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Religious Order

Noorbakhshia

Sufi Orders
Origin from 1466

Noorbakhshia, also spelled Nurbakhshia, is a Sufi order primarily present in the Baltistan region of Pakistan, currently headed by Muhammad Nurani. It places significant emphasis on the concept of Muslim unity and on Fiqh ul-Ahwat, a concept of Islamic jurisprudence developed by Muhammad Nurbakhsh, and it traces a spiritual lineage known as the Silsila-e Zahab, or Golden Chain, claimed to extend from Ali to the future Mahdi through the twelve Imams. It is distinguished among Sufi orders within Islam by foundational principles rooted in the teachings of the Fourteen Infallibles, and its followers are known as Sufia Noorbakhshia.

Facts
Status
Status Today
Living tradition, practised today 1
Classification
Kind of order
Sufi Orders 1
Apostolate
Spiritual Direction and Dhikr 2
Who may join
Open to All Genders 2
Origins
Origin Period
from 1466 1
Founder
Muhammad Nurbakhsh 1
Practice
Liturgical Language
Classical Arabic 2
Belief
Defining Doctrinal Position
An interior path (tasawwuf) pursued within the schools of law 2
Organisation
Ordination
Authority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination 2
Connections

Belongs to Tradition

Sufism, Denominations

Branch Of

Kubrawiya, Religious Orders

Governed By Polity

Silsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent), Doctrines
Source New World Encyclopedia: Sufism

Rooted In

Sufism, Denominations
Source Noorbakhshia Islam

Uses Liturgical Language

Classical Arabic, Languages
Sources
1. Noorbakhshia Islam
  • Body, paragraph 1
    a concept developed by Muhammad Nurbakhsh
  • Body, paragraph 1 (repeat)
    It is currently headed by Muhammad Nurani
  • Introduction, kind of order
    Noorbakhshia or Nūrbakhshia (Balti: སོཕིཡ ནུར་བཀྵིཡ; Urdu: نوربخشیہ) is a Sufi order primarily present in the Baltistan region of Pakistan.
  • Rooted In: Sufism, Lead section
    Noorbakhshia or Nūrbakhshia (Balti: སོཕིཡ ནུར་བཀྵིཡ; Urdu: نوربخشیہ) is a Sufi order primarily present in the Baltistan region of Pakistan & with fewer followers in Ladakh / Kargil in India.
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2. Islamic Mysticism: A Short History
Alexander Knysh, Brill
New World Encyclopedia: Sufism
New World EncyclopediaGoverned By Polity: Silsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent), Sufism article, Sufi orders and their chains of transmission
Quote, Governed By Polity: Silsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent), Sufism article, Sufi orders and their chains of transmission
Almost all traditional Sufi orders trace their "chains of transmission" back to the Prophet via his cousin and son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib (except the Naqshbandi order which traces its origin to caliph Abu Bakr ).
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