The Golden Chain of Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Order is a lineage of Sufi masters of the Naqshbandi 'Aliyyah branch.
The Naqshbandi is a major Sunni order of Sufism. Its name is derived from Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari. Naqshbandi masters trace their lineage to the Islamic prophet Muhammad through Abu Bakr, the first Caliph of Sunni Islam and Ali, the fourth Caliph of Sunni Islam. It is because of this dual lineage through Ali and Abu Bakr through the 6th Imam Jafar al Sadiq that the order is also known as the "convergence of the two oceans" or "Sufi Order of Jafar al Sadiq".
The Qadiriyya are members of the Sunni Qadiri tariqa. The tariqa got its name from Abdul Qadir Gilani, who was a Hanbali scholar from Gilan, Iran. The order relies strongly upon adherence to the fundamentals of Sunni Islamic law.
Aḥmad al-Fārūqī al-Sirhindī (1564-1624), also known as Imam Rabbani, was an Islamic scholar, Hanafi jurist, and member of the Naqshbandī Sufi order. He has been described by some followers as a Mujaddid, meaning a “reviver", for his work in rejuvenating Islam and opposing the newly made religion of Din-i Ilahi and other problematic opinions of Mughal emperor Akbar. While early South Asian scholarship credited him for contributing to conservative trends in Indian Islam, more recent works, notably by ter Haar, Friedman, and Buehler, have pointed to Sirhindi's significant contributions to Sufi epistemology and practices.
Al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr was a jurist in early Islam.
Abdullah ad-Daghistani, commonly known as Shaykh Abdullah, was a North Caucasian Sufi shaykh of the Naqshbandi-Sufi order.
Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Order, stems from the Naqshbandi 'Aliyyah Tariqah. It takes the name "Haqqani" from the tariqah's revivor, Mawláná Shaykh Muḥammad Nazım 'Ádil al-Haqqani. The Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order of America (NQSOA), is an educational organization devoted to spreading the teachings of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi tariqah in America, under the guidance of the worldwide leader and master of the order Mehmet 'Ádil ar-Rabbani, Mawláná Shaykh Nazım's successor.
Khwaja Haji Dost Muhammad Qandhari was an Afghan Sufi master in the Naqshbandi tradition in the 19th century (1801–1868).
Khwaja Muhammad Sirajuddin Naqshbandi was a prominent Islamic scholar and Sufi shaikh of the Naqshbandi Sufi order in South Asia, and a leader of the Mughal Empire (1897–1899). He was born in 1879 and died in 1915 at Mussa Zai Sharif, Dera Ismail Khan. His legacy and influence are still widespread around the world in terms of his followers and his methodology. He was a descendant of the first leader to build the Taj Mahal.
Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani was an Islamic scholar and prominent Sufi shaykh of Naqshbandi tariqah in South Asia.
Khwaja Muhammad Usman Damani was a prominent Muslim scholar and Sufi shaykh of Naqshbandi tariqah of the 19th century (1828–1897) in South Asia.
Shah Abdullah alias Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi was a Sufi Shaykh in Delhi during the early 19th century. He was a master of the Naqshbandi tradition and in other Sufi orders such as Chishti.
Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil Al-Qubrusi Al-Haqqani, commonly known as Shaykh Nazim, was a Turkish Cypriot Sunni Muslim imam and one of the most influential members of the Sublime Naqshbandí Order (tariqa) of Sunni Islam
Shaykh Mehmet 'Ádil was born on 29 March 1957 in Damascus, Shām. He is the successor and oldest son of Sultan-ul 'Awliyá Shaykh Muhammad Nazim 'Ádil al-Háqqaní and Hajjah Amina 'Ádil Sultan Hanim, and the current spiritual leader (grandshaykh) of the Haqqani branch of the Naqshbandi Sufi order.
Sheikh ‘Uthman Sirâj-ud-Dîn Al-Naqshbandi known as Uthman Siraj-ud-Din at-Tavili or Uthman Siraj-ud-Din al-Awal was an 18th-century Kurdish sufi, saint and Islamic scholar. He is sayyid and sherif, and was also revindicated as an ancestor of Sayyid Battal Gazi. He belonged to one of the most influential noble households of the Middle East and Ottoman Empire. Uthman Sirâj-ud-Dîn was one of the great sheikhs of his time.
Khwaja Sayyid Mir Alauddin ibn Muhammad Attar, was a Sufi Saint from Bukhara and Qutb of the Naqshbandi Sufi order. He was a descendant of Muhammad and son in law of his master and predecessor Khwaja Bahauddin Naqshband.
Karāmat ʿAlī Jaunpūrī, born as Muḥammad ʿAlī Jaunpūrī, was a nineteenth-century Indian Muslim social reformer and founder of the Taiyuni movement. He played a major role in propagating to the masses of Bengal and Assam via public sermons, and has written over forty books. Syed Ameer Ali is among one of his notable students.
Shāh Nūrī Bengālī was an 18th-century Bengali Islamic scholar and author from Dhaka. He is best known for his magnum opus, Kibrīt-e-Aḥmar, which was written in the Persian language.