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Sufi order A tariqa (or ''tariqah''; ar, طريقة ') is a school or order of Sufism, or specifically a concept for the mystical teaching and spiritual practices of such an order with the aim of seeking ''haqiqa'', which translates as "ultimate truth". ...

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tariqa A tariqa (or ''tariqah''; ar, طريقة ') is a school or order of Sufism, or specifically a concept for the mystical teaching and spiritual practices of such an order with the aim of seeking ''haqiqa'', which translates as "ultimate truth". ...

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* Ahmadia (Imam Shaykh Burhanuddin) *

Ahmad al-Alawi Ahmad al-Alawi (1869–14 July 1934), (in full, Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muṣṭafā ibn ʿAlīwa, known as al-ʿAlāwī al-Mustaghānimī ar, أبو العباس أحمد بن مصطفى بن عليوة المعروف بالعلاوي � ...

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Ba 'Alawiyya The Ba'Alawi tariqa ( ar, طريقة آل باعلوي), also known as the Tariqa Alawiyya is a Sufi order centered in Hadhramawt, Yemen, but now spread across the Indian Ocean rim along with the Hadhrami diaspora. The order is closely tie ...

(Ba’ Alawi tariqa) *

Badawiyya The Badawiyyah, Sufi tariqah, was founded in the thirteenth century in Egypt by Ahmad al-Badawi (1199-1276). As a tariqah, the Badawiyyah lacks any distinct doctrines. It was, however, extremely popular during both the Mamluk and Ottoman periods ...

(Badawi tariqa) *

Bektashi The Bektashi Order; sq, Tarikati Bektashi; tr, Bektaşi or Bektashism is an Islamic Sufi mystic movement originating in the 13th-century. It is named after the Anatolian saint Haji Bektash Wali (d. 1271). The community is currently led by ...

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Burhaniyya The Tariqa Burhāniyya ( ''Ṭarīqa al burhāniyya al disūqiyyah al shādhliyyah''; also written ''al-Burhāniyya or Burhāniyyah'') or Desuqiyya is a Sufi order founded by Sayyidi Abul Hasan ash-Shadhuli and Sayyidi Ibrahim al Disuqi in th ...

(Burhani tariqa)

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Chishti Order The Chishtī Order ( fa, ''chishtī'') is a tariqa, an order or school within the mystic Sufi tradition of Sunni Islam. The Chishti Order is known for its emphasis on love, tolerance, and openness. It began with Abu Ishaq Shami in Chisht, a ...

(Chishti tariqa, Chishtiyya) ** Ishq-Nuri Tariqa

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* Dardouriyya

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* Galibi Order * Ganduzyya

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Hamallayya Hamallayya or Hamallism is a Sufi ṭarīqah (order, path) originating in West Africa as an outgrowth from and reaction against the Tijaniyyah brotherhood. It was founded at the beginning of the 20th century by a mystic Muhammad ben Amadu (d. 19 ...

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* Idrisiyya * Isawiyya (Aissawa, Issawiyya)

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Jahriyya Jahriyya (also spelled Jahrīya or Jahriyah) is a ''menhuan'' ( Sufi order) in China, commonly called the New Teaching (''Xinjiao''). Founded in the 1760s by Ma Mingxin, it was active in the late 18th and 19th centuries in what was then Gansu Pr ...

Jilala The Jilala (), or Tariqa Jilalia () is an ecstatic and music-therapeutic tariqa of Morocco of Sufi origin. It should not be confused with the folk revival group Jil Jilala. The Jilala are the oldest Moroccan Muslim confraternity, named after ...

* Jibawiyyah

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Khalwati order The Khalwati order (also known as Khalwatiyya, Khalwatiya, or Halveti, as it is known in Turkey) is an Islamic Sufi brotherhood (''tariqa''). Along with the Naqshbandi, Qadiri, and Shadhili orders, it is among the most famous Sufi orders. The o ...

