Saifia
 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
Saifia, (Arabic: صيفية) (Urdu: سیفیہ) also spelled as Saifiya or Saifiyya, is an Islamic Sufi sect based in Pakistan, with a following in the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, Canada, Fiji, India, Bangladesh, Norway and various other countries around the world.[1] The sect follows the Hanafi school of thought (Madhhab), the Maturidi creed (Aqidah), the Naqshbandi order (Tariqa), and the sect's founder is Akhundzada Saif-ur-Rahman Mubarak.[1][2]
The Saifia chain of succession
[edit]The following is the chain of succession of authority (Silsila) of the Saifia sect.[citation needed]
| # | Name | Buried | Birth | Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prophet Muhammad | Medina, Saudi Arabia | Mon 12 Rabi al-Awwal
(570/571 CE) |
12 Rabi al-Awwal 11 AH
(5/6 June 632 CE) |
| 2 | Amir al- Mu'minin Abu Bakr al-Siddiq | Medina, Saudi Arabia | (573 C.E) | 22 Jumada al-Thani 13 AH
(22 August 634 C.E) |
| 3 | Salman Farsi | Mada’in, Iraq | (568 C.E.) | 10 Rajab 33 AH
(4/5 February 654 C.E) |
| 4 | Imam Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr | Medina, Saudi Arabia | 23 Shaban 24 AH
(22/23 June 645 C.E) |
24 Jumada al-Thani 101/106/107 AH |
| 5 | Imam Jafar al-Sadiq | Medina, Saudi Arabia | 8 Ramadan 80 AH
(5/6 November 699 C.E) |
15 Rajab 148 AH
(6/7 September 765 C.E) |
| 6 | Khwaja Bayazid Bastami | Bistam, Semnan province, Iran | 186 AH
(804 C.E) |
15 Shaban 261 AH
(24/25 May 875 C.E) |
| 7 | Khwaja Abul-Hassan Kharaqani | Kharaqan, near Bistam, Semnan province, Iran | 352 AH
(963 C.E) |
10 Muharram 425 AH
(5/6 December 1033 C.E) |
| 8 | Khwaja Abu ali Farmadi | Toos, Khurasan, Iran | 434 AH
(1042/1043 C.E) |
4 Rabi al-Awwal 477 or 511 AH
(10 July 1084 / 6 July 1117) |
| 9 | Khwaja Abu Yaqub Yusuf Hamadānī | Marv, near Mary, Turkmenistan | 440 AH
(1048/1049 C.E) |
Rajab 535 AH
(Feb/Mar 1141 C.E) |
| 10 | Khwaja Abdul Khaliq Ghujdawani | Ghajdawan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 22 Shaban 435 AH
(24/25 March 1044 C.E) |
12 Rabi al-Awwal 575 AH
(17/18 August 1179 C.E) |
| 11 | Khwaja Arif Reogari | Reogar, near Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 27 Rajab 551 AH
(15 September 1156 C.E) |
1 Shawwal 616 AH
(10/11 December 1219 C.E.) |
| 12 | Khwaja Mahmood Anjir-Faghnawi | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 18 Shawwal 628 AH
(18/19 August 1231 C.E) |
17 Rabi al-Awwal 717 AH
(29/30 May 1317 C.E) |
| 13 | Khwaja Azizan Ali Ramitani | Khwarazm, Uzbekistan | 591 AH
(1194 C.E) |
27 Ramadan 715 or 721 AH
(25/26 December 1315 or 20/21 October 1321) |
| 14 | Khwaja Muhammad Baba Samasi | Samaas, Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 25 Rajab 591 AH
(5/6 July 1195 C.E) |
10 Jumada al-Thani 755 AH
(2/3 July 1354 C.E) |
| 15 | Khwaja Sayyid Amir Kulal | Saukhaar, Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 676 AH
(1277/1278 C.E) |
Wed 2 Jumada al-Thani 772 AH
(21/22 December 1370 C.E) |
| 16 | Khwaja Muhammad Baha'uddin Naqshband Bukhari | Qasr-e-Aarifan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 4 Muharram 718 AH[3]
