The Khatmiyya is a Sufi order or tariqa founded by Sayyid Mohammed Uthman al-Mirghani al-Khatim . The Khatmiyya is the largest Sufi order in Sudan , Eritrea and Ethiopia . It also has followers in Egypt , Chad , Saudi Arabia , Somalia , Uganda , Yemen and India .
5-617: Al-Sayyid Al-Khatim was born in At-Ta'if in Hijaz and buried in Mecca in Tihamah . He started his travels at the age of twenty five after gaining his education through a number of prominent Islamic scholars in Mecca of his time among whom was Sayyid Ahmad Ibn Idris al-Fasi . This Islam-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Sufism-related article
10-647: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Al-Khatim Mohammed Uthman al-Mirghani , known as Al-Khatim ( Arabic : محمد عثمان الميرغني الختم ) was the founder of the Khatmiyya sufi tariqa , a sect of Islam , that has a following in Egypt , Sudan , Eritrea , Somalia and Ethiopia . He was born into the Mirghani family in Mecca which was one of the most noble families that have descended from
15-694: The Red Sea coast where he travelled inland into the Ethiopian hinterland before returning to Mecca. On this trip tens of thousands of people embraced Islam including entire clans and tribes. On his second trip, which started in the Egyptian countryside south of Cairo, he was accompanied by his teacher Ahmad ibn Idris who parted ways with him in Al-Zeyniyyah. Al-Khatim traversed the Nubian lands of
20-460: The Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is the son of Muhammad Abu Bakr who is the son of Abdallah al-Mahjoub who is the son of Ibrahim who is a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad . The lineage of Muhammad Othman al-Mirghani was verified by Murtada al-Zubeidi and this was further verified by al-Jabarti in his book Taareekh al-Jabarti / al-Jabarti's History part two. Muhammad Uthman al-Mirghani
25-543: Was born in Ta'if and died in Mecca and was buried there in al-Ma'alla. His sons followed in his footsteps after his death, the most famous of whom were Muhammad al-Hassan al-Mirghani, Gaafar as-Sadig al-Mirghani, Abdullahi al-Mahjoub al-Mirghani, Hashim al-Mirghani and Sirr al-Khatim al-Mirghani. Al-Khatim's religious journey began in Mecca from whence he travelled to Tarim in Yemen and then to Somalia by sea and to Massawa on
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