Naqshbandiya Mujaddidya Order
Youngest among the four major sufi orders (Chishtiya, Qadriya, Suharwardiya & Naqshbandiya) is the Naqshbandi order. It was founded by Khwaja Bahauddin Nakshband(d. 1398) in 14th century A.D. The most famous of the early Naqshbandis include the name of Ubaidullah Ahrar Naqshabndi(d. 1490) and Allama Jami(d. 1492).
Although this order originated in Transoxania the golden era of this order began just like the Chishtis when it entered in India. Along with the conquest of Emperor Babur (1483-1530), the founder of Mughal Dynasty in India, not only a new empire was founded politically, but also a new order made an illustrious presence in the spiritual sphere of the Indian Sub-Continent.
Although Babur’s entire elite was Naqshbandis, it was Khwaja Abdul Haq, a descendant of Khwaja Ubaidullah Ahrar Naqshbandi, who is credited for pioneering the Naqshbandi order in India. He arrived in India in 1527 A.D., a year after Babur’s conquest. His great grand disciple Syedna Abulula Akbarabadi (d. 1651) is credited to have spread the order all over the sub- continent which is simply known as the “Abululai Order”.
Another sufi named Syed Baqi Billah Berang (d. 1603), who was related to Ubaidullah Ahrar from mother’s side, migrated to India from Kabul in 1599 A.D. on direct spiritual order of Bahauddin Naqshband to accept the bait (oath) of a young sufi Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi (1564-1624),who was later given the title “Mujaddid Alf-i-Saani”, the reviver of the second millennium and is still remembered as one of the most highly revered figures in the entire history of Sufism. Till date Shaikh Ahmad is known as the most giant figures among all the Naqshbandi Sufis who lived in India. His order is called the Naqshbandiya Mujaddidiya order.
Although the Naqshbandi lineage of many other Sufis came to the sub-continent in subsequent years. It was the above two branches which grew parallelly, and are credited for maintaining a highly considerable presence of Naqshbandi order all over the country till date.
Another important figures, who contributed to the fame of Naqshbandi order in India, were the scholarly family of Shah Waliullah Muhaddis Dehlavi (1703-1762) and the Mughal emperor Mohiuddin Aurangzeb Alamgir (1618-1707), whose reign saw the empire reach to its zenith. Both of them were highly influenced by the teachings of Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi. Both lived in the capital city Shahjahanabad (Delhi) and were highly active in spreading the teaching of Naqshbandiya Mujaddidiya branch in their respective fields of influence which geographically covered the entire sub-continent.
A sufi named Khalid al-Baghdadi is credited to have spread the Naqshbandiya Mujaddidiya order outside Indian sub-continent. He lived during the 19th century. His search for a spiritual master took him to Delhi(the capital city of Mughal empire at that time). He accepted the bait on the hands of Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi(d. 1824) and was directed to go back to his homeland. Although he lived a small life of merely 48 years, his order spread rapidly all over the globe.
Here we present the ijaza of Naqshmbandiya Mujaddiya chain present in our Khanqah. We will discuss the Naqshabndiya Abulolaiya branch in a future post.
1. The prophet of Islam Hazrat Muhammad(S.A.W)
2. Syedna Abu bAkr Siddique
3. Syedna Suleiman Farsi
4. Hazrat Muhammad Qasim bin Muhammad bin Aba Bakr siddique
5. Syedna Imam Jafar Sadique
6. Hazrat Khwaja Bayazeed Bistami
7. Hazrat Khwaja Abul Hassan Qirkhani
8. Hazrat Abul Qasim Gorgani
9. Hazrat Abu Ali farmadi
10. Hazrat Khwaja Abu Yusuf Hamdani
11. Hazrat Abdul Khaliq Ghajdawani
12. Arif reogari
13. Khwaja Mahmood abul khair faghnavi
14. Khwaj Azeezan Ali ramitni
15. Khwaja Muhammad Baba Samasi
16. Hazrat Syed Ameer Nooruddin Kulal
17. Hazrat Khwaja Bahauddin Naqshband
18. Khwaja Maulana Yaqub Charkhi
19. Khwaja Ubaidullah
20. Naseeruddin Maulana Muhammad Zahid
21. Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Durvesh
22. Hazrat Khwaja Maulana Khwajgi amkanki
23. Hazrat Khwaja Muhammad bin al baqi billah
24. Mujaddid Alif sani Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi
25. Khwaja Muhammad Masum Mujaddidi
26. Hazrat Khwaja Ubaidullah Muhammad
27. Hazrat Qutb ul aqtab Maulvi Manvi Maula Sheikh Mustafa bangali
28. Hazrat Qutb ul aqtab Zain ul haq zainuddin Hazrat Haji Tatar faruqi
29. Hazrat Sufi Alauddin Hazrat Maqdum Syed Shah Muhammad Mubarak
30. Hazrat Waqif e israr qadeem Hazrat Shah Muhammad Muqeem
31. Syed ul Waseleen Syed Shah Ghulam Hussain Danapuri
32. Syed Shah Ata Hussain Fani
