Shaykh Shah Shahidullah Faridi (né John Gilbert Lennard) (1915–1978) was a British Muslim convert, born to a Christian family.
[1] He embraced Islam after reading "Kashf al-Mahjub" (The Unveiling of the Veiled), the classical treatise on Sufism written by Ali ibn Uthman al-Hujwiri.
[citation needed] Though having been born and raised in a wealthy English family he left his home in search of a Sufi shaikh.
In India, he eventually met the Chishti Sabri shaikh, Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah and pledged allegiance to him.
He also compiled Part Two of "Tarbiatul Ushaq" ("The Training of Divine Lovers"), Syed Mohammad Zauqi Shah, 1425/2004, pub.