his inheritor status with him) then the order is considered righteous and directly following the teachings of Muhammad. In possessing the Golden Chain, a Sufi order is able to establish their order prominently in the mystical world. Shia term Shias use it idiomatically to mean a lineage of authentic Masters. China Among Chinese Muslims, the concept of silsilah has developed into that of a menhuan (门宦): a Chinese-style Sufi order whose leaders trace a lineage chain going back to the order's founder in China (e.g., Ma Laichi given name Abu I Fateh or Ma Mingxin given name Ibrahim), and beyond, toward his teachers in Arabia. Indonesia The term is used as the title of royal family trees and family records of the rulers in the palaces of Java. See also Tariqa Isnad, Islamic System of Certification References Further reading Ehrenkreutz, A.S. "ḎH̲ahab." Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second edition. Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C. E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W. P. Heinrichs. Brill, 2010. Brill Online. Augustana. 8 April 2010 "Silsila." Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second edition. Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C. E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W. P. Heinrichs. Brill, 2010. Brill Online. Augustana. 8 April 2010 Shah, Idries. The Way of the Sufi. Penguin Books, New York, 1974. Lings, Martin. What is Sufism? University of California Press, Los Angeles, 1977. Ernst, Carl W. The Shambhala Guide to Sufism. Shambhala Publications, Boston, 1997. Karamustafa, Ahmet T. Sufism: The Formative Period. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 2007. Crimingham, J. Spencer. The Sufi Orders in Islam. Oxford University Press, New York, 1998. External links Shattari Silsila Tariqah-e- Maizbhandaria, Silsilah of the Maizbhandari Order, Bangladesh Sufism Hadith studies Islamic terminology