Naqshbandi Hussaini Golden Chain is the spiritual chain of successors of the Naqshbandi Sufi order which descendants on Aba Saeen|Alhaj Sayyid Ghulam Hussain Shah Bukhari Naqshbandi commonly known as Aba Saeen. The recitation of this golden chain in poetic form is part of the daily practices of a follower in the Naqshbandi Hussaini Sufi order.
The Golden Chain
| # | Name | Buried | Birth | Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sayyadna Muhammad the last Prophet | Madinah, Saudi Arabia | Mon 12 Rabi al-Awwal
(570/571 CE) |
12 Rabi al-Awwal 11 AH
(5/6 June 632 CE) |
| 2 | Sayyadna Abu Bakr Siddiq | Madinah, Saudi Arabia | 22 Jumada al-Thani 13 AH
(22 August 634 C.E) | |
| 3 | Sayyadna Salman al-Farsi | Mada'in, Iraq | 10 Rajab 33 AH
(4/5 February 654 C.E) | |
| 4 | Imām Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr, son of son of (2) | Madinah, Saudi Arabia | 23 Shaban 24 AH
(22/23 June 645 C.E) |
24 Jumada al-Thani 101/106/107 AH |
| 5 | Imām Jafar Sadiq, son of granddaughter of (2) | Madinah, Saudi Arabia | 8 Ramadan 80 AH
(5/6 November 699 C.E) |
15 Rajab 148 AH
(6/7 September 765 C.E) |
| 6 | Khwaja Bayazid Bastami | Bistam, Semnan province, Iran | 186 AH
(804 C.E) |
15 Shaban 261 AH
(24/25 May 875 C.E) |
| 7 | Khwaja Abul-Hassan Kharaqani | Kharaqan, near Bistam, Semnan province, Iran | 352 AH
(963 C.E) |
10 Muharram 425 AH
(5/6 December 1033 C.E) |
| 8 | Khwaja Abul Qasim Gurgani | Gurgan, Iran | 23 Safar 450 AH
(19/20 April 1058 C.E) | |
| 9 | Khwaja Abu Ali Farmadi | Toos, Khurasan, Iran | 434 AH
(1042/1043 C.E) |
4 Rabi al-Awwal 477 or 511 AH
(10 July 1084 / 6 July 1117) |
| 10 | Khwaja Abu Yaqub Yusuf Hamadānī | Marv, near Mary, Turkmenistan | 440 AH
(1048/1049 C.E) |
Rajab 535 AH
(Feb/Mar 1141 C.E) |
| 11 | Khwaja Abdul Khaliq Ghujdawani | Ghajdawan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 22 Shaban 435 AH
(24/25 March 1044 C.E) |
12 Rabi al-Awwal 575 AH
(17/18 August 1179 C.E) |
| 12 | Khwaja Arif Reogari | Reogar, near Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 27 Rajab 551 AH
(15 September 1156 C.E) |
1 Shawwal 616 AH
(10/11 December 1219 C.E.) |
| 13 | Khwaja Mahmood Anjir-Faghnawi | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 18 Shawwal 628 AH
(18/19 August 1231 C.E) |
17 Rabi al-Awwal 717 AH
(29/30 May 1317 C.E) |
| 14 | Khwaja Azizan Ali Ramitani | Khwaarizm, Uzbekistan | 591 AH
(1194 C.E) |
27 Ramadan 715 or 721 AH
(25/26 December 1315 or 20/21 October 1321) |
| 15 | Khwaja Muhammad Baba Samasi | Samaas, Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 25 Rajab 591 AH
(5/6 July 1195 C.E) |
10 Jumada al-Thani 755 AH
(2/3 July 1354 C.E) |
| 16 | Khwaja Sayyid Amir Kulal | Saukhaar, Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 676 AH
(1277/1278 C.E) |
Wed 2 Jumada al-Thani 772 AH
(21/22 December 1370 C.E) |
| 17 | Khwaja Muhammad Baha'uddin Naqshband Bukhari | Qasr-e-Aarifan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 4 Muharram 718 AH[1]
(8/9 March 1318 C.E) |
3 Rabi al-Awwal 791 AH
(2/3 March 1389 C.E) |
| 18 | Khwaja Ala'uddin Attar Bukhari, son-in-law of (17) | Jafaaniyan, Transoxiana (Uzbekistan) | Wed 20 Rajab 804 AH
(23 February 1402 C.E) | |
| 19 | Khwaja Yaqub Charkhi | Gulistan, Dushanbe, Tajkistan | 762 AH
(1360/1361 C.E) |
5 Safar 851 AH
(21/22 April 1447 C.E) |
| 20 | Khwaja Ubaidullah Ahrar | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Ramadan 806 AH
(March/April 1404 C.E) |
29 Rabi al-Awwal 895 AH
(19/20 February 1490 C.E) |
| 21 | Khwaja Muhammad Zahid Wakhshi | Wakhsh | 14 Shawwal 852 AH
(11/12 December 1448 C.E) |
1 Rabi al-Awwal 936 AH
(3/4 November 1529 C.E) |
| 22 | Khwaja Durwesh Muhammad, son of sister of (21) | Asqarar, Uzbekistan | 16 Shawwal 846 AH
(17/18 February 1443 C.E) |
19 Muharram 970 AH
(18/19 September 1562 C.E) |
| 23 | Khwaja Muhammad Amkanaki, son of (22) | Amkana, Bukhara, Uzbekistan | 918 AH
