Mohammad Yousuf Abul Farah Tartusi () 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.Historical dictionary of Sufism By John Renard
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. 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. of his time known for performing miracles.Karamustafa, Ahmet T.. Sufism: The Formative Period. Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press, 2007. Print. He was said to have had such intense level of tawakkul and sabr that worldly matters did not concern him.
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 Silsila: 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
Titles ANWAR SUFIA (Light of Sufis). SHAJR TUL KAMILEEN (Head of the Perfected Ones). 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, .
References
External links International Qadiri Tariqah: Silsilah of the Qadiri Order