Career
Though having been born and raised in a wealthy English family he left his home in search of a Sufi shaikh. At forty years of age, the responsibilities of spiritual succession were entrusted to him. He lived in Karachi for about thirty years until he died on Ramdhan 17th in 1978.
He was well-known among the local population as a dedicated servant to the common people, and he died in relative obscurity except in the Sufi community in Pakistan.
The mazar area also has a mosque and a graveyard in the complex. Abdal Hakim Murad. Hazrat Shahidullah was fluent in many languages and his discourses appealed to various ethnic groups across Pakistan.
Though the number of his followers are in the few hundreds they come from all four provinces of Pakistan. His successor is Hazrat Siraj Ali who continues the Sabri Chisti lineage in Karachi.
Shah Shahidullah Faridi was a renowned writer on spiritual matters, and was regarded as having great clarity and insight.
One of his most famous books is Inner Aspects of Faith. He also compiled Participant Two of "Tarbiatul Ushaq" ("The Training of Divine Lovers"), Syed Mohammad Zauqi Shah, 1425/2004, public A.S.Nordeen, Kuala Lumpur.
A brief biography of his, published recently in Urdu called "Talash e Haqq rudad." by Ahmed Ghazali Shaheedi, printed by M. Naeem Hashmi, Saudabad Malir Colony Karachi.
