Spiritual Genealogy / Tareeqa

Sultan Bahu belonged to the Qadiri Sufi order, and later initiated his own offshoot, Sarwari Qadiri.

Shrine Of Hazrat Sultan Bahu Rehmatullah Elaih

Sultan Bahu refers to Muhiyuddin Abdul Qadir Jilani as his spiritual Master in a number of his books and poetry, but it is obvious that this relationship must have existed purely in the spiritual domain, as Abdul Qadir Jilani died before the birth of Sultan Bahu. However, a majority of Sufi orders and saints maintain that Abdul Qadir Jilani has a special role in the mystic world and thus all orders and saints are always indebted to him directly or indirectly in some way.
Sultan Bahu's education began at the feet of his mother, Mai Rasti, who was herself a saintly woman, and has her own Mausoleum in Shorkot, Punjab, Pakistan. She told him to seek spiritual guidance from a wali (friend of GOD). After some time, he moved to Delhi for further 'polishing' under the guidance of Sheikh Abdul Rehman al Qadari. Soon Sheikh Abdul Rehman al Qadari felt that he can not add anything to Sultan Bahu's knowledge as Sultan Bahu already knew more than Sheikh Abdul Rehman al Qadari. This did not take long, after which Sultan Bahu returned to his own, familiar surroundings.



The complete spiritual lineage (Silsila) of Sultan Bahu is as follows:

• Ali ibn Abi Talib
• Hassan Basri
• Shah Habib Al Ajami
• Daud Tai
• Maruf Karkhi
• Sari As Saqäti
• Shaykh Junayd Baghdadi
• Sheikh Shibli
• Walid Abdul Wahid
• Abul Farrah Yusuf
• Sheikh bu Hassan
• Sheikh bu Saeed Al Mubarak
• Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani
• Abdur Razzaq
• Abdul Jabbar
• Yahya Wali
• Sheikh Najmuddin
• Abdul Sattar
• Abdul Baqa
• Syed Abdul Jalil (Sath Shahani)
• Abdûr-Rahman (Dhhli)
• Sultan Bahu