THE CORE IDEAS OF NAQSHBANDIYA TEACHING AND ITS CONTINUITY WITH THE KHWAJAGAN TRADITION

Abstract

This article analyzes the core ideas of the Naqshbandiya doctrine 
and its genetic continuity with the Khwajagan tradition. The study demonstrates 
that the foundations of Khwajagan teaching laid by Yusuf Hamadani and 
systematized by Abdulkhaliq Ghijduvani through eight rashas (principles) were 
preserved, deepened, and enriched by Bahaʼ al-Din Naqshband through three 
additional principles and the restoration of silent dhikr. The research argues that 
the relationship between the Khwajagan and Naqshbandiya stages constitutes 
not simple continuity but a dialectical unity of preservation and innovation, 
expressed above all in the motto “Dil ba yor-u, dast ba kor” (Heart with God, 
hands at work).