Naqshbandi Golden Chain

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The Naqshbandi Golden Chain is a lineage spiritual masters of the Naqshbani-Haqqani sub-order related to each other going back to the Prophet Muhammad, upon whom be peace and blessings. It is a chain in which each scholar was given ijaza, permission, by his own teacher to transmit the knowledge he had received to the next generation of students in the traditional manner of Sufi transmission. The Golden Chain, as different from all other Sufi lineages, is unique in that it stems from the first caliph of the Prophet, upon whom be blessing and peace, Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, may God be well-pleased with him. From Abu Bakr, the secret of this transmission was then passed to Salman the Persian, may God be well-pleased with him. From Salman the Persian, the transmission passed to Al-Qassim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, may God be well-pleased with him. From Al-Qassim the transmission passed to Imam Jafar as-Sadiq. From the Imam as-Sadiq, the transmission passed to the following chain:

  1. Tayfur Abu Yazid al-Bistami, may Allah be well-pleased with him (r),
  2. Abul Hassan Ali al-Kharqani, may God sanctify his secret (q)
  3. Abu Ali al-Farmadi, (q)
  4. Abu Yaqub Yusuf al-Hamadani, (q)
  5. Abul Abbas, al-Khidr, upon whom be peace,
  6. Abdul Khaliq al-Ghujdawani, (q)
  7. Arif ar-Riwakri, (q)
  8. Khwaja Mahmoud al-Anjir al-Faghnawi, (q)
  9. Ali ar-Ramitani, (q)
  10. Muhammad Baba as-Samasi, (q)
  11. as-Sayyid Amir Kulal, (q)
  12. Imam at-Tariqah Muhammad Baha'uddin Shah Naqshband, (q)
  13. Ala'uddin al-Bukhari al-cAttar, (q)
  14. Yaqub al-Charkhi, (q)
  15. Ubaydullah al-Ahrar, (q)
  16. Muhammad az-Zahid, (q)
  17. Darwish Muhammad, (q)
  18. Muhammad Khwaja al-Amkanaki, (q)
  19. Muhammad al-Baqi bi-l-Lah, (q)
  20. Mujaddid Alf ath-Thani Ahmad al-Faruqi as-Sirhindi, (q)
  21. Muhammad al-Masum, (q)
  22. Muhammad Sayfuddin al-Faruqi al-Mujaddidi, (q)
  23. as-Sayyid Nur Muhammad al-Badawani, (q)
  24. Shamsuddin Habib Allah, (q)
  25. Abdullah ad-Dahlawi, (q)
  26. Shaykh Khalid al-Baghdadi, (q)
  27. Shaykh Ismail Muhammad ash-Shirwani, (q)
  28. Shaykh Khas Muhammad Shirwani, (q)
  29. Shaykh Muhammad Effendi al-Yaraghi, (q)
  30. Sayyid Jamaluddin al-Ghumuqi al-Husayni, (q)
  31. Shaykh Abu Ahmad as-Sughuri, (q)
  32. Shaykh Abu Muhammad al-Madani, (q)
  33. Shaykh Sharafuddin ad-Daghestani, (q)
  34. Shaykh Abdullah al-Fa'iz ad-Daghestani, (q)
  35. Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqani, (q)

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[ Classical Islam and the Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition, Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, Islamic Supreme Council of America (June 2004), ISBN: 1930409230.]