Sheikh Omar bin Mohamed bin Mohamed Al-Yafi
Abu al-Wafa Qutb al-Din Omar, known as “al-Yafi” since he was born in Jeffa, who was an affiliate of Hanafi school of thought, al-Khuluti as a method, and al-Husayni by ancestry. Sheikh Omar was born in Jaffa, Palestine in 1173 AH and was a contemporary of five of the Ottoman sultans, namely Sultan Mustafa III, Abdul Hamid I, Selim III, Mustafa IV and Sultan Mahmud II.
His first upbringing was in Jaffa, where he began to seek knowledge through Sheikh Ali Al-Khalidi then through Sheikh Nur Al-Din Ali Al-Rashidi, Sheikh Abi Al-Taqi Abdul Qadir Al-Tarabulsi and Sheikh Ahmed Zaid Al-Ghazi. As for his great teacher, Abu al-Maarif Qutb al-Din al-Sayyid Mustafa bin Kamal al-Din al-Bakri al-Siddiqi, who was a great influence to Sheikh Omar following the native Sufi order.
The house of Sheikh Omar Al-Yafi, behind the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus
In the year 1783 AD, Sheikh Omar traveled to Nablus, Gaza and Egypt, where he studied at Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, then moved to the Hejaz and Beirut in order to seek knowledge. He taught religious learnings to his disciples, held Sufi dhikr and “wird” sessions, and gave sermons until he died in Damascus on the first of Dhu al-Hijjah 1233, corresponding to 1818 AD, and was buried in the soil of Marj al-Dahdah in Damascus.
Sheikh Omar has many literary, poetic and Sufi influences, including:
1- The Great Diwan and the Small Diwan.
2- A message of encouragement to honor one’s parents.
3- The message of granting the All-Knowing in the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
4- A message on the meaning of Sufism.
5- A treatise on the Naqshbandi way.
And many others.
Sheikh Omar has three children:
1- Sheikh Mohamed, known as Al-Zuhri, who died in Damascus in 1277 AH.
2- Sheikh Mohamed Abu Al-Nasr, who died in Egypt in 1280 AH.
3- Sheikh Muhyiddin, Mufti of Beirut, and he died there in 1304 AH.
Sheikh Omar bin Mohamed bin Mohamed Al-Yafi
Abu al-Wafa Qutb al-Din Omar, known as “al-Yafi” since he was born in Jeffa, who was an affiliate of Hanafi school of thought, al-Khuluti as a method, and al-Husayni by ancestry. Sheikh Omar was born in Jaffa, Palestine in 1173 AH and was a contemporary of five of the Ottoman sultans, namely Sultan Mustafa III, Abdul Hamid I, Selim III, Mustafa IV and Sultan Mahmud II.
His first upbringing was in Jaffa, where he began to seek knowledge through Sheikh Ali Al-Khalidi then through Sheikh Nur Al-Din Ali Al-Rashidi, Sheikh Abi Al-Taqi Abdul Qadir Al-Tarabulsi and Sheikh Ahmed Zaid Al-Ghazi. As for his great teacher, Abu al-Maarif Qutb al-Din al-Sayyid Mustafa bin Kamal al-Din al-Bakri al-Siddiqi, who was a great influence to Sheikh Omar following the native Sufi order.
The house of Sheikh Omar Al-Yafi, behind the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus
In the year 1783 AD, Sheikh Omar traveled to Nablus, Gaza and Egypt, where he studied at Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, then moved to the Hejaz and Beirut in order to seek knowledge. He taught religious learnings to his disciples, held Sufi dhikr and “wird” sessions, and gave sermons until he died in Damascus on the first of Dhu al-Hijjah 1233, corresponding to 1818 AD, and was buried in the soil of Marj al-Dahdah in Damascus.
Sheikh Omar has many literary, poetic and Sufi influences, including:
1- The Great Diwan and the Small Diwan.
2- A message of encouragement to honor one’s parents.
3- The message of granting the All-Knowing in the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
4- A message on the meaning of Sufism.
5- A treatise on the Naqshbandi way.
And many others.
Sheikh Omar has three children:
1- Sheikh Mohamed, known as Al-Zuhri, who died in Damascus in 1277 AH.
2- Sheikh Mohamed Abu Al-Nasr, who died in Egypt in 1280 AH.
3- Sheikh Muhyiddin, Mufti of Beirut, and he died there in 1304 AH.
