Naqshbandia Owaisiah
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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 Holy Prophet-saws through Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (RA), the first caliph. In contrast, most other turuq trace their lineage Hadrat Ali (RA), Holy Prophet-saw'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."
Naqshbandia Owaisiah is a major branch of Naqshbandi which employs a similar method of Zikr but acquires the Prophetic blessings in the manner of Khawajah Owais Qarni(RH), who received this beneficence from the Holy Prophet-saws without a formal physical meeting. The Zikr employed by the Naqshbandia Owaisiah is ‘Zikr-e Khafi Qalbi’ (remembrance of Allah’s Name within the heart) and the method is termed ‘Pas Anfas’, which (in Persian) means guarding every breath.
The Chain of Transmission of these Barakah, of course, emanates from the Holy Prophet-saws. It is necessary in all Sufi Orders that the Shaikh and the seekers must be contemporaries and must physically meet each other for the transfer of these blessings. However, the Naqshbandiah Owaisiah Order goes beyond this requirement and Sufis of this Order receive these Barakah regardless of physical meeting with their Shaikh or even when the Shaikh is not their contemporary. Yet, it must be underscored that physical meeting with the Shaikh of this Order still holds great importance in dissemination of these Barakah.
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[edit] Chain of Transmission
- The Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sall Allah-o ‘Alaihi wa Sallam)
- Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (Radhi Allah-o ‘Unho, d. 13H)
- Hadhrat Imam Hassan al Basri (Rahmat Allah ‘Alaihi, d. 110H)
- Hadhrat Dawood Tai (Rahmat Allah ‘Alaihi)
- Hadhrat Junaid Baghdadi (Rahmat Allah ‘Alaihi, d. 297 H)
- Hadhrat Obaid Ullah Ahrar (Rahmat Allah ‘Alaihi, d. 895 H)
- Hadhrat Maulana Abdur Rahman Jami (Rahmat Allah ‘Alaihi, d. 898 H)
- Hadhrat Abul Ayub Muhammad Saleh (Rahmat Allah ‘Alaihi, d. late 10 cent H)
- (Sultan ul-Arifeen) Hadhrat Allah Din Madni (Rahmat Allah ‘Alaihi)
- Hadhrat ‘Abdul Rahim (Rahmat Allah ‘Alaihi, d. 1372 H)
- Hadhrat Maulana Allah Yar Khan (Rahmat Allah ‘Alaihi, d. 1404 H)
- Hadhrat Maulana Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan - Present Shaikh of the Order.
[edit] The Reviver Shaikh - Hadhrat Maulana Allah Yar Khan (RH)
Shaikh Allah Yar Khan(RH) was born in Chakrala, a remote village of Mianwali District of Pakistan, in 1904. He completed his religious education in 1933. The same year, he met Shaikh ‘Abdul Rahim, who took him to the shrine of Shaikh Allah Deen Madni. By Divine Will his spiritual connection was immediately established with the saint of the 10th century Hijra (sixteenth century CE) and he started receiving spiritual beneficence. His sublime education in Sufism, signifying progressive spiritual growth and advancement, continued for about twenty-five years. In 1962 he was directed to undertake the propagation of Prophetic blessings - a noble mission that he accomplished with singular zeal and dedication for a period spanning half a century. Anybody who visited him was duly rewarded with a share of spiritual bliss commensurate with his/her sincerity and capacity. Shaikh Allah Yar Khan’s mission produced men and women of deep spiritual vision and eminence.
He authored eighteen books, the most distinguished being Dalael us-Sulook (Sufism - An Objective Appraisal), Hayat-e Barzakhiah (Life Beyond Life) and Israr ul-Haramain (Secrets of the two holy Mosques). He was undoubtedly one of the most distinguished Sufi saints of the Muslim Ummah and a reviver of the Naqshbandiah Owaisiah Order.
He passed away on 18 February 1984 in Islamabad at the age of eighty. Six months before his death, he nominated his most illustrious and spiritually gifted student, Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan, as his successor to lead the Naqshbandiah Owaisiah Order.
[edit] The Current Shaikh - Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan
Shaikh Muhammad Akram Awan was born on 31st December, 1934 in village Noorpur Sethi, about 4 km from the present headquarters of the Order, Dar ul-Irfan. He received his initial education in his village school and later attended a college at Chakwal. He spent a turbulent youth characterized by family feuds and external skirmishes. Duly dismayed by the violence and tumult, he set out in search of peace and truth. His sincere resolve was answered at the age of 24, when he met Shaikh Allah Yar Khan at a religious assembly. He remained in close association with his Shaikh, marked by unmatched sincerity and devotion, for twenty-five years. Shaikh Allah Yar Khan transformed the unbridled youth into a Sufi saint of high eminence, infusing deep vision and spiritual blessings into the heart of his promising student.
Shaikh Muhammad Akram Awan did not receive formal religious education at any institution. He acquired the basic Islamic knowledge directly form his Shaikh. Blessed with llm-e Ladunni (Knowledge from the Divine Presence,) he possesses singular wisdom in Tafsir (interpretation of the holy Quran). He delivered regular lectures on Quranic subjects during the life of his Shaikh and has written an exemplary Tafsir of the Quran, titled ‘Asrar at-Tanzil’. This was in fulfilment of Shaikh Allah Yar Khan’s desire, who could not undertake this work himself due to enormous demands of his mission. Asrar at-Tanzil has received wide acclaim and recognition form all schools of Islamic thought, both in Pakistan and abroad.
