Sheikh Yusuf An haife shi a shekara ta (1626 - 23 ga Mayu 1699 ),ya kasan ce shi ne wanda aka fi sani da Sheikh Yusuf ko Sheik Joseph, ya kuma kasan ce dan kasar Indonesiya kuma Musulmi mai asali. An kuma san shi da Muhammad Yusuf al-Maqassari. A cikin 1693 an yi masa ƙaura zuwa Cape of Good Hope, Afirka ta Kudu, wanda ya haifar da kafa Musulunci a Cape . An haifi Yusuf a matsayin ɗan wa ga Sarkin Alauddin na Gowa, a yau a cikin Makassar, Nusantara . A shekarar 1644 ya fara aikin Hajji zuwa Makka ya kwashe shekaru da dama a kasar Larabawa yana karatu a gaban malamai masu tsoron Allah. A wannan lokacin Kamfanonin Dutch da na Burtaniya na Gabashin Indiya suna gwagwarmaya don mallakar yankin saboda kasuwancin da yake samu na kayan ƙanshi da zinariya. Lokacin da Yusuf ya bar Larabawa a 1664, Dutch ta kama Makassar, kuma ya kasa komawa gida. Maimakon haka, ya nufi Bantam a tsibirin Java, inda Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa ya tarbe shi . Ageng ya baiwa Yusuf Aure vdiyar shi daya, kuma ya sanya shi babban alkalin addini kuma mai bashi shawara na musamman.