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| birth_place = Sous, Morocco1465|1404}}| death_place = Sidi Chiker, Morocco| death_cause = | resting_place = Marrakesh| other_names = | nationality = Morocco| ethnicity = | era = 15th century| occupation = | denomination = Sunni| jurisprudence = Maliki| creed = | movement = | main_interests = Sufism| notable_ideas = | notable_works = Dala'il al-Khayrat| alma_mater = | Sufi_order = Shadhilia| disciple_of = | awards = | influences = Abul Hasan ash-ShadhiliYusuf an-Nabhani Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi>| module = | website = | signature = }}{{Sufism}}Abū 'Abdullah Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān ibn Abū Bakr al-Jazūli al-Simlālī () (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.WEB, {{wdl, 4085, |author1=Jazūlī, Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān |author2=Efendi, Kayishzade Hafiz Osman Nuri |date=1877 |title=The Waymarks to Benefits |work=World Digital Library |language=Arabic |location=Baʻlabakk, Al-Biqāʻ, Lebanon |accessdate=30 June 2013 }} 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)BOOK, Fage, J. D,weblink The Cambridge History of Africa., Oliver, Roland Anthony, Cambridge University Press, 1977, 3, 400, BOOK, Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku,weblink Dictionary of African Biography, Gates, Professor Henry Louis Jr., 2012-02-02, OUP USA, 978-0-19-538207-5, 204, en, and belonged to the Berber Jazulin tribe.BOOK, Abun-Nasr, Jamil M.,weblink A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period, 1987-08-20, Cambridge University Press, 978-1-316-58334-0, 207, en, 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.Vincent J. Cornell, Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1998).

See also

• List of Sufis
• Mohamed ben Issa, the son of one of his disciples who founded the Issawa order
• Qari Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui
• Ahmed ou Musa (saint)

References

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External links

• Mp3 Audio Recitation of Dala’il al-Khayrat and PDF translation and transliteration.
• Biography of Imam Sidi Mohammed b. Sulayman al-Jazouli
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20060901144051weblink">The Story of Dala’il al-Khayrat (written by Sheikh Nuh Ha Mim Keller)

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