Kubrawiya
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The Kubrawiya order is a Sufi order ("tariqa") named after its 13th century founder Najmuddin Kubra. One of the branches, the Nurbakhshi Kubrawi lineage, embraced Shi'a Islam
and is named after Muhammad Nurbakhsh. The largest existing branch of the Kubrawiya order today is the Uwaisi
Shahmaghsoudi order.
Shi'a Islam
Shia Islam is the second largest denomination of Islam. The followers of Shia Islam are called Shi'ites or Shias. "Shia" is the short form of the historic phrase Shīʻatu ʻAlī , meaning "followers of Ali", "faction of Ali", or "party of Ali".Like other schools of thought in Islam, Shia Islam is...
and is named after Muhammad Nurbakhsh. The largest existing branch of the Kubrawiya order today is the Uwaisi
Uwaisi
Uwaisyaan refers to those Sufis who have gained the spiritual chain from another Sufi without physically meeting them in this world. Usually "Uwaisyan" are known as a school in Tasawwuf, and the word Uwaisi is its singular form.-Background:...
Shahmaghsoudi order.