Naqshbandi

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Sufi order Sunni Sufi order

Naqshbandi is a major Sunni Sufi order known for its emphasis on silent dhikr (remembrance of God) and widespread influence across the Muslim world, including the Caucasus and Central Asia.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Naqshbandi order 2
Naqshbandi Sufi order 1
Naqshbandi Sufism 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sufi order ⓘ
Sunni Sufi order ⓘ
associatedWith Baha-ud-Din Naqshband ⓘ
corePractice remembrance of God ⓘ
dhikrStyle silent remembrance ⓘ
emphasis following the Sunnah ⓘ
inner purification ⓘ
sharia observance ⓘ
silent dhikr ⓘ
sobriety in Sufism ⓘ
hasBranch Naqshbandi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Naqshbandi-Haqqani

Naqshbandi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Naqshbandi-Khalidi

Naqshbandi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi
influentialIn Central Asia ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: the Caucasus

the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
Islamic world ⓘ
surface form: the Muslim world

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
surface form: the Ottoman Empire
method heart-focused dhikr ⓘ
silent repetition of divine names ⓘ
namedAfter Baha-ud-Din Naqshband ⓘ
organizationalForm tariqa ⓘ
orientation orthodox Sunni ⓘ
originArea Bukhara Region ⓘ
surface form: Bukhara region
originRegion Central Asia ⓘ
presentIn Afghanistan ⓘ
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
Uzbekistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Balkans ⓘ
surface form: the Balkans

Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: the Caucasus

Middle East ⓘ
surface form: the Middle East
religiousTradition Sunni Islam ⓘ
requires spiritual guide (shaykh) ⓘ
spiritualChain silsila ⓘ
spiritualGoal constant remembrance of God ⓘ
spiritualLineage Yasawiyya Sufi tradition ⓘ
surface form: Khwajagan tradition
teaches presence with God while outwardly engaged in the world ⓘ
remembrance of God in the heart ⓘ
transmissionMode initiation (bay‘a) ⓘ
viewedAs major Sufi order ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khanate of Bukhara → centerOf → Naqshbandi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Naqshbandi Sufi order
Naqshbandi → hasBranch → Naqshbandi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi
Naqshbandi → hasBranch → Naqshbandi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Naqshbandi-Haqqani
Naqshbandi → hasBranch → Naqshbandi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Naqshbandi-Khalidi
this entity surface form: Naqshbandi order
Chechens → sufiOrder → Naqshbandi ⓘ
Ingush → sufiOrder → Naqshbandi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Naqshbandi order
Kists → traditionalReligion → Naqshbandi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Naqshbandi Sufism