Naqshbandi

Shrine of the Founder of the Order Bahauddin Naqshband
Shrine of Sayyid Mir Jan Naqshbandi in Lahore, Pakistan
Monument dedicated to the Qadiriyya wa Naqshbandiyya Sufi order in Srinagar, Kashmir

The Naqshbandi order (Arabic: الطريقة النقشبندية, romanizedaṭ-Ṭarīqat an-Naqshbandiyya) is a Sufi order of Sunni Islam named after Baha al-Din Naqshband. They trace their silsila (chain) to Prophet Muhammad through the first caliph Abu Bakr (r. 632–634) by the way of Ja'far al-Sadiq. The Naqshbandi Sufi order is most distinguished from other Sunni schools by the high level of importance they assign to the sharia, highlighted by major Naqshbandi scholars such as Ahmad Sirhindi and Shah Waliullah Dehlawi.[1][2]

  1. ^ Dahlawi in Maqalaat al Waziyah fi Naseehat al-Wasiyah, page 7 (Lucknow)
  2. ^ Sirhindi in Maktubat, Volume 9:173#123