Peer Zulfiqar Ahmad
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Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad (also known as Peer Zulfiqar Ahmad) is a Shaykh (mentor) of Tasawwuf (Islamic Spiritualism). Formally granted authorization (ijazah
) in the Naqshbandi
spiritual path (tariqah), by Murshid-e-Alam (Chief Mentor) Shaykh Ghulam Habib Naqshbandi (Rah), he retired from his position as an electrical engineer at the age of forty, to devote himself entirely to religious work. He regularly travels to more than thirty countries. Thousands of religious scholars and students of Islamic learning are among his students (murid
s). Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad regularly delivers lectures in both English
and Urdu across the world. He has written dozens of books, many of which have been translated into several languages. A testament to his deep love for Allah, his uncompromising dedication to sunnah of the blessed Prophet , and his firm adherence to Islamic Law (shariah) is that thousands of religious scholars and students of Islamic learning are among his students (murids).Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad's spiritual chain traces back through a series of authentic teachers all the way to the Holy Prophet . Below is the Honorable chain silsilah.
The Chain of the Honorable Mashaikh Naqshband
(may the mercy of Allah be upon them)
Excerpted from the "Shajarah Tayyibah"
Below is the silsilah of the tariqah Naqshbandi Mujaddidi for Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad (db)
1. The mercy for the worlds Rasulullah [Holy City of Madinah Munawwarah].
2. Sayyedina Hadrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (radiallahu anhu) [Holy City of Madinah Munawwarah].
3. Hadrat Salman Farsi (radiallahu anhu) [Madain].
4. Hadrat Qasim bin Muhammad bin Abi Bakr (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Holy City of Madinah Munawwarah].
5. Hadrat Imam Jafar Sadiq (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Holy City of Madinah Munawwarah].
6. Hadrat Khuwaja Bayazeed Bustami (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bastam].
7. Hadrat Khuwaja Abul Hasan Kharkani (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Kharkhan].
8. Hadrat Khuwaja Abul Qasim Gorgani (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Jarjan].
9. Hadrat Khuwaja Abu Ali Farmadi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Mashad].
10. Hadrat Khuwaja Yusuf Hamdani (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Turkistan].
11. Hadrat Khuwaja Abdul Khaliq Gajadwani (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].
12. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Arif Riogri (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Tajikistan].
13. Hadrat Khuwaja Mehmood Injir Faghnavi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].
14. Hadrat Khuwaja Azizane Ali Raamitni (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].
15. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Baba Samasi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].
16. Hadrat Khuwaja Sayyed Amir Kalal (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].
17. Hadrat Khuwaja Bahauddin Naqshband Bukhari (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].
18. Hadrat Khuwaja Ala'uddin Attar (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Hassar].
19. Hadrat Khuwaja Yaqoob Charkhi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Dushanbe].
20. Hadrat Khuwaja Ubaidullah Ahrar (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Samarqand].
21. Hadrat Khuwaja Maulana Muhammad Zahid (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Hassar].
22. Hadrat Khuwaja Darvish Muhammad (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Sher Sabz].
23. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Amkangi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].
24. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Baqibillah (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Delhi]
25. Hadrat Khuwaja Mujaddid Alf-Thani (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Sirhind Sharif].
26. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Masoom (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Sirhind Sharif].
27. Hadrat Khuwaja Saifuddin (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Sirhind Sharif].
28. Hadrat Khuwaja Hafiz Muhammad Muhsin (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Delhi].
29. Hadrat Khuwaja Sayed Nur Muhammad Badaiooni (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Delhi].
30. Hadrat Mirza Mazhar Janejana (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Delhi].
31. Hadrat Shah Ghulam Ali Mujaddidi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Delhi].
32. Hadrat Khuwaja Shah Abu Sa'eed (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Delhi].
33. Hadrat Khuwaja Shah Ahmed Sa'eed Dehlvi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Holy City of Madinah Munawwarah].
34. Hadrat Haji Dost Muhammad Kandhari (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Musazai Sharif].
35. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Usman Damani (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Musazai Sharif].
36. Hadrat Khuwaja Sirajuddin (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Musazai Sharif].
37. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Fazal Ali Qureshi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Miskeenpur Sharif].
38. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Abdul Malik Siddiqui (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Khanewal].
39. Murshid-e-Alam Hadrat Khuwaja Ghulam Habib (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Chakwal].
40. Hadrat Maulana Hafiz Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi Mujaddidi (damat barakatuhu) [Jhang Sharif].
Ijazah
An ijazah is a certificate used primarily by Sunni Muslims to indicate that one has been authorized by a higher authority to transmit a certain subject or text of Islamic knowledge...
