Naqshbandi-Kilani Sufi sheikhs in Jordanian Ikhwan ul Muslimun:
‘Abd al-Halim Mustafa al-Kilani was born in the city of al-Salt
in 1888. He would never get the opportunity to learn the ways
of the Qadiri Order from his father, Sheikh Mustafa al-Kilani (d.
1891 AD), because the sheikh died before ‘Abd al-Halim reached the age of ve years. Sheikh ‘Abd al-Halim would eventually become the mufti of al-Salt and was a teacher of the Qur’an and of Islamic studies at the high school there.
He established a center for instruction in the Holy Qur’an in which he would continue teaching the sons of al-Salt, both young and old, for over 50 years. Indeed, seldom will one nd a person from al-Salt, from that time, who did not receive instruction at the hands of Sheikh ‘Abd al-Halim. In the course of teaching the Qur’an to the sons of al-Salt, he also taught them how to read and write.
Sheikh ‘Abd al-Halim learned the ways of the Shadhili Order
under the instruction and the guidance of Sheikh Muhammad
Amin al-Ghudhuf, who came to al-Salt in 1910, and to whom
tens of others ocked in order to receive instructions. Moreover,
when Sheikh Nimatallah al-Naqshbandi visited Jordan from
Damascus, ‘Abd al-Halim would attend all of Sheikh Nimatallah’s assemblies and would spend much time with the great sheikh.
Indeed, Sheikh ‘Abd al-Halim was greatly infuenced by Sheikh
Nimatallah and would undertake the covenant and the way of the Naqshbandi Order under the latter’s instruction and guidance.
Sheikh ‘Abd al-Halim would also become a representative of the Organization of the Muslim Brotherhood in al-Salt. Indeed, he and Hassan al-Banna, the founder of the Organization of the Muslim Brotherhood, would correspond regularly393 until the
latter’s death.
Muhammad Amin Fahim Mustafa al-Kilani was the son of
Sheikh ‘Abd al-Halim’s brother, as well as his son-in-law. He
was born in al-Salt in 1926 AD, and his father, Sheikh Fahim
(d. 1942 AD), was a Shadhili Su who named him Muhammad
Amin after the Shadhili Sheikh Muhammad Amin al-Ghudhuf.
Sheikh Muhammad al-Amin would graduate from the al-Salt
Secondary School in 1946. In 1956, he completed his higher
education at the faculty of Islamic shari’a at the University of
Damascus. Later, he was appointed to many posts including
that of principal of al-Salt Secondary School in 1966,
advisor to the Minister of Education in 1981, director of the
Community College of Jordan in 1985, director of the Ali Bin
Abi Taleb Secondary Shari’a School, and as Mufti of the Balqaa
Governorate in 1971.
He also continued his relations with the
Organization of the Muslim Brotherhood and was the deputy of the organization’s representative in al-Salt, Sheikh ‘Abd al Halim al-Kilani.
Sheikh Amin conducts assemblies of dhikr in the Kilani family’s diwan, a center for the communal use of the extended family, in al-Salt, Jordan.
Source:
files/bueros/amman/08884.pdf
Sheikh ‘Abd al-Halim Mustafa al-Kilani
‘Abd al-Halim Mustafa al-Kilani was born in the city of al-Salt
in 1888. He would never get the opportunity to learn the ways
of the Qadiri Order from his father, Sheikh Mustafa al-Kilani (d.
1891 AD), because the sheikh died before ‘Abd al-Halim reached the age of ve years. Sheikh ‘Abd al-Halim would eventually become the mufti of al-Salt and was a teacher of the Qur’an and of Islamic studies at the high school there.
He established a center for instruction in the Holy Qur’an in which he would continue teaching the sons of al-Salt, both young and old, for over 50 years. Indeed, seldom will one nd a person from al-Salt, from that time, who did not receive instruction at the hands of Sheikh ‘Abd al-Halim. In the course of teaching the Qur’an to the sons of al-Salt, he also taught them how to read and write.
Sheikh ‘Abd al-Halim learned the ways of the Shadhili Order
under the instruction and the guidance of Sheikh Muhammad
Amin al-Ghudhuf, who came to al-Salt in 1910, and to whom
tens of others ocked in order to receive instructions. Moreover,
when Sheikh Nimatallah al-Naqshbandi visited Jordan from
Damascus, ‘Abd al-Halim would attend all of Sheikh Nimatallah’s assemblies and would spend much time with the great sheikh.
Indeed, Sheikh ‘Abd al-Halim was greatly infuenced by Sheikh
Nimatallah and would undertake the covenant and the way of the Naqshbandi Order under the latter’s instruction and guidance.
Sheikh ‘Abd al-Halim would also become a representative of the Organization of the Muslim Brotherhood in al-Salt. Indeed, he and Hassan al-Banna, the founder of the Organization of the Muslim Brotherhood, would correspond regularly393 until the
latter’s death.
Sheikh Muhammad Amin Fahim Mustafa al-Kilani
Muhammad Amin Fahim Mustafa al-Kilani was the son of
Sheikh ‘Abd al-Halim’s brother, as well as his son-in-law. He
was born in al-Salt in 1926 AD, and his father, Sheikh Fahim
(d. 1942 AD), was a Shadhili Su who named him Muhammad
Amin after the Shadhili Sheikh Muhammad Amin al-Ghudhuf.
Sheikh Muhammad al-Amin would graduate from the al-Salt
Secondary School in 1946. In 1956, he completed his higher
education at the faculty of Islamic shari’a at the University of
Damascus. Later, he was appointed to many posts including
that of principal of al-Salt Secondary School in 1966,
advisor to the Minister of Education in 1981, director of the
Community College of Jordan in 1985, director of the Ali Bin
Abi Taleb Secondary Shari’a School, and as Mufti of the Balqaa
Governorate in 1971.
He also continued his relations with the
Organization of the Muslim Brotherhood and was the deputy of the organization’s representative in al-Salt, Sheikh ‘Abd al Halim al-Kilani.
Sheikh Amin conducts assemblies of dhikr in the Kilani family’s diwan, a center for the communal use of the extended family, in al-Salt, Jordan.
Source:
Sufism and Sufi Orders: God’s Spiritual Paths
Adaptation and Renewal in the Context of Modernization
[Book on Sufi tariqas in Jordan] (page172 and 173)
http://library.fes.de/pdf-
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