(Halveti, Halwatiyya, Khalwatiyya) **

Gulshani The Gulshani ( tr, Gülşenî) is a Halveti sub-order founded by Pir Ibrahim Gulshani, a Turkomen Sufi Sheikh (Sufism) from Eastern Anatolia, who died in Egypt. His family roots reaches to Oguzata shah in Azerbaijan. When the Ottomans conq ...

Jelveti Celvetîyye Tariqat or Jelveti is a Sufi order that was founded by ''"Akbıyık Sultan"'', a murid of Haji Bayram Veli in Bursa as ''"The tariqat of Bayramiyye-î Celvetîyye"'' and later reorganized by the Turkish saint Aziz Mahmud Hudayi. ...

Jerrahi The Jerrahi Order or Jerrahiyya ( tr, Cerrahiyye, Cerrahilik) is a Sufi order that originated in 18th century Constantinople and descended from the charismatic Halveti Order of 14th century Persia. Their founding saint iHazreti Pîr Muhammad ...

*** Nur Ashki Jerrahi ** Karabashi ** Khalwatiyya Sammaniyya (see

Muhammad as-Samman al-Madani Shaykh Muhammad bin Abdul Karim as-Samman al-Madani (born in Medina in 1718 AD-1775 AD) was a scholar descended from the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was a Sunni with Ash'ari understanding in the field of Aqeedah (creed), and a Shafi'i principl ...

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Nasuhi The Nasuhi are a sub-order of the Khalwati Sufi order. Their founder, Pir Nasuhi, was a prolific author who wrote a number of works, including a commentary upon the Qur'an. He died and was buried at his '' Özbekler Tekkesi'' in Üsküdar, Ist ...

Rahmani Rahmani is a Muslim surname derived from the Arabic, denoting descent from someone named Rahman. Notable people with the surname include: * Ali Rahmani, Iranian managing director * Arsala Rahmani, Afghan politician * Bakhtiar Rahmani, Iranian fo ...

** Sunbuli ** Sha`bani ** Ussaki *

Khatmiyya The Khatmiyya is a Sufi order or tariqa founded by Sayyid Mohammed Uthman al-Mirghani al-Khatim. The Khatmiyya is the largest Sufi order in Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia. It also has followers in Egypt, Chad, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Uganda, Ye ...

Kubrawiyya The Kubrawiya order ( ar, سلسلة کبرویة) or Kubrawi order, also known as ''Firdausia Silsila'', is a Sufi order that traces its spiritual lineage (''Silsilah'') to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, through Ali, Muhammad's cousin, son-in-l ...

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Madariyya The Madariyya is a Sufi order () popular in North India, especially in Uttar Pradesh, the Mewat region, Bihar, Gujarat and West Bengal, as well as in Nepal and Bangladesh. Known for its syncretic aspects and its focus on internal ''dhikr'', i ...

* Madyaniyya * Maizbhandaria *

Malamatiyya The Malāmatiyya () or Malamatis were a Muslim mystic group active in 9th century Greater Khorasan. The root word of their name is the Arabic word ''malāmah'' () "blame". The Malamatiyya believed in the value of self-blame, that piety should be ...

* Marufi *

Mevlevi Order The Mevlevi Order or Mawlawiyya ( tr, Mevlevilik or Mevleviyye; fa, طریقت مولویه) is a Sufi order that originated in Konya (a city now in Turkey; formerly capital of the Seljuk Sultanate) and which was founded by the followers of Jalal ...

(Mawlawiyyah, Mevlevi, "Whirling Dervishes") * Mirghaniyya *

Mouride The Mouride brotherhood ( wo, yoonu murit, ar, الطريقة المريدية ''aṭ-Ṭarīqat al-Murīdiyyah'' or simply , ''al-Murīdiyyah'') is a large ''tariqa'' ( Sufi order) most prominent in Senegal and The Gambia with headquarters in ...

(Murid tariqa, Muridiyya, Yoonu Murit) *

Murīdūn The Murīdūn ("disciples") were a Sufi order in al-Andalus that rebelled against the authority of the Almoravid dynasty in 1141 and ruled a ''taifa'' based on Mértola in the al-Gharb from 1144 until 1151. The founder and leader of the Murīdū ...

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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 ...

