ʻAbd al-Salām ibn Mashīsh al-ʻAlamī (Arabic: عبد السلام بن مشيش العلمي) (b. ?–1227), was a Moroccan Sufi saint who lived during the reign of the Almohad Caliphate.
Mulay Abd as-Salam ibn Mashish al-Alami عبد السلام إبن مشيش العلمي | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | Banu Arrus, neighbourhood of Jabal al-ʻAlam |
| Died | 1227 Jabal Alam, South of Tétouan. |
| Resting place | Shrine of Moulay Abdeslam, south of Tétouan. |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Maliki |
| Senior posting | |
| Disciple of | Abu Madyan |
Influenced by | |
Influenced | |
Biography
editVirtually nothing is known about him except that he was assassinated in 1227/1228 by the anti-Almohad rebel ibn Abi Tawajin.[1]
His genealogy was traced through several ancestors—some of them with typically Berber names—all the way to the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad. It is said that he was born to the Banu Arus tribe in the neighbourhood of the Jabal al-'Alam, and that at the age of 16 he travelled to the east to study. On his return, in Béjaïa, he followed the instructions of the Andalusian mystic Abu Madyan. He came back to stay in his native country, where he withdrew to the mountain to live an edifying life as an ascetic. He was the murshid (spiritual guide) of Al-Shadhili, and his only disciple.[1]
Notes
edit- Muhammad Bennani, Mulay Abd Es Selam El Machich, ed. by África Española – Madrid, 1913 (In Spanish)
- Titus Burckhardt, "The Prayer of Ibn Mashish", Studies in Comparative Religion, Winter-Spring, 1978, Pates Manor, Bedfont, Middlesex
- Titus Burckhardt, "The Prayer of Ibn Mashish (As-Salat al-Mashishiyah)", Translation and commentary, Islamic Quarterly, London, 1978, vol. 20-21-22, no3, pp. 68–75
References
edit- ^ a b Le Tourneau, R. (1986) [1960]. "ʿAbd al-Salām b. Mas̲h̲īs̲h̲". In Bearman, P.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C.E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W.P. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. I (2nd ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Publishers. p. 91. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_0127. ISBN 9004081143.
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