Question:
Is there any relation between our Golden Chain with this [website]? With one common Syaikh Abul Hasan ‘Ali ibn Ja’far al-Kharqani qs. Please elaborate.
Thank you.
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
With all respect, the link you gave does not connect.
There is only one Naqshbandi Golden Chain, that of Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani. All Naqshbandi chains contain the Khawajagan of Central Asia and may differ after Sayyidina Shah Naqshband but the different branches spring mainly either after Mujaddad Alf ath-Thani Ahmad Sirhindi (al-Imam Rabbani) or even later, from Sayyidina Shaykh Khalid al-Baghdadi, who had 299 caliphs, by means of which the Naqshband Tariqah was spread east and west, north and south.
Please see the Post “Naqshbandi shuyukh“.
May Allah accept us to be the lowest servant to the servants of this Most Distinguished Sufi Way.
Taher Siddiqui
