Shaykh Yaqub Sarfi Kashmiri Explained

Religion:Islam
Background:Green
Honorific Suffix:Sufi
Birth Date:928 A.H/1521 A.D
Birth Place:Srinagar
Nationality:Kashmiri
Parents:Mir Hassan Ganai
Denomination:Sunni
Jurisprudence:Hanafi
Main Interests:Aqidah, Hadith, Fiqh, Sufism, Philosophy, Theology, Poetry
Sufi Order:Kubrawiya
Death Date:1005 A.H/1595 A.D
Death Place:Zaina Kadal, Srinagar
Influenced:Ahmad Sirhindi, Khawaja Habibullah Nowshehri
Influences:Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, Shaykh Kamal Ud Din Hussain Khawarizmi
Sheikh-ul-Islam
Children:Muhammad Yusuf

Hazrat Ishan Hazrat Shaykh Yaqub Sarfi Kashmiri (1521–1595), popularly known as "Ishan Sahib" was a Kashmiri Alim, Mutasawif, Faqih, poet, author, artist, Mufassir, Muhaddith, philosopher and Sufi Shaikh of the Kubrawi Hamadani order.[1]

Early life

Yaqub born in Srinagar to Mir Hassan Ghani, who was also a scholar. At the age of six or seven he memorized the Quran and started composing its verses in Persian. At nineteen he completed his education under Mawlana Bashir and Mawlana Aini, and he later became the student of Mawlana Abdur Rehman, an Iranian Sufi and poet. Jami gave him the title "Jami-as-Sani" (second Jami), when he got impressed by Sarfi. He then travelled to Central Asia where he received spiritual guidance under Shaykh Kamal Ud Din Hussain Khawarizmi. They both went for pilgrimage (makkah) and he joined the seminar of Ibn Hajar, where he sharpened his knowledge of Quran and Hadith. And after returning from Makkah to Delhi, he met with Mujadid i Alf-i-Sani Sahykh Ahmad Sirhindi and gave him "Ijazat namah" of sacred hadiths and "Irshad namah" of Kubrawi Hamadani order. Badhauni mentioned him in connection of Ibaadat khana.[2] [3]

Works

  1. Maghaz-u-nabi
  2. Maslakhul Akhyar
  3. Makamatil Murshid
  4. Wamiq Azra
  5. Laila Majnun

Personal life

At the age of 25 he married and had a son named Muhammad Yusuf who died at early age.[7]

Death

When Shaykh Yaqub left Lahore for Kashmir and didn't go back to court again, on 08 Dhul Qadah 1003 AH/1595 A.D. Badhayuni Paid him warm tribute on his death by following chronogram: "He was the Shaykh of the nations". He was buried in Zaina Kadal Srinagar.

See also

Ahmad Sirhindi

Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani

Notes and References

  1. Book: Nowshehri (RA), Khwaja Habibullah . Maqamat-i-Eishan Hazrat Shaikh Yaqoob Sarfi (RA): His Stations-A travalogue . 2021-11-22 . Ashraf Fazili . en.
  2. Book: Shah, Sayid Ashraf . Islam in Kashmir . 2021-11-25 . Ashraf Fazili . en.
  3. Book: Shah, Sayid Ashraf . Awlya-i-Kashmir: Sufi culture of Kashmir . 2021-11-21 . Ashraf Fazili . en.
  4. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360112570_Shaikh_Yaqub_Sarfi_of_Kashmir_A_Case_Study_of_his_literary_and_political_contribution
  5. Book: Divan e Sarfi - Sheikh Yaqoob Sarfi Kashmiri (Farsi).
  6. https://www.ijsrp.org/research-paper-0216/ijsrp-p5039.pdf
  7. Web site: 2019-04-21 . Hazrat Shaikh Yaqub Sarfi r.a . 2023-03-19 . Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi . en.