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Qadiriyyah




The order is one of the most widespread of the Sufi orders in the Islam ic world and can be found in India , Pakistan , Turkey and the Balkans and much of East and West Africa . Some famous Qadiri Sheikhs include Sheikh Abd Al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri who led the Algeria n resistance to French colonialism and Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio whose followers Islamized much of West Africa and established the Caliphate Of Sokoto in Northern Nigeria . The Chechen people are also mostly followers of the Qadiri Sufi order as was the famous traveller and writer Isabelle Eberhardt .

The Qadiriyyah has not developed any distinctive doctrines or teachings outside of mainstream Islam. They believe in the fundamental principles of Islam, but interpreted through mystical experience. As a result, even opponents to Sufism such as the Hanbali Sheikh s Ibn Taymiya , his student Ibn Al-Qayyim and Ibn Rajb Al-Hanbali were all followers of the Qadiri Sufi order and spoke highly of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani.

The Memons were converted by a Qadiri Shaikh (pir)

SPIRITUAL CHAIN

This is the spiritual chain ('' Silsila '') of the Qadiriyyah:


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