Ibrahim al-Desuqi
Sidi Ibrahim al-Desouki | |
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 Mausoleum of Saint Ibrahim El Desouki | |
| Title | Shaykh al-Islam |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 633 AH, (1255 CE) |
| Died | 676 AH, (1296 CE) |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age, (Later Abbasid Era) |
| Main interest(s) | Sufism |
| Occupation | Imam |
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| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| School | Shafi'i |
| Tariqa | Desouki (founder) |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
| Muslim leader | |
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'Ibrahīm Bin ʿAbd-El-ʿAzīz 'Abu al-Magd (Egyptian Arabic: إبراهيم بن عبد العزيز أبو المجد), better known as El Desouki (الدسوقي) (1255 in Desouk, Egypt – 1296), was an Egyptian Imam and the founder of the Desouki Order.
Life
[edit]El Desouki was born in Desouk on the Nile delta and lived there his whole life, hence his attribution to it.[1] According to traditions and popular sayings, he is a descendant of Ali ibn Abi Talib from his paternal side through Ali al-Hadi.[2][3] El Desouki was influenced by the Shadhili Sufi order founded by his uncle Abu al-Hasan Shadhili and was as well close to his contemporary Sufi Ahmad al-Badawi of Tanta.[4] He became Sheikh ul-Islam of Egypt during Baibars' rule.
His feast is celebrated twice a year: the first during April, and the second on October the 2nd.[5]
See also
[edit]Sources
[edit]- ^ Jalāl al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Karkī, A definition of Wali Sīdī 'Ibrahīm al-Dosūqī, Taj 2006, page 8
- ^ True Knower of God Sīdī 'Ibrahīm al-Dosūqī. Archived 2013-05-29 at the Wayback Machine Municipality of Dessouk. (in Arabic)
- ^ Modarressi, Hossein (1993). Crisis and Consolidation in the Formative Period of Shi'ite Islam: Abu Ja'Far Ibn Qiba Al-Razi and His Contribution to Imamite Shi'Ite Thought. Darwin Press. ISBN 0878500952. See, for instance, Sha'riini, 1: 181 (the biography of the Sufishaykh, Ibriihim b. Abi 'I-Majd al-Dusuqi [d. 67611277-81, who descends from Ja'far as a twelfth-generation descendant of his, hence a thirteenth generation descendant of Ali-Al Hadi)
- ^ Fauzi Muḥammad Abu Zaid, Sheikh ul-Islam Ibrahīm al-Dosūqī, Life and belief house, Cairo, 2008, p.91.
- ^ About Desouk Centre Archived 2012-11-20 at the Wayback Machine Municipality of Desouk. (in Arabic)
