Sayyidi "Najmuddin" Yousuf bin Sayyidna Sulaiman Al-Hindi

Dai’ Ghair Munfarid?

• From Hudood-e-Kiraam of 27th Dai' Sayyidna Ad-Dai' Sulaiman bin Sayyidna Hasan Al-Hindi
• From Hudood-e-Kiraam of 28th Dai' Sayyidna Ad-Dai' Ja'afar bin Sayyidna Sulaiman Al-Hindi
• From Hudood-e-Kiraam of 29th Dai' Sayyidna Ad-Dai' Muhammad bin Sayyidi Fahad Al-Makrami
• Wilaadat (Birth): 992 AH (1584 AD)
• Wafaat (Death): 1st Muharram ul-Haraam 1040 AH (9th August 1630 AD)

Travelled with father, 27th Dai' Sayyidna Ad-Dai' Sulaiman bin Sayyidna Hasan Al-Hindi to Ahmedabad, India.

Sayyidi Yousuf bin Sayyidna Ad-Dai' Sulaiman Al-Hindi was the first born son of Sayyidna Sulaiman bin Sayyidna Hasan from a Jaariya wife, (A slave girl, bought and married by Sayyidna Sulaiman in Yemen and was named Sa'ada by him after marriage). In her memory Sayyidna Sulaiman named his house in Taibah, Yemen as "Daar-us-Sa'ada", which still stands today.

He went to Deccan (South India) near Machlipattam for livelihood in the great famine during that time & died while returning to Ahmedabad via Aurangabad in Burhaanpur (near Aurangabad) on the 1st of Muharram ul-Haraam 1040 AH (9th August 1630 AD).

He was a very fine and prolific writer of exquisite poetry in Arabic, which are in Da'awat's possession and Library called Kutub Khaana.

Sayyidi Ahmad & Sayyidi Saleem, his two sons were also with him and they too died probably in the great famine during that time.

(Posted by Mulla Sa'adullah Husami on 27th February 2011)

Source: Nuzhat ul-Azhaan by 28th Dai' Sayyidna Ad-Dai' Ja'afar bin Sayyidna Sulaiman Al-Hindi