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Precaution

Date: December 29, 2022 5:54 am Published By: Precaution Jafar as-Sadiq (may God sanctify his innermost being), the fifth Shaykh in the Naqshbandi Golden Chain, said the following:- “Precaution (Taqwa) has three facets:- 1. Precaution by dependence on God, which means leaving behind contradiction and going beyond any shadow of a doubt – this precaution is exercised by the highest. 2. The precaution… View Article

4. Stories and Sayings of Qasim ibn Muhammad

Date: December 1, 2022 4:50 am Published By: Qasim ibn Muhammad Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr (may God sanctify his innermost being), the fourth Shaykh in the Naqshbandi Golden Chain, said the following:- “One of the greatest sins is to belittle one’s own sins.” Despite being the greatest scholar of his time, he said, “By Allah, we do not know the answer… View Article

The Golden Chain

Date: November 14, 2022 11:14 am Published By: The Golden Chain The Naqshbandi Golden Chain began with the Prophet Muhammad, who poured the essence of love from his divine and special being into the heart of his close friend and follower Abu Bakr. This essence of love was then transmitted to the next Master or Shaykh in the Golden Chain by a spiritual… View Article

40. Stories and Sayings of Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani

Date: August 11, 2022 12:45 pm Published By: Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqani ar-Rabbani (may God sanctify his innermost being), the fortieth Shaykh in the Naqshbandi Golden Chain said the following:- There is only One Sultan:- “Humbleness is the most lovely characteristic for weak servants – say, ‘O our Lord, we are weak ones. You are Most High, Most… View Article

40. Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani

Date: July 13, 2022 9:09 am Published By: Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqani ar-Rabbani (may God sanctify his innermost being) is the fortieth Shaykh in the Naqshbandi Golden Chain. He reached the highest spiritual station possible on earth, being the ‘Qutb’ or ‘Pole’, otherwise known as the ‘Sultan Awliya’ – ‘King of the Friends of God”. Born in Larnaca,… View Article

39. Stories and Sayings of Shaykh Abdullah al-Faiz ad-Daghestani

Date: June 16, 2022 7:40 am Published By: Shaykh Abdullah al-Faiz ad-Daghestani Shaykh Abdullah al-Faiz ad-Daghestani (may God sanctify his innermost being), the thirty ninth Shaykh in the Naqshbandi Golden Chain said the following:- John Bennett relates a meeting with Shaykh Abdullah Daghestan, on the rooftop of the Shaykh’s house and Zawiya in Damascus in 1955, in his book ‘Witness’, as follows:- “The… View Article