Davidwnl at 15:31, 14 February 2026

2026-02-14T15:31:49Z

New page

{{Short description|Indian Sufi mystic order in Islam}}
{{more citations needed|date=August 2009}}
{{Infobox religious group
| group = Madariyya
| flag =
| flag_size =
| flag_alt =
| flag_caption =
| image = Tomb Syed Zinda Shah Qutbul Madar.jpg
| image_size = 250
| image_alt =
| image_caption = The [[dargah]] of Qutbul Madar
| population =
| founder = [[Badi' al-Din|Shah Madar Badi' al-Din]]
| regions = [[North India]], [[Nepal]], [[Bangladesh]]
| tablehdr =
| region1 =
| pop1 =
| ref1 =
| region2 =
| pop2 =
| ref2 =
| region3 = 
| pop3 = 
| ref3 = 
| religions = [[Sufism|Sufi]] [[Islam]]
| scriptures =
| languages =
| related-c =
| website =
| notes =
}}
The '''Madariyya''' is a [[Sufi order]] ({{Transliteration|ar|tariqa}}) popular in [[North India]], especially in [[Uttar Pradesh]], the [[Mewat]] region, [[Bihar]], [[Gujarat]] and [[West Bengal]], as well as in [[Nepal]] and [[Bangladesh]]. Known for its [[syncretist]] beliefs and its focus on internal ''[[Dhikr]]'', it was initiated by the Sufi saint [[Badi' al-Din|Shah Madar Badi' al-Din]] and is centered on his shrine (''[[Dargah]]'') at [[Makanpur]], [[Kanpur|Kanpur district]], Uttar Pradesh.
{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}}

The Madariyya order reached its zenith in the late [[Mughal period]] between the 15th and 17th centuries and gave rise to new orders as Shah Madar's disciples spread through the northern plains of India, into Bengal. As with most Sufi orders, its name {{Transliteration|ar|Madariyya}} has been created by forming a [[Arabic nouns and adjectives#Nisba|{{Transliteration|ar|Nisba}}]] from the name of its founder, (Shah) {{Transliteration|ar|Madar}}, though it is sometimes also referred as {{Transliteration|ar|Tabaqatiyya}}.<ref>{{cite book |title=Travellers in faith: studies of the Tablīghī Jamāʻat as a transnational Islamic movement for faith renewal |volume=69 |author=Masud, Muhammad Khalid |year=2000 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=90-04-11622-2 |page=xxxii |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IJlamhIR7m8C&pg=PR32 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Piety on its knees: three Sufi traditions in South Asia in modern times |author=Liebeskind, Claudia |year=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-564309-7 |page=49 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Deliverance from error and mystical union with the Almighty: Volume 2 of Cultural heritage and contemporary change |author=Ghazzālī |author2=McLean, George F. |year=2001 |publisher=CRVP |isbn=1-56518-081-X |page=60 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=glfYPh0yVdAC&pg=PA60 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Advanced history of medieval India |author=Bakshi, S. R. |year=2003 |publisher=Anmol Publications PVT. LTD. |isbn=81-7488-028-3 |page=348 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gDjzm-hdzq0C&pg=PA348}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary religions: a world guide: Longman current affairs |author=Harris, Ian |year=1992 |publisher=Longman |isbn=0-582-08695-7 |page=216 }}</ref>

==See also==
{{stack|{{portal|Islam|India|Bangladesh}}}}
* [[Bayazid Bastami|Bayazid Tayfur Bastami]]
* [[Moinuddin Chishti]]
* [[Ashraf Jahangir Semnani]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Sufism in Asia]]
[[Category:Sufi orders]]

Madariyya - Revision history

Davidwnl at 15:31, 14 February 2026