(Naqshbandiyyah, Al Siddiqiyya, Al Tayfuriyya, Mustafvi) ** Haqqaniyya ** İsmailağa **

Khalidiyya Naqshbandiyya Khalidiyya, Khalidiyya or Khalidi is the title of a branch of the Naqshbandiyya Sufi lineage, from the time of Khalid al-Baghdadi until the time of Shaykh Ismail ash-Shirwani. The Khalid’îyyah tariqa silsila References * Ga ...

(see also Khâlid-i Baghdâdî) ** Mujadidiyyah (see

Ahmad Sirhindi Aḥmad al-Fārūqī as-Sirhindī (1564-1624) was a South Asian Islamic scholar from Punjab, Hanafi jurist, and member of the Naqshbandī Sufi order. He has been described by some followers as a Mujaddid, meaning a “reviver", for his work in ...

) ** Saifia **

Süleymancılar The Sūlaimānī Jamia ('' Jamia-e Sūlaymānīyyā'' / '' Süleyman Efendi Cemaati'') or Süleymanlılar (Sūlaymanites) is a '' Muslim Sunni-Hanafi jamia'' based in Turkey. It takes its name from Süleyman Hilmi Tunahan Süleyman Hil ...

Nasiriyya The Nasiriyya is a Sufi order founded by Sidi Mohammed ibn Nasir al-Drawi (1603–1674) whose centre was Tamegroute. See also * Darqawa (Sufism) References Bibliography * Ph.D. Thesis"Between God and men : the Nasiriyya and economic life in ...

* Nimatullahi *

Noorbakshia Noorbakhshia is a school of Islamic jurisprudence that emphasizes the Muslim Unity. Its very foundations rests on the belief in Allah, Angels, Prophets, Day of Judgement, the Quran and other Islamic Scriptures revealed upon previous Prophets. W ...

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Qadiriyya The Qadiriyya (), also transliterated Qādirīyah, ''Qadri'', ''Qadriya'', ''Kadri'', ''Elkadri'', ''Elkadry'', ''Aladray'', ''Alkadrie'', ''Adray'', ''Kadray'', ''Kadiri'', ''Qadiri'', ''Quadri'' or ''Qadri'' are members of the Sunni Qadiri ta ...

(Qadiri, Elkadr, Kadray, Kadiri) ** Halisa – Halisiyya **

Kasnazani At-Tariqah Al-Aliyyah Al-Qadiriyyah Al-Kasnazaniyyah ( ar, ar, العلية القادرية الكسنزانية '', ''shortly known as '' ''Kasnazani - ar, ar, كسنزني and occasionally as Al-Kasnazani ar, الكسنزاني, ) is a Su ...

** Qadiriyya Harariya ** Qadiriyya–Mukhtariyya Brotherhood ** Qadriyyah Razai ** Qadri Noshahi ** Razwi (Razwi'yah, Razwi'ya, see

Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Ahmed Raza Khan, commonly known as Aala Hazrat, Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, or Ahmed Rida Khan in Arabic, (14 June 1856 CE or 10 Shawwal 1272 AH – 28 October 1921 CE or 25 Safar 1340 AH), was an Islamic scholar, jurist, mufti, philosopher, ...

) ** Sarwari Qadiri * Qadiriyyathun Nabaviyyah * Qadiriyya wa Naqshbandiyya * Qudusiyah * Qadri Tartusi

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Rishi order __NOTOC__ The Rishi order is a religious tradition, concept for the mystical teaching or spiritual practices associated with religious harmony of Sufism in the Kashmir Valley. The sufi saint of Rishi order influenced Kashmiris and its culture. The ...

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Safaviyya The Safavid order, also called the Safaviyya ( fa, صفویه), was a tariqa ( Sufi order) founded by the KurdishSenusiyya The Senusiyya, Senussi or Sanusi ( ar, السنوسية ''as-Sanūssiyya'') are a Muslim political-religious tariqa (Sufi order) and clan in colonial Libya and the Sudan region founded in Mecca in 1837 by the Grand Senussi ( ar, السنوسي ...

