Imam Rabbani's Comments on Dual Qadiri-Naqshbandi  Nisbat

In his Maktubat, Imam Rabbani Ahmad al-Faruqi stated,

"They have shown me all those men and women who have joined our order as well as those who will join us through means or directly till the end of the world. They have given me their names, family names, and countries. I could name them all one by one if I liked to. All these people have been forgiven for my sake...

(Once) Ghawth ul-Adham (Abd-al-Qadir Geilani) 'quddisa sirruh' and the great Shaikhs of Qadiri path 'rahmat-ullahi alaihim' visited me. With the arrival of these great people, I found myself in the haloes of Qadiri nisbat (path). I thought to myself, "I was educated by the superiors of the Naqshbandiyya. How is it that the Qadiri order seems to have had more effect on me?" As soon as this thought passed through my heart, Hadrat Khwaja-i-jihan Shah Bahauddin Naqshband Bukhari 'quddisa sirruh', accompanied by his disciples, honored the place with his presence and sat near the Ghawth-us-Thaqaleyn. Addressing the other group, he said, "Ahmad is one of us. He attained perfection and maturity through our methods of education." In the meantime, leaders of the orders Chishtiyya and Kubrawiyya arrived, too. They poured their own nisbats into my heart. They gave me new ijazats. I already was in possession of the nisbats of those superior people, and now they became firmer and brighter. If I wish, I can make my disciples reach perfection through all these paths."