Najmuddin Kubra - The Kubraviyah (His Order)

The Kubraviyah (His Order)

The Kubraviya was Kubra's Sufi order, focusing on explaining the visionary experience. The influence of the Kubraviya can be seen on the Islamic world as a whole because of its relationship to the strong influence of Shi'ism in Iran. The Kubraviya was not largely popular until after Kubra's death in the 16th century. The Kubraviya found great development outside of Central Asia, but its influence and presence only lasted till the 19th/20th century, when it was replaced by the Nawshbandiya (another, more attractive Sufi group) during the Ottoman Empire. The Kubraviya's influence in Central Asia established many political, social, and economic activities there, but the Naqshbandiyah developed these ideas to their fullest potential. The Kubraviya's main teaching was a "well-developed mystical psychology based on the analysis of the visionary experience." They focused on explaining the spiritual visionary experiences that Sufis underwent in everyday life. Their largest concern was the total focus on the zikr as a means of allowing for the perception of spiritual visions. Today, the Kubraviyah is almost non-existent, but groups such as the Naqshbandiyyah and Yasawiyyah continue to practice similar Sufi rituals and ideas about analyzing spiritual visions.