The Naqshbandiyya, named after Bahāʾ al-Dīn Naqshband of Bukhara, traces its chain to Abū Bakr. It favours silent dhikr of the heart and eleven principles, such as awareness in breathing and solitude in the crowd. Aḥmad Sirhindī renewed it in India; it spread widely in Asia and the Ottoman lands.
Naqshbandiyya
A Sufi order known for silent remembrance and for its principle of “solitude in the crowd”.
Also: Naqshbandi