Hidden Gems – Imaam Sulaimaan Al Jazuli
by Moulana Mohamed Saleh Joosab Arbee Qaadiri Moeeni
Name/Title – Imaam, Allamah, Qutbuz Zamaan Abu Abdullah Sayyid Muhammad ibn Sulaimaan Al Hassani Al Jazuli e
DOB/DOD – Born in 807 A.H/ 1404 and passed away on the 16th of Rabiul Awwal, 870 A.H / 1465.
Region – He e was born in the Sous[1] region and then moved to Faas (Fez)[2], Where he settled and spent the rest of his life.
Synopsis intro
Shaykh Sayyid Muhammad Ibn Sulaimaan Al Jazuli e was a Hassani Sayyid and was from the Jazulah branch of the Berber tribe. He began his basic Islamic education in Sous and then moved to Fez where he enrolled at Madrasatus Safaareen. He rented a room which is preserved to date. It is said that this was the very room in which he compiled the world-famous compilation of Salawaat, Dalaail ul Khairaat. It is also said that he did so in the library of Jaami’ Qazuleen in Fez. He e then travelled to Saahil where he met his Shaykh and spent approximately fourteen years in spiritual training.
Teachers/Shaykh in Tariqah – Shaykh Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Abdullah Amghaar as Sagheer e
Students
Narrations indicate that he had about twelve thousand disciples and students, from whom, two are documented to have succeeded him. Shaykh Abu Abdullah Muhammad as Sagheer as Sahli e and Shaykh Abu Muhammad Abdul Kareem Al Minzaari e
Brief Bio
Shaykh Jazuli e was a strict adherent to the Quran and Sunnah and would punctually recite his Awraad and Wazaaif. People flocked to him in such large numbers that the ruler of Aasifi felt threatened and asked him to leave the town. Allamah Faasi e states that through his blessings in his Era, a revolution of spiritual excellence was experienced, gatherings imparting secretive knowledge, and of Salawaat were observed everywhere in that region, Tareeqah and Spiritual science was revived. He had appointed many Khulafaa and sent them to various towns to propagate Islam. He followed the Maliki Mazhab in Fiqh and the Shaazhili Tariqah in Tasawwuf and Sulook. The ruler of Aasifi was misinformed that he could be the awaited Imam Mahdi g, hence he conspired to have the Shaykh e poisoned.
Books Authored
- Dalaail ul Khairaat wa Shawaariq ul Anwaar Fi Zikris Salaati Alan Nabiyyil Mukhtaar (Published in 1842 followed by thousands of reprints, editions and versions have been published from Cairo, Istanbul and in other parts of the world).
- Hizbul Falaah (A book on Duas, hand written manuscripts are preserved in Berlin 3886, Gotha 820 and in Lynden Library 22003.)
- Hizb ul Jazuli (Written in the local Moroccan language, it is also called Hizbu Subhaanid Daaim Laa Yazool and is quite popular as a book of Awraad in the Shaazili Tareeqah.
Contributions
A revolutionary awakening of the Islamic spirit and Spiritual awareness in the north African region.
Legacy (any surviving family members)
Shaykh Jazuli e did not have any children.
Mazaar location
Upon his demise he was laid to rest in the middle of the Musjid that he built in Aafirghaal. Seventy-seven years after his burial, Sultaan Abul Abbaas Ahmad known as Al A’raj conquered Morocco. He removed the Shaykhs body and reburied him at the famous graveyard called Riyaadhul Firdaus and constructed his Mazaar where it still is till this day. Miraculously when his blessed body was removed it was found to be fresh and intact to the extent that someone placed their finger on his face and noticed the movement of blood like with those physically living. His blessed Mazaar in Morroco is visited by thousands of people from around the world. An enormous sense of awe and spiritual magnificence is still felt at his Mazaar, people sit there and recite Dalaail ul Khairaat in abundance and due to the blessings of the Salawaat, the fragrance of musk emanating from his grave is smelt by many.
Extracted from Mataali’ul Musarraat Sharah Dalaail ul Khairaat by Imaam Allamah Muhammad al Mahdi al Faasi e translated into Urdu by Shaykh ul Hadith Allamah Abdul Hakeem Sharf Qadri e
Maqam located in Fez, Morocca.
[1] The Sous region (also spelt Sus, Suss, Souss or Sousse) (Arabic: سوس, romanized: sūs, Tachelhit: , romanized: sus) is an area in mid-southern Morocco. Geologically, it is the alluvial basin of the Sous River (Asif n Sus), separated from the Sahara desert by the Anti-Atlas Mountains.Wiki
[2] Fez or Fes (/fɛz/; Arabic: فاس, romanized: fās, Berber languages: ⴼ, romanized: fas, French: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco after Casablanca,[4] with a population of 1.22 million (2020). Located to the northeast of the Atlas Mountains,
