by admin-naqshbandi | Jun 10, 2021
The ‘Uwaysi’ Transmission of Spiritual Knowledge Sayyidina Shah Bahaudin Naqshband al-Uwaysi al-Bukhari received the silent dhikr from the spiritual presence (ruhaniyya) of Khwaja `Abdul Khaliq Ghujdawani. He did not meet with him physically because there...
by admin-naqshbandi | Jun 10, 2021
Testimony of the Scholars of External Knowledge in Support of the Precedence of the Scholars of Internal Knowledge Imam Abu Hanifa (81-150 H./700-767 CE) Imam Abu Hanifa (r) (85 H.-150 H) said, “If it were not for two years, I would have perished. For two years I...
by admin-naqshbandi | Jun 9, 2021
Taking Initiation (Bay`ah) The seeker must follow a perfect Master able to guide him to the way of Allah, Almighty and Exalted, and to illuminate for him that way until he reaches the State of Annihilation. The seeker must give his oath and his promise to his guide,...
by admin-naqshbandi | Jun 9, 2021
Shaikh Abdullah ad-Daghestani’s Vision of Uwais al-Qarani (r) Our grandshaikh ‘Abdullah ad-Daghestani said: “After Shaikh Sharafuddin passed, and I was awaiting an opening to emigrate from Turkey, I was in a seclusion in the mosque next to the tomb of my shaikh,...
by admin-naqshbandi | Jun 9, 2021
Seclusion Seclusion [khalwat] is better than isolation [`uzlat] العزلة . It is a kind of isolation, that can only be prescribed by the shaikh. Its shortest time limit is 40 days, as mentioned in the Holy Qur’an about Sayiddina Musa , “And remember We appointed forty...
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