Mohammad Yousuf Abu al-Farah Tartusi
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 Mohammad. 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. 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: