Sammaniyah' is derived from name of the Sufi teacher, Muhammad ibn 'Abdul Karim al-Madani al-Syafi'i (1130-1189), who was known by the name of Al-Sammani. Born in Medina, Saudi Arabia, to the Quraisy family, Al-Sammani was believed by his disciples to have lived in the house of Abu Bakar al-Siddiq, one of Prophet Muhammad's closest friends.

'Tarekat', meanwhile, is derived from the Arabic word, thoriqoh, which means a way, a method, or a procedure. In