Muhammad al-Jazuli
Imam Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli al-Simlali | |
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| Main interest(s) | Sufism |
| Notable work(s) | Dala'il al-Khayrat |
| Tariqa | Shadhilia |
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Abū 'Abdullah Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān ibn Abū Bakr al-Jazūli al-Simlālī (
Biography
Muhammad al-Jazuli claimed to be a Sharif (a descent of the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad)[2][3] and belonged to the Berber Jazulin tribe.[4] He lived in the historic Sous area of Morocco, situated between the Atlantic Ocean and the Atlas Mountains, and studied locally before going to the Madrasat As-Saffarîn in Fez where his room is still pointed out to visitors today. After settling a tribal feud he left the area and spent the next forty years in Makkah, Medina and Jerusalem. After his long journey, he returned to Fez where he completed the prayer book Dala'il al-Khayrat.
He was initiated into the Shadhili Tariqa, a Sufi order, by a descendant of Abu Abdallah Mohammed Amghar, the sheikh of the Banu Amghar. He spent fourteen years in Khalwa (seclusion) and then went to Safi where he gathered around him many followers. The governor of Safi felt obliged to expel him and later poisoned him which led to his death in 1465. He is said to have died during prayer.
It is claimed that in 1541, seventy-seven years after his death, his body was exhumed to be transferred to Marrakesh and found to be uncorrupted.[5]
See also
- List of Sufis
- Issawa order
- Qari Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui
- Ahmed ou Musa (saint)
References
- ^ Jazūlī, Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān; Efendi, Kayishzade Hafiz Osman Nuri (1877). "The Waymarks to Benefits". World Digital Library (in Arabic). Baʻlabakk, Al-Biqāʻ, Lebanon. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ Fage, J. D; Oliver, Roland Anthony (1977). The Cambridge History of Africa (PDF). Vol. 3. Cambridge University Press. p. 400.
- ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
- ISBN 978-1-316-58334-0.
- ^ Vincent J. Cornell, Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1998).
External links
- Mp3 Audio Recitation of Dala’il al-Khayrat and PDF translation and transliteration.
- Biography of Imam Sidi Mohammed b. Sulayman al-Jazouli
- The Story of Dala’il al-Khayrat (written by Sheikh Nuh Ha Mim Keller)
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