Mohammad Yousaf Abu al-Farah Tartusi

Mohammad Yousaf Abu al-Farah Tartusi
Religion Islam, specifically the Junaidia order of Sufism
Personal
Died 3 Sha'aban 447 AH/28 October 1055 CE
Tartus, Syria
Senior posting
Based in Syria
Title Anwar Sufia, Shajr tul Kamileen, Khazeena Al Asfiya, Khalifa
Period in office Late 13th century and early 14th century
Predecessor Abu Al Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi
Successor Abul Hasan Hankari

Mohammad Yousaf Abu al-Farah Tartusi(Arabic: محمد یوسف ابوالفرح طرطوسی‎‎) , Yousaf Abu al-Farrah Tartoosi or Abul Farah Tartusi was a popular Muslim Sufi saint. He is one of the common ancestors of the Sufi Tariqahs which form an unbroken silsilah (chain) to the Islamic prophet Mohammad.[1][2]

Biography

Yousaf Abu-al Farah Tartusi belonged to Tartus, one of the most populated and largest city of Syria.[3] As a result, ‘Tartusi’ became a part of his name. His name was Mohammad Yousaf and kuniyat (patronymic) was Abu al-Farah. He is rarely titled as Allaudin as well. His father was Shaikh Abdullah Tartusi.[4] Abu-al Farah Tartusi died and was buried in Tartus, on 3 Sha'aban 447 AH/ 28 October 1055 CE during the Abbasid Caliphate. His Mazar is still in Tartus, Syria.

Spiritual history

He was the Qutb of his time known for his Karamats. He was the owner of inspiring qualities influencing many devotees towards Islamic mysticism.[5] He had such intense level of Tawakkul and Sabr that worldly matters did not concern him.[6] He was an elevated saint possessing countless marvels. He gained Khilafat from Abu Al Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi. He spent a lot of time in the service of his Murshid. Following the steps of his Murshid, he served as a guide for humanity and continues benefitting seekers spiritually.[7]

Spiritual lineage

The silsila or spiritual lineage of Abu al-Farah Tartusi initiates from Mohammad:[8][9]

  1. Muhammad Sall-allahu Alay-hi Wa-Alihi Wasallam
  2. 'Alī bin Abī Ṭālib
  3. al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī
  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. Abu Al Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi
  12. Mohammad Yousaf Abu al-Farah Tartusi|Mohammad Tartusi

Only one of his khalifahs has been noted by history, Shaikh Abu-al-Hassan Ali Bin Mohammad Qureshi Hankari.[10][11]

Quotations

  1. Man is a strange creature! It scares him, he comes when about wealth, but remains indifferent to the fact that irrevocably passing days of his life.[12][13]

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

See also

Abu Al Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi

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. ↑ "Syria: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World-gazetteer.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Hazrat Abul Farah Tartoosi - Biography".
  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. ↑ "The Spiritual Lineage of the King of Auliyas Hadrath Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani".
  9. ↑ "Lineage of Sufi orders".
  10. ↑ "Abu al Farah Tartusi - Genealogy".
  11. ↑ Sult̤ān Bāhū (1998). Death Before Dying: The Sufi Poems of Sultan Bahu. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-92046-0.
  12. ↑ "Abu al-Farah Tartusi - Quote".
  13. ↑ "Abu al-Farah Tartusi - Words".
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