Sidi Abou Abdallah Mohammed ben Mohammed ben Abdelwahed al-Alami al-Moussaoui al-Harraq () was a well-known Moroccan Sufi poet and teacher. He was born in 1772 in

Chefchaouen Chefchaouen ( ar, شفشاون, Shafshāwan, ), also known as Chaouen (), is a city in northwest Morocco. It is the chief town of the province of the same name and is noted for its buildings in shades of blue, for which it is nicknamed the "Blu ...

and died 25 August 1845 in

Tétouan Tétouan ( ar, تطوان, tiṭwān, ber, ⵜⵉⵟⵟⴰⵡⴰⵏ, tiṭṭawan; es, Tetuán) is a city in northern Morocco. It lies along the Martil Valley and is one of the two major ports of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea, a few miles so ...

. He was buried in his Zawiya near Bab Almaqabir. Sidi Al-Harraq was a pupil of

Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi (; 1760–1823) was a Moroccan Sufi leader of the Shadhili tariqa and the author of letters concerning the dhikr he preached and instructions for daily life. He stressed noninvolvement in worldly affairs ...

, whom he met in 1814. He wrote three diwans (collections of poetry).

References

* Al-sagir et Abdelmagid, Ishkaliyat islah al-fikr al-Sufi fi Al-qarayn (Al-Abbas Ahmed Ibn Muhammad Almahdi Ibn Ajiba et Muhammad Al-Harâq), 1994, édition Al Bayda Dar Al-Afaq Aljadida Al-Maghrib * Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Harrâq, 1992, publication Al Shabab * Burckhardt T., Introduction aux doctrines ésotériques de l’Islam, Lyon 1955 * Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam, OU Press, 1971

Bibliography

* Al-sagir et Abdelmagid, Ishkaliyat islah al-fikr al-Sufi fi Al-qarayn (Al-Abbas Ahmed Ibn Muhammad Almahdi Ibn Ajiba et Muhammad Al-Harâq), 1994, édition: Al-Bayda, Dar Al-Afaq, Aljadida, Al-Maghrib *Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Harrâq, 1992, publication Al-Shabab *Thèse: ''Le Soufi Marocain Al-Harraq : la Réforme Soufie au 19é Siècle'' (incl. the biography of Sidi Muhammad Al Haraq and his diwan containing songs, muwash-shah-style poems, and short poems) *CD (Misticismo) with poems by Mohammed al-Harraq, sung by Omar Metiou

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