For His Eminence, Sayyid Shaykh Shams al-Din Muhammad Nahro al-Kasnazani al-Husseini
Allah Almighty says: “إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا” “Allah only intends to remove from you the impurity [of sin], O people of the [Prophet’s] household, and to purify you with [extensive] purification.”
The lineage of our honored teacher and current Shaykh, His Eminence Sayyid Shaykh Shams al-Din Muhammad Nahro al-Kasnazani al-Husseini, ascends to the noble prophetic lineage.
He Is: Sayyid Shams al-Din Muhammad Nahro, son of Sayyid Muhammad al-Muhammad, son of Sayyid Abdul Karim, son of Sayyid Abdul Qadir, son of Sayyid Abdul Karim Shah al-Kasnazani, son of Sayyid Hussein, son of Sayyid Hassan, son of Sayyid Abdul Karim, son of Sayyid Isma’Il al-Wuliyani, son of Sayyid Muhammad al-Nudha’I, son of Sayyid Baba Ali al-Wandarina, son of Sayyid Baba Rasul al-Kabir, son of Sayyid Abd al-Sayyid II, son of Sayyid Abd al-Rasul, son of Sayyid Qalandar, son of Sayyid Abd al-Sayyid, son of Sayyid Isa al-Ahdab, son of Sayyid Hussein, son of Sayyid Bayazid, son of Sayyid Abdul Karim I, son of Sayyid Isa al-Barzanji, son of Sayyid Baba Ali al-Hamadani, son of Sayyid Yusuf al-Hamadani, son of Sayyid Muhammad al-Mansur, son of Sayyid Abd al-Aziz, son of Sayyid Abdullah, son of Sayyid Isma’il al-Muhaddith, son of Imam Musa al-Kadhim, son of Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq, son of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir, son of Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin, son of Imam al-Husayn, son of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah honor his face) and Lady Fatimah al-Zahra, Leader of the Women of the Worlds (peace be upon her), daughter of the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets and Messengers, our Master Muhammad al-Mustafa (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him and his family).