Monthly Archives: August 2015

The Dogs of Hell: Destruction of mosques and Muslim shrines by the Wahhabi terrorists of ISIL

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Talib Ghaffari

ISIL, in Arabic: Daesh (داعش), proclaims to be a Sunni caliphate in the middle east. The hypocrite Western Media label them as “Sunni extremists” instead of “Wahhabi terrorists”, in a propaganda against peace-loving and Sufism-oriented Sunni Muslims. But if we … Continue reading →

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Naqshbandi Order in Syria

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Talib Ghaffari

The Naqshbandī Order has been one of the most vibrant Sufi orders in Syria until today. There have been several prominent Naqshbandī Sufi masters in Syria. Pre-Mujaddidi era The earliest encounter of the Naqshbandī Sufi masters and Syria is probably … Continue reading →

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Sayyid Muhammad Jeeal Shah Jilani Naqshbandi Mujaddidi (1947-2015)

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Talib Ghaffari

Pīr Sayyid Muḥammad Jīʿal Shāh Jīlānī Naqshbandī Mujaddidī raḥmatullāhi ʿalayhi passed away in the night preceding 11th August 2015 (26 Shawwāl 1436 AH), being close to 68 years. He was one of the most beloved deputies of the renowned Sufi … Continue reading →

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Shaykh Yusuf of Macassar (d.1109 AH)

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Talib Ghaffari

Shaykh Yūsuf al-Makassarī Naqshbandī Khalwatī qaddas-Allāhu sirrah ul-ʿazīz (1626-1699), also called Sheikh Yusuf of Macassar, is known to be the first person who established Islam in South Africa in the seventeenth century. He was originally from Indonesia and a follower … Continue reading →

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Shaykh Husayn ibn Ahmad Dusari Naqshbandi Khalidi (d.1834)

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Talib Ghaffari

Shaykh Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad Dūsarī Shāfiʿī Baṣarī Naqshbandī Khālidī (d.1834) qaddas-Allāhu sirrahū was a deputy of Mawlānā Khālid Baghdādī Kurdī. He was born in Basra, Iraq, and died in Bahrain in 1250 AH (1834). He spread the Naqshbandī tarīqah in … Continue reading →

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Shaykh Abul-Wafa Ahmad ibn Muhammad Ibn-Ijeel al-Yamani (983-1074H)

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Talib Ghaffari

Shaykh Abu al-Wafā Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Ibn-ʿIjīl al-Yamanī alias al-ʿIjl (983-1074 AH) was a great scholar and a Sufi shaykh of the Naqshbandī Aḥrārī tarīqah. He was a deputy of Shaykh Tāj ad-Dīn Sambhalī ʿUthmānī (d.1051 AH) who was a … Continue reading →

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Imam Murtada Zabidi (1145-1205)

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Talib Ghaffari

Imām Sayyid Muḥammad Murtaḍa al-Zabīdī Ḥusaynī Naqshbandī (1145-1205 AH) was an illustrious scholar and master of many sciences. He was a Sayyid by descent and from a prominent family of Sayyids in Bilgram, India. He was born and raised there … Continue reading →

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