The Tariqa Burhāniyya ( ''Ṭarīqa al burhāniyya al disūqiyyah al shādhliyyah''; also written ''al-Burhāniyya or Burhāniyyah'') or Desuqiyya is a
Sufi
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order founded by
Sayyidi Abul Hasan ash-Shadhuli and Sayyidi
Ibrahim al Disuqi in the 13th century. The order's full name is Tariqa Burhaniya Disuqiya
Shadhuliya, referring to its founders. Burhan-uddin is a surname of Sayyidi Ibrahim al Disuqi and means "evidence of religion". The order has a registered charity in the UK, Tariqa Burhaniya D'suqiyya
Shazuliyya (tbds); Registered Charity Number: 1041647.
Desouki, also known as the Burhani order, was founded by
Ibrahim El-Desouki, whose resting place in the Nile delta is a major place of pilgrimage for
Sufi
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Muslims
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from all over
Egypt
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. Originally from Egypt, there is a significant population of members in
Khartoum
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.
During the
Ottoman times, this order, along with the other native Egyptian
Sufi
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, r ...
order, the
Badawiyyah order, had several
tekkes
A khanqah ( fa, خانقاه) or khangah ( fa, خانگاه; also transliterated as ''khankah'', ''khaneqa'', ''khanegah'' or ''khaneqah''; also Arabized ''hanegah'', ''hanikah'', ''hanekah'', ''khankan''), also known as a ribat (), is a buildin ...
in Istanbul. These tekkes, along with all others, were closed when Turkey became a republic.
Origins
The order was renewed by the Sudanese Sheikh Mawlana Mohamed Osman Abdu al Burhani (1902–1983). After his death the leadership of the order passed to his son Sheikh Ibrahim as Sheikh Mohamed Osman Abdu al-Burhani. During the leadership of Sheikh Ibrahim the order was spreading also in other parts of the
Arab
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Middle East
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, especially in
Europe
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,
North America
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(
United States
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,
Canada
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) and
South Asia
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(
Pakistan
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,
India
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).
Since 2003 the order is under the guidance of his grandson Sheikh Mohamed al Sheikh Ibrahim al Sheikh Mohamed Osman Abdu al-Burhani. The domicile of the European center of the order is located on the edge of the
Lüneburg Heath
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in
Germany
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.
Spiritual line
Burhaniya is the Sufi order of Sayyidi Ibrahim al Qurashi al Disuqi (13th Century A.D.), the fourth of the great Sufi sheikhs and founders of Sufi orders (aqtab)أقطاب. The spiritual line of the Burhaniya sheikhs traces back to the Islamic Prophet
Mohammed
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. The most important chain links are:
Sayyidi al Sheikh Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Osman
Sayyidi al Sheikh Ibrahim Mohamed Osman
Sayyidi al Sheikh Mohamed Osman Abdu al Burhani
Sayyidi Ahmad Arabi al Sharnubi
Sayyidi Musa Abu al Imran
Sayyidi Ibrahim al Qurashi al Disuqi
Sayyidi Abul Hasan al Shaduli
Sayyidi Abdu al Salam ibn Bashish
Sayyiduna wa Maulana al Imam al Hussain
Sayyiduna wa Maulana al Imam Ali
Ziyadatan fi Sharaf al Mustafa
See also
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History of Sufism
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Index of Sufism-related articles
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Muhammad ibn 'Arafa ad-Desouki (prominent late jurist of the
Maliki
The ( ar, مَالِكِي) school is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam. It was founded by Malik ibn Anas in the 8th century. The Maliki school of jurisprudence relies on the Quran and hadiths as prima ...
school).
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Ibrahim El-Desouki
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Desouk
*
Dessouki
*
Desouk SC
References
External links
Website of Tariqa BurhaniyaYouTube channel of the Burhaniya Tariqa
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