The seven saints of Marrakesh ( Arabic سبع رجال - lit. seven men ) is a group of seven Islamic theologians and Sufis who are buried in Marrakesh , Morocco . They are considered patrons of the city, their mausoleums are a place of pilgrimage .
The tradition of honoring the seven saints was created at the beginning of the 18th century on the orders of Sultan Moulay Ismail by the famous Moroccan writer and sufi Abu Ali al-Hassan al-Yusi.
List of saints
Al-Yusi has compiled a list of names and order of priority, according to which you must visit their graves. All the saints were real historical persons of Arab origin. In the past, they were not related to each other.
- Yusuf ibn Ali al-Sanhaji (? —1196) is a Sufi from Yemen , a leper .
- Kadi Iyad (1083–1149) is an Islamic theologian, an imam of the Sunnis , a linguist, grammarist, historian, supreme Sharia judge ( cadi ) of Ceuta , and then of Granada .
- Abul-Abbas al-Sabti (1129-1204)
- Muhammad al-Jazuli (? —1465) - Sufi; best known for compiling the book Dalail al-Hayrat.
- Abdel-Aziz Al-Tabbaa (? —1499)
- Abdullah al-Ghazvani (? —1529)
- Abul-Qasim al-Suhaili (1114-1185)
Mausoleums
Tomb of Kadi Iyad
Al-Suhaili Mausoleum
Youssef Bin Ali Mausoleum
Mausoleum of Sidi Bel Abbesa
Mausoleum of Muhammad al-Jazuli
Mausoleum of Abdallah Al-Ghazwani
Mausoleum of Abdelaziz al-Tebaa
Literature
- Henri de Castries. Les sept patrons de Marrakech (fr.) // Hespéris: journal. - 1924. - N o 4 . - P. 245-303 . - ISSN 0399-0052 .
- Hubert Lang. = Der Heiligenkult in Marokko. Formen und Funktionen der Wallfahrten. - Passau: Passavia Universitätsverlag, 1992. - P. 72-80,140-142. - ISBN 3-86036-006-X .
- Uwe Topper. = Sufis und Heilige im Maghreb. - Munich: Eugen Diederichs, 1992. - p. 189-191. - ISBN 3-424-01023-5 .