Primarily he represented the Chishti Order of Sufism, having received initiation into the Nizamiyya sub-branch of that order from Shaykh Muhammed Abu Hashim Madani, but was also initiated into the Suhrawardiyya, Qadiriyya and Naqshbandi.

The Islamic Supreme Council of America ( ISCA ) is a sufi based religious organization and think tank allegedly closely associated with the neoconservative lobby in the United States founded by the Naqshbandi Shaykh Hisham Kabbani.

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 ).

* The Great Shamil, Imam of Daghestan and Chechnya, Shaykh of Naqshbandi tariqah

In a few areas, notably Dagestan and Chechnya, there is a tradition of Sunni Sufism, which is represented by Naqshbandi and Shadhili schools, whose spiritual master Shaykh Said Afandi al-Chirkawi receives hundreds of visitor daily.

Blackburn, UK Under supervision of Shaykh Sufi Riaz Ahmed Naqshbandi Aslami

* Classical Islam and the Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition, Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, Islamic Supreme Council of America ( June 2004 ), ISBN 1-930409-23-0.

* The Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition Guidebook of Daily Practices and Devotions by Hisham Kabbani ( p. 301 )

It is estimated that a massive crowd of about 400, 000 people attended his funeral ( see Sheikh Hisham kabbani's book on the Forty Grandsheikhs of the Naqshbandi Tariqa.

Grandshaykh Abdullah Dagestani's Predictions-Quoted in his book about the Biographies of the Forty Grandsheikhs of the Naqshbandi Tariqa ( " The Naqshbandi Sufi Way History and Guidebook of the Saints of the Golden Chain ") by Sheikh Hisham Kabbani :-

* Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, Classical Islam and the Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition ( 2003 )

According to Sufi tradition, this formula was introduced by Abu Bakr as he initiated the Naqshbandi tradition ( Kabbani 2003 p. 87 ).

Dard was first and foremost a mystic, a prominent member of the Naqshbandi Mujaddidi order, and the head of the Muhammadi path ( tariqah muhammadiyah, a Mujaddidi offshoot ) in Delhi.

The current resistance to Russian rule has its roots in the late 18th century ( 1785 – 1791 ), a period when Russia expanded into territories formerly under the dominion of Turkey and Persia ( see also the Russo-Turkish Wars and Russo-Persian War ( 1804 – 1813 )), under Mansur Ushurma — a Chechen Naqshbandi ( Sufi ) Sheikh — with wavering support from other North Caucasian tribes.

The current Turkish tradition of ebru dates to the mid 19th century, with a series of masters associated with a branch of the Naqshbandi Sufi order based at what is known as the Özbekler Tekkesi, located in Sultantepe, near Üsküdar.

As well as being considered an Imam of the Shi ' a, he is revered by the Naqshbandi Sunni Sufi chain.

Once Shah Abdul Latif Bhitaai even came to enter in to his school of thought but Sultan ul oliya did not allow him because music is not allowed in Naqshbandi silsila.

One of the best known living or contemporary Zawiya's today is located in Lefka, Cyprus and is part of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order.

Naqshbandi ( an-Naqshbandiyyah, Nakşibendi, Naksbendi, Naksbandi ) is one of the major Sufi spiritual orders ( tariqa ) of Sufi Islam.

The Naqshbandi order is the only Sufi order that claims to trace its direct spiritual lineage / chain ( silsilah ) to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, through Abu Bakr, the first caliph and Muhammad's companion.

Naqshbandi is from Hussain different with Shadhili that coming from Hassan.

The Naqshbandi order owes many insights to Abu Ya ' qub Yusuf al-Hamadani and Abd al-Khaliq al-Ghujdawani, who is regarded as the organizer of the practices and is responsible for placing stress upon the purely mental dhikr.

This chain of transmission is today the most acclaimed and authentic of all Naqshbandi Transmissions.

This is most significant golden chain of Naqshbandi order found today.

Naqshbandi Mujadadi Ghafoori Golden chain is currently based in Paksitan.

