Saifia

Saifia, (Arabic: صيفية) (Urdu: سیفیہ) also spelled as Saifiya or Saifiyya, is an Islamic Sufi sect based in Pakistan, with a following in the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, Canada, Fiji, India, Bangladesh, Norway and various other countries around the world.^[1] The sect follows the Hanafi school of thought (Madhhab), the Maturidi creed (Aqidah), the Naqshbandi order (Tariqa), and the sect's founder is Akhundzada Saif-ur-Rahman Mubarak.^[1]^[2]

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#	Name	Buried	Birth	Death
1	Prophet Muhammad	Medina, Saudi Arabia	Mon 12 Rabi al-Awwal (570/571 CE)	2/9 Rabi al-Awwal 11 AH (5/6 June 632 CE)
2	Amir al-Mu'minin Abu Bakr al-Siddiq	Medina, Saudi Arabia	(573 C.E)	22 Jumada al-Thani 13 AH (22 August 634 C.E)
3	Salman Farsi	Mada’in, Iraq	(568 C.E.)	10 Rajab 33 AH (4/5 February 654 C.E)
4	Imam Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr	Medina, Saudi Arabia	23 Shaban 24 AH (22/23 June 645 C.E)	24 Jumada al-Thani 101/106/107 AH
5	Imam Jafar al-Sadiq	Medina, Saudi Arabia	8 Ramadan 80 AH (5/6 November 699 C.E)	15 Rajab 148 AH (6/7 September 765 C.E)
6	Khwaja Bayazid Bastami	Bistam, Semnan province, Iran	186 AH (804 C.E)	15 Shaban 261 AH (24/25 May 875 C.E)
7	Khwaja Abul-Hassan Kharaqani	Kharaqan, near Bistam, Semnan province, Iran	352 AH (963 C.E)	10 Muharram 425 AH (5/6 December 1033 C.E)
8	Khwaja Abu al-Qasim Gurgani	Gorgan, Golestan, Iran	380 AH (990 C.E)	450 AH (1058 C.E)
9	Khwaja Abu ali Farmadi	Toos, Khurasan, Iran	434 AH (1042/1043 C.E)	4 Rabi al-Awwal 477 or 511 AH (10 July 1084 / 6 July 1117)
10	Khwaja Abu Yaqub Yusuf Hamadānī	Marv, near Mary, Turkmenistan	440 AH (1048/1049 C.E)	Rajab 535 AH (Feb/Mar 1141 C.E)
11	Khwaja Abdul Khaliq Ghujdawani	Ghajdawan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan	22 Shaban 435 AH (24/25 March 1044 C.E)	12 Rabi al-Awwal 575 AH (17/18 August 1179 C.E)
12	Khwaja Arif Reogari	Reogar, near Bukhara, Uzbekistan	27 Rajab 551 AH (15 September 1156 C.E)	1 Shawwal 616 AH (10/11 December 1219 C.E.)
13	Khwaja Mahmood Anjir-Faghnawi	Bukhara, Uzbekistan	18 Shawwal 628 AH (18/19 August 1231 C.E)	17 Rabi al-Awwal 717 AH (29/30 May 1317 C.E)
14	Khwaja Azizan Ali Ramitani	Khwarazm, Uzbekistan	591 AH (1194 C.E)	27 Ramadan 715 or 721 AH (25/26 December 1315 or 20/21 October 1321)
15	Khwaja Muhammad Baba Samasi	Samaas, Bukhara, Uzbekistan	25 Rajab 591 AH (5/6 July 1195 C.E)	10 Jumada al-Thani 755 AH (2/3 July 1354 C.E)
16	Khwaja Sayyid Amir Kulal	Saukhaar, Bukhara, Uzbekistan	676 AH (1277/1278 C.E)	Wed 2 Jumada al-Thani 772 AH (21/22 December 1370 C.E)
17	Khwaja Muhammad Baha'uddin Naqshband Bukhari	Qasr-e-Aarifan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan	4 Muharram 718 AH^[3] (8/9 March 1318 C.E)	3 Rabi al-Awwal 791 AH (2/3 March 1389 C.E)
18	Khwaja Ala'uddin Attar	Jafaaniyan, Transoxiana (Uzbekistan)	N/A	Wed 20 Rajab 804 AH (23 February 1402 C.E)
19	Khwaja Yaqub Charkhi	Gulistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan	762 AH (1360/1361 C.E)	5 Safar 851 AH (21/22 April 1447 C.E)
20	Khwaja Ubaidullah Ahrar	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Ramadan 806 AH (March/April 1404 C.E)	29 Rabi al-Awwal 895 AH (19/20 February 1490 C.E)
21	Khwaja Muhammad Zahid Wakhshi	Wakhsh	14 Shawwal 852 AH (11/12 December 1448 C.E)	1 Rabi al-Awwal 936 AH (3/4 November 1529 C.E)
22	Khwaja Darwish Muhammad	Asqarar, Uzbekistan	16 Shawwal 846 AH (17/18 February 1443 C.E)	19 Muharram 970 AH (18/19 September 1562 C.E)
23	Khwaja Muhammad Amkanagi	Amkana, Bukhara, Uzbekistan	918 AH (1512/1513 C.E)	22 Shaban 1008 AH (8/9 March 1600 C.E)
24	Khwaja Muhammad Baqi Billah Berang	Delhi, India	5 Dhu al-Hijjah 971 or 972 AH (14 July 1564 / 3 July 1565)	25 Jumada al-Thani 1012 AH (29/30 November 1603 C.E)
25	Imam Rabbani Ahmad al-Fārūqī al-Sirhindī	Sirhind, India	14 Shawwal 971 AH (25/26 May 1564 C.E)	28 Safar 1034 AH (9/10 December 1624 C.E)
26	Imam Khwaja Masum al-Fārūqī	Sirhind, India	1007 AH (1598/1599 C.E)	9 Rabi al-Awwal 1099 AH (13/14 January 1688 C.E)
27	Khwaja Muhammad Sibghatullah al-Fārūqī	Sirhind, India	1033 AH (1624/1710 C.E)	9 Rabi us sani 1122 AH (June 1710 C.E)
28	Khwaja Muhammad Ismail	Sirhind, India	N/A	1136AH ( 1724 C.E)
29	Khwaja Masum al-Fārūqī II	Sirhind, India	(2/3 March 1700 C.E)	5 Dhu al-Hijjah 1161 AH
30	Shah Ghulam Muhammad	Sirhind, India	1101 AH (1690 C.E)	1 Shawal 1175 AH (24 April 1762 C.E)
31	Hajji Muhammad Safi	Hadida, Yamen	4 Dhul-Qa`dah 1156 AH (1744 C.E)	6 Dhu al-Qidah 1212 AH (21 April 1798 C.E)
32	Shah Zia al-Haq	Nijrab, Afghanistan	1101 AH (1690 C.E)	10 Muharram 1225 AH (24 April 1762 C.E)
33	Shams al-Haq	Gulbahar, Pakistan	1101 AH (1690 C.E)	22 Rabi' al-awwal 1350 AH (24 April 1762 C.E)
34	Shah Rasul Thaqalayni	Taloqan, Afghanistan	N/A	1360 AH ( 1942 C.E)
35	Mawlana Hashim Samangani	Pir Sabaq, Pakistan	1349 AH (1930 C.E)	9 Shawal 1391 AH (27 November 1762 C.E)
36	Mawlana Akhundzada Saif-ur-Rahman Mubarak	Lahore, Pakistan	20 Muharram 1344 AH (10 August 1925 C.E)	15 Rajab 1431 AH (27 June 2010 C.E)

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