Darqawiyya

Procession in the streets of Tlemcen on the day of Maulid an-Nabī

Darqawiyya ( Arabic درقاوية, DMG Darqāwīya ) is a branch of the Islamic Sufi order (Tariqa) Schadhiliyya founded in the 18th century , which goes back to Muhammad al-Arabi ad-Darqawi (d. 1823) or to the teachings of his Sheikh Sidi Ali al-Jamal (d. 1779-1780).

It focuses on renunciation from the world and a return to the true teachings of Tasawwuf . Worldly power and wealth are despised, the return to "pure Sufism" is propagated. The Sufi order has different branches and is mainly found in the Maghreb ( Morocco , Algeria ), Egypt and the Hejaz . He played a political role in the opposition to the Turks and later the French .

In the work on the Muslim brotherhoods by Depont & Coppolani from the time of the French Governors General of Algeria, it is pointed out that the Order has had a hand in all uprising movements in Morocco and Algeria since its foundation, its members are referred to as “persistent sectarians "Men in rags, puritans of Islam and dervishes fanatical of fiery sermons".

Members of this Sufi order included Ahmad ibn 'Ajiba (1747–1809) and Messali Hadj (1898–1974).

The Alawiyya Sufi order of Ahmad al-Alawi (1874–1934) emerged from the Darqawiyya order, as has more recently the Murabitun movement of Abdalqadir as-Sufi (Ian Dallas).

literature

Octave Depont , Xavier Coppolani : Les confréries religieuses musulmanes , Publié sous le Patronage de Jules Cambon , gouverneur général de l'Algérie , Ed. Maisonneuve, Paris 1897
M. Peyron: «Derkaoua, Derqaoua, Darqawa». In: Encyclopédie berbère , vol.15, Edisud 1995, pp.2279-2283 encyclopedieberbere.revues.org
Edmond Doutté : L'Islam Algeria en 1900 . Giralt, Alger 1900
Louis Rinn : Marabouts et khouan . Adolphe Jourdan Libraire-éditeur, Alger 1884 ( Online a , b ; table of contents )
Alfred Le Chatelier: Les confréries musulmanes du Hedjaz . E. Leroux, Collection Bibliothèque orientale elzévirienne , Paris 1887

Web links

Dejiawei jiaotuan. norislam.com (Wang Huaide)
vitaminedz.com: L'ordre des Derqaoua (Omar Dib, Le Quotidien d'Oran 24/10/09)

References and comments

↑ according to Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili (d. 1258)
↑ on strict Puritanism and its teaching, cf. Depont & Coppolani, p. 504 f .: "Les devoirs de mes frères consisteront à triompher de leurs passions." Etc.
^ Aisha Bewley: Glossary of Islamic Terms . Ta-Ha Publishers, London 1998, p. 229
↑ Depont & Coppolani (1897: 504 f.): " Ces sectaires farouches, de ces hommes en haillons, ces puritains de l'Islam, ces derouich fanatisés par des prédications ardentes "

[1] rding to Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili (d. 1258)

[2] strict Puritanism and its teaching, cf. Depont & Coppolani, p. 504 f .: "Les devoirs de mes frères consisteront à triompher de leurs passions." Etc.

[3] Aisha Bewley: Glossary of Islamic Terms . Ta-Ha Publishers, London 1998, p. 229

[4] Depont & Coppolani (1897: 504 f.): " Ces sectaires farouches, de ces hommes en haillons, ces puritains de l'Islam, ces derouich fanatisés par des prédications ardentes "