Mawlid festivals in Egypt, long anchored by Sufi orders (turuq), remain vibrant expressions of Islamic spirituality, blending devotional rituals like dhikr and saint veneration with communal celebration. Officially, 77 Sufi orders—descended from seven major ṭuruq—organize 2,850 Mawlids annually, drawing participation from over half of Egypt's population (Mostafa, 2016). These events, infused with Sufi chanting and rituals, solidify the enduring entanglement of turuq with popular piety. While global trends increasingly frame Sufism as a decentralized, individualistic practice, Egypt's Mawlids reveal a paradox: Though participation now extends beyond formal tariqa members, the institutional role of turuq endures. This paper examines how Sufi orders adapt to modernity, not by fading but by flexibly sustaining their authority within Mawlid celebrations, even as these events evolve into broader cultural phenomena. Drawing on Ibn Khaldun's The Requirements of the Sufi Path (شفاء السائل لتهذيب المسائل), which underscores the necessity of a murshid (guide) for advanced spiritual stages, the study asks how contemporary Mawlids balance Ibn Khaldun's classical model with today's pluralistic landscape. Fieldwork highlights how turuq maintain influence through ritual leadership, patronage of shrines, and grassroots organizing, even as state policies and reformist critiques challenge their visibility. The paper also briefly contrasts Egypt's context with Western efforts to disentangle Sufism from Islam as a religion, noting how Mawlids resist such decoupling by centering Qur'anic recitation, Prophetic piety, and saintly intercession. This research complicates narratives of Sufism's decline or privatization by interrogating the resilience of turuq in Mawlids. It argues that Egyptian Sufism's vitality lies not in rejecting orders but in its ability to accommodate both tradition and change, a lesson for studies of post-tariqa dynamics globally.