برهانيات كوم
Sheikh Mohamed Osman Abduh al Burhani was born in Halfa in Sudan at the turn of the century. At the age of 10 his uncle initiated him into the order of Burhaniya after Mohamed Osman had plead for it for a long time. But he could find no teacher in the outside world which meant he could perform no spiritual excercises nor receive any instruction. He held long nightly vigils in prayer during which he had visions wherein he was visited by some of the great saints. During these visions and in his dreams he learned some parts of the awrad - the special prayers of the Burhaniya. After many years had passed, he finally found a teacher, a blind stranger who had been sent to him by Sayyidi Ibrahim Disuqi, the original founder of the order. He later discovered books which had been buried in pots by his grandparents during the period of Mahdi in which many books were burnt. They enclosed the entire awrad of his Tariqa which Mohamed Osman immediately put to use for his followers. In a long vision taking over forty days he learned that his task was to revitalize the order of Sayyidi Ibrahim Desuqi. For two months, Mohamed Osman refused to take on this task until Imam al Hussein personally ordered him to do so. Under the leadership of Sheikh Mohamed Osman, Tariqa Burhaniya gained many followers in Sudan and in Egypt. During the seventies the order already counted over 3 million members alone in Egypt. Since 1981 the order has also spread to Europe and North America. Sheikh Mohamed Osman, who received the name Sayyidi Fahruddin, died on April 5th, 1983, and is buried in Khartum (Sudan). His grave (maqam) [Photo] has become a place of pilgrimage, and each anniversary thousands of Burhanis from all over ther world as well as members of other sufi orders gather to celebrate a great festival (hawliya) in his honour
