In sufi terminology, the Golden Chain represents one's spiritual genealogy from one's Sheikh to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu alaihi wasallam).

This is also known as a "Silsila", which literally means "Chain" in Urdu.

One enters into a Silsila when one takes Bai'at (Pledge of allegiance) upon the hands of a Sheikh whose spiritual genealogy links him to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu alaihi wasallam), and is a recipient of Spiritual Faiz.

The following represents our Golden Chain and like all Golden Chains, it begins with our Holy Prophet (saw)

Naqshbandi Mujaddadi

Hadhrat Muhammad Mustafa

12 Rabi al-Awwal 11AH,  Madinah al-Munawwarah

Golden Chain of Command	Date Of Demise	Place of Burial
Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Sayidina Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddique	23 Jumaad al-Aakhar, 13AH	Madinah al-Munawwarah
Hadhrat Salmaan Farsi Radhiallahu anhu	17 Jumaad al-Aakhar, 35AH	Madaa'in (Arabia)
Hadhrat Qasim bin Muhammad bin Abu Bakr	24 Jumaad al-Awwal, 107AH	Madinah al-Munawwarah
Hadhrat Imam Ja'far Saadiq	24 Rajab al-Murajjab, 148AH	Madinah al-Munawwarah
Hadhrat Bayazeed Bistaami	15 Sha'baan al-Mu'azzam, 261AH	Bistaam (Iraq)
Hadhrat Abul Hassan Khurqaani	10 Muharram al-Haraam, 425AH	Khurqaan
Hadhrat Abul Qasim Gurgani		Gurgaan
Hadhrat Abu Ali Faarmadi	4 Rabi al-Awwal, 477AH	Faarmad (Toos)
Hadhrat Yusuf Hamdaani	27 Rajab al-Murajjab, 535AH	Maru (Khurasaan)
Hadhrat Abdul Khaliq Ghajdwani	12 Rabi al-Awwal, 575AH	Ghajdawan (Bukhara)
Hadhrat Khwaja Aarif Reogari	1 Shawwal, 616AH	Reogar (Bukhara)
Hadhrat Mahmood Fughnawi	17 Rabi al-Awwal, 715AH	Waabakni (Mawralnahar)
Hadhrat Khwaja Abu Ali Ramatini	28 Dhul Qa'dah, 715AH	Khwaarizm (Bukhara)
Hadhrat Muhammad Baba Samaasi	10 Jumad al-Aakhar, 755AH	Samaas (Bukhara)
Hadhrat Syed Ameer Kalaal	11 Jumad al-Aakhar, 772AH	Saukhaar (Bukhara)
Hadhrat Syed Baha'uddin Naqshband	2 Rajab al-Murajjab, 791AH	Qasr-e-Aarifan (Bukhara)
Hadhrat Alaa'uddin Attaar	20 Rajab al-Murajjab	Jafaaniyan (Mawralnahar)
Hadhrat Ya'qoob Charkhi	5 Safar, 851AH	Charkh (Bukhara)
Hadhrat Ebeydullah Ahraar	20 Rabi al-Awwal, 895AH	Samarqand (Mawralnahar)
Hadhrat Muhammad Zaahid	1 Rabi al-Awwal, 936AH	Wakhsh (Malk Hasaar)
Hadhrat Darwesh Muhammad	19 Muharram, 970AH	Samarqand (Mawralnahar)
Hadhrat Muhammad Waaqif Akangi	21 Sha'baan, 1008AH	Akang (Bukhara)
Hadhrat Baaqi Billaah	25 Jumaad al-Aakhar, 1012AH	Delhi (India)
Imam Rabbani,Mujaddid Alf Thani, Hadhrat Shaykh Ahmad Farooqui Sarhandi	28 Safar, 1034AH	Sarhand (India)
Hadhrat Muhammad Ma'soom Farooqui	9 Rabi al-Awwal, 1079AH	Sarhand (India)
Hadhrat Sayfuddeen	19 Jumad al-Oola, 1096AH	Sarhand (India)
Hadhrat Muhsin Dehlawi		India
Hadhrat Noor Muhammad Badyooni	11 Dhul Qa'dah, 1135AH	Dehli (India)
Hadhrat Mirza Mazhar Jaan-I-Jaanan	10 Muharram, 1195AH	Khanqah Mazharia (India)
Hadhrat Abdullah Shah	22 Safar, 1240AH	Khanqah Mazharia (India)
Hadhrat Abu Sa'eed Ahmad	1 Shawwal, 1250AH	Taunq (India)
Hadhrat Ahmad Sa'eed	20 Rabi al-Awwal, 1277	Madinah Munawwarah
Hadhrat Dawst Muhammad Qandhaari	22 Shawwaal, 1284AH	Moosa Zai (Pakistan)
Hadhrat Muhammad Uthmaan Daamaani	22 Sha'baan, 1314AH	Moosa Zai (Pakistan)
Hadhrat Siraaj-ud-deen	26 Rabi al-Awwal, 1333AH	Moosa Zai (Pakistan)
Hadhrat Khwajah Fazal Ali Shah Qureshi	1 Ramadhan al-Mubarak, 1354AH	Miskinpur (Pakistan)
Hadhrat Abdul Ghaffar	8 Shaban, 1384 AH	Larkana, (Pakistan)
Hadhrat Muhammad Sardar Ahmad Naqshbandi