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Shadhili The Shadhili Order ( ar, الطريقة الشاذلية) is a tariqah or Sufi order of Sunni Islam founded by al-Shadhili in the 13th century and is followed by millions of people around the world. Many followers (Arabic ''murids'', "seekers") ...

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Shadhiliyyah The Shadhili Order ( ar, الطريقة الشاذلية) is a tariqah or Sufi order of Sunni Islam founded by al-Shadhili in the 13th century and is followed by millions of people around the world. Many followers (Arabic ''murids'', "seekers") ...

) ** Attasiyah **

Darqawiyya The Darqawiyya or Darqawi Sufi order is a revivalist branch of the Shadhiliyah brotherhood which originated in Morocco. The Darqawa comprised the followers of Sheikh Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi (1760–1823) of Morocco. The movement, which became ...

(Darqawa) *** Habibiyya (see

Muhammad ibn al-Habib Muhammad ibn al-Habib ibn as-Siddiq al-Amghari al-Idrisi al-Hasani (1876–1972), was a Moroccan Islamic teacher, author, and shaykh of the Darqawi ''tariqa'' in Morocco. Life and education Muhammad Ibn al-Habib was born in Fes in 1876. At ...

*** Murabitun ** Darqawi Hashimiya ** Fassiyya ** Maryamiyya ** Shadhilia-Batawia *

Shattari The Shattari or Shattariyya are members of a Sufi mystical tariqah that originated in Persia in the fifteenth century C.E. and developed, completed and codified in India. Later secondary branches were taken to Hejaz and Indonesia. The word S ...

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Suhrawardiyya The Suhrawardiyya ( ar, سهروردية, fa, سهروردیه) is a Sufi order founded by Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi (died 1168). Lacking a centralised structure, it eventually divided into various branches. The order was especially prominent in I ...

(Suhrawardi tariqa) * Sa'diyya

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Tijaniyyah The Tijāniyyah ( ar, الطريقة التجانية, Al-Ṭarīqah al-Tijāniyyah, The Tijānī Path) is a Sufi tariqa (order, path), originating in the Maghreb but now more widespread in West Africa, particularly in Senegal, The Gambia, ...

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Uwaisi The Uwaisī (or ''Owaisi''; ar, أُوَيْس), Silsila (chain of transmission) or Tariqa (pathway) is a form of spiritual transmission in the vocabulary of Islamic mysticism, named after ''Owais al-Qarani''. It refers to the transmission of ...

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* Yasawiyyah * Youssoufiyya

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Zahediyya The Zahediyeh Sufi Order was founded by Zahed Gilani of Lahijan. As a precursor to the Safaviyya tariqa, which was yet to culminate in the Safavid dynasty, the Zahediyeh Order and its '' murshid'', Sheikh Zahed Gilani, holds a distinct place i ...

* Zaïaniyya * Zarrouqiyya (

Wazifa Zarruqiyya In Sufism, the Wazifa Zarruqiyya ( ar, الْوَظِيفَةُ الزَّرُّوقِيَّةُ) is a regular litany (''wazifa'') practiced by followers in the Shadhili order, and whose initial title is ''"Salvation ship for those who resor ...

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Akbariyya Akbari Sufism or Akbarism (Arabic: أكبرية: ''Akbariyya'') is a branch of Sufi metaphysics based on the teachings of Ibn Arabi, an Andalusian Sufi who was a gnostic and philosopher. The word is derived from Ibn Arabi's nickname, " Sh ...

Azeemiyya Silsila Azeemia (commonly known as the Azeemi Spiritual Sufi Order) is a Muslim Sufi order based in Pakistan with a following in the UK, the US, Austria, Serbia, Russia, Australia, Canada and various countries of the Middle East. The tariqa ...

Bayramiye Bayrami, Bayramiye, Bayramiyya, Bayramiyye, and Bayramilik refer to a Turkish Sufi order (tariqah) founded by Hajji Bayram ''( Hacı Bayram-ı Veli)'' in Ankara around the year 1400 as a combination of Khalwatī, Naqshbandī, and Akbarī S ...

