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بَهَاءُ الدِّين نَقْشْبَنْد الْبُخَارِي

Bahāʾ al-Dīn Naqshband al-Bukhārī

quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified

his portrait is written, not drawn

His portrait is his lamp: no image survives, and none is needed.

stationWalī
sayingsTwo
days keptTwo

From His Tongueمِنْ كَلَامِهِ

The poor one is the one whose inside is always in struggle and whose external is always at peace.

Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari

Our path is companionship, and good is in the collective.

Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari

His Daysأَيَّامُهُ

Birth of Khwaja Bahauddin Shah Naqshband14 MuḥarramUrs of Shaykh Bahaʾuddin Shah Naqshband3 Rabīʿ al-Awwal

Days of the Islamic calendar kept in his memory — each opens in the prayer book.