Criteria of a Sufi Naqshbandi
The Golden Chain of the Sufi Naqshbandi Order, containing the names of the 40 respected Sufi Grand Masters of the Order.
The following would always apply to genuine Sufi Naqshbandi teachers or Sheikhs:
comply with Sharia - BUT DIRECT FROM KURAN , HADITH. NOT AN ORDINARY INTERPREATION!!!
must be a Aalim. There is no sufism without Ilm. (soooooo hard when alone far from islamic country..like no possible...Allah cc knows the badness from those make persons far from family :´´´´´´´´)
regularly acknowledge the silsilah to which they give allegiance.
openly and regularly defer to the current leader of the silsilah
Bay'ah is given to the leader of the silsilah, not the local teacher or Sheikh.
accept interaction with other murids of the order.
don't accept ijazah from dead persons, or in dreams, or through special spiritual experience (rawhani). There are exceptions to this rule according to the Uwaisi concept of transmission where someone who lived before can train and transmit knowledge to someone who came later.
accept ONLY written ijazah in live, in presence of witnesses.