Naqshbandi
The Naqshbandi order (Arabic: الطريقة النقشبندية, romanized: aṭ-Ṭarīqat an-Naqshbandiyya) is a Sufi order of Sunni Islam named after Baha-ud-Din Naqshband. Naqshbandis trace their silsila (chain of succession) to Muhammad through the first caliph Abu Bakr (r. 632–634) by way of Ja’far al-Sadiq. The Naqshbandi Sufi order is most distinguished from other Sunni Sufi orders by the high level of importance they assign to the Sharia, highlighted by major Naqshbandi scholars such as Ahmad Sirhindi and Shah Waliullah Dehlawi.
