ʿAbd as-Salām ibn Maschīsh

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Moussem in honor of ʿAbd as-Salām ibn Maschīsch (2003)

ʿAbd as-Salām ibn Maschīsch ( Arabic عبد السلام بن مشيش العلمي, DMG ʿAbd as-Salām b. Mašīš al-ʿAlamī ; * 1140 in Beni Aross near Tangier ; † 1227 in Jebel el Alam , too) Ben Mshish called, was a Sufi - Marabout , who during the reign of the Almohad in the western Rif lived. His dome tomb ( qubba ) is in Jbel el Alam.

At the beginning of July, his followers, the Shorfa Alamiyyin , celebrate the annual pilgrimage ( moussem ) for Abdeslam ibn Mchich, whose religious lineage ( silsila ) goes back through the Idrisids to Mohammed and who is also known as the "Sultan of Jbala and protector of the valley". Abdeslam converted Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili to Sufism. His teacher was Abū Madyan (1126–1197 / 98), the patron saint of Tlemcen . Abdeslam was an ancestor of Sherif Molla Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rached El Alami, the founder of Chefchaouen .

He wrote a collection of reflections on the political and religious life of his time and the Taslya , a hagiography ( laudation ) on Mohammed, on which Ahmad ibn Ajiba wrote a comment. He also created As-Salatul-Mashishiyyah , a metaphysical paraphrase of a well-known prayer in which the believer calls on God to bless the Prophet and to thank him that Islam has reached him through him. Abdeslam understood the Prophet Mohammed as the expression of the one spirit to which everything relates and which is a permanent mediator between the incomprehensible God and the world.

literature

  • Muhammad Bennani: Mulay Abd Es Selam El Machich . Edition África Española, Madrid 1913
  • Titus Burckhardt : The Prayer of Ibn Mashish, Studies in Comparative Religion . Pates Manor, Bedfont / Middlesex 1978

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Abdeslam ibn Mchich Alami: The Prayer Of Ibn Mashish - As-Salatul-Mashishiyyah , penultimate prayer
personal data
SURNAME Maschīsch, ʿAbd as-Salām ibn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ben Mshish; عبد السلام بن مشيش العلمي (Arabic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sufi marabout
DATE OF BIRTH 1140
PLACE OF BIRTH Beni Aross near Tangier
DATE OF DEATH 1227
Place of death Jbel el Alam