The approval of any cult is the approval of "
cults
" in general.
Nested
Timeline
A.P. = Years After the Prophet
ash-Shurah (Khawarij)
~ 657
C.E.
25
A.P.
Prophets:
Abdullah ibn Wahb al-Rasibi
Shabath bin Ribi al-Riahi
Abdullah bin Kauwa al-Yeshkuri
Yazid bin Qais al-Arhabi
Scriptures:
Jargon:
La Hukmu illa Lillah
Triggers:
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Ja'fari
~ 702
C.E.
70
A.P.
Prophets:
Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq
Scriptures:
Jargon:
Hidden Imam
Mahdi
Marjaʿ al-taqlīd
Ayatollah
Triggers:
Shi'ah
~ 765
C.E.
133
A.P.
Prophets:
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Scriptures:
Nahjul Balagah
Al-Kutub al-Arbaʿah
Jargon:
Ahlul Bayt
Imams
Triggers:
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
Omar ibn Khattab
Usman ibn Affan
Hanafism
~ 767
C.E.
135
A.P.
Prophets:
Scriptures:
Jargon:
Qiyas
Ijma
Istihsan
Urf
Triggers:
Maliki
~ 795
C.E.
163
A.P.
Prophets:
Malik ibn Anas
Scriptures:
Jargon:
Triggers:
Shafi'ism
~ 820
C.E.
188
A.P.
Prophets:
Al-Shafiʽi
Scriptures:
Al-Risala
Jargon:
Triggers:
Hanbali
~ 855
C.E.
223
A.P.
Prophets:
Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Scriptures:
Jargon:
Triggers:
Zaidi
~ 864
C.E.
232
A.P.
Prophets:
Zayd ibn ʿAlī
Scriptures:
Jargon:
Triggers:
Ismaili
~ 909
C.E.
277
A.P.
Prophets:
Isma'il ibn Ja'far
Scriptures:
Jargon:
Triggers:
Chishti
~ 930
C.E.
298
A.P.
Prophets:
Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti
Scriptures:
ʿAwārif al-Maʿārif
Kashf al-Maḥdjūb
malfūẓāt
Jargon:
waḥdat al-wujūd
dhikr-i dzahir
dhikr-i khafī
pās-i anfās
murā-ḳāba
čilla
malfūẓāt
Triggers:
Sunnism
~ 944
C.E.
312
A.P.
Prophets:
Al-Ash'ari
Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
Scriptures:
Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah
Al-Kutub Al-Sittah
Jargon:
Madhab
Triggers:
Shia
Qadiri
~ 1166
C.E.
534
A.P.
Prophets:
Abdul Qadir Gilani
Scriptures:
Bahjat al-asrar fi ba'd manaqib 'Abd al-Qadir
Jargon:
khanqah
tekke
dhikr
Wird
Marifatullah
Jezbe
dargah
Rabita
Halaqa
Bayat/Intisab
Ahlullah
Tariqa
Triggers:
Sufism
~ 1166
C.E.
534
A.P.
Prophets:
Farid ed-Din Attar
Scriptures:
Jargon:
Murshid
Murid
Silsilah
Tariqa
Hal
Maqam
Khanqah
Triggers:
Salafism
Suhrawardiyya
~ 1168
C.E.
536
A.P.
Prophets:
Diya al-din Abu 'n-Najib as-Suhrawardi
Scriptures:
Kitab Adab Al-Muridin
Jargon:
Silsila
Triggers:
Kubrawiya
~ 1221
C.E.
589
A.P.
Prophets:
Najm al-Din Kubra
Scriptures:
Jargon:
Triggers:
Mawlawiyya
~ 1273
C.E.
641
A.P.
Prophets:
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī
Scriptures:
Maṭnawīye Ma'nawī
Jargon:
Sama
Seb-i Arus
Triggers:
Naqshbandi
~ 1300
C.E.
668
A.P.
Prophets:
Baha' al-Din Naqshband
Scriptures:
Jargon:
Triggers:
Shadiliyya
~ 1300
C.E.
668
A.P.
Prophets:
Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili
Scriptures:
Jargon:
Triggers:
Nimatullahi
~ 1450
C.E.
818
A.P.
Prophets:
Shah Nimatullah
Scriptures:
Jargon:
Triggers:
Bektashi
~ 1501
C.E.
