Hazrat Mujaddid Alf Thani Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi (1564–1624)
In brief: Biography of Hazrat Mujaddid Alf Thani Shaykh Ahmad al-Faruqi al-Sirhindi, reviver of the second millennium, and his Maktubat in the Naqshbandi Mujaddidi tradition.
Shaykh Ahmad al-Faruqi al-Sirhindi was born in Sirhind in the Punjab in 971 AH (1564 CE) and passed away there in 1034 AH (1624 CE). He is honoured as Mujaddid Alf Thani, the renewer of the second Islamic millennium.
His teachings
- The Shari’ah is the necessary frame of every spiritual path.
- The Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ is the measure of all spiritual claims.
- Sufi experience is to be tested against the Qur’an and Hadith.
- A balanced path of dhikr, knowledge and moral reform.
His writings
His letters, the Maktubat-i Imam Rabbani, are studied widely, and the Mujaddidi branch of the Naqshbandi order bears his name. Explore the Naqshbandi Mujaddidi path and the Sufism specialisation.