(al Bayramiyya) * Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship * Dasuqi (Desuqiyya) * Fultali *

Hurufiyya Hurufism ( ar, حُرُوفِيَّة ''ḥurūfiyyah'', Persian: حُروفیان ''hōrufiyān'') was a Sufi movement based on the mysticism of letters (''ḥurūf''), which originated in Astrabad and spread to areas of western Iran (Persia) ...

International Association of Sufism International Association of Sufism (IAS) is a California nonprofit organization headquartered in Marin County. It is a United Nations' NGO/DPI and the first organization established to organize an inclusive forum that opens a line of communicat ...

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Khufiyya Khufiyya (; Arabic: خفيه, the silent ones) is a Sufist order of Chinese Islam. It was the first Sufist order to be established within China and, along with Jahriyya, Qadiriyya and Kubrawiyyah, is acknowledged as one of the four orders of ...

Khwajagan Khwājagān (shortened/singular forms: Khwaja, Khaja(h), Khawaja or khuwaja) is a Persian title for ''"the Masters"''. Khwajagan, as the plural for "Khwāja", is often used to refer to a network of Sufis in Central Asia from the 10th to the 16th ce ...

Layene The Layene (also spelled Layène, Layenne, or Layeen) is a religious Sufi brotherhood, brotherhood of Sufism, Sufi Muslims based in Senegal and founded in 1884 by Seydina Mouhammadou Limamou Laye, Seydina Limamou Laye (1844-1909), who was born Liba ...

* Roshani movement *

Salihiyya Salihiyya ( so, Saalixiya; Urwayniya, ar, الصالحية) is a ''tariqa'' (order) of Sufi Islam prevalent in Somalia and the adjacent Somali region of Ethiopia. It was founded in the Sudan by Sayyid Muhammad Salih (1854-1919). The order is c ...

Unorthodox or Pseudo-Sufi groups

Alevi Alevism or Anatolian Alevism (; tr, Alevilik, ''Anadolu Aleviliği'' or ''Kızılbaşlık''; ; az, Ələvilik) is a local Islamic tradition, whose adherents follow the mystical Alevi Islamic ( ''bāṭenī'') teachings of Haji Bektash Veli, w ...

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Alians The Alian Kızılbaşī community (in Bulgarian: алиани, in Turkish: Alevi), are a Shi`a order, similar to the Sufi Mevlevi, who live in several regions of Bulgaria. Alians revere the name " Ali" carried by their circle of 12 Imams '' ...

(Shia) * Baba Samit (Shia) * Bektashiyya *

Haqqani Anjuman Haqqani Anjuman (Hindi: हक़्क़ानी अंजुमन; Bengali:হাক্কানী আঞ্জুমান ; Urdu:حقانی انجمن ; Tamil : ஹக்கானி அஞ்சுமான் ; Telugu : హక్కా ...

* Inayatiyya * International Spiritual Movement Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam *

Moorish Orthodox Church The Moorish Orthodox Church of America is a Syncretism, syncretic, Religious pluralism, non-exclusive, and Religious anarchism, religious anarchist movement originally founded in New York City in 1965 and part of the burgeoning psychedelic church ...

Moorish Science Temple of America The Moorish Science Temple of America is an American national and religious organization founded by Noble Drew Ali (born as Timothy Drew) in the early twentieth century. He based it on the premise that African Americans are descendants of the M ...

Qalandariyya The Qalandariyyah ( ar, قلندرية), Qalandaris, Qalandars or Kalandars are wandering ascetic Sufi dervishes. The term covers a variety of sects, not centrally organized and may not be connected to a specific tariqat. One was founded by Qa ...

Sufi Ruhaniat International The Sufi Ruhaniat International (SRI) is a stream of Universal Sufism and draws inspiration from traditions of Sufism within and beyond historic Islam. SRI is an initiatic order within the lineage of Inayat Khan (''Inayati-Chishtiyya''). Sufi Ahm ...

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"List of Sufi Orders"
The Spiritual Life. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

Sufism and Its Many Paths. Retrieved 6 June 2021. {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Sufi Orders

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