Saifia, (Arabic: صيفية) (Urdu: سیفیہ) also spelled as Saifiya or Saifiyya, is an Islamic Sufi sect based in Pakistan, with a following in the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, Canada, Fiji, India, Bangladesh, Norway and various other countries around the world.[1] The sect follows the Hanafi school of thought (Madhhab), the Maturidi creed (Aqidah), the Naqshbandi order (Tariqa), and the sect's founder is Akhundzada Saif-ur-Rahman Mubarak.[1][2]

The Saifia chain of succession

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The following is the chain of succession of authority (Silsila) of the Saifia sect.[citation needed]

# Name Buried Birth Death
1 Prophet Muhammad Medina, Saudi Arabia Mon 12 Rabi al-Awwal

(570/571 CE)

12 Rabi al-Awwal 11 AH

(5/6 June 632 CE)

2 Amir al- Mu'minin Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Medina, Saudi Arabia (573 C.E) 22 Jumada al-Thani 13 AH

(22 August 634 C.E)

3 Salman Farsi Mada’in, Iraq (568 C.E.) 10 Rajab 33 AH

(4/5 February 654 C.E)

4 Imam Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr Medina, Saudi Arabia 23 Shaban 24 AH

(22/23 June 645 C.E)

24 Jumada al-Thani 101/106/107 AH
5 Imam Jafar al-Sadiq Medina, Saudi Arabia 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[3]

(8/9 March 1318 C.E)

3 Rabi al-Awwal 791 AH

(2/3 March 1389 C.E)

17 Khwaja Ala'uddin Attar Jafaaniyan, Transoxiana (Uzbekistan) N/A 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 Darwish Muhammad 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 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 Imam Rabbani Ahmad al-Fārūqī al-Sirhindī Sirhind, India 14 Shawwal 971 AH

(25/26 May 1564 C.E)

28 Safar 1034 AH

(9/10 December 1624 C.E)

25 Imam Khwaja Masum al-Fārūqī Sirhind, India 1007 AH

(1598/1599 C.E)

9 Rabi al-Awwal 1099 AH

(13/14 January 1688 C.E)

26 Khwaja Muhammad Sibghatullah al-Fārūqī Sirhind, India 1033 AH

(1624/1710 C.E)

9 Rabi us sani 1122 AH

(June 1710 C.E)

27 Khwaja Muhammad Ismail Sirhind, India N/A 1136AH

( 1724 C.E)

28 Khwaja Masum al-Fārūqī II 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 Hajji 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 al-Haq Nijrab, Afghanistan 1101 AH

(1690 C.E)

10 Muharram 1225 AH

(24 April 1762 C.E)

32 Shams al-Haq Gulbahar, Pakistan 1101 AH

(1690 C.E)

22 Rabi' al-awwal 1350 AH

(24 April 1762 C.E)

33 Shah Rasul Thaqalayni Taloqan, Afghanistan N/A 1360 AH

( 1942 C.E)

34 Mawlana Hashim Samangani Pir Sabaq , Pakistan 1349 AH

(1930 C.E)

9 Shawal 1391 AH

(27 November 1762 C.E)

35 Mawlana Akhundzada Saif-ur-Rahman Mubarak Lahore, Pakistan 20 Muharram 1344 AH

(10 August 1925 C.E)

15 Rajab 1431 AH

(27 June 2010 C.E)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Saifya – Welcome". Saifiya.net. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  2. ^ Muḥammad ʻĀmir Rānā, Rohan Gunaratna. Al-Qaeda fights back inside Pakistani Tribal Areas. Pak Institute for Peace Studies, 2007
  3. ^ Faiz Naqshband (Urdu Translation): Malfuzat of Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi, p.46 Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine