Husenil Muhammad Afandi was a Russian Muslim scholar, spiritual leader, Shaykh of

Naqshbandi The Naqshbandi ( fa, نقشبندی)), Neqshebendi ( ku, نه‌قشه‌به‌ندی), and Nakşibendi (in Turkish) is a major Sunni order of Sufism. Its name is derived from Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari. Naqshbandi masters trace their ...

and Shazali tariqahs in

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...

. He was born in 1862 in village Urib and died in 1967 and buried in Urib,

Shamilsky District Shamilsky District (russian: Шамильский райо́н; av, Шамилил мухъ) is an administrativeLaw #16 and municipalLaw #6 district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the western ...

, Dagestan, Soviet Union. For twenty years he worked as

imam Imam (; ar, إمام '; plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a worship leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, lead prayers, ser ...

in village Kazanishe of

Buynaksky District Buynaksky District (russian: Буйнакский район, kum, Шура якъ) is an administrativeLaw #16 and municipalLaw #6 district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of the Republic of Dagestan, forty-one in the Republic of ...

, Dagestan. In 1920 he received ijazah from Shaykh Hasan Hilmi Afandi but he hid it until 1950 when he received second ijazah and order for preceptorship from Shaykh Humayd Afandi. His disciples who received his ijazah include Shaykh Muhammad Arif Afandi, Shaykh Hamzat Afandi and Shaykh Abdul Hamid Afandi, who later passed the tariqah ijazah to Shaykh

Said Afandi al-Chirkawi Said Afandi al-Chirkawi ( av, ЧӀикӀаса СагӀид афанди, russian: Шейх Саид Афанди аль-Чиркави; 21 October 1937 – 28 August 2012) was a prominent scholar in Shafii mazhab and a spiritual master, or mursh ...

. In May 2011 new jum`ah

mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

named after Shaykh Husenil Muhammad Afandi was opened to public in Makhachkala, Dagestani capital. In July 2011 gathering of Dagestani Islamic scholars it was decided to open a madrassah named after Shaykh Husenil Muhammad AfandiНа маджлисе алимов решили построить новое медресе
/ref> in village Gogotl where the scholar lived for fifteen years after

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

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Islam in DagestanИслам в Дагестане
{{DEFAULTSORT:Husenil Muhammad Afandi 1862 births 1967 deaths People from Shamilsky District People from Dagestan Oblast Avar people Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam Sunni imams Soviet imams Soviet Sufis 20th-century Islamic religious leaders Soviet Sufi religious leaders Muslims from the Russian Empire