Abu Mohammed Salih

Abu Mohammed Salih (also Silih) or Abu Mohammed Saleh ibn Yansaran Said ibn Gafiyan al-Doukkali al-Magiri (also al-Majiri) (1153-1234) was a Sufi leader from Morocco and one of the successors of Abu Madyan. [J. Spencer Trimingham, John O. Voll, "The Sufi Orders in Islam", 1998, ISBN 9780195120585 , p. 51] He was the patron saint of Safi and lived during the reign of the Almohad dynasty. [Vincent J. Cornell, Realm of the Saint, p. 140] He spent twenty years in Alexandria and, when he returned to Morocco, founded a ribat in Safi. [ The Ribats in Morocco and their influence in the spread of knowledge and tasawwuf [http://bewley.virtualave.net/ribat.html] (retrieved on September 9, 2008)] The Sufi brotherhood of the Magiriyyun derives from him. He wrote a "Talqin al-wird" and the ribat in Safi, where Abou Mohammed was buried, continued to play an important role until the end of the 15th century. One of Salih's teachers was Abu Abdallah Mohammed Amghar from El Jadida.There remains but one written work by Al-Maghri, "Bidayat al Mourid", a book on Tassawuf and the lives of certain sufi saints like Al-Maghri's teacher Abu Madyan. The life of Al-Magiri is described in "Al-Minhaj al-wadih", written by Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Magiri, a grandson of the saint.

References

Bibliography

*Y. Benhima: "L’évolution du peuplement et l’organisation du territoire de la région de Safi à l’époque almohade", in: "Los Almohades, Problemas y Perspectivas"
*Abu Muhammad Silih, "Al-Manaqib wa-l-ta'rikh", Rabat, 1990

External links

Dar-sirr.com Sidi Abu Mohammed al-Majiri (d. 631/1216) [http://www.dar-sirr.com/Majiri.html] (retrieved on September 9, 2008)