Saifia
The Silsila-e-Saifia also spelled as Saifi Urdu سیفیہArabic السیفیہ is a Muslim Sufi order based in Pakistan, with a following in the UK, Europe, the US, Canada, Fiji, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Norway and various countries around the world. The order is linked to the lineage of Naqshbandiyyah Mujaddadiyyah, and the order's grandmaster (spiritual master) is Akhundzada Saif-ur-Rahman Mubarak.[1]
The Naqshbandia Saifia order (silsila)
# | Name | Buried | Birth | Death | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sayyadna Muhammad | Madinah, Arab | Mon 12 Rabi al-Awwal
(570/571 CE) |
12 Rabi al-Awwal 11 AH
(5/6 June 632 CE) | |
2 | Sayyadna Abu Bakr Siddiq | Madinah, Arab | 22 Jumada al-Thani 13 AH
(22 August 634 C.E) | ||
3 | Sayyadna Salman Farsi | Mada’in, Iraq | 10 Rajab 33 AH
(4/5 February 654 C.E) | ||
4 | Imām Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, son of son of (2) | Madinah, Arab | 23 Shaban 24 AH
(22/23 June 645 C.E) |
24 Jumada al-Thani 101/106/107 AH | |
5 | Imām Jafar Sadiq, son of granddaughter of (2) | Madinah, Arab | 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[2]
(8/9 March 1318 C.E) |
3 Rabi al-Awwal 791 AH
(2/3 March 1389 C.E) | |
17 | Khwaja Ala'uddin Attar Bukhari, son-in-law of (16) | Jafaaniyan, Transoxiana (Uzbekistan) | 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 Durwesh Muhammad, son of sister of (20) | 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, son of (21) | 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 | Shaikh Ahmad al-Fārūqī al-Sirhindī, Imām Rabbānī | Sirhind, India | 14 Shawwal 971 AH
(25/26 May 1564 C.E) |
28 Safar 1034 AH
(9/10 December 1624 C.E) | |
25 | Imām Khwaja Muhammad Masum Fārūqī, 3rd son of (24) | Sirhind, India | 1007 AH
(1598/1599 C.E) |
9 Rabi al-Awwal 1099 AH
(13/14 January 1688 C.E) | |
26 | Khwaja Muhammad Sibghatullah Fārūqī, son of (25) | Sirhind, India | 1033 AH
(1624/1710 C.E) |
9 Rabi us sani 1122 AH
(June 1710 C.E) | |
27 | Khwaja Muhammad Ismail, son of (26) | Sirhind, India | 1136AH
( 1724 C.E) | ||
28 | Ghulam Muhammad Masum Khawaja Masum II, son of (27) | 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 | Haji 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 ul Haq | Nijrab, Afghanistan | 1101 AH
(1690 C.E) |
10 Muharram 1225 AH
(24 April 1762 C.E) | |
32 | Shah Zia | Kabul, Afghanistan | 1101 AH
(1690 C.E) |
1 Shawal 1175 AH
(24 April 1762 C.E) | |
33 | Shamsu Haq | Gulbahar, Pakistan | 1101 AH
(1690 C.E) |
22 Rabi' al-awwal 1350 AH
(24 April 1762 C.E) | |
34 | Shah Rasool Talqani | Taloqan, Afghanistan | ----- | 1360 AH
( 1942 C.E) | |
35 | bandi | Pir Sabaq , Pakistan | 1349 AH
(1930 C.E) |
9 Shawal 1391 AH
(27 November 1762 C.E) | |
36 | Akhundzada Saif-ur-Rahman Mubarak (Qayyum-e-Zaman)
Mujaddid-e-Dauran
|
Lahore, Pakistan | 20 Muharram 1344 AH
(10 August 1925 C.E) |
15 Rajab 1431 AH
(27 June 2010 C.E) | |
37 | Khwaja Muhammad Mian Hanafi Sarkar (Damat Barakatu humulaliya) Ravi Rayan Shareef | Alive Lahore, Pakistan | 1950 Kundian Mianwali | ||
38 | Muhammad Sarfraz Muhammadi Saifi & Muhammad Mushtaq Muhammadi Saifi | Alive Islamabad & Taxila , Pakistan | |||
References
- "Silsila Alia Saifia Naqshbandia Mujadidiah – Saifiya – Welcome". Saifiya.net. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- Faiz Naqshband (Urdu Translation): Malfuzat of Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi, p.46 Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- MAMOOLAT-E-SAIFIA-P No 39