Imam
Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli al-Simlali
Copy of Dala'il al-Khayrat at the Chester Beatty Library
TitleImam, Sheikh
Personal
Bornc. 1404
Sous, Morocco
Died1465 (aged 60–61)
Sidi Chiker, Morocco
Resting placeMarrakesh
ReligionIslam
NationalityMorocco
Era15th century
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceMaliki
Main interest(s)Sufism
Notable work(s)Dala'il al-Khayrat
TariqaShadhilia
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Abū 'Abdullah Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān ibn Abū Bakr al-Jazūli al-Simlālī (Arabic: أبو عبدالله محمد بن سليمان بن ابوبكر الجزولي السّملالي الحسني) (d. 1465AD = 870AH), often known as Imam al-Jazuli or Sheikh Jazuli, was a Moroccan Sufi Saint. He is best known for compiling the Dala'il al-Khayrat, an extremely popular Muslim prayer book. This book is usually divided into 7 sections for each day of the week.[1] Al-Jazuli is one of the seven saints of Marrakesh and is buried in his mausoleum inside the city.

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]

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References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Fage, J. D; Oliver, Roland Anthony (1977). The Cambridge History of Africa (PDF). Vol. 3. Cambridge University Press. p. 400.
  3. ^ Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Professor Henry Louis Jr. (2012-02-02). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
  4. ^ Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. (1987-08-20). A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period. Cambridge University Press. p. 207. ISBN 978-1-316-58334-0.
  5. ^ Vincent J. Cornell, Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1998).

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