Mohammad Yousuf Abu al-Farah Tartusi
Mohammad Yousuf Abu al-Farah Tartusi | |
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| Born | August 21, 1016 |
| Died | October 28, 1055 (aged 39) |
| Nationality | Syrian |
| Other names | Alauddin, Anwar-ul-Asfiya, Shajartul Kamileen, Khazeenatul Asfiya, Raahat-ul-Muslimeen. |
| Predecessor | Abu Al Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi |
| Successor | Abul Hasan Hankari |
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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 Muhammad.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]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.
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][unreliable source?] of his time known for performing miracles.[5] He was said to have had such intense level of tawakkul and sabr that worldly matters did not concern him.[6]
His spiritual successor was Shaikh Abul Hassan Ali bin Mohammad Qureshi Hakkari.[citation needed]
Abul Farah Tartusi died on October 28, 1055 CE (3 Sha'aban 447 AH), during the Abbasid Caliphate. His mausoleum is in Baghdad, Iraq.[citation needed]
Spiritual lineage
[edit]- Muhammad
- Ali ibn Abu Talib
- Hasan al-Basri
- Habib al Ajami
- Dawud Tai
- Maruf Karkhi
- Sirri Saqti
- Junaid Baghdadi
- Abu Bakr Shibli
- Abdul Aziz bin Hars bin Asad Yemeni Tamimi
- Abul Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi
- Mohammad Yousuf Abu al-Farah Tartusi[7][8]
Titles
[edit]- ANWAR SUFIA (Light of Sufis).
- SHAJR TUL KAMILEEN (Head of the Perfected Ones).
- KHAZEENA AL ASFIYA (Treasure of Purity).[citation needed]
Further reading
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Historical dictionary of Sufism By John Renard
- ^ Sāiyid Athar Abbas Rizvi (1992). A History of Sufism in India: From sixteenth century to modern century Volume 2. Munshiram Manoharlal.
- ^ "Hazrat Abul Farah Tartoosi - Biography". Archived from the original on 2016-04-21.
- ^ Sult̤ān Mohammad Najib-ur-Rehman (2015-03-11). Sultan Bahoo: The Life and Teachings. Sultan-ul-Faqr Publications. ISBN 978-9-699-79518-3.
- ^ Karamustafa, Ahmet T.. Sufism: The Formative Period. Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press, 2007. Print.
- ^ 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. S2CID 145387740. Archived from the original on 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ "Lineage of Sufi orders". Archived from the original on 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
- ^ Bahu, Sultan (1998). Death Before Dying. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520212428. Archived from the original on 2017-01-14. Retrieved 2016-10-19.