Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi
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Abd al-Qadir ibn Ali ibn Yusuf al-Fasi (Arabic: عبد القادر بن علي بن يوسف الفاسي; c. 1599–1680) was the founder of the Shadhili
zawiyya of Ksar-el-Kebir
. He is the author of a fahrasa. This genre, in which a scholar enumerates his shaykhs
and the works he read with them, can be read as a scholarly curriculum vitae. He was a son of Abu l-Mahasin Yusuf al-Fasi (d. 1604) the founder of the zawiya Fassiyun, which later was given the name of Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi.
Shadhili
The Shadhili Tariqa is a Sufi order of Sunni Islam founded by Abul Hasan Ali ash-Shadhili. Followers of the Shadhiliya are known as Shadhilis....
zawiyya of Ksar-el-Kebir
Ksar-el-Kebir
Ksar el Kebir is a city in northwest of Morocco with 110,000 inhabitants, about 160 km from Rabat, 32 km from Larache and 110 km from Tangier....
. He is the author of a fahrasa. This genre, in which a scholar enumerates his shaykhs
Sheikh
Not to be confused with sikhSheikh — also spelled Sheik or Shaikh, or transliterated as Shaykh — is an honorific in the Arabic language that literally means "elder" and carries the meaning "leader and/or governor"...
and the works he read with them, can be read as a scholarly curriculum vitae. He was a son of Abu l-Mahasin Yusuf al-Fasi (d. 1604) the founder of the zawiya Fassiyun, which later was given the name of Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi.
See also
- Abd al-Rahman al-FasiAbd al-Rahman al-FasiAbu Zaid Abd al-Rahman Abu Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi was a Moroccan writer in the field of law, history, astronomy and music. He wrote some 170 books and has been called the Suyuti of his time...