Sidi El Houari
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Sidi El Houari (1350 – 12 September 1439) was an Algerian imam whose real name was Ben-Amar El Houari. He is the patron saint of the city of Oran in Algeria. The old quarter of Sidi El Houari in Oran is named after him.
Biography
Sidi El Houari was born in 1350 in the village of
Marinid rule.[citation needed
]
Out of
Fes, Tunis, Mecca, Jerusalem, Damascus and many other cities which he visited, he chose to settle in Oran and honour its inhabitants. He was well received by Oranians, and although he was buried far away from the city, visiting of his mausoleum, which shelters his supposed tomb, resembles an irremovable daily pilgrimage.[citation needed
]
At the age of ten years, he had already memorized the whole
Qur'an by heart and had acquired the title of Hafiz, educated in the doctrine of Sufism.[citation needed
]
He went to Kel Mitou in the meadows of
Fes, where he taught before travelling to Egypt.[citation needed
]
He went to
madrasah. Among the known adherents and companions of the imam Sidi El Houari El Maghraoui were Sidi Ibrahim Tazi and Sidi Said (marabout of Hassi El Ghella).[citation needed
]
Sidi El Houari died on September 12, 1439. He is buried in Aghlad near Timimoun.[citation needed]
Gallery
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People of the Sahara believe that Sidi Houari is buried in this Tomb in the whereabouts of Timimoun
