Yusuf Bengali

Yusuf originated from Bengal. He travelled across the subcontinent for further Islamic studies, eventually becoming a student and disciple of Wajihuddin Alvi, who was also the teacher of Usman Bengali.[4] After gaining sufficient training from Alvi, he was permitted to migrate to Burhanpur where he maintained a khanqah as well as a madrasa.[5][3]

Yusuf became one of the most prominent scholars of the Shattari order of Bengali descent, others being Ali Sher of Sylhet and Shah Manjhan of Lakhnauti.[3] Pir Muhammad bin Abdul Halim was a longtime student of Yusuf, and Isa Burhanpuri was another notable student of Yusuf Bengali. Yusuf would also circumcise Muslim children after their birth, and most notably, Yusuf circumcised Sakah Ji Burhanpuri who would later become a leading Islamic scholar in Burhanpur.[6] Although Yusuf had many students, he did not accept anyone to be his murid (disciple), and instead directed his followers to his contemporary Tahir Yusuf Sindhi. He also had the same mentality for his two sons, Abdullah and Abdur-Rahman, both of whom became disciples of Sindhi.[4]

Spiritual genealogy of Yusuf Bengali is as follows:[2]

• Prophet Muhammad
• Ali ibn Abi Talib
• Husayn ibn Ali
• Zayn al-Abidin
• Muhammad al-Baqir
• Ja'far al-Sadiq
• Isma'il ibn Ja'far
• Abu Bakr al Ajli
• Taqi ad-Din Najib
• Ahmad as-Siddiq
• Sima al-Wasil
• Farid ad-Din Attar
• Khatir ad-Din Bayazid
• Muhammad Ghawth Gwaliori
• Wajihuddin Alvi
• Yusuf Bengali

• Usman Bengali, another 16th-century Bengali Muslim scholar who moved to North India

• al-Lucknawi, Abd al-Hayy (1999). Nuzhat al-khawatir (in Arabic). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Ibn Hazm.