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Find sources: "Muhammad Usman Damani" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Muhammad Usman Damani Born 1828/1829 Looni, Tehsil Kulachi Dera Ismail Khan Died 1897 (aged 68–69) ) Mussa Zai Sharif, Dera Ismail Khan, British India Philosophical work Region Islam School Sunni Islam, Hanafi, Sufi, Naqshbandi Part of a series on Islam Sufism Ideas Abdal Al-Insān al-Kāmil Baqaa Dervish Dhawq Fakir Fana Hal Haqiqa Ihsan Irfan Ishq Karamat Kashf Lataif Manzil Ma'rifa Maqam Murid Murshid Nafs Nūr Qalandar Qayyum Qutb Silsila Sufi cosmology Sufi metaphysics Sufi philosophy Sufi poetry Sufi psychology Salik Tazkiah Wali Yaqeen Practices Anasheed Dhikr Haḍra Khalwa (Sufism) Muraqabah Qawwali Sama Whirling Tawajjuh Ziyarat Sufi orders Akbari Alians Azeemia Ba 'Alawi Badawi Bayrami Bektashi Burhani Chishti Darqawi Galibi Haqqani Hurufi Idrisi Inayati Issawiyya Jelveti Jerrahi Khalwati Khatmiyya Kubrawi Madari Mahdavi Maizbhandari Malamati Mevlevi Mouridi Ni'matullāhī Naqshbandi Noorbakshi Nuqtavi Qadiri Qalandari Rahmani Rifaʽi Safavi Sadiyya Salihiyya Senusi Shadhili Suhrawardi Sülaymaniye Shattari Tijani Uwaisi Zahabiya Zahedi Zikri List of sufis Notable early Notable modern Singers Topics in Sufism Tawhid Sharia Tariqa Haqiqa Ma'rifa Art History Sufi music Persecution Ziyarat Islam portal v t e **Muhammad Usman Damani** was a prominent [Muslim](/source/Muslim) [scholar](/source/Scholar) and [Sufi](/source/Sufism) [shaykh](/source/Sheikh) of [Naqshbandi](/source/Naqshbandi) tariqah of the 19th century (1828–1897) in South Asia (present day Pakistan). ## Early life He was born to Mawlana Moosa Jan in 1244 [AH](/source/Hijri_year) at Looni town in Kulachi [Dera Ismail Khan District](/source/Dera_Ismail_Khan_District), present day Pakistan. His father belonged to the [Damani](/source/Damanis) tribe and his mother belonged to the family of the Indian Sufi saint [Bande Nawaz](/source/Bande_Nawaz).[1] He was a [khalifa](/source/Caliphate) and successor of [Haji Dost Muhammad Qandhari](/source/Haji_Dost_Muhammad_Qandhari), and was the successor of [khanqah](/source/Sufi_lodge) Mussa Zai Sharif in Dera Ismail Khan. ## Work His shaykh awarded him with [ijazah](/source/Ijazah) ([khilafat](/source/Caliphate)) of eight Sufi orders, namely [Naqshbandi](/source/Naqshbandi) Mujaddidi, [Qadri](/source/Qadiriyya), [Chishti](/source/Chishti_Order), [Suhrawardi](/source/Suhrawardiyya), [Shattari](/source/Shattariyya), [Madaria](/source/Madariyya), [Kibrawiya](/source/Kubrawiya) and [Qalandari](/source/Qalandariyya).[2] His letters are published in a collection named *Tuhfa Zahidia* with an [Urdu](/source/Urdu) translation. In the last years of his life, he did not take the oath of allegiance from newcomers and referred them to one of his two leading [khulafa](/source/Caliphate), namely [Muhammad Sirajuddin Naqshbandi](/source/Muhammad_Sirajuddin_Naqshbandi) his son and [Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani](/source/Sayyad_Laal_Shah_Hamdani). He died on Tuesday 22 [Shaban](/source/Sha'aban) 1314 AH (26 January 1897) and was buried in Mussa Zai Sharif alongside the grave of his [shaykh](/source/Sheikh) [Haji Dost Muhammad Qandhari](/source/Haji_Dost_Muhammad_Qandhari).[1] His [janazah](/source/Islamic_funeral) prayer was led by his son Muhammad Sirajuddin Naqshbandi.[2] ## Chain of succession Main article: [Naqshbandi Tahiri Golden Chain](/source/Naqshbandi_Tahiri_Golden_Chain) Khwaja Muhammad Usman Damani belonged to the Mujaddidi order of Sufism, which is the main branch of [Naqshbandi](/source/Naqshbandi) Sufi [tariqah](/source/Tariqa). His spiritual lineage goes to [Muhammad](/source/Muhammad), through [Shaikh](/source/Sheikh) [Ahmad Sirhindi](/source/Ahmad_Sirhindi), the Mujaddid of eleventh Hijri century. ## Khulafa - - [Muhammad Sirajuddin Naqshbandi](/source/Muhammad_Sirajuddin_Naqshbandi), his son and successor (d. 1915) - [Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani](/source/Sayyad_Laal_Shah_Hamdani) (d. 1896) - Mawlana Shirazi - Abdur-Rahman Bahadur Kilmi (d. 1922) ## See also - [Abu Hanifa](/source/Abu_Hanifa) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-jalwa_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-jalwa_1-1) ["Showroom friend"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111007041926/http://urdu.islahulmuslimeen.org/urdu/books/jalwagah/h35.htm). Archived from [the original](http://urdu.islahulmuslimeen.org/urdu/books/jalwagah/h35.htm) on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2024. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-khokhar_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-khokhar_2-1) ["Hazrat Khwaja Usman Damani"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090525175325/http://urdu.islahulmuslimeen.org/urdu/silsila/34.htm). Archived from [the original](http://urdu.islahulmuslimeen.org/urdu/silsila/34.htm) on 25 May 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2024. ## External links - [Baghar Shareef](https://web.archive.org/web/20040421095419/http://bagharshareef.com/) - [Jalwa Gah-e-Dost (Urdu) 2nd edition (2008) by Khwaja Muhammad Tahir Bakhshi](https://web.archive.org/web/20100828054245/http://urdu.islahulmuslimeen.org/urdu/books/jalwagah/h35.htm) - [Short Biography in Urdu by Mukhtar Ahmed Khokhar](https://web.archive.org/web/20090525175325/http://urdu.islahulmuslimeen.org/urdu/silsila/34.htm) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Muhammad Usman Damani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Usman_Damani) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Usman_Damani?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.