Qadiriyyah (Arabic: القادريه) (also transliterated Kadri, Elkadry, Kadray, Qadiri or Qadri), is one of the oldest Sufi tariqas. It derives its name from Abdul Qadir Jilani (also transliterated as "Jil lani" or "Jailani") (1077-1166), a native of the Iranian province of Gilan. In 1134 he was made principal of a Sunni Hanbalite school in Baghdad.
The Order is the most widespread of the Sufi Orders in the Islamic world and can be found in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Turkey, the Balkans as well as much of the East and West Africa. There are even small groups in Europe and the Americas. The famous traveller and writer Isabelle Eberhardt also belonged to the Qadiri order.
Spiritual Chain
This is the spiritual chain (silsilah) of the Qadiriyyah:- Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him and his family)
- Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Imam Husayn
- Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin
- Imam Muhammad Baqir
- Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq
- Imam Musa al-Kazim
- Imam Ali Musa Rida
- Ma'ruf Karkhi
- Sari Saqati
- Junayd al-Baghdadi
- Shaikh Abu Bakr Shibli
- Shaikh Abdul Aziz al-Tamīmī
- Abu al-Fadl Abu al-Wahid al-Tamīmī
- Abu al-Farah Tartusi
- Abu al-Hasan Farshi
- Abu Sa'id al-Mubarak Mukharrami
- Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani
Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani's silsilah also goes back to the Muhammad through the following chain (silsila):
- Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him and his family)
- Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Shaikh Hasan Basri
- Shaikh Habib Ajami
- Shaikh Dawood Taiee
- Shaikh Ma'ruf Karkhi
- Shaikh Sari Saqati
- Shaikh Junayd al-Baghdadi
- Shaikh Sheikh Abu Bakr Shibli
- Shaikh Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Tamīmī
- Shaikh Abu al-Fadl Abu al-Wahid al-Tamīmī
- Shaikh Abu al-Farah Tartusi
- Shaikh Abu al-Hasan Farshi
- Shaikh Abu Sa'id al-Mubarak Mukharrami
- Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani
- Shaikh Muhammed Rabbicudin
See also
External links
- Website related to Hadrat Sultan Bahu R.A
- Taswaaf, Sufism according to Shariyat
- Website of Silsalah-e-Qadiriyyah
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