The spiritual lineage reaches Sultan Bahu as follows:

1. Muhammad (SAW)
2. Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS)
3. Hasan al-Basri (RA)
4. Habib al Ajami (RA)
5. Dawud Tai (RA)
6. Maruf Karkhi (RA)
7. Sirri Saqti (RA)
8. Junaid Baghdadi (RA)
9. Abu Bakr Shibli (RA)
10. Abdul Aziz bin Hars bin Asad Yemeni Tamimi (RA)
11. Abu al-Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi (RA)
12. Muhammad Yusuf Abu al-Farah Tartusi (RA)
13. Abu-al-Hassan Ali Bin Muhammad Qureshi (RA)
14. Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi (RA)
15. Abdul Qadir Jilani (RA)
16. Shah Abdul Razzaq Jilani (RA)
17. Abdul Jabbar Jilani
18. Syed Muhammad Sadiq Yahya (RA)
19. Najm-ud-Din Burhan Puri (RA)
20. Abdul Fattah (RA)
21. Abdul Sattar (RA)
22. Abdul Baqa (RA)
23. Abdul Jaleel (RA)
24. Syed Abdul Rehman Jilani Dehlvi (RA)
25. Sultan Bahu (RA)

The Sultan Bahu tradition is still practised by Sultan Bahu’s successors.