Raahatul Muslimeen Hazrat Sheikh Muhammad Yusuf Abul Farah
Tartoosi
(radi Allaho anhu)
BIRTH: Incidents and dates relating to his
birth can not be located.
NAME: His name is Muhammad Yusuf and he
was also known as Abul Farah. [Masaalikus
Saalikeen]
FATHER: His father’s name was Sheikh Abdullah
Tartoosi (radi Allaho anhu)
SHEIKH-E-TARIQAT:
He is amongst the
exalted mureeds and khalifa of Hazrat Abdul Waahid Tameemi (radi Allaho anhu). [Masaalikus Saalikeen]
HIS
POSITION IN THE SILSILA: Qudwatul Awliyah,Qubdatul Masha'ikh, Hazrat Sheikh Muhammad Abul Farah
Tartoosi (radi Allaho anhu) is the fourteenth Imam and Peer-e-Tariqat of the
Silsila Aaliyah Qaaderiyah Barakaatiyah Razviyah Nooriyah. He is a Wali-e-Kaamil and a very knowledgeable
Aalim and Faadhil. He was blessed with
both academic and spiritual knowledge. He was also a very great
Saahib-e-Karaamat. He was very exalted and also very pious and patient. The
Ulama and Masha’ikh in his time referred to him as the Th Greatest Saint of the
Time. He was an embodiment of various splendours. He guided the servants of
Allah, following in the footsteps of his Peer. [Shijratul Kaamileen pg 297]
TARTOOSI: He was known as Tartoosi because he
lived in a city called Tartoos. He blessed this city and it became a place of
great blessings and a place of great respect due to him.
WISAAL: He passed away on Saturday, the 3rd
of Shabaan 447 Hijri in the time of Khalifa Qaaim bi Amrillah Abbasi in
Tartoos. [Anwaar-e-Sufiyah pg 119]
MUREEDS AND
KHULAFA: Only the name
of one of his Khalifas has appeared in the books of history and that is the
name of Sheikh Abul Hassan Ali Hankari (radi Allaho anhu).
MAZAAR
SHAREEF: His Mazaar
Shareef is in Tartoos, and is visited by many who wish to attain his blessings.
