Abu Madyan

Visiting the tomb of Sidi Boumediène in El Eubbad on day of Mawlid . Entrance to Sidi Bou Médine mosque, c. 1900 Entrance to Sidi Boumediene mosque, 2007 Sidi Abu Madyan Shuayb ibn al-Hussein al-Ansari (1126-1198), also known as Sidi Bou Médine or Sidi Boumédiène , was a Sufi teacher, scholar and writer and poet. He is the single most important founder of Sufism in the Maghreb and Andalusia . Ibn Arabi called Abu Madyan "the teacher of teachers". He was the teacher of Abdeslam Ben Mchich and through Ben Mchich of Abu-l-Hassan ash-Shadhili . He was born in 1126 to a family of Arab origin in Cantillana , near Seville in Muslim Spain . Abu Madyan studied in Sevilla , then he moved to Fes , where he received his initiation to sufism and he underwent the influence of the teachings of Al-Jilani , Abu Yaza and Al-Ghazali (through Ibn Hirzihim and Abu Bakr Ibn al Arabi , master of Abu Yaza). On his pilgrimage to Mecca , he made a stop in El Eubbad (al-Ubbad), outside the city of Tlemcen . After his studies in the Middle East, he returned to teach in Bougie (now Algeria ). He is the patron saint of Tlemcen, where he died in 1198. He is buried at El Eubbad where there is a mausoleum and a nearby mosque.

Entrance to Sidi Bou Médine mosque, c. 1900 Visiting the tomb of Sidi Boumediène in El Eubbad district, in Tlemcen , Algeria , on day of Mawlid . Abu Madyan (1126–1198), also known as Abū Madyan S̲h̲uʿayb , or Abū Madyan , or Sidi Bou-Mediene , or Sidi Abu Madyan Shuayb ibn al-Hussein al-Ansari , was an influential Andalusian mystic and a great Sufi master. Some even refer to him as the national figure of Maghreb mysticism as he was such a forerunner of Sufism in this geographical area. Devoted to the fervent service of God, he helped introduce looking into oneself and harmonizing internal occurrences with the external observances through asceticism. "Sidi Boumediene Chouaib, pôle du soufisme au Maghreb: Un nom lié à la ville ancestrale" ["Sidi Boumediene Chouaib, center of Sufism in the Maghreb: A name linked to the ancient city"] icon .

Entrance to Sidi Bou Médine mosque, c. 1900 Visiting the tomb of Sidi Boumediène in El Eubbad district, in Tlemcen , Algeria , on day of Mawlid . Abu Madyan ( ; c. 1126 – 1198 CE), also known as Abu Madyan Shu'ayb Al-Ghawth , or Abū Madyan , or Sidi Bou-Mediene , or Sidi Abu Madyan Shuayb ibn al-Hussein al-Ansari , was an influential Andalusian mystic and a great Sufi master. Some even refer to him as the national figure of Maghreb mysticism as he was such a forerunner of Sufism in this geographical area. Devoted to the fervent service of God, he helped introduce looking into oneself and harmonizing internal occurrences with the external observances through asceticism. "Sidi Boumediene Chouaib, pôle du soufisme au Maghreb: Un nom lié à la ville ancestrale" ["Sidi Boumediene Chouaib, center of Sufism in the Maghreb: A name linked to the ancient city"] (in French) .

Andalusian Sufi teacher (1126–1198) Entrance to Sidi Bou Médine mosque, c. 1900 Visiting the tomb of Sidi Boumediène in El Eubbad district, in Tlemcen , Algeria , on day of Mawlid . Abu Madyan Shuʿayb ibn al-Husayn al-Ansari al-Andalusi ( ; c. 1126 – 1198 CE), commonly known as Abū Madyan , was an influential Andalusian mystic and a great Sufi master. Some even refer to him as the national figure of Maghreb mysticism as he was such a forerunner of Sufism in this geographical area. Devoted to the fervent service of God, he helped introduce looking into oneself and harmonizing internal occurrences with the external observances through asceticism. Among his most famous students were Ibn 'Arabi (d. 637/1240) and the historian Ibn Hammad (d. 628/1230). Ahmad Farid al-Mazidi (2010). شيخ الشيوخ في الأمصار أبو مدين الغوث (in Arabic). Hifnawi Ba'li (2018). الرحلات الحجازية المغاربية: المغاربة الأعلام في البلد الحرام (in Arabic).