Mehmet Adil

Muhammad Adil, also Mehmet Adil, (born 29 March 1957) is the successor and oldest son of Sultan-ul Awliya Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani and Hajjah Amina Adil, and the current spiritual leader (grandshaykh) of the Haqqani branch of the Naqshbandi Sufi order.

Early life and education

Muhammad Adil was born in Damascus, Syria, of Turkish Cypriot descent. His father Nazim al-Haqqani is of the lineage of the founder of the Qadiriyya tariqa, Abdul-Qadir Gilani, while his great-grandmother is of the lineage of the founder of the Mawlawi tariqa, Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi. According to the lineage in the Nāqib al-Ashraf records, his lineage goes back to the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and is Ahl al-Bayt from his father's side.

His mother, Amina Sultan, is the daughter of a Tatar family who migrated to Sham Sharif (the Levant), through Anatolia of the Ottoman Empire due to the start of anti-religious policies of Communist countries of the time. She is originally from the town of Orenburg Bakey in the Republic of Tatarstan, part of the Russian Federation.

Muhammad Adil spent his youth in Syria’s capital, Damascus, studying under the guidance of Abdullah Fa'izi ad-Daghestani and Nazim al-Haqqani. He received his advanced Islamic education at the prestigious Mahd al-Fath al-Islami Institute معهد الفتح الإسلامي in Damascus.

Career Nazim declared before his death that his successor (khalifa) would be Muhammad Mehmet 'Adil. He took over as the 41st Shaykh of the Naqshbandi Golden Chain with the death of Shaykh Nazim on 7 May 2014.

Mehmet 'Ádil resides in the village of Akbaba of Beykoz district, Istanbul, Turkey.