Naqshbandiya Foundation for Islamic Education

The Naqshbandiya Foundation for Islamic Education (NFIE) is a non-profit, tax exempt, religious and educational organization dedicated to serve Islam with a special focus on Tasawwuf(Sufism),

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Shah Shahidullah Faridi (RA) – Abdal Hakim Murad: Paradigms of Leadership -Cambridge Muslim College-11/19/2021

Shah Shahidullah Faridi (RA) – Abdal Hakim Murad: Paradigms of Leadership : 

Cambridge Muslim College-11/19/2021 -  


Hazrat Shah Shahidullah Faridi (1915-1978embraced Islam after reading "Kahful Mahjub" (The Unveiling of the Veiled), the classical treatise on Sufism written by the famous saint Hazrat Ali bin Uthman al HujweriHe left his home in search of a Sufi shaikhIn Indiahe eventually met the Chishti Sabri shaikhSyed Zauqi Shah and pledged allegiance to himAt forty years of agethe responsibilities of spiritual succession were entrusted to himHe lived in Karachi for about thirty years until he died in 1978He was well-known among the local population as a dedicated servant to the common peopleand he died in relative obscurity except in the Sufi community in PakistanHis work has attracted the attention recently of another English Muslim convertTimothy Wintera.k.aAbdal Hakim Murad.

His brotherwho had also read "Kashf'ul Mahjuband had accompanied him in his worldwide spiritual questalso became a Muslim and followed SufismShaykh Faridi's brother is buried within the famed Mausoleum of the Sufi Saint of LahorePakistan - Ali Hajweri - known locally as "Data Sahibor "Data Ganj Baksh."

Shah Shahidullah Faridi was a renowned writer on spiritual mattersand was regarded as having great clarity and insightOne of his most famous books is "Inner Aspects of Faith".

He also compiled Part Two of "Tarbiatul Ushaq" ("The Training of Divine Lovers"), Syed Mohammad Zauqi Shah1425/2004pubA.S.NordeenKuala LumpurISBN 983065185-1

Main source: A brief biography of hispublished recently in Urdu called "Talash e Haqq rudad." by Ahmed Ghazali Shaheedi,printed by MNaeem HashmiSaudabad Malir Colony Karachi

Source: Wikipedia :  https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/1229604