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مُحَمَّد مَعْصُوم الْفَارُوقِي

Muḥammad Maʿṣūm al-Fārūqī, ʿUrwat al-Wuthqā

quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified

1007 – 1099 AH / 1599 – 1688

his portrait is written, not drawn

The 'Firmest Handhold', third son and successor of the Imam Rabbani, who spread the renewed path across the Muslim world.

stationWalī
born1007 AH
returned1099 AH
day keptOne

His portrait is his lamp: no image survives, and none is needed.

His Daysأَيَّامُهُ

Urs of Shaykh Muhammad al-Masūm9 Rabīʿ al-Awwal

Days of the Islamic calendar kept in his memory — each opens in the prayer book.