Shaykh ul Hadith Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq has received ijazah in four schools of tasawwuf, they are the Chishtiya, Naqshbandiya, Qadiriya and Suharwardiya schools.

The Spiritual Chain (tree) AKA Shajarah of
Shaykh ul Haddeth Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq
(may Allah lengthen his shadow over us.Ameen)

1. Sayyid-ul-Anbiya’ wa Khaatum al Nabee’yeen Muhammad (Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wasallam)

2. Ameer al-Mu’mineen ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (Karramallahu Wajhah)

3. Imam Hasan al-Basri (RA)

4. Shaykh Abdul Wahid ibn Zaid (RA)

5. Shaykh Fudayhl ibn ‘Iyad (RA)

6. Sultan Ibrahim ibn Adham al-Balkhi (RA)

7. Shaykh Huzaifah al-Marashi (RA)

8. Shaykh Abi Hubayrah al-Basri (RA)

9. Shaykh Mamshad ‘Alw ad-Dinwari (RA)

10. Shaykh Abu Ishaq ash-Shami (RA)

11. Shaykh Abu Ahmad al-Abdal al-Chishti (RA)

12. Shaykh Abu Muhammad al-Muhtaram al-Chishti (RA)

13. Shaykh Abu Yusuf al-Chishti (RA)

14. Shaykh Maudood al-Chishti (RA)

15. Shaykh Sayyid Sharif az-Zindani (RA)

16. Shaykh Uthman al-Haruni (RA)

17. Shaykh Khwaja Mu’een-ud-Deen Chishti (RA)

18. Shaykh Qutb uddin Bakhtiyar al-Kaki (RA)

19. Shaykh Farid uddin Shakar Ganj al-Ujudhani (RA)

20. Shaykh ‘Ala uddin Ali Ahmad as-Sabir (RA)

21. Shams-ud-Deen at-Turki al-Panipati (RA)

22. Shaykh Jalaluddin Kabir al-Awliya al-Panipati (RA)

23. Shaykh Ahmed Abdul Haq Radaulawi (RA)

24. Shaykh Ahmed ‘Arif ar-Radaulawi (RA)

25. Shaykh Muhammad ‘Arif ar-Radaulawi (RA)

26. Shaykh Abdul Quddus Gangohi (RA)

27. Shaykh Jalal-ud-Deen Thanesari (RA)

28. Shaykh Nizam-ud-Deen al-Balkhi (RA)

29. Shaykh Abu Sa’eed al-Gangohi (RA)

30. Shaykh Muhibbullah Ilahabadi (RA)

31. Shaykh Shah Muhammadi (RA)

32. Shaykh Muhammad al-Makki (RA)

33. Shaykh Shah Adhd-ud-deen (RA)

34. Shaykh Shah Abdul-Hadi (RA)

35. Shaykh Abdul Bari al-Amruhi (RA)

36. Shaykh Shah Abdur Rahim al-Shahid (RA)

37. Shaykh Nur Muhammad Jhinjhanawi (RA)

38. Shaykh Haaji Hafidh Imdadullah Muhajir Makki (RA)

39. Faqeeh ul Ummah Shaykh Rasheed Ahmed al Gangohi (RA)

40. Muhaddith Khaleel Ahmed as-Saharanpuri (RA)

41. Shaykh ul Hadeeth Muhammad Zakariya Siddiqui ibn Yahya al Kandhalwi (RA)

42. Shaykh Muhammad Yusuf ibn Sulaiman Motala (DB) 42. Muhaddith al Asr Shaykh Muhammad Yunus al Jaunpuri (DB)

43. Shaykh ul Hadeeth Hafidh al Qur’an Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq (DB)

Masha’Ikh of Chisht: by Shaykh ul Hadith Muhammad Zakariya Kandhalwi (ra)