common Naqshbandi chain of transmission
- Muhammad [Peace Be Upon Him]
- Abu Bakr Siddiq
- Salman the Persian
- Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr
- Ja'far al-Sadiq
- Bayazid Bastami
- Abul-Hassan Kharaqani
- Bu Ali al-Farmadi
- Yusuf Hamdani
- Abul Abbas al-Khadr
- Abdul Khaliq Gajadwani
- Arif al-Reogri
- Mahmood al-Injir al-Faghnawi
- Ali- Ar-Ramitani
- Muhammad Baba as-Samasi
- Sayyid Amir Kulal
- Baha-ud-Din 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:
- Alauddin al-Bukhari al-Attar
- Yaqub al-Charkhi
- Ubaydullah al-Ahrar
- Muhammad Az-Zahid Wali
- Mohammad Darwish
- Khawaja al-Akmangi
- Muhammad al-Baqi Billah
- Ahmad Sirhindi Mujaddid Alf-thani
[edit] 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 Owaisiah, Haqqani, Hijazi, Mujarradiya and Tauheedia branches. Hazrat Shah Wali Ullah Rehamat Ullah Aley has stated in his book "Al Intibah Fi Salasil e Awliya Allah" that the most Effective of all is the Naqshbandia Owaisiah.
[edit] 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 (R.A). Current shaikh is Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan.
[edit] Naqshbandi Golden Chain
The Naqshbandi Golden Chain is a lineage of Khalidiyya-Naqshbandiyya that passes from Iraq under Shaykh Khalid al-Baghdadi] to Daghestan, where it remaine d through seven generations of Sufi masters, to finally return to the Middle East in Damascus with the emigrration of Shaykh Sharafuddin ad-Daghestani and his disciple Sultan al-Awliya Shaykh Abdullah al-Fa'iz ad-Daghestani, and then to Cyprus under His Eminenent Holiness, Leader of the Naqshbandi Haqqanis Worldwide, Shaykh Mawlana as-Sayyid Sultan Shah Muhammad Nazim Adil Haqqani al Qubrusi . In Western nations and the Far East the order is under the guidance of Shaykh Nazim's deputy and son-in-law Shaykh as-Sayyid Muhammad Hisham Kabbani and his brother Shaykh as-Sayyid Muhammad Adnan Kabbani as well as two other Shaykhs , Sheykh as-Sayyid Muhammad Abdul Kerim (in New York, USA ) and Sayyid Ahmed_Amiruddin al_Jilani al Husayni al Haqqani al Khwajagani an-Naqshbandi (in Toronto,Canada and Hyderabad, India)
[edit] Tauheedia Naqshbandia branch
In 1955 Hazarat Kawajah Abdul Hakeem Ansari (rh) 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.
[edit] Some famous Naqshbandis
- Faqeer Muhammad Churahi
- Noor Muhammad Churahi
- Shaykh Jamaat Ali Shah Naqshbandi Mujadede
- Shaikh Alauddin Siddiqui
- Maulana Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan
- Khwaja Mir Dard
- Imam Shamil
- Jami
- Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad
- Shaykh Nazim al-Qubrusi
- Abdullah Fa'izi ad-Daghestani
- Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani
- Professor Sibghatullah Mojaddedi
- Haji Soofi Masood Ahmad Siddiqui Lasani Sarkar
- Ahmet Kayhan Dede
- Abdullah Isa Neil Dougan
- Irina Tweedie
- Idries Shah
- Omar Ali Shah
- Hadhrat Mawlânâ Khâlid-i Baghdâdî
- Hazrat Mujadid Abdul Wahab Siddiqi
- Shaykh Faiz-ul-Aqtab Siddiqi
- Syed Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi
- Mohammed Amin Kuftaro
- Khalid al-Baghdadi
- Turgut Özal
- Mehmed Zahid Kotku (One of the most influential of Naqshbandi Sheikhs in modern Turkey)
- Afaq Khwaja
- Shahid Mehmood Khan Muhammady Saifi
[edit] Further reading
- Tasawwuf an Objective Appraisalby Maullana Allah Yar Khan, reviver Shaikh of Naqshbandia Owaisiah order of Sufism
- Abu-Manneh, Butrus (1982). "The Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya in the Ottoman Lands in the Early 19th Century". Die Welt des Islams 22 (1/4): 1-36.
- Algar, Hamid (1971). "Some Notes on the Naqshbandī Tarīqat in Bosnia". Die Welt des Islams 13 (3/4): 168-203.
- Algar, Hamid (1976). "The Naqshbandī Order: A Preliminary Survey of Its History and Significance". Studia Islamica 44: 123-152.
- [[Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani|Hisham Kabbani, Muhammad]] (June 2004). Classical Islam and the Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition. Islamic Supreme Council of America. ISBN 1930409230.
- Ali-Shah, Omar (1998). The Rules or Secrets of the Naqshbandi Order. Tractus Books. ISBN 2-909347-09-5.
- Buehler, Arthur F. (1998). Sufi Heirs of the Prophet:The Indian Naqshbandiyya and the Rise of the Mediating Sufi Shaykh. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 1-57003-201-7.
- Dale, Stephen F.; Payind, Alam (Apr. - Jun., 1999). "The Ahrārī Waqf in Kābul in the Year 1546 and the Mughūl Naqshbandiyyah". Journal of the American Oriental Society 119 (2): 218-233.
- Gammer, Moshe (Nov., 1994). "The Beginnings of the Naqshbandiyya in Dāghestān and the Russian Conquest of the Caucasus". Die Welt des Islams 34 (2): 204-217.
- Legall, Dina (2005). A Culture of Sufism: Naqshbandis in the Ottoman World, 1450-1700. State University of New York Press. ISBN 0-7914-6245-5.
- Nasr, Seyyed Hossein (2003). Classical Islam And The Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition. Islamic Supreme Council of America. ISBN 1-930409-10-9.
- Werbner, Pnina (Aug., 1996). "Stamping the Earth with the Name of Allah: Zikr and the Sacralizing of Space among British Muslims". Cultural Anthropology 11 (3): 309-338.
- Zelkina, Anna (2000). In Quest for God and Freedom: The Sufi Response to the Russian Advance in the North Caucasus. New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-9695-8.
[edit] External links
[edit] Naqshbandia Siddiquia
[edit] Naqshbandia Owaisiah
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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 Awliya Khawaja Zaman in Karachi , Pakistan
[edit] Mujaddidi/Haqqani/Khalidi
- Khwajagan Naqshbandi Haqqani
- Naqshbandi Muhibeen Realities of Light
- Sheikh Nazim Haqqani
- Naqshbandi Haqqani Homepage
- Haqqani multimediablog
- Murids (Students) of Osmanli Nakshibendi Haqqani Sufi Dergahi
- Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Order - Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Order of Sultan Al Awliya Shaykhul Islam Sayyad Muhammad Nazim Al Haqqani as-Siddiqi al Jilani ar-Rabbani and one of his representatives, Sheykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani an-Naqshbandi ar-Rabbani
- Gumushkhanewi Dargah of the Khalidiyya Naqshbandi Order
- Website of Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad ad-Deobandi an-Naqshbandi - The Mujaddidi Naqshbandi Deobandi 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
