Mehmet Adil

Shaykh Mehmet 'Adil (born 29 March 1957) is the successor and oldest son of Sultan-ul 'Awliya Sheikh Muhammad Nazim 'Ádil al-Haqqání and Hajjah Amina 'Ádil Sultan Hánim, and the current spiritual leader (grandshaykh) of the Haqqani branch of the Naqshbandi Sufi order.^{[1][2][3]: 247}

Mawlana Shaykh Mehmet ʿAdil ar-Rabbānī
Born	(1957-03-29) 29 March 1957 (age 68) Damascus, Syria
Occupation	Grandshaykh of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order
Predecessor	Mawlana Shaykh Muḥammad Nāzim ʿAdil al-Haqqānī
Website	saltanat.org

Early life and education

Mehmet 'Adil was born in Damascus, Syria, of Turkish Cypriot descent. His father Shaykh Muhammad Nazim 'Ádil al-Háqqaní ar-Rábbaní 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, Hajja 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.

Shaykh Muhammed Mehmet 'Adil spent his youth in Syria’s capital, Damascus, under the guidance of Shaykh Abdullah Fa'izi ad-Daghestani and Shaykh Nazim 'Ádil al-Háqqaní ar-Rábbaní, training in the manner and discipline of the Naqshbandi tariqa. He received his Islamic education at the Mahd al-Fath al-Islami Institute in Damascus.

Career

Shaykh Nazim declared before his death that his successor (khalifa) would be Shaykh 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.

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