Home›Sufi Orders›Rooted InBrowse ByRooted InThis page groups religious orders by the spiritual lineage they claim to descend from. Wikipedia notes that Sufi orders each keep a chain of transmission and that "almost all orders trace their silsila back to the Islamic prophet Muhammad." Browsing by rooted-in lets a visitor trace an order back to the figure its own claimed lineage begins with.FactsRooted InSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 1Rooted InFilter Results1 entryFounded ByAllAhmad al-Badawi (1)Ahmad al-Tijani (1)Amadou Bamba (1)Baha al-Din Naqshband (1)Mawlana Khalid (1)Who may joinAllOpen to All Genders (1)Kind of orderAllSufi Orders (1)PolityAllSilsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent) (1)Originated InAllAlgeria (1)China (1)Egypt (1)India (1)Indonesia (1)Iran (1)Morocco (1)Senegal (1)Sudan (1)Turkey (1)Turkmenistan (1)United States (1)Yemen (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1181 (1)1200 (1)1276 (1)1318 (1)1367 (1)1377 (1)1400 (1)1434 (1)1466 (1)1500 (1)1600 (1)1640 (1)1704 (1)1774 (1)1782 (1)1799 (1)1811 (1)1817 (1)1848 (1)1878 (1)1883 (1)1910 (1)1935 (1)1968 (1)1971 (1)1974 (1)1976 (1)1983 (1)1993 (1)Parent Order / Branch OfAllBektashi Order (1)Chishti Order (1)Inayati Order (1)Jerrahi Order (1)Kubrawiya (1)Naqshbandi Order (1)Qadiriyya Order (1)Shattariyya (1)Part OfAllNaqshbandi Order (1)TraditionAllSufism (1)Doctrinal PositionAllAffiliation to one order only, forfeited by taking a second (1)An interior path (tasawwuf) pursued within the schools of law (1)Music and movement refused as a means of remembrance (1)Remembrance of God practised aloud and in company (1)Remembrance of God practised inwardly and in silence (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)ApostolateAllCharitable and Medical Work (1)Spiritual Direction and Dhikr (1)Teaching and Education (1)Liturgical LanguageAllClassical Arabic (1)Vernacular Language (1)Ordination PracticeAllAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination (1)Scholarly Ijazah Authorization (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2012-01-01 (1)2012-01-02 (1)2012-01-03 (1)Origin Period End YearAll1200 (1)Place of OriginAllIraq and Khurasan (1)Show ResultsSufismRooted In53 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category TreeCategory: Religious OrdersComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.