Sheikh Abdullah and Sheikh Nazim after a Dhikr in Istanbul
Sheikh Muhammad Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani
Sheikh Abdullah was given the Naqshbandi Chain of Transmission by Grand Sheikh Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqani, who passed away in 2014. They spent much time together in London in the 1970s and 1980s. Sheikh Abdullah and his murids would attend Shaykh Nazim’s Tariweh Prayers at this time. They led Dhikrs together both in London and Istanbul.
Sheikh Nazim, Sheikh Abdullah and Sheikh Hisham spent time together in Tripoli, Lebanon.
Sheikh Nazim carries the Khalidiyya Naqshbandi Chain (from Mawlana Khalid al-Baghdadi) and was the world-wide leader of the Naqshbandiyya Nazimiyya Sufi Order, which adopted his name.
1. The Messenger of God, Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings upon him)
2. Abu Bakr as-Siddiq
3. Salman al-Farsi
4. Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr
5. Jafar as-Sadiq
6. Tayfur Abu Yazid al-Bistami
7. Abul Hasan Ali al-Kharqani
8. Abu Ali al-Farmadi at-Tusi
9. Abu Yaqub Yusuf al-Hamadani
10. Abul Abbas al-Khidr
11. Abdul Khaliq al-Ghujdawani
12. Arif ar-Riwakri
13. Khwaja Mahmud al-Injir al-Faghnawi
14. Ali ar-Ramitani
15. Muhammad Baba as-Samasi
16. Sayyid Amir Kulal
17. Muhammad Bahauddin Shah Naqshband
18. Alauddin al-Attar
19. Yaqub al-Charkhi
20. Nasir ad-Din Ubayd Allah al-Ahkrar
21. Muhammad az-Zahid
22. Darwish Muhammad
23. Muhammad Khwaja al-Amkanaki
24. Muhammad al-Baqi Billah
25. Ahmad al-Faruqi as-Sirhindi
26. Muhammad al-Masum
27. Muhammad Sayfuddin al-Faruqi al-Mujaddidi
28. Sayyid Nur Muhammad al-Badawani
29. Shamsuddin Habib Allah
30. Abd Allah ad-Dahlawi
31. Khalid al-Baghdadi
32. Ismail Muhammad Shirwani
33. Khas Muhammad Shirwani
34. Muhammad Effendi al-Yaraghi
35. Jamaluddin al-Ghumuqi al-Husayni
36. Abu Ahmad as-Sughuri
37. Abu Muhammad al-Madani
38. Sharafuddin ad-Daghestani
39. Abd Allah al-Faiz ad-Daghestani
40. Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqani
Sheikh Muhammad Nazim Adil Al-Haqqani