He is Dean of the Siqarah Education System, a unique system that integrates Islamic teachings with normal education at both school and college levels, and strives to transform its young students into enlightened, practical Muslims.
He is the Patron-in-Chief of al-Murshid, a monthly magazine of the Order in Urdu. He regularly writes for the Magazine to provide guidance for seekers on the spiritual heritage of Muslim Ummah.
He is also the Patron-in-Chief of al-Falah Foundation, an organization established in 1989 for the welfare of the people in Pakistan’s rural areas.
His sole mission in life is to create awareness in Muslims about their spiritual heritage and to spread the Prophetic lights and blessings to every corner of the globe for the guidance of whole mankind.
[edit] Headquarter
Darul Irfan - Munara, the center of Islamic Tasawwuf and Tazkia (purification of Nafs) of the Naqshbandia Owaisiah Tariqa, is situated in one town of the province of Punjab in Pakistan in District Chakwal. It is situated at the top of the mountain valley on “Khushab Chakwal Road”. In 1978, Darul Irfan was nominated as “The center of Islamic Tasawwuf’’ by Shaikh Allah Yar Khan (Rehmat ullah Alaihi). Since then thousands of people have undergone the process of Tazkia (purification) at this center.
[edit] Online Zikr (Remembrance of Allah)
Naqshbandia Owaisiah is currently the only Islamic Sufi Order which has Online Zikr on a daily basis. This is currently done using Paltalk
[edit] Publications
Shaikh ul-Mukarram Hadhrat Maulana Allah Yar Khan (RUA)
- Ta’aruf
- Introduction (English)
- Dalael us-sulook
- Tasawwuf an Objective Appraisal (English)
- Hayat-unNabi (Sall Allah-o Alaihi wa Sallam)
- Hayat-e Barzakhiyah
- Life Beyond Life (English)
- Israr ul-Harmain
- Ilm-o-Irfan
- Knowledge and Cognition (English)
- Aqaid-o Kamalaat-e Ulama-e Deoband
- Tafseer Ayat-e Arb’a
- Ad-deen ul-Khaalis
- Eman bil Quran
- Tehzeer ul-Muslimeen ‘an-kaid al kaazibeen
- Tehqeek Halaal-o-Haraam
- Hurmat-e maatam
- Eejad-e mazhab-e Shiya
- Shikast A’ada-ay Hussain (R.A)
- Damaad-e Ali (R.A)
- Binat-e Rasool (Sall Allah-o Alaihi wa Sallam)
- Al-jamaal wal-kamaal
- Fiqha-e Jafriya ke taarikhee sirguzasht
- Fiqha-e Jafriya ke Taareekh
- Aqida-e Imamat aur uski Haqiqat
- Shia mazhab kay bunyaadi usool
Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan (Mudda Zillahul A’ali)
- Israr at-Tanzil
- Israr at-Tanzil (Tafseer of the Holy Quran) (English)
- Ghubar-e Rah 1
- Ghubar-e Rah 2
- Irshaad-us saalikeen 1
- Irshaad-us saalikeen 2
- Irshaad-us saalikeen 1 (English)
- Irshaad-us saalikeen 2 (English)
- Lataaif aur Tazkiya-e Nafs
- Diyar-e Habeeb main chand roz
- Noor-o Bashar ke haqiqat
- Hayat-e Tayyiba (English)
- Kanz-ut Talibeen
- Raahi kurb-o bala
- Asr-e hazir ka imam
- Tareekh e Nisbat-e Owaisiah
- Taalemat o Barakaat-e Nabuwat (Sal-Allaho-Alayhay-Wasallam)
Poetry
- Gard-e Safar
- Nishan-e Manzil
- Mata-e Faqeer
- Aas Jazeera
- Deeda-e Tarr
- Kon se aisi baat hai
- Soch Samandar
- Dil Darwaaza
Professor Hafiz Abdul Razzaq
- Anwar-ul Tanzeel
- Charaagh-e Mustafwee (Sall Allah-o Alaihi wa Sallam)
- Itminaan-e Qalb
- Tasawwuf aur Taamer-e Seerat
- Tasawwuf and Character Building (English)
- Tajalliyat
- Kis liyay Aay Thay
- Kis liyay Aay Thay (English)
- Bazam Anjum
- Kunu ‘Ibad Allah
- Azmat-e Sahaaba (RAU)
- Zikr Allah
- Zikr Allah (Arabic)
- Lagh-zishain
- Mughaaltay
- Thokrain
- Ujlatain
- Quran-e Hakeem o Da’wat-o Tableegh
- Fiqh aur hamaari zindagi
- Wannaas
- Khudaya Ay karam baray digar kun
- Tasawwuf ke pehli kitaab
- Tasawwuf ke doosri kitaab
- Tasawwuf baraay intermediate
- Deen-o Danish
- Islami Tehwaar
Idaara Naqshbandiah Owaisiah
- Hasht roza course
- Sah hafta course
- Panj hafta course
- Peshan goiyaan
- Laiha’e Amal
- Laiha’e Amal (English)
