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

Hadhrat
Muhammad Sardar Ahmad Naqshbandi