Hadhrat Khwaja Bahauddin Naqshband

Khwaja Bahauddin Naqshband (May Allah be well pleased with him) was born in the month of Muharram in the year 718 Hijri.  Miracles were expressed through him, right from his childhood.  He is the Leader of the Path (Tareeqah), Mentor of the Reality (Haqeeqah), the Exemplar of the Law (Shariah) and the Leader of the Ahl Us Sunnah.  His genealogy is this:
Hadhrat Khwaja Bahauddin Naqshband, son of Syed Muhammad Bukhari, son of Syed Jalauddin, son of Syed Burhanuddin, son of Syed Abdullah, son of Syed Zain Ul A'abideen, son of Syed Qasim, son of Syed Sha'abaan, son of Syed Burhanuddin, son of Syed Mahmood, son of Syed Bulaq, son of Syed Taqi Sufi Khalwati, son of Syed Fakhruddin, son of Syed Ali Akbar, son of Imam Hasan Askari, son of Imam Ali Naqi, son of Imam Muhammad Taqi, son of Moosa Raza, son of Imam Moosa Kazim, son of Imam Ja'afar Sadiq, May Allah be well pleased with all of them.  May Allah bless us with their blessings. He was a follower of Imam A'adham Abu Hanifa. Most of the Shaykhs of this Path have followed the Hanafi school of Fiqh only.  He received spiritual blessings from Khana Muhammad Baba Sammasi (May Allah preserve his teachings), even though he was a disciple of Hadhrat Amir Kulal (May Allah preserve his teachings).  He received spiritual blessings through the Owaisi chain of transmission from Hadhrat Abdul Khaliq Ghujdwani (May Allah preserve his teachings). From Khwaja Mahmood Faghnawi to Khwaja Amir Kulal, all the leaders of this Path practiced both the audible Dhikr and the inaudible Dhikr (Dhikr Jahri, Dhikr khafi), when the blessed era of Hadhrat Khwaja Bahauddin Naqshband came, then the soul of Hadhrat Abdul Khaliq Ghujdwani said: Baba Bahauddin, you leave the audible Dhikr; always practice only the inaudible Dhikr.  From then, he made inaudible