(8/9 March 1318 C.E) |
3 Rabi al-Awwal 791 AH
(2/3 March 1389 C.E) |
| 17 | Khwaja Ala'uddin Attar | Jafaaniyan, Transoxiana (Uzbekistan) | N/A | Wed 20 Rajab 804 AH
(23 February 1402 C.E) |
| 18 | Khwaja Yaqub Charkhi | Gulistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | 762 AH
(1360/1361 C.E) |
5 Safar 851 AH
(21/22 April 1447 C.E) |
| 19 | Khwaja Ubaidullah Ahrar | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Ramadan 806 AH
(March/April 1404 C.E) |
29 Rabi al-Awwal 895 AH
(19/20 February 1490 C.E) |
| 20 | Khwaja Muhammad Zahid Wakhshi | Wakhsh | 14 Shawwal 852 AH
(11/12 December 1448 C.E) |
1 Rabi al-Awwal 936 AH
(3/4 November 1529 C.E) |
| 21 | Khwaja Darwish Muhammad | Asqarar, Uzbekistan | 16 Shawwal 846 AH
(17/18 February 1443 C.E) |
19 Muharram 970 AH
(18/19 September 1562 C.E) |
| 22 | Khwaja Muhammad Amkanagi | Amkana, Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 918 AH
(1512/1513 C.E) |
22 Shaban 1008 AH
(8/9 March 1600 C.E) |
| 23 | Khwaja Muhammad Baqi Billah Berang | Delhi, India | 5 Dhu al-Hijjah 971 or 972 AH
(14 July 1564 / 3 July 1565) |
25 Jumada al-Thani 1012 AH
(29/30 November 1603 C.E) |
| 24 | Imam Rabbani Ahmad al-Fārūqī al-Sirhindī | Sirhind, India | 14 Shawwal 971 AH
(25/26 May 1564 C.E) |
28 Safar 1034 AH
(9/10 December 1624 C.E) |
| 25 | Imam Khwaja Masum al-Fārūqī | Sirhind, India | 1007 AH
(1598/1599 C.E) |
9 Rabi al-Awwal 1099 AH
(13/14 January 1688 C.E) |
| 26 | Khwaja Muhammad Sibghatullah al-Fārūqī | Sirhind, India | 1033 AH
(1624/1710 C.E) |
9 Rabi us sani 1122 AH
(June 1710 C.E) |
| 27 | Khwaja Muhammad Ismail | Sirhind, India | N/A | 1136AH
( 1724 C.E) |
| 28 | Khwaja Masum al-Fārūqī II | Sirhind, India |
(2/3 March 1700 C.E) |
5 Dhu al-Hijjah 1161 AH |
| 29 | Shah Ghulam Muhammad | Sirhind, India | 1101 AH
(1690 C.E) |
1 Shawal 1175 AH
(24 April 1762 C.E) |
| 30 | Hajji Muhammad Safi | Hadida, Yamen | 4 Dhul-Qa`dah 1156 AH
(1744 C.E) |
6 Dhu al-Qidah 1212 AH
(21 April 1798 C.E) |
| 31 | Shah Zia al-Haq | Nijrab, Afghanistan | 1101 AH
(1690 C.E) |
10 Muharram 1225 AH
(24 April 1762 C.E) |
| 32 | Shams al-Haq | Gulbahar, Pakistan | 1101 AH
(1690 C.E) |
22 Rabi' al-awwal 1350 AH
(24 April 1762 C.E) |
| 33 | Shah Rasul Thaqalayni | Taloqan, Afghanistan | N/A | 1360 AH
( 1942 C.E) |
| 34 | Mawlana Hashim Samangani | Pir Sabaq, Pakistan | 1349 AH
(1930 C.E) |
9 Shawal 1391 AH
(27 November 1762 C.E) |
| 35 | Mawlana Akhundzada Saif-ur-Rahman Mubarak | Lahore, Pakistan | 20 Muharram 1344 AH
(10 August 1925 C.E) |
15 Rajab 1431 AH
(27 June 2010 C.E) |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Saifya – Welcome". Saifiya.net. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ^ Muḥammad ʻĀmir Rānā, Rohan Gunaratna. Al-Qaeda fights back inside Pakistani Tribal Areas. Pak Institute for Peace Studies, 2007
- ^ Faiz Naqshband (Urdu Translation): Malfuzat of Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi, p.46 Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
 | This Sufism-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |