Khawaja Syed Baha' al-Din Shah Muhammad Naqshband was born in the month of Muharram 717- 791 / 1317- 1389)in Bukhra now Uzbekistan.He was a direct descendent of prophet Muhammed SAW. He was a prominent Sufi saint and the founder of the Naqshbandi order. Allah granted him miraculous powers in his childhood. He had been taught about the secret of this Tariqat by his first teacher, Sayyid Muhammad Baba As-Samasi (q). Then he was given the secret and the mastery of the Order by his shaikh, Sayyid Amir al-Kulal. He was also Uwaysi in his connection to the Prophet, as he was raised in the spiritual presence of Abdul Khaliq al-Ghujdawani (q), who preceded him by 200 year. Shah Baha' al-Din Naqshband was eighteen years of age when he was sent by his grandfather to the village of Samas to serve the Shaikh of the Tariqat, Muhamad Baba as-Samasi (q), who had asked for him. From the beginning of his companionship with the Shaikh, he perceived within himself countless blessings and the urge for great sincerity and devotion. He is an Ocean of Knowledge that has no shore. Its waves were woven with the pearls of Heavenly Knowledge. He cleansed humanity with his Ocean of Innocence and Piety. He quenched the thirst of souls with the water of his spiritual Support. He is the Master of this Tariqat and the Shaikh of the Golden Chain and the Best of those who carried this lineage from the Khwajagan. Syed Baha' al-Din Shāh Naqshband met his lord on the 3rd of Rabi-ul-Awal, 1389 CE) . His Shrine is located near Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
Shah Naqshband (q) left behind many successors, the most honourable among whom were Shaikh Muhammad bin Muhammad Alauddin al-Khwarazmi al-Bukhari al-`Attar and Shaikh Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Mahmoud al-Hafizi, known as Muhammad Parsa, the author of Risala Qudsiyya. It is to the first that Shah Naqshband passed on the secret of the Golden Chain.
Naqshbandi order or Silsila -I Khawajgan is one of the oldest mystic order and was originally started in the land of turks beyond the Amu Darya .it was popularized mainly by Khawaja syed bahau d-din shah Muhammad Naqshband , direct decendent of prophet Muhammad SAW (717-791 /1317-1389).they trace their Silsila (Golden chain )to prophet Muhammad SAW through the first caliph ABU Bakr (.Almost all the Sufi orders trace their origin to the fourth caliph “Hazrat Ali ,but Naqshbandi ;s trace their origin from the first caliph Abu Bakr.
The Naqshbandi;s claim that their means of worship are the “nearest and the easiest” for the followers to achieve the highest level of union with God .A specific method is prescribed to attain this fulfilment ;and initiation into the order by a shaikh who has “experienced the path” is an absolute condition.
The Naqshbandi Silsila was introduced in Kashmir by Saiyid Hilal , who arrived here in the
reign of sultan Sikandar shah ( 1389- 1413) the country of Saiyid Hilal's origin is not known ;he is said to have been a direct disciple of Khawaja Bahau d- Din Shah Muhammad Naqshband.
He lived a quiet life and died on 14 RABI U; L AWAL ,961/ 9 February a the village of Asham
north of Kashmir , where he had settled down.
Saiyid Hilal left only one disciple , named Mir Saiyid Amin popularly known as “Wusi Sahib”.
He hailed from the celebrated Baihaqi family and was the second son of Saiyid Hussain Baihaqi Saiyid Amin had received his early education from Haji Ibrahim Adham .When Saiyid HILAL arrived in Kashmir ,Saiyid Amin became his disciple and received initiation into the Naqshbandi order.
Saiyid Amin was adopted as a son by Baihaqi begam ,the wife of sultan zain -Ul- Abedin but the life of affluence did not appeal to him.
Like his spiritual master ,he led a life of retirement at Asham .when Saiyid Hilal died, he moved to Srinagar ,where he confined himself to a room near Koh -i-I -Maran .
Although Saiyid Amin had kept away from the royal courtyard and its politics ,he became the victim of a political intrigue .some disgruntled Kashmiri nobles, who had become alienated from the baihaqi syeds because of their arrogance, made a surprise attack on them on 30 Ziqad 889/8 december 1484 AD AND killed FIFTEEN members of the family. Among these was the inoffensive Saiyid amin .He was later buried at Alikadal on the right bank of a river Jehlum ,in Srinagar ,where his tomb exists to this day.
Saiyid Amin either did not enroll disciples or left no follower worthy of mention .thus after the death the Naqshbandi order remained unknown in Kashmiri for more than a century. It was revived by Khawaja khawand mahmud (d.11 Shaban ,1052 AH /4 NOVEMBER 1642 AD .Who arrived there at the end of sixteen century. The Khawaja was son of Khawaja mir Saiyid sharif who claimed decscent from Khawaja ALA-UD-DIN ATTAR (RAJAB 802 /MARCH 1400 ,a distinguished disciple of Khawaja bahaud-ud -DIN SHAH MUHAMMAD NAQSHBAND R A .
Khawaja khawand was intiated in the order by Khawaj Abu ishaq safedki ,but he claimed to have received inspiration direct from Syed Bahau-ud-din Shah Muhammad naqshband .Before entering Kashmir from Kabul Khawaja Khawand had journeyed to many countries .the Khawaja did not stay in Kashmir for a long and soon he left for Agra. Howerver In the seventeenth century when Khawaja Khawand made several visits to Kashmir ,the Naqshbandi order received a great impetus there.
Among the Naqshbandi saints ,the great personalities are Hazrat Khawaja khawand (Hazrat Ishaan) , Ahmad Sirhindi (HAZRAT Imam Rabbani -I alf -I Sani)
& khwaja Syed Bahaud-Ud-din shah Naqshband RA . In India Ahmad Sirhindi played a crucial role in reviving and propagating the Naqshbandi teaching .Khawaja Khawand Mehmood (who was compelled to leave Kashmir by the governor of Kashmir Zafar khan Ahsan after obtaining the support of like minded central nobles on feeling afraid due to his reformation activities )and whose grand Mausoleum exists in Lahore .His son Khawaja moin Ud-Din Hadi Naqshband RA Was Among great shaikh of first rank. KHAWAJa Khawand had constructed a grand khanqah in the heart of Srinagar city in 1042 and was completed in 1632 , Naqshbandi order gained prominence in Kashmir, the area also known as Khawja bazar.
Sayyid ul-Sadaat Sayyid Moinuddin Hadi Gilani- Naqshband al-Hasani wal-Husseini known as "Hazrat Naqshband Saheb", was a Sunni Saint from Bukhara and direct descendant of Prophet Muhammad, through his father Hazrat Ishaan.
Moinuddin Hadi was a direct descendant of the prophet Muhammad SAW. through Moinuddin Hadi Naqshband's father Hazrat Ishaan who was a seventh generation descendant of Baha al-Din Naqshband. The Annual urs of Syed Bahudin Shah Naqshband is Sahib is observed on the 3rd Rabi-ul-Awwal in khanqah Naqshbandiya in Srinagar.

There are eleven principles which a Naqshband is required to observe and these are :
1.Hosh dar dam (awareness while breathing)
2.Nazar Bar Qadam (watching the steps)
3.Safar Dar Watan (journey to one's homeland i. e, journey from human to angelic stages __vice to virtue)
4.khilwat Dar Anjuman (ability to enjoy solitude even while in an assembly )
5.yâd Kar (remember .i.e, zikr
6.Báz Gasht (restraint)
7.Nigāh Dāsht (be Watchfull)
8.yad Dāsht (recollect)
9.Waqūf -i Zamāni (temporal pause_ Self -examination)
10.Waqūf Adadi (numbering pause -counting the number of times zikr is repeated) and
11.Waqūf Qalbiī (heart pause -during the zikr,. The heart of flesh should be in no way negligent.

Shajra e Tareeqat Silsila Naqshbandiya in Kashmir
1.Prophet Muhammad SAW
2.Abu Bakr Saddiq (RA)
3.Hazrat Salman Farsi (RA)
4.Hazrat Qasim Bin Muhammad bin Abu Bakr
5.Hazrat Imam Jafar Sadiq (RA)
6.Hazrat Khawaja Bayazid Bistami
7.Hazrat Khawaja Abu Hassan Khirqani
8.Hazrat Khawaja Abu Ali farmidi
9Hazrat khawaja Yaqoob Yousuf Hamdani
10.Hazrat Khawaja Abdul khaliq Gajdwani
11.Hazrat Khawaja Arif Riwgari
12.Hazrat khawaja Mehmood
13.Hazrat Khwaja Azizan Ali Ramtani
14.Hazrat Khawaja Muhammad Baba Samasi
15.Hazrat Khawaja Syed Amir kulal
16:Hazrat Khawaja Syed Bahauddin Shah Naqshband Mushkil Kusha
Every year On 3rd Rubi Awwal is celebrated with great dovotion to pay Tribute to great Sufi Syed Bahāu'd Shah Mushkil Kusha on this blessed day , we pay our humble tribute to the revered Sufi saint, Hazrat Bahāu'd-Dīn Naqshband Bukhārī (R.A.) As a prominent figure in the Naqshbandi order, his spiritual Guidance and teaching to continue to inspire millions around world.
اولیا میں منفرد ہے شان شاہ نقشبند
اصفیاء کے دل میں ارمان ہے شاہ نقشبند

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