Shaykh Yaqub Sarfi Kashmiri Sufi | |
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| Title | Sheikh-ul-Islam |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 928 A.H/1521 A.D |
| Died | 1005 A.H/1595 A.D Zaina Kadal, Srinagar |
| Nationality | Kashmiri |
| Children | Muhammad Yusuf |
| Parent | Mir Hassan Ganai |
| Main interest(s) | Aqidah,Hadith,Fiqh,Sufism,Philosophy,Theology,Poetry |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Tariqa | Kubrawiya |
| Muslim leader | |
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Shaykh Yaqub Sarfi Kashmiri (1521–1595), was aKashmiriAlim,Faqih,poet,author,artist,Mufassir,Muhaddith,SufiShaykh of theKubrawi Hamadani order.[1]
Yaqub born in Srinagar to Mir Hassan Ghani, who was also a scholar. At the age of six or seven he memorized theQuran 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 ofMawlana 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 underShaykh Kamal Ud Din Hussain Khawarizmi. They both went for pilgrimage (makkah) and he joined the seminar ofIbn Hajar, where he sharpened his knowledge of Quran andHadith.[citation needed]
At the age of 25 he married and had a son named Muhammad Yusuf who died at early age.[5]
When Shaykh Yaqub leftLahore 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"[This quote needs a citation]. He was buried inZaina Kadal Srinagar.