Mohammad Yousuf Abul Farah Tartusi () was a popular

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. He is regarded as one of the common ancestors of the Sufi

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s, which form an unbroken

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to the

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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

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was Abul Farah. He is sometimes given the title Alauddin. He was known as a

Qutb The term () means 'axis', 'pivot', or 'pole'. Qutb can refer to celestial movements and be used as an astronomical term or a spiritual symbol. In Sufism, a is the perfect human being, ''al-Insān al-Kāmil'' ('The Universal Man'), who leads ...

, which in Sufism is a perfect human being, otherwise known as ''

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'', "The Universal Man" at the top of the saintly hierarchy. of his time known for performing

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.Karamustafa, Ahmet T.. Sufism: The Formative Period. Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press, 2007. Print. He was said to have had such intense level of ''

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'' and ''

sabr Sabr () (literally 'endurance' or more accurately 'perseverance' and 'persistence'"Ṣabr", ''Encyclopaedia of Islam'') is one of the two parts of Iman (concept), faith (the other being ''shukr'') in Islam. It teaches to remain Spirituality, sp ...

'' that worldly matters did not concern him. His

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was Shaikh Abul Hassan Ali bin Mohammad Qureshi Hakkari. Abul Farah Tartusi died on October 28, 1055 CE (3

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447 AH), during the

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. His

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Spiritual lineage

Silsila ''Silsila'' () is an Arabic language, Arabic word meaning ''chain'', ''link'', ''connection'' often used in various senses of :wikt:lineage, lineage. In particular, it may be translated as "spiritual genealogy" where one Sufi Master transfe ...

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Hasan al-Basri Abi Sa'id al-Hasan ibn Yasar al-Basri, often referred to as al-Hasan al-Basri, was an ancient Muslim preacher, ascetic, theologian, exegete, scholar, and judge. Born in Medina in 642,Mourad, Suleiman A., “al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī”, in: ''Encyc ...

Habib al Ajami Habib ibn Muhammad al-‘Ajami al-Basri () known also as Habib al-Ajami () and Habib al-Farsi () was a Muslim Sufi mystic, saint, and traditionalist of Persian descent. Different dates for his death are given in the sources, such as 113 AH (73 ...

Dawud Tai Abu Sulaiman Dawud ibn Nusair al-Tā'ī, () usually referred to as Dawud Tā'ī, (died between 776 and 783 CE) was an Islamic scholar and Sufi mystic. He resided in Kufa and was a prominent student of Abu Hanifa. His disciples included many inf ...

Maruf Karkhi Ma'ruf ibn Firuz al-Karkhi () was a Sufi Muslim saint. Biography Maruf was born in the district of Wasit or Karkh in Baghdad. According to some sources, he is of Mandaean origin. His father's name was Firuz, which suggests that he was of ...

Sirri Saqti Sari ibn al-Mughallis al-Saqati ( was one of the early Muslim Sufi saints of Baghdad. He was one of the most influential students of Maruf Karkhi and one of the first to present Sufism (tasawwuf) in a systematic way. He was also a friend of Bis ...

Junaid Baghdadi Junayd of Baghdad (; ) was a mystic and one of the most famous of the early Islamic saints. He is a central figure in the spiritual lineage of many Sufi orders. Junayd taught in Baghdad throughout his lifetime and was an important figure in t ...

Abu Bakr Shibli Abu Bakr al-Shibli (; 861–946) was an important Sufi of Persian descent, and a disciple of Junayd al-Baghdadi. He followed the Maliki school of jurisprudence (''fiqh''). Biography Abu Bakr Shibli was born in Samarra, although his family was ...

# 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).

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International Qadiri Tariqah: Silsilah of the Qadiri Order
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