And the Great Naqshbandi Sufi named Hadhrat Khawajah Mohammed Sardar Ahmad Ghaffariis the one who is alive is the Khalifa of Khawajah Abdul Ghaffar Fazli.

Naqshbandi silsilah beginning from Muhammad is passed in chain till Ismail Kurdumeri ( who is No31 in chain ).

This branch belongs to Qayyum e Zaman Baba jee Syed Noor Muhammad Terahi Churahi, Naqshbandi, also known among his chain as Prof Syed Manzoor Asif Tahir, who is based in Sheikhpura also known as Mujjaddid-al-asar is participating his role in revival of Islamic thought based on true love of Muhammad and true love of Allah.

Its silsilah follows the Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Golden Chain until Nur Muhammad ( No 30 ), after which it is claimed that a known family link to Muhammad is sufficient.

This is undoubtedly the most active of all Naqshbandi orders with followers in every corner of the World.

The only Naqshbandi branch to have survived till recently is the one based in the zawiya al-Uzbakiyya in Jerusalem.

Abdullah Dougan, a modern Naqshbandi Sufi, provides commentary on the role and contribution of Omar Khayyam to Sufi thought.

The Naqshbandi school created a scheme employing 6 of those substances and linking them to certain subtle energy centers on the body.

The Fatih Mosque was on the road to Edirnekapı and the Fatih district became the most populous area of the city in the early Ottoman period and in the 16th century more mosques and markets were built in this area, including: Iskender Pasha Mosque, once famous as a centre for the Naqshbandi order in Turkey ); Hirka-i-Sharif Mosque, which houses the cloak of the Prophet Muhammad ( The Mosque is in common use but the cloak is only on show during the month of Ramadan ; the Jerrahi Tekke ; The Sunbul Efendi Tekke and the Ramazan Efendi Tekke both in the Kocamustafapaşa district and the Vefa Kilise Mosque, originally a Byzantine church.

All the Chinese Muslim Generals of the Ma Clique belonged to Naqshbandi Sufi menhuan.

In the 18th century, several prominent Muslim clerics from Gansu studied in Mecca and Yemen under the Naqshbandi Sufi teachers.

There he established the first zawiya for the branch of the Naqshbandi Order which had gone to Daghestan.

There are also religio-cultural groups like Al-Usrah Ad-Dandarawiyah, at-Tariqah al-Ahmadiah al-Idrisiah ar-Rasyidiah ad-Dandarawiah, and Naqshbandi Haqqani Singapore.

" Orders " ( ṭuruq ), which are either Sunnī or Shī ' ī or mixed in doctrine, trace many of their original precepts from the Islamic Prophet Muhammad through his cousin ' Alī, with the notable exception of the Naqshbandi who trace their origins through the first Caliph, Abu Bakr.

Some Sufi orders, such as the Naqshbandi, draw from and are amenable to Kundalini.

However, there were and still are many people including Sharafuddin ad-Daghestani, Abdullah Fa ' izi ad-Daghestani and others claiming that they somehow received Naqshbandi permission in their dream, or by special spiritual experience ( rawhani ) etc.

Ibrahim Zubairi writes in his book Rouzatul Auliyae Beejapore ( compiled during 1895 ) which describes that more than 30 tombs or Dargahs are there in Bijapur with more than 300 Khankahs i. e., Islamic Missionary Schools with notable number of disciples of different lineage like Hasani Sadat, Husaini Sadat, Razavi Sadat, Kazmi Sadat, Shaikh Siddiquis, Farooquis, Usmanis, Alvis, Abbasees and other and spiritual chains like Quadari, Chishti, Suharwardi, Naqshbandi, Shuttari, Haidari etc.

Dervish orders such as the Naqshbandi, Kubrawiya, Yasawi and Qalandari are fairly common in this region.

Çarşamba is famous with bearded men in heavy coats, the traditional baggy ' shalwar ' trousers and Islamic turban ; while women dressed in full black gowns are a common sight as this area is popular with members of the Naqshbandi Sufi order affiliated to a Sheikh.