The pledge by which a disciple enters the order, and the silent remembrance and related exercises the shaykh then teaches.
Material type
Transmitted technique
Restricted to
Disciples initiated by a shaykh of the order
Restriction mechanism
vow, oral_only
Stated reason
Litanies and methods are held to be effective only when passed down the chain of masters (silsila)
Tradition origins
14th century (Bahāʾ al-Dīn Naqshband)
Recorded practice status
Practiced
Provisional: no dated status evidence is linked.
Status as of
Not recorded
Status claims
Not recorded
Disclosure dates, source publication dates, tradition origins and dates of practice are separate.
What this disclosure covers
Not recorded.
The source
The Naqshbandiyya: Orthodoxy and Activism in a Worldwide Sufi Tradition (SRC-0026; authenticity: Unassessed)
Author
Itzchak Weismann
Original publication
2007
Linked edition
Not recorded
Format
Academic
Provenance
scholarship
Rights of source work
Copyrighted
Identifiers
ol:OL8100048W
Source content hash
Not recorded
Claims about this item
These claims may cite other sources for the same restricted item. Supporting and contradicting evidence remain separate.
CLM-0053 · Content
In the Naqshbandi silent remembrance the shaykh recites the profession of faith in his heart while the disciple sits with his heart facing the shaykh's, eyes closed, mouth shut, tongue pressed to the roof of the mouth, teeth together and breath held, and repeats it with the heart and not the tongue, three times in one breath, until he can keep it up even in a crowd.
Checked against the Internet Archive text on 2026-11-04. Brown gives these as instructions from a member of the order.
SRC-0055: Source authenticity is unassessed; this is separate from the truth of its assertions.
SRC-0055: No source-level content_hash is recorded; linked artifact hashes may identify excerpts, derivatives or metadata instead.
ITEM-0016: The recorded practice status is provisional: no dated status claims are linked.
Evidence qualifications
SRC-0026 · source_authenticity_unassessed: Source authenticity is unassessed; this is separate from the truth of its assertions.
SRC-0026 · source_without_content_hash: No source-level content_hash is recorded; linked artifact hashes may identify excerpts, derivatives or metadata instead.
DISC-0028 · record_unreviewed: Record review status is unreviewed; review is not proof of truth.
DISC-0028 · disclosure_without_coverage: The parts, version or edition covered by this disclosure have not been specified.
ITEM-0016 · status_without_dated_evidence: The recorded practice status is provisional: no dated status claims are linked.
Reviewed means checked against a source. It does not establish source authenticity, independent corroboration or present-day practice.
