Home›Sufi Orders›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups religious orders by the wider religious tradition they belong to. Wikipedia notes that religious orders "exist in a number of the world's religions and their denominations." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every order from one faith together, regardless of when each was founded.FactsTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligious Orders 1TraditionFilter Results2 entriesFounded ByAllAhmad al-Badawi (1)Mawlana Khalid (1)Who may joinAllOpen to All Genders (2)Kind of orderAllSufi Orders (2)PolityAllSilsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent) (1)Originated InAllAlgeria (1)China (1)Egypt (1)India (1)Indonesia (1)Iran (1)Morocco (1)Senegal (1)Somalia (1)Sudan (1)Turkey (1)Turkmenistan (1)United States (1)Yemen (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1181 (1)1200 (1)1276 (1)1301 (1)1367 (1)1377 (1)1400 (1)1434 (1)1466 (1)1500 (1)1600 (1)1640 (1)1660 (1)1704 (1)1750 (1)1774 (1)1790 (1)1799 (1)1811 (1)1817 (1)1848 (1)1878 (1)1883 (1)1887 (1)1909 (1)1910 (1)1935 (1)1968 (1)1971 (1)1974 (1)1976 (1)1980 (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)Rifa'i Order (1)Shattariyya (1)Tijaniyyah (1)Part OfAllNaqshbandi Order (1)Doctrinal PositionAllAn interior path (tasawwuf) pursued within the schools of law (2)Remembrance of God practised aloud and in company (1)Remembrance of God practised inwardly and in silence (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)ApostolateAllCharitable and Medical Work (1)Spiritual Direction and Dhikr (2)Teaching and Education (1)Liturgical LanguageAllClassical Arabic (2)Vernacular Language (1)Ordination PracticeAllAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination (2)Scholarly Ijazah Authorization (1)Rooted InAllSufism (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2012-01-01 (1)2012-01-02 (1)2012-01-03 (1)2025-02-17 (1)Origin Period End YearAll1200 (1)Place of OriginAllIraq and Khurasan (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareNizari IsmailismTradition1 entrySufismTradition61 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.