Muhammad bin Muhammad al-Fassi (commonly known as ''Qutbul Ujud Imam Fassi'') (;1760?–1863) was the originator of the Fassi family of Sheikhs who constitute the Fassiyatush Shadhiliyya

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order.

Early life

Fassi was born either in the year 1173 Hijri (ca 1760 CE) or 1218 Hijri in Fes in Morocco, from which the family name "al-Fassi" had earlier been derived. His mother died during his very childhood. He was a hafiz al-Quran during his childhood and travelled to various parts of the world and finally

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in search of wisdom.

Names

Imam Fassi can be briefly referred to as ''Qutbul Ujud'' or ''Qutbul Ujud Hazrat Fassi''. Some of the full versions of his name include ''Qutbur Rabbani, Haikalus Samadhani, Qutbul ujood, Abu Abdullah Seiyaduna Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Masood bin Abdur Rahman al-Makki al-Hasani al-Idrissi al-Fassi ash-Shadhili (Rali.)'' or ''Hazrat Qutbul Ujud Seyyidina Mohammad al-Fassy ash-Shadhili (Rah...)''.

Education

Imam Fassi travelled to Mecca to memorise and learn the

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with tajwid. He travelled to many places in search of good preachers. His main sheikh was Sidi al-Sheikh Muhammad bin Hamzah al-Madani (''Sheikh Qutb Mohammad bin Hamza lafir al-Madani (Rali…)'').

Fassiyatush Shadhiliyya

Imam Fassi and his descendants form a branch of

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yya which is the only tariqush Shukr (Order of Gratitude).

The Spiritual Chain

The

silsila ''Silsila'' () is an Arabic language, Arabic word meaning ''chain'', ''link'', ''connection'' often used in various senses of :wikt:lineage, lineage. In particular, it may be translated as "spiritual genealogy" where one Sufi Master transfe ...

of the Fassiyatush Shadhiliyya order (called as Silsilat ad dhahab) is as follows: * Allah Rabbul Izza * Jibra'il *

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* Imam Hasan * Abu Muhammad Jaabir * Sa'eed Al Ghazwani * Abu Muhammad Fath as Su'ud * Abu Muhammad Sa'ad * Abi Muhammad Sa'eed * Abu al Qasim bin Marwan * Is'haq Ibrahim al Basari * Zainuddin al Qazwini * Syedi Shamsuddin * Syedi Tajuddin * Syedi Noruddin * Syedi Fakhruddin * Tuqaiyuddin al fukhair * Abdur Rahman al madani al Attar Az zayyat * Abd as-Salam ibn Mashish al-Alami ash Shahid * Imam Noruddin Abul Hasan Alee ash-Shadhili * Abul Abbas al-Mursi * Ahmed bin Ata’ullah Al Iskandari * Dawood Al Bakhili * Muhammad Wafa * Ali Wafa * Yahya al Qadiri * Ahmed bin Uqba Al hadhrami * Sheikh Shihabuddin Abul Abbas Ahmed Zarruq Al Fassi * Ibrahim Ithaam * Alee Sanhani * Abdur Rahman al Majdhubi (Majzoubi) * Yusuf al-Fassi * Syed Muhammad * Abdur Rahman al Fassi * Qasim al Ikhlasi * Ahmad ibn Abdhullah al Fassi * Arabi ibn Ahmed bin Abdullah Sahib al Maqfiyya * Ali al Jamal al Imrani * Muhammad al Arabi bin Ahmed ad Darqawi * Muhammad ibn Hamza Dhafir al-Madani * Muhammad (al Ajwad) b. Muhammad b. Masood b. Abdur rahman al Makki al Idrissi al Fassi ash Shadhili (Imam Fassi) * Shamsuddin Makki ibn Muhammad al Fassi * Ahmad al Arabi * Muhammad Ibraheem Fassi ibn Shamsuddin Makki al Fassi * Abdullah al Fassi ibn Shamsuddin Makki al Fassi * Dr. Muhammad ibn Mohammad Ibrahim al Fassi * Abdul Wahab al Fassi ibn Mohammed Ibrahim al Fassi ash Shadhili * Abdul Qadir al Fassi ibn Muhammad Ibrahim al Fassi ash Shadhili * Najmul Ulema Hazrat Ajwad ibn Abdallah al Fassi ash Shadhili * Mahdhi Al Fassi ibn Abdallah al Fassi ash Shadhili (Present day Sheikhus Sujjadah of World Fassiyatush Shadhiliyya Sufi order)

References

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