Salihiyya

Diagram showing Urwayniya as well as other Sufi orders.

Salihiyya (Somali: Saalixiya; Urwayniya, Arabic: الصالحية) is a tariqa (order) of Sufi Islam prevalent in Somalia and the adjacent Somali region of Ethiopia. It was founded in the Sudan by Sayyid Muhammad Salih (1854-1919). The order is characterized by a puritanism typical of other revivalist movements.


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