Nisbat-e-Rasooli

Nisbat-e-Rasooli (Urdu: نسبت رسولی) is the name given to the Naqshbandia Sufi order of Islam ^{[citation needed]}

History

Nisbat-e-Rasooli formerly originated after the death of Muhammad Qasim Sadiq in 1943. According to the followers of the order, Muhammad Qasim Sadiq publicly appointed his eldest son Nazeer Ahmed his successor in 1925; however, familial disputes arose after his death and the order at Mohra Sharif split into two. Nazeer Ahmed later renamed the order to Nisbat-e-Rasooli for the reason mentioned above. Nazeer Ahmed led the order till his death on 22 July 1960. He appointed his youngest son Haroon al Rasheed as his successor formally through a letter to the President of Pakistan Muhammad Ayub Khan^{[citation needed]}

Ideology

The founder of the order Nazeer Ahmed described the ideology of the order to be that a "Real example of following the Prophet Muhammad can be found in his companions, most notably the first four Caliphs. And that is where every Muslim shall try to be at. With the passage of time, different variations start appearing that can be exemplified as when you throw a stone in the water. Stone being at the center creates ripples that spread in circles around it and keep on moving further away. All these variations are like those ripple currents that although centered around the stone, are in fact away from it. We want to put our focus on the stone (center) rather than getting bogged by the ripples. This is why we call our order Nisbat-e-Rasooli." ^{[citation needed]}

Religious festivals

Twice a year public religious congregations are announced and held in Mohra Sharif to commemorate its leaders and their teachings. The first meeting is held around early June to commemorate the founder of the order, Nazeer Ahmed, Khwaja Nizam ud Din, and Abdul Qadir Jilani. Every 23 July a congregation, open to the public but not announced, is held for Quran recitation on the anniversary of the death of Nazeer Ahmed. The second meeting is held around early November in commemoration of Muhammad Qasim Sadiq and Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi. ^{[citation needed]}

References

http://nisbatrasooli.com/
http://www.mohrasharif.com.pk
https://web.archive.org/web/20100130141901/http://www.nisbat-e-rasooli.info/
Sufi Muhammad Rasheed (2006). Nisbat-e-Rasooli. Maktaba Nisbat-e-Rasooli.