) in the Naqshbandi
Naqshbandi
Naqshbandi is one of the major Sufi spiritual orders of Sufi Islam. It is considered to be a "Potent" order.The Naqshbandi order is over 1,300 years old, and is active today...
spiritual path (tariqah), by Murshid-e-Alam (Chief Mentor) Shaykh Ghulam Habib Naqshbandi (Rah), he retired from his position as an electrical engineer at the age of forty, to devote himself entirely to religious work. He regularly travels to more than thirty countries. Thousands of religious scholars and students of Islamic learning are among his students (murid
Murid
Murid is a Sufi term meaning 'committed one' from the root meaning "willpower" or "self-esteem". It refers to a person who is committed to a Murshid in a Tariqa of Sufism. Also known as a Salik , a murid is an initiate into the mystic philosophy of Sufism. When the Talib makes a pledge to a...
s). Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad regularly delivers lectures in both English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Urdu across the world. He has written dozens of books, many of which have been translated into several languages. A testament to his deep love for Allah, his uncompromising dedication to sunnah of the blessed Prophet , and his firm adherence to Islamic Law (shariah) is that thousands of religious scholars and students of Islamic learning are among his students (murids).Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad's spiritual chain traces back through a series of authentic teachers all the way to the Holy Prophet . Below is the Honorable chain silsilah.
The Chain of the Honorable Mashaikh Naqshband
(may the mercy of Allah be upon them)
Excerpted from the "Shajarah Tayyibah"
Below is the silsilah of the tariqah Naqshbandi Mujaddidi for Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad (db)
1. The mercy for the worlds Rasulullah [Holy City of Madinah Munawwarah].
2. Sayyedina Hadrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (radiallahu anhu) [Holy City of Madinah Munawwarah].
3. Hadrat Salman Farsi (radiallahu anhu) [Madain].
4. Hadrat Qasim bin Muhammad bin Abi Bakr (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Holy City of Madinah Munawwarah].
5. Hadrat Imam Jafar Sadiq (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Holy City of Madinah Munawwarah].
6. Hadrat Khuwaja Bayazeed Bustami (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bastam].
7. Hadrat Khuwaja Abul Hasan Kharkani (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Kharkhan].
8. Hadrat Khuwaja Abul Qasim Gorgani (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Jarjan].
9. Hadrat Khuwaja Abu Ali Farmadi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Mashad].
10. Hadrat Khuwaja Yusuf Hamdani (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Turkistan].
11. Hadrat Khuwaja Abdul Khaliq Gajadwani (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].
12. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Arif Riogri (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Tajikistan].
13. Hadrat Khuwaja Mehmood Injir Faghnavi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].
14. Hadrat Khuwaja Azizane Ali Raamitni (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].
15. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Baba Samasi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].
16. Hadrat Khuwaja Sayyed Amir Kalal (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].
17. Hadrat Khuwaja Bahauddin Naqshband Bukhari (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].
18. Hadrat Khuwaja Ala'uddin Attar (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Hassar].
19. Hadrat Khuwaja Yaqoob Charkhi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Dushanbe].
20. Hadrat Khuwaja Ubaidullah Ahrar (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Samarqand].
21. Hadrat Khuwaja Maulana Muhammad Zahid (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Hassar].
22. Hadrat Khuwaja Darvish Muhammad (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Sher Sabz].
23. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Amkangi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Bukhara].
24. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Baqibillah (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Delhi]
25. Hadrat Khuwaja Mujaddid Alf-Thani (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Sirhind Sharif].
26. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Masoom (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Sirhind Sharif].
27. Hadrat Khuwaja Saifuddin (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Sirhind Sharif].
28. Hadrat Khuwaja Hafiz Muhammad Muhsin (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Delhi].
29. Hadrat Khuwaja Sayed Nur Muhammad Badaiooni (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Delhi].
30. Hadrat Mirza Mazhar Janejana (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Delhi].
31. Hadrat Shah Ghulam Ali Mujaddidi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Delhi].
32. Hadrat Khuwaja Shah Abu Sa'eed (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Delhi].
33. Hadrat Khuwaja Shah Ahmed Sa'eed Dehlvi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Holy City of Madinah Munawwarah].
34. Hadrat Haji Dost Muhammad Kandhari (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Musazai Sharif].
35. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Usman Damani (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Musazai Sharif].
36. Hadrat Khuwaja Sirajuddin (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Musazai Sharif].
37. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Fazal Ali Qureshi (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Miskeenpur Sharif].
38. Hadrat Khuwaja Muhammad Abdul Malik Siddiqui (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Khanewal].
39. Murshid-e-Alam Hadrat Khuwaja Ghulam Habib (rahmatullahi alaihi) [Chakwal].
40. Hadrat Maulana Hafiz Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi Mujaddidi (damat barakatuhu) [Jhang Sharif].
External links
- http://www.tasawwuf.org/
- http://www.sacredlearning.org/shaykh-zulfiqar/category