Muhammad Usman Damani

Muhammad Usman Damani was a prominent Muslim scholar and Sufi shaykh of Naqshbandi tariqah of the 19th century (1828–1897) in South Asia (present day Pakistan).

He was born to Mawlana Moosa Jan in 1244 AH at Loni town in the Dera Ismail Khan District, present day Pakistan.

His shaykh awarded him with ijazah (khilafat) of eight Sufi orders, namely Naqshbandi Mujaddidi, Qadri, Chishti, Suhrawardi, Shattari, Madaria, Kibrawiya and Qalandari.

In the last years of his life, he did not take the oath of allegiance from newcomers and referred them to one of his two leading khulafa, namely Muhammad Sirajuddin Naqshbandi his son and Sayyad Laal Shah Hamdani.

He died on Tuesday 22 Shaban 1314 AH (26 January 1897) and was buried in Mussa Zai Sharif alongside the grave of his shaykh Haji Dost Muhammad Qandhari.