Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Ja'far al-Khazraji al-Sabti ( Arabic: أبوالعباس أحمد بن جعفر الخزرجي السبتي) ( Sabta 1129 - Marrakesh 1204), better known as Sidi Bel Abbas, was a Moroccan Muslim saint. He is the patron saint of Marrakesh in the Islamic tradition and also one of the " Seven Saints" (Sabʿatou Rijal) of the city. His festival was founded by al-Hasan al-Yusi at the instigation of Moulay Ismael. [1]
Abu Al-Abbas was born in Sabta (Ceuta). He studied under Abu Abd Allah al-Fakhkhar, himself a student of Qadi Ayyad. [2]
When Abu al-Abbas died in 1204, he was buried at the graveyard of Sidi Marouk, near Bab Taghzout. [3] In 1988, sultan Hassan II improved the sanctuary. [4] It is also the place of his zawiya.
See also
- Sidi Bel Abbas sanctuary, a Muslim holy place located in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta
- Zawiya of Sidi Bel Abbes in Marrakesh, containing his mausoleum
References
- ^ Vincent J. Cornell. Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1998, "The Power of Compassion: The Imitanda of Abu'l-Abbas as-Sabti", p. 79
- ^ Bencheneb, H. (1995). "al-Sabtī". In Bearman, P.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C.E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W.P. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. VIII (2nd ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. BRILL. p. 691. ISBN 9004098348.
- ^ http://www.dar-sirr.com/sultans.html Moroccan Sultans and Sufis retrieved 24 April 2008.
- ^ "Zawiya Sidi Bel Abbes". Archnet. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
- ^ Vincent J. Cornell. Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1998, "The Power of Compassion: The Imitanda of Abu'l-Abbas as-Sabti", p. 79
- ^ Chniber, Les murmures de la palmeraie, Volume 39 of Écritures arabes, Editions L'Harmattan, 1988, ISBN 978-2-7384-0075-8, ISBN 978-2-7384-0075-8, page 162, online books
- ^ Vincent J. Cornell, Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism, p. 91.
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