(1512/1513 C.E) |
22 Shaban 1008 AH
(8/9 March 1600 C.E) |
| 24 | Khwaja Muhammad Baqi Billah Berang | Delhi, India | 5 Dhu al-Hijjah 971 or 972 AH
(14 July 1564 / 3 July 1565) |
25 Jumada al-Thani 1012 AH
(29/30 November 1603 C.E) |
| 25 | Shaikh Ahmad al-Farūqī al-Sirhindī, Imām Rabbānī | Sirhind, India | 14 Shawwal 971 AH
(25/26 May 1564 C.E) |
28 Safar 1034 AH
(9/10 December 1624 C.E) |
| 26 | Imām Khwaja Muhammad Masum Faruqi, 3rd son of (25) | Sirhind, India | 1007 AH
(1598/1599 C.E) |
9 Rabi al-Awwal 1099 AH
(13/14 January 1688 C.E) |
| 27 | Khwaja Muhammad Saifuddin Faruqi, son of (26) | Sirhind, India | 1049 AH
(1639/1640 C.E) |
19 or 26 Jumada al-awwal 1096 AH
(April 1685 C.E) |
| 28 | Hafiz Muhammad Mohsin Dehlavi | Delhi, India | ||
| 29 | Sayyid Nur Muhammad Badayuni | Delhi, India | 11 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1135AH
(12/13 August 1723 C.E) | |
| 30 | Shaheed Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan, Shams-ud-Dīn Habībullāh | Delhi, India | 11 Ramadan 1111 AH
(2/3 March 1700 C.E) |
10 Muharram 1195 AH
(Fri 5 January 1781 C.E) |
| 31 | Khwaja Abdullah Dehlavi, alias Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi | Delhi, India | 1156 AH[2]
(1743 C.E) |
22 Safar 1240 AH
(15/16 October 1824 C.E) |
| 32 | Hafiz Abu-Saeed Faruqi Mujaddidi | Delhi, India | 2 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1196 AH
(9/10 October 1782 C.E) |
1 Shawwal 1250 AH
(30/31 January 1835 C.E) |
| 33 | Khwaja Shah Ahmed Saeed Faruqi Mujaddidi, son of (32) | Madinah, Saudi Arabia | 2 Rabi al-Awwal 1277 AH
(18/19 September 1860 C.E) | |
| 34 | Khwaja Haji Dost Muhammad Qandhari | Mussa Zai Sharif, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan | 1216 AH
(1801/1802 C.E) |
22 Shawwal 1284 AH
(16/17 February 1868 C.E) |
| 35 | Khwaja Muhammad Usman Damani | Mussa Zai Sharif, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan | 1244 AH
(1828/1829 C.E) |
22 Shaban 1314 AH
(26/27 January 1897 C.E) |
| 36 | Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani (Not included in Naqshbandi Ghafori Golden Chain) |
Danda Shah Bilawal, district Chakwal, Pakistan | 27 Shaban 1313 AH
(11/12 February 1896 C.E) | |
| 37 | Khwaja Muhammad Sirajuddin, son of (35) | Mussa Zai Sharif, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan | 15 Muharram 1297 AH
(29/30 December 1879 C.E) |
26 Rabi al-Awwal 1333 AH
(11/12 February 1915 C.E) |
| 38 | Pir Muhammad Fazal Ali Shah Qureshi | Miskeenpur, district Muzaffargarh, Punjab, Pakistan | 1270 AH
(1853/1854 C.E) |
1 Ramadan 1354 AH
28 November 1935 |
| 39 | Khwaja Abdul Ghaffar Naqshbandi, alias Pir Mitha | Rahmatpur, Larkana, Pakistan | 1880 C.E.
(1297 A.H) |
12 December 1964
8 Shaban 1384 AH |
| 40 | Alhaj Sayyid Ghulam Hussain Shah Bukhari Ghaffari, alias Aba Saeen, | Born at Drib Chandio, Qambar, Pakistan |
Some Clarifications
- Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani (36) and Khwaja Sirajuddin Naqshbandi (37) were both Khulafa of Khwaja Muhammad Usman Damani (35). Pir Fazal Ali Qureshi (38) first received khilafat from Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani (36) and then from Khwaja Sirajuddin Naqshbandi (37). Some other spiritual chains do not mention Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani as he is not a shaykh of Khwaja Sirajuddin Naqshbandi.
- Similarly, Hafiz Abu Saeed (32) and Shah Ahmed Saeed (33) who was his son, both received Khilafat from Shah Ghulam Ali Dehlavi (31). But since Hafiz Abu Saeed (32) succeeded Shah Ghulam Ali first, and then was followed by Shah Ahmed Saeed, both names are mentioned in the chain.
- Khwaja Ala'uddin Attar (18) and Khwaja Yaqub Charkhi (19) both received Khilafat from Shah Baha'uddin Naqshband (17). But since Khwaja Yaqub Charkhi also received spiritual training from Khwaja Ala'uddin, his name comes after Khwaja Ala'uddin.