Naqshbandiyah

Orthodox fraternity of Muslim mystics (Sufis) found in India, China, the Central Asian republics, and Malaysia. It claims a lineage extending back to Abu Bakr, the first caliph. Baha' ad-Din (d. 1384), founder of the order at Bukhara, Turkistan, was called an-naqshband, �the painter,� because of the impression of God that the repetition of his prescribed ritual prayer (dhikr) should leave upon