869
A.P.
Prophets:
Haji Bektash Veli
Scriptures:
Jargon:
Triggers:
Tijaniyya
~ 1780
C.E.
1148
A.P.
Prophets:
Ahmad al-Tijani
Scriptures:
Jargon:
Triggers:
Senussi
~ 1837
C.E.
1205
A.P.
Prophets:
Scriptures:
Jargon:
Triggers:
Deobandism
~ 1867
C.E.
1235
A.P.
Prophets:
Ashraf Ali Thanwi
Mahmud al-Hasan
Hussain Ahmed Madani
Scriptures:
Nur al-Idah
Mukhtasar al-Quduri
Sharh al-Wiqayah
Kanz al-Daqa’iq
Hidayah (of al-Marghinani)
Jargon:
Taqlid
Dar-ul-Uloom
Dars-i Nizami
Aqeedah
Triggers:
Barelvism
~ 1880
C.E.
1248
A.P.
Prophets:
Ahmad Raza Khan
Scriptures:
Jargon:
Nur Muhammadiyya
Triggers:
Muridiyya
~ 1883
C.E.
1251
A.P.
Prophets:
Ahmadou Bamba Mbacke
Scriptures:
Jargon:
Khādimu 'al-Rasūl
Mouride Triangle
Mujaddid
Grand Magal of Touba
Ligèèy thi diamou Yalla la bok
Khassida
Triggers:
The French?
Ahmadiyyah
~ 1889
C.E.
1257
A.P.
Prophets:
Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Din
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
Scriptures:
Jargon:
Triggers:
Salafism (Wahhabism)
~ 1900
C.E.
1268
A.P.
Prophets:
Ibn Taymiyyah
Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab
Scriptures:
Al-Aqidah Al-Waasitiyyah
Kitab At Tawheed
Jargon:
Manhaj
Al-Salaf us-Salih
Triggers:
Considering books compiled and written after the Prophet to be infallible is groupthink also. No matter how anti-group you claim to be.
Tablighi Jamaat
~ 1926
C.E.
1294
A.P.
Prophets:
Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi
Scriptures:
Hayatus Sahabah
Fazail-e-Amaal
Fazail-e-Sadqaat
Muntakhab Ahadith
Jargon:
6 Points
Fazaail
Khurūj
Ijtema
Nizamuddin Markaz
Awlia Allah
Path of Allah
Triggers:
Current Year: 2021
A.P. = Years After the Prophet
ash-Shurah (Khawarij)
~ 657
C.E.
25
A.P.
Ja'fari
~ 702
C.E.
70
A.P.
Shi'ah
~ 765
C.E.
133
A.P.
Hanafism
~ 767
C.E.
135
A.P.
Maliki
~ 795
C.E.
163
A.P.
Shafi'ism
~ 820
C.E.
188
A.P.
Hanbali
~ 855
C.E.
223
A.P.
Zaidi
~ 864
C.E.
232
A.P.
Ismaili
~ 909
C.E.
277
A.P.
Chishti
~ 930
C.E.
298
A.P.
Sunnism
~ 944
C.E.
312
A.P.
Qadiri
~ 1166
C.E.
534
A.P.
Sufism
~ 1166
C.E.
534
A.P.
Suhrawardiyya
~ 1168
C.E.
536
A.P.
Kubrawiya
~ 1221
C.E.
589
A.P.
Mawlawiyya
~ 1273
C.E.
641
A.P.
Naqshbandi
~ 1300
C.E.
668
A.P.
Shadiliyya
~ 1300
C.E.
668
A.P.
Nimatullahi
~ 1450
C.E.
818
A.P.
Bektashi
~ 1501
C.E.
869
A.P.
Tijaniyya
~ 1780
C.E.
1148
A.P.
Senussi
~ 1837
C.E.
1205
A.P.
Deobandism
~ 1867
C.E.
1235
A.P.
Barelvism
~ 1880
C.E.
1248
A.P.
Muridiyya
~ 1883
C.E.
1251
A.P.
Ahmadiyyah
~ 1889
C.E.
1257
A.P.
Salafism (Wahhabism)
~ 1900
C.E.
1268
A.P.
Tablighi Jamaat
~ 1926
C.E.
1294
A.P.
The Prophet passed away: 632 C.E.