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OSMANLI NAKSIBENDI HAKKANI WAY THE EXALTED NASKIBENDI ORDER OF THE GOLDEN CHAIN BELONGING TO SHAH SULTAN MUHAMMAD NAZIM AL HAQQANI SAYYIDINA WA MAWLANA MUHAMMAD Ya Rabbi, I am making intention to remember You. MUSTAFA (S.A.W) 2. Sayyidul Awliya Abu Bakar Siddiq (R.A) 3 times Kalimat E Shahadath 3. Salman Farisi (R.A) 70 " Astaghfirullah 4. Imam Qasim Bin Muhammad (R.A) 1 " Sura Fatiha (Quran Ch:1) 5.Imam Jafar Sadiq (R.A) 6.Sultanul Arifin Abu Yazid Al Bistami (Q.S) 3 " Sura Ikhlas (Quran Ch:112) 7. Abul Hassan Kharqani (Q.S) 8.Abu Ali Ahmad Farmadi (Q.S) 1 " Sura Falak (Quran Ch:113) 9.Khwajah Yusuf Hamadani (Q.S) 10.Abul Abbas Khidr (A.S) 1 " Sura Nas (Quran Ch: 114) 11.Abdul Khaliq Ghujdevani (Q.S) 10 " Kalima E Tawheed. "La ilaha illa Allah" 12.Khwajah Arif Ar-Riwakri (Q.S) 13. Khwajah Mahmud Injir Faghnavi (Q.S) 10 " "Allahumma Swalli Ala Muhammadin 14.Khwajah Aziz Ali Ramitani (Q.S) 15. Khwajah Muhammad Baba Samasi (Q.S) Wa Ala Aali Muhammadin Wa Sallim" 16. Khwajah Sayyid Amir Kulal (Q.S) 17.Imam-i- Tariqah Khwajah Muhammad Ila Sharafin Nabiyyi Mustafa Swalla Allahu alaihi wa sallam wa Baha'uddin Shah Naqshband (Q.S) Aalihi wa Sahbihil Kiram, Wa Ila Mashaykhina Fi Tariqati- 18.Khwajah Alau'ddin Muhammad Attar(Q.S) Naqshbandiyathil Aliyya,Khassatan ila Ruhi Imami Tariqah wa 19.Khwajah Yaqub Cherhi (Q.S) 20.Khwajah Ubaidulllah Al-Ahrar (Q.S) Ghausul Khaliq Khwajah Shah Naqshabndi Muhamamd 21.Shaykh Muhammad Az-Zahid(Q.S) Uwaisil Bukhari, Sultanul Awliya Shaykh Abdullah Faiz 22.Shaykh Darwish Muhammad (Q.S) Dagestani, Abul Fuqara Sayyid Haji Fuat ar-Rabbani,Sultanul 23.Khwajah Muhammad Amkanaki (Q.S) Awliya Qiblatul Islam Sahibu Zaman Shah Sultan Mawlana 24.Khwajah Muhammad Baqi Billah (Q.S) Muhammad Nazim Adil Al Haqqani ,Sahibu Saif Shaykh Abdul 25.Imam Rabbani Ahmad Faruqi Sirhindi Kerim Ar-Rabbani, wa ila Abdul Khaliq Ghujdevani, wa ila (Q.S) 26.Shaykh Muhammad Masum Rabbani (Q.S) sa'iri Sadathina wa Siddiqeen 27.Khwajah Muhammad Saifuddin Rabbani 1 time Fatiha (Q.S) 28.Shaykh Nur Muhammad Badawani (Q.S) 3 " " Allahu Allahu Allahu Haqq" 29.Shaykh Habibullah Jan-u-Janan Mazhar 1500 " "Allah" (Q.S) 100 " Salawat Sharif:"Allahumma Swalli 30.Shaykh Gulam Ali Abdullah Dehlavi (Q.S) Ala Muhammadin Wa 31.Shaykh Zia'uddin Khalid Al Baghdadi (Q.S) Ala Aali Muhammadin Wa Sallim" 32.Shaykh Isma'il Enerani (Q.S) 33.Shaykh Khas Muhammad Shirvani (Q.S) 1 " 1 Juz Quran or 100 Sura Ikhlas 34.Shaykh Muhahhamd Effendi Yaraghi (Q.S) 35.Sayyid Jamaluddin Ghumuqiyyi (Q.S) 36.Shaykh Abu Ahmad as-Sughuri (Q.S) Do this part if you have time 37.Shaykh Abu Muhammad Al-Madani (Q.S) 100 times " La Ilaha illa Allah" 38.Sayyid Sharafuddin Dagestani (Q.S) 100 " "Astaghfirullah Al Azeem Wa Atubu 39.Shaykh Abdullah Faiz Dagestani (Q.S) ilaihi" 40.Shah Sultan Mawlana Muhammadi Nazim 100 " "Ya Latif" Adil Al Haqqani (Q.S) 100 " "Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem" *Sahibu Saif Hazret Shaykh Abdul Kerim Ar- 100 " "Hasbiyallahu wa Ni'mal Wakeel" Rabbani (Q.S) Naqshabandi.wordpress.com Osmani Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Dergha, Kerala,India naksibendi.us .

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