The Mashaikh of Chisht

The Spiritual Tree [Shajarah] of the Noble Auliya and Masyaikh of Chisht

The Shajarah of Qutbul Aqtab, Syaikhul Hadith, Hadhrat Maulana Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhahlawi (Rahmatullah alaih)
1. Sayyidul Qaunain, Khaatamun Nabiyeen Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam
2. Ameerul Mu’mineen Hadrat Ali Karramallahu wajhah
3. Hadhrat Hasan Basri
4. Khwaajah Abdul Waahid bin Zaid Abul Fadhl
5. Khwaajah Fudhail bin Iyaadh bin Mas’ud bin Bishr Tameemi
6. Sultan Ibraahim bin Adham bin Mansur
7. Khwaajah Huzaifah al-Mar’ashi Basri
8. Khwaajah Abu Hubairah Basri
9. Khwaajah Ilw Mumshad Dinwari
10. Khwaajah Abu Ishaq Shaami
11. Khwaajah Abu Ahmad Abdaal Chishti
12. Khwaajah Muhammad @ Abu Muhammad bin Abi Ahmad
13. Khwaajah Sayyid Naseeruddin Abu Yusuf bin Sam’aan al-Husaini al-Chishti
14. Khwaajah Qutbuddin Maudood Chishti
15. Khwaajah Shareef Zandani at-Tarmizi
16. Khwaajah Uthman Haaruni
17. Khwaajah Muinuddeen Chishti Ajmeri as-Sanjari
18. Hadhrat Shaikh Qutbuddeen Bakhtiyaar Kaaki
19. Shaikh Fariduddeen Mas’ood Shakar Ganj
20. Khwaajah Alaauddeen Ali Ahmad Saabir Kalyari
21. Shaikh Shamsuddeen at-Turki Paanipati
22. Shaikh Jalaaluddeen Kabirul Auliyaa Paanipati
23. Shaikh Ahmad Abdul Haq Radoli
24. Shaikh Muhammad Aarif al-Farouqi
25. Shaikh Muhammad al-Farouqi bin Shaikh Aarif
26. Shaikh Mashaa-ikh Shah Abdul Quddus Gangohi
27. Hadhrat Jalaaluddeen Mahmud Umri Thanesri
28. Shaikh Nizaamuddeen al-Umri Thanesri al-Balkhi
29. Shah Abu Saeed Nu’maani an-Nausharwaani Gangohi
30. Maulana Shaikh Khwaajah Muhibbullah Ilahabadi Sadarpuri
31. Maulana Shaikh Sayyid Muhammadi Akbaraabadi
32. Shah Muhammad al-Makki Ja’fari
33. Shah Adh-duddeen Amrohi
34. Shaikh Abdul Haadi Amrohi
35. Shah Abdul Baari Siddiqui Amrohi
36. Hadhrat Shaikh al-Haj Abdur Raheem Wilayati
37. Hadhrat Aqdas Mianji Nur Muhammad Jhinjawi
38. Haji Imdadullah Thanawi Muhaajir-e-Makki
39. Hadhrat Aqdas, Qutbul Alam, Murshid-e-Alam, Maulana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi
40. Maulana al-Haaj Khalil Ahmad Ambhetawi
41. Qutbul Aqtaab, Shaikhul Hadith, Ra’isul Muhadditheen Allamah, Hadhrat Maulana Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhahlawi Muhajir Madani

The above Chishtiyyah silsilah is known as Sabiriyyah branch (with reference to Khwaajah Alaauddeen Ali Ahmad Saabir Kalyari (No. 20), to Imdaadiyyah (with reference to Haji Imdadullah Thanawi Muhaajir-e-Makki (No. 38), to Khaliliyyah (Maulana al-Haaj Khalil Ahmad Ambhetawi (No. 40).

Shaikh Fariduddeen Mas’ood Shakar Ganj (No. 19) also gave the ijazat to Syaikh Nizamuddin Auliya’, This Nizamiyyah silsilah branch went down to Shah Waliullah ad-Dahlawi.

[references:
Syaikh Muhamad Zakariyya Kandhalwi, ‘The Mashaikh of Chisht’, Mujlisul Ulama of South Africa, Kutub Khana Ishayat-ul-Islam, New Delhi, 2006.
Hj Muzaffar Dato’ Hj Mohammad & (Tun) Suzana (Tun) Hj Othman, ‘Sesungguhnya Tuhan Kamu Tidak Bermata Satu’, Crescent News (KL) Sdn Bhd, 2007. ISBN 978-983-061-715-2.
Abdul Aziz Ahmad bin Muhammad, ‘Penawar Rohani’ (Translation of Qaulul Jamil Fi Bayani Sawais Sabil by Shah Waliullah Ad-Dahlawi), Pustaka Aman Press Sdn. Bhd., 1992.]