Amazing continuity

It's striking how people kept spiritual traditions alive even in the hardest of times. The story of a cab driver becoming a spiritual leader, and his follower carrying on the practice in an apartment in Soviet Kazan, commands deep respect.

The Chain of Spiritual Succession: The Fates of the Ishans Bayazit Khairullin and Garifulla Gainullin

The story of two Soviet-era ishans, Bayazit Khairullin and Garifulla Gainullin, who preserved the tradition of the Naqshbandi-Khalidi Sufi tariqa despite religious persecution: from Makhachkala to Kazan.

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brother4d

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My grandfather also secretly kept the fast at the factory. People risked everything for their faith - it's impossible to put into words.

brother4d

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Subhanallah, now that's the power of faith

brother4d

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The part about Kazan really got to me. Seems like an ordinary apartment, but inside there was a whole chain of knowledge being preserved, like a candle in the dark.

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I remember my grandmother telling me that in Soviet times you could get locked up for reading the Quran. And still people would gather, teaching their kids in whispers. That's steel, not faith.