يونس المخارقي

يونس المخارقي

c. 1222 CE · 619 AH

Yunus al-Mukhariqi — eponym of the Yunusiyya fuqara'; a majdhub with no shaykh, his companions saying he was 'drawn' straight to the path, credited with karamat like foreseeing a caravan's safety between Sinjar and 'Ana and ordering a shroud for his son's mother while she was still well; died 619 AH at al-Qunayya near Dara aged about ninety, his tomb still visited 1.

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Roles
sufi
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Muwaffaq al-Din Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi · Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi · Abu al-Abbas al-Qurti · Abu al-Hajjaj al-Biyasi · Abu al-Mahasin al-Shawwa

Overview

Yunus ibn Yusuf ibn Musa al-Shaybani al-Mukhariqi, shaykh of the Yunusi dervishes who are ascribed to him. Ibn Khallikan mentions that he was a righteous man. When his companions were asked about their shaykh, they said that he had no shaykh of his own, and that he was "one drawn" (majdhub), that is, drawn to the path of good. They relate wonders to him 2.

Death

He died in his village of al-Qunniya, one of the districts of Dara, in the year 619 AH, having nearly reached ninety, and his grave there is well known. al-Maqrizi mentions the year 719 AH, and the text considers this a slip of the pen 2.

According to the data, he is the founder of the Yunusiyya 3.

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Sources

  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan , p. 256-257
  2. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan , p.256-257
  3. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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Yunusiyya

The Yunusiyya — the fuqara' named for Shaykh Yunus al-Mukhariqi, whom his companions counted a majdhub drawn to the path without a shaykh; his tomb at al-Qunayya near Dara remains visited.