Ahmad al-Alawi

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Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi
Grave of Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi in Mostaganem, Algeria

Ahmad al-Alawi , also Sheikh Alaoui ( Arabic أحمد العلاوي, DMG Aḥmad al-ʿAlawī ; born 1874 in Mostaganem , Algeria ; died 1934 ibid) was a Sufi saint of an originally Maghrebian Sufi order . After the death of his master Muhammad al-Būzīdī (1824-1909) he headed the order until his own death, ie he was the founder of the modern Sufi order of the Alawiyya , a branch of the Darqawiyya - Schadhiliyya order.

life and work

He went to Morocco in 1894 and followed Darqawiyya Sheikh Muhammad al-Būzīdī. When he came back to Mustaganem, he founded the Alawiyya Darqawiyya Order. His order spread to North Africa, especially Algeria and Morocco, and among the Algerian immigrants of several European countries, especially France . He is now also active in many other countries around the world.

In 1926, Ahmad al-Alawi led the first community prayer in the newly built Great Mosque in Paris in the presence of French President Gaston Doumergue .

The shrine and tomb of Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi are located in Mostaganem, Algeria.

His activities included the publication of two magazines: from 1922 he published a religious weekly, "Lisan ad-Din" ("The tongue (= voice) of religion"), which he published in 1926 through the magazine "Al-Balagh Al -Jaza'iri "(" 'Algerian communications ") replaced.

One of his works is his Munadschat (also Munajat), which was translated into English by Abdul-Majid Bhurgri.

By Martin Lings (Abu Bakr Sheikh Sirajuddin) a highly acclaimed biography of the Sufi saint comes. The memories of the French doctor Marcel Carret provide important information about the sheikh. The Sufi community Les amis de l'Islam , founded by Sheikh Adda Bentounès (1898–1952), took care of a French translation of various works. In more recent times, Éric Geoffroy and Manuel Chabry have made a name for themselves in researching his oeuvre and order.

Quote

"In his autobiographical remarks Shaykh Al-Alawi says of himself that he never went to school," not even for a single day "- and that he never made any special effort to learn to write."

Works and translations (selection)

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kitāb al-nūr al-ḍāwī fī al-ḥikam wa-munājāt al-shaykh al-ʿAlāwī / iʿtaná bi-jamʿihi ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Aʿrāb ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). - The year 1869 is often given as the year of birth (see e.g. the web links at brillonline.com).
  2. ↑ On the Alawiyya-Darqawiyya-Schadhiliyya-Sufi order, see Association Internationale Soufie Alawiyya (AISA). This order is not to be confused with the Alawites of the Middle East or the Turkish and Kurdish Alevis , not even with the Ba'Alawiyya order .
  3. ↑ The UNESCO founding celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Sufi Order in 2014. ( unesco.org: 100e anniversaire de la fondation de l'ordre soufi Alawi, une école pour la tolérance et la convivialité interreligieuse (1914) (2014) )
  4. ↑ see e.g. B. aisa.de: Cheikh Ahmed Ibn Mustafa Al-'Alawi ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) & Association Internationale Soufie Alawiyya ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ The Paris Mosque ( Memento from September 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Information (partly literal) according to livingislam.org: A Maghreb Sufi Shaykh of the 20th century: Shaykh Ahmad Al-'Alawi - Karimah K. Stauch
  7. ↑ Le Groupe interprète du Cheikh al-Alawi en Europe ( Memento of October 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ livingislam.org: A Maghrebian Sufi Shaykh of the 20th century: Shaykh Ahmad Al-'Alawi - Karimah K. Stauch
  9. ↑ According to livingislam.org
  10. ↑ see also sufi-tariqah.de
Ahmad al-Alawi (alternative names of the lemma)
Aḥmad Ibn-Muṣṭafā al-ʿAlawī; Aḥmad ʿAlawī; Aḥmad al-ʿAlawī; Aḥmad ibn Mustafa al-ʿAlawi; Ahmad Ibn-Mustapha al-ʿAlawî; Aḥmad bin-Muṣṭafā al-ʿAlāwī al-Mustaġānimī; Ahmed Ben Mustapha al-Alawi; Ahmad al-'Alawi; Ahmad ibn Mustafa al-Alawi; Cheikh Ahmed Ibn Mustafa Al-'Alawi; Cheikh Ahmed Ibn Mustafâ Al-'Alâwî; Shaykh Ahmed Ibn Mustafa al-Alawi; Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Mustafa al-Alawi; Cheikh Ahmed al-Alawi; Aḥmad al-ʿAlawī; Sheikh Ahmad ibn-Mustapha al-´Alawî; Cheikh El-Alaoui; Aḥmad ibn Muṣṭafā al-ʿAlawī al-Mustaġānimī; Ahmed El-Alaoui; Ahmed El-Alaoui; Ahmed ben Mustapha Al Alawi; Ahmed ben Mustapha al Alawi; Aḥmad ibn Muṣṭafā al-Mustaġānimī Abū al-ʿAbbās ʿAlawī; Shaykh Al-Alawi; Aḥmad ibn Muṣṭafá Alāwī al-Mustaghānimī
personal data
SURNAME Alawi, Ahmad al-
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sheikh Alaoui
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mystic, founder of the Sufi order Alawiyya-Darqawiyya-Schadhiliyya
DATE OF BIRTH 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Mostaganem , Algeria
DATE OF DEATH 1934
Place of death Mostaganem , Algeria