INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Silsilah is a golden chain of knowledges and religious orders that are inherited from the Prophet Muhammad. The focus of the silsila like the Chain of Authenticity is to trace the lineage of a sufi order to Mohammad through his Companions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sufis were organised in to 12 different orders known silsilas. Silsilas were of two types, Ba-shara and Be-shara.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sufi mystic traditions became more visible during the 10th and 11th centuries of the Delhi Sultanate. In India the four major silsilas to take root were Suhrawardiyya, Chishtiyya, Qadiriyya and Naqshabandiyya.

Detailed explanation-4: -A Sufi’s silsila is his badge of identity and source of legitimation; it provides him with a list of illustrious predecessors and shows how he is related to other Sufis.” Silsila can be of a partial knowledge or a book as well.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sufi orders Historically, Sufis have often belonged to “orders” known as tariqa (pl. ṭuruq) – congregations formed around a grand master wali who will trace their teaching through a chain of successive teachers back to the Islamic prophet Muhammad.