Jafar al-Sadiq was also the successor of the Naqshbandi Sufi order originating from Abu Bakr himself.

Idris as-Senussi, the Emir of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica and the leader of the Senussi Muslim Sufi order, represented Libya in the UN negotiations, and on 24 December 1951, Libya declared its independence with representatives from Cyrenaica, Tripolitania and Fezzan declaring a union with the country being called the United Kingdom of Libya, and Idris as-Senussi being offered the crown.

The Mawlawīyah was a well-established Sufi order in the Ottoman Empire, and many of the members of the order served in various official positions of the Caliphate.

" The wool cloaks were sometimes a designation of their initiation into the Sufi order.

* Ahmed ar-Rifa ' i, founder of the Rifa ' i Sufi order

* 1273 – December – Followers of the recently deceased Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi establish the Sufi order of the Whirling Dervishes in the city of Konya ( in present-day Turkey ).

* December – Followers of the recently deceased Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi establish the Sufi order of the Whirling Dervishes in the city of Konya ( in present-day Turkey ).

Meanwhile, the Layene Sufi order, established by Seydina Mouhammadou Limamou Laye, was thriving among the Lebou in Yoff and in a new village called Cambérène.

The Mouride brotherhood ( yoonu murit in Wolof, الطريقة المريدية, Aṭ-Ṭarīqat al-Murīdiyya or simply مريدية, Murīdiyya in Arabic ) is a large Islamic Sufi order most prominent in Senegal and The Gambia, with headquarters in the holy city of Touba, Senegal.

However, confirmed direct ties between Sabbatai Zevi and any Sufi order are conjectural and hearsay.

There are four main tariqas in Sufism: the Naqshbandi Order ( named after Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari ), the Chishti Order ( named after Khawaja Moduud Chisti while Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti is most famous Sufi Saint of this order ), the Qadiri Order ( named after Shaykh ` Abd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī ), and the Suhrawardi Order ( named after Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi ).

On the West African coast they set up Zāwiyas on the shores of the river Niger and even established independent kingdoms such as al-Murābiṭūn or Almoravids. The Al Hakika Mizaan Mizaani Sufi Order deals with heavy internalization and meditations, their spiritual practice is called Al Qudra MizaanStates ) The Sanusi order were also highly involved in missionary work in Africa during the 19th century, spreading both Islam and a high level of literacy into Africa as far south as Lake Chad and beyond by setting up a network of zawiyas where Islam was taught.

It is important to note that membership of a particular Sufi order was not exclusive and cannot be likened to the ideological commitment to a political party.

Selim III was a member of the Mevlevi Order of Sufi Whirling Dervishes, and entered into the order at the Galata Mevlevihanesi under the name ″ Selim Dede .″ He was a renowned composer, creating many musical compositions, including a Mevlevi ayin, a long and complex liturgical form performed during the semâ ( religious ceremonies ) of the Mevlana ( Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi-Rumi ) Tariqah of Sufi Whirling Mystics, in makam Suzidilara.

The Mawlaw ' īyya / Mevlevi Order, or the Mevlevilik / Mevleviye (-Molavīyeh ) is a Sufi order founded in Konya ( in present-day Turkey ) by the followers of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi-Rumi, a 13th-century

The Chishtī Order (-Čištī ) (-Shishti ) is a Sufi order within the mystic Sufi tradition of Islam.

There are now several branches of the order, which has been the most prominent South Asian Sufi brotherhood since the 12th century.

As a result of this merging of the Chishti order with other branches, most Sufi masters now initiate their disciples in all the four major orders of South Asia: Chishti, Suhrawadi, Qadri, and Naqshbandi.

It may have been in use since the 10th century to refer to a type of dhikr ( remembrance of God ), a spiritual concert, a ceremony used by various Sufi orders, particularly the Chisti order of the sub-continent.

A mosque was located in the village center, it was maintained by the followers of al-tariqa al-khalwatiyya, a Sufi mystic order founded by Shaykh Umar al-Khalwati ( d. 1397 ) The villagers expanded and renovated the mosque in the 1930s, and added a tall minaret.

# the Rifa ' i Sufi order,

* Mehmet Nazim Adil, the leader of the Nakshbandi Sufi order ( or Tekke ) was born in Larnaca

In order for one to achieve proper, firm and healthy Iman one must practice righteous deeds or else his level of Iman chokes and shrinks and eventually can wither away if one does not practice Islam long enough, hence the depth of practicing Islam is good deeds.

Sheikh Fadlallah typically insists ... that Jews wish to undermine or obliterate Islam and Arab cultural identity in order to advance their economic and political domination.

His concept of velayat-e-faqih (" guardianship of the jurist "), held that the leading Shia Muslim cleric in society – which Khomeini and his followers believed to be himself – should serve as head of state in order to protect or " guard " Islam and Sharia law from " innovation " and " anti-Islamic laws " passed " by sham parliaments.

Some consider them the Templars of Islam and, as such, also formed an order with varying degrees of initiation.

The goal of Akhenaton's music is to represent the spiritual Islam which is tolerant and mystical in order to loosen the high tension in France due to the prejudice against Muslim immigrants.

The December 1979 constitution, and its 1989 amendment, define the political, economic, and social order of the Islamic Republic of Iran, declaring that Shi ' a Islam of the Twelver school of thought is Iran's official religion.

Upon the capture of Jerusalem by the victorious Caliph Omar, Omar immediately headed to the Temple Mount with his advisor, Ka ' ab al-Ahbar, a formerly Jewish rabbi who had converted to Islam, in order to find the holy site of the " Furthest Mosque " or Al Masjid al Aqsa which was mentioned in the Quran and specified in the Hadiths of being in Jerusalem. Ka ' ab al-Ahbar suggested to Caliph Omar to build the Dome of the Rock monument on the site that Ka ' ab believed to be the Biblical Holy of the Holies, arguing that this site is where Mohammad ascended to heaven during the Isra and Mi ' raj miracle.

Umar was the first man who resolved that Muhammad had to be murdered in order to finish Islam.

So just to divert his attention he told him to set his own house in order first, because his sister and her husband had converted to Islam.

The pagan people of Harran identified themselves with the Sabians in order to fall under the protection of Islam.

The same author goes on by giving other philosophical writings which are totally compatible with the religion of Islam, as the al-Risālah fil-wujūd (, " Treatise on Being "), written in Arabic, which begin with Quranic verses and asserting that all things come from God, and there is an order in these things.

In Islam there are nine pre-conditions that need to be present in order for a du ' a to be accepted.

In Islam, in order for a person's du ' a to be accepted by God, it must be for something pure and good.

Muslims, he argued, need to understand those changes in order to be able to respond better to European criticism on Islam and the Muslim world.

In order to successfully expand Islam, he built a mosque and other " elaborate places ;" requiring baths — an important element of Muslim culture.

In 2004 CAIR launched a " Not In the Name of Islam " petition in order to " disassociate the faith of Islam from the violent acts of a few Muslims.

It is believed in Islam that a well-rounded education is something every Muslim must acquire in order to understand God ’ s religion in its entirety.

Parameswara converted to Islam in order to marry the daughter of Pasai, and changed his name to Sultan Iskandar Shah.

The perpetrators were members of the Darul Islam extremist group, under the order of its leader Sekarmadji Maridjan Kartosuwirjo.

However, Ali was taught the fundamentals of Islam in order to be able to argue against it.