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.