Loading ...In sufi terminology, the Golden Chain represents one’s spiritual genealogy from one’s Sheikh to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu alaihi wasallam).
This is also known as a “Silsila”, which literally means “Chain” in Urdu.
One enters into a Silsila when one takes Bai’at (Pledge of allegiance) upon the hands of a Sheikh whose spiritual genealogy links him to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu alaihi wasallam), and is a recipient of Spiritual Faiz.
The following represents our Golden Chain and like all Golden Chains, it begins with our Holy Prophet (saw)
Naqshbandi
Mujaddadi
Hadhrat Muhammad Mustafa
12 Rabi al-Awwal
11AH, Madinah al-Munawwarah
| Golden Chain of Command | Date Of Demise | Place of Burial |
Amir-ul-Mu’mineen Sayidina Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddique |
23 Jumaad al-Aakhar, 13AH | Madinah al-Munawwarah |
| Hadhrat Salmaan Farsi Radhiallahu anhu |
17 Jumaad al-Aakhar, 35AH | Madaa’in (Arabia) |
| Hadhrat Qasim bin Muhammad bin Abu Bakr |
24 Jumaad al-Awwal, 107AH | Madinah al-Munawwarah |
| Hadhrat Imam Ja’far Saadiq |
24 Rajab al-Murajjab, 148AH | Madinah al-Munawwarah |
| Hadhrat Bayazeed Bistaami |
15 Sha’baan al-Mu’azzam, 261AH | Bistaam (Iraq) |
| Hadhrat Abul Hassan Khurqaani |
10 Muharram al-Haraam, 425AH | Khurqaan |
| Hadhrat Abul Qasim Gurgani |
Gurgaan | |
| Hadhrat Abu Ali Faarmadi |
4 Rabi al-Awwal, 477AH | Faarmad (Toos) |
| Hadhrat Yusuf Hamdaani |
27 Rajab al-Murajjab, 535AH | Maru (Khurasaan) |
| Hadhrat Abdul Khaliq Ghajdwani |
12 Rabi al-Awwal, 575AH | Ghajdawan (Bukhara) |
| Hadhrat Khwaja Aarif Reogari |
1 Shawwal, 616AH | Reogar (Bukhara) |
| Hadhrat Mahmood Fughnawi |
17 Rabi al-Awwal, 715AH | Waabakni (Mawralnahar) |
| Hadhrat Khwaja Abu Ali Ramatini |
28 Dhul Qa’dah, 715AH | Khwaarizm (Bukhara) |
| Hadhrat Muhammad Baba Samaasi |
10 Jumad al-Aakhar, 755AH | Samaas (Bukhara) |
| Hadhrat Syed Ameer Kalaal |
11 Jumad al-Aakhar, 772AH | Saukhaar (Bukhara) |
| Hadhrat Syed Baha’uddin Naqshband |
2 Rajab al-Murajjab, 791AH | Qasr-e-Aarifan (Bukhara) |
| Hadhrat Alaa’uddin Attaar |
20 Rajab al-Murajjab | Jafaaniyan (Mawralnahar) |
| Hadhrat Ya’qoob Charkhi |
5 Safar, 851AH | Charkh (Bukhara) |
| Hadhrat Ebeydullah Ahraar |
20 Rabi al-Awwal, 895AH | Samarqand (Mawralnahar) |
| Hadhrat Muhammad Zaahid |
1 Rabi al-Awwal, 936AH | Wakhsh (Malk Hasaar) |
| Hadhrat Darwesh Muhammad |
19 Muharram, 970AH | Samarqand (Mawralnahar) |
| Hadhrat Muhammad Waaqif Akangi |
21 Sha’baan, 1008AH | Akang (Bukhara) |
| Hadhrat Baaqi Billaah |
25 Jumaad al-Aakhar, 1012AH | Delhi (India) |
| Imam Rabbani,Mujaddid Alf Thani, Hadhrat Shaykh Ahmad Farooqui Sarhandi |
28 Safar, 1034AH | Sarhand (India) |
| Hadhrat Muhammad Ma’soom Farooqui |
9 Rabi al-Awwal, 1079AH | Sarhand (India) |
| Hadhrat Sayfuddeen |
19 Jumad al-Oola, 1096AH | Sarhand (India) |
| Hadhrat Muhsin Dehlawi |
India | |
| Hadhrat Noor Muhammad Badyooni |
11 Dhul Qa’dah, 1135AH | Dehli (India) |
| Hadhrat Mirza Mazhar Jaan-I-Jaanan |
10 Muharram, 1195AH | Khanqah Mazharia (India) |
| Hadhrat Abdullah Shah |
22 Safar, 1240AH | Khanqah Mazharia (India) |
| Hadhrat Abu Sa’eed Ahmad |
1 Shawwal, 1250AH | Taunq (India) |
| Hadhrat Ahmad Sa’eed |
20 Rabi al-Awwal, 1277 | Madinah Munawwarah |
| Hadhrat Dawst Muhammad Qandhaari |
22 Shawwaal, 1284AH | Moosa Zai (Pakistan) |
| Hadhrat Muhammad Uthmaan Daamaani |
22 Sha’baan, 1314AH | Moosa Zai (Pakistan) |
| Hadhrat Siraaj-ud-deen |
26 Rabi al-Awwal, 1333AH | Moosa Zai (Pakistan) |
| Hadhrat Khwajah Fazal Ali Shah Qureshi |
1 Ramadhan al-Mubarak, 1354AH | Miskinpur (Pakistan) |
| Hadhrat Abdul Ghaffar |
8 Shaban, 1384 AH | Larkana, (Pakistan) |
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