silsila naqshbandia awaisia

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Re: silsila naqshbandia awaisia

@autumnleaves

personally i follow the Quran, hadith, sunnah and then the khulfa e rashideen. don’t pay much attention to the differences. all are muslims.
actually theres a marriage propoasal for a loved one and all seems good. it was mentioned they are from silsila naqshbandia awaisia and that has me totally confused. is it like following a peer or something?

Peace autumnleaves

BigdaNawab is nearly correct … All silsilas except Naqshbandis go back to Imam Ali (RA) … Naqshabandis line goes back to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (RA) … Silsilas or Tariqahs are spiritual orders of Islam. Naqshbandi Owaisis are a subgroup of the Naqshbandis. My wife had some experience with them I think. But from prior knowledge I think they tend to be Sunni Hanafis in Fiqh. Yes, it does mean they have taken a peer/shaykh, but there is nothing wrong in that and it depends how involved they are that will determine how much it will affect your loved one in their marriage. In practice what it means is that once a week or something like that they will attend a gathering to do dhikr. They are likely to choose to give sadaqah to help their group, they might ask their peer/shaykh to help choose names for children. So it does not necessarily harm the Islamic aspect, but they may have some obligations that might directly affect married life. What you normally might expect to be done by parents, such as azdan in ear of baby or tahneeq, that honour might instead be passed to the peer/shaykh to get extra barakah for the child. It would make more of a difference if the male side are from them or not … If your side is the female side then she may need to consider being called to do helping for cooking duties when they have their gatherings … Depending on the size of the gathering they may have 3 to 5 people with kitchen duties, but all the same they may choose to buy in food, but something to be aware of … I am not trying to put you off as I am from a different tariqah myself, but you need to be aware of the arrangements they have … All of this is done to help each human being deal with their nufs so it should make them better people. Here is what you should do.

1. Confirm directly with them whether they are Sunnis
2. Look at their power dynamics with their existing women in the household
3. Ask what role would be expected by your loved one in their household should the nikkah happen.

Then trust Allah (SWT) and recommend your loved one to go in to the marriage or not accordingly, inshaAllah.