Mohammad Yousuf Abu al-Farah Tartusi

Mohammad Yousuf Abu al-Farah Tartusi
Born (1016-08-21)August 21, 1016
Tartus, Syria
Died (1055-10-28)October 28, 1055
Tartus, Syria
Nationality Syrian
Other names Alauddin, Anwar-ul-Asfiya, Shajartul Kamileen, Khazeenatul Asfiya, Raahat-ul-Muslimeen.

Mohammad Yousuf Abul Farah Tartusi (Arabic: محمد یوسف ابوالفرح طرطوسی‎) was a popular Sufi Muslim saint. He is regarded as one of the common ancestors of the Sufi Tariqahs, which form an unbroken chain to the Islamic prophet Mohammad.[1][2]

Biography

Mohammad Yousuf Abul Farah Tartusi born on August 21, 1016 CE (15 Rabi ul Awwal 407 AH) in Tartus, Syria. His father's name was Shaikh Abdullah bin Younus Tartusi.[3] His given name was Mohammad Yousuf, while his patronymic was Abul Farah. He is sometimes given the title Alauddin. His titles are Anwar-ul-Asfiya, Shajartul Kamileen, Khazeenatul Asfiya, and Raahat-ul-Muslimeen.

He was known as a Qutb, which in Sufism is a perfect human being, otherwise known as al-insān al-kāmil, "The Universal Man" at the top of the saintly hierarchy.[4] of his time known for performing miracles. He was said to be charismatic, influencing many devotees towards Islamic mysticism.[5] He was said to have had such intense level of tawakkul and sabr that worldly matters did not concern him.[6] He gained khilafat from Shaikh Abul Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi. He spent a lot of time in the service of his murshid.[7]

His spiritual successor was Shaikh Abul Hassan Ali bin Mohammad Qureshi Hakkari.

Abul Farah Tartusi died on October 28, 1055 CE (3 Sha'aban 447 AH), during the Abbasid Caliphate. His mausoleum is in Baghdad, Iraq.

Spiritual lineage

  1. Muhammad
  2. Ali ibn Abu Talib
  3. Hasan al-Basri
  4. Habib al Ajami
  5. Dawud Tai
  6. Maruf Karkhi
  7. Sirri Saqti
  8. Junaid Baghdadi
  9. Abu Bakr Shibli
  10. Abdul Aziz bin Hars bin Asad Yemeni Tamimi
  11. Abul Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi
  12. Mohammad Yousuf Abu al-Farah Tartusi[8][9]

Titles

  1. ANWAR SUFIA (Light of Sufis).
  2. SHAJR TUL KAMILEEN (Head of the Perfected Ones).
  3. KHAZEENA AL ASFIYA (Treasure of Purity).

Further reading

  • Crimingham, J. Spencer. The Sufi Orders in Islam. Oxford University Press, New York, 1998.
  • Tazkira Mashaikh Qadria, Mohammad Deen Kaleem, Noori Kutb Khana Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Tareekh Mashaikh Qadria, Mohammad Sadiq Kasuri, Zawia Publications Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Tazkira Mashaikh Qadria Fazila, Asrar Al-Hasan Qadri, Tasawwuf Foundation Lahore, Pakistan, ISBN 969-506-026-9.

References

  1. ↑ Historical dictionary of Sufism By John Renard
  2. ↑ Sāiyid Athar Abbas Rizvi (1992). A History of Sufism in India: From sixteenth century to modern century Volume 2. Munshiram Manoharlal.
  3. ↑ "Hazrat Abul Farah Tartoosi - Biography". Archived from the original on 2016-04-21.
  4. ↑ Sult̤ān Mohammad Najib-ur-Rehman (2015-03-11). Sultan Bahoo: The Life and Teachings. Sultan-ul-Faqr Publications. ISBN 978-9-699-79518-3.
  5. ↑ Karamustafa, Ahmet T.. Sufism: The Formative Period. Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press, 2007. Print.
  6. ↑ Hamdy, Sherine (2009). "Islam, Fatalism, and Medical Intervention: Lessons from Egypt on the Cultivation of Forbearance (Sabr) and Reliance of God (Tawakkul)". Anthropological Quarterly. 82 (1): 173–196. doi:10.1353/anq.0.0053.
  7. ↑ Silsila Qadria Ghausia, Vahid Bakhsh Siyal, Islamic Sufism: The Science of Flight in God ... Also Showing the Tremendous Sufi Influence on Christian and Hindu Mystics and Mysticism Sufi Foundation, 1984
  8. ↑ "Lineage of Sufi orders".
  9. ↑ Bahu, Sultan (1998). Death Before Dying. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520212428.
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