Mohammed al-Mahdi al-Fasi, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Moroccan mystic
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About Mohammed al-Mahdi al-Fasi
- Mohammed al-Mahdi al-Fasi also known as Abu Isa Abu Abdallah Mohammed al-Mahdi ibn Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Yusuf al-Fihri al-Fasi was a well-known mystic, biographer and historian from Fes.
- He was born in Ksar al-Kebir on May 17, 1624 and died 20 February 1698.
- He was buried in the mausoleum of his great grandfather Abu l-Mahasin Yusuf al-Fasi. He was the author of the following works on mysticism: Three commentaries on the Dala'il al-Khayrat Mumti al-asma fi dhikr al-Jazuli wa at-Tabba'a wa ma lahuma min al-atba (on Muhammad al-Jazuli and Abdelaziz al-Tebaa) Al-Ilma bi-bad man lam yudkar fi-Mumti al-asmaMohammed al-Mahdi was particularly interested in the history of mysticism in Morocco since Mohammed al-Jazuli and his pupil al-Tabba up to the end of the 17th century.
- Parallel to that history he retraces the development of the Sadilite school and its affiliate founded by Ahmed Zarruq. Al-Mahdi wrote the following biographical works, on his great grandfather Abu l-Mahasin Yusuf al-Fasi: Al-Gawahir as-Safiyya min al-Mahasin al-Yusufiyya Rawdat al-mahasin az-zahiyya bi-maatir as-Sayh Abi-l-Mahsin al-BahiyyaOn the traditions of the people of Fes he wrote: Al-Arf al-asi fi-l-urf al-Fasi
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