Abu Yahya ibn al-Sakkak al-Miknasi () (full name: Abu Yahya or Abu Abd Allah Mohammed ibn Abu Ghalib ibn Ahmad ibn Mohammed ibn Abu-l-Hasan Ali ibn Mohammed ibn as-Sakkak al-Miknasi; d. 22 May 1415), was a Moroccan historian, genealogist, judge, Maliki scholar and Sufi mystic. He was born in

Fez Fez most often refers to: * Fez (hat), a type of felt hat commonly worn in the Ottoman Empire * Fez, Morocco (or Fes), the second largest city of Morocco Fez or FEZ may also refer to: Media * ''Fez'' (Frank Stella), a 1964 painting by the moder ...

into the Ibn al-Sakkak family, a Berber family from the

Miknasa The Miknasa (Berber: ''Imeknasen'') was a Zenata Berber tribe in Morocco and Algeria. The Miknasa Berbers historically populated the Aurès and are part of the Dharisa tribe belonging to Botr who descended from Madghis, coming from the Aures mount ...

tribe. He was a friend of Ibn Khaldun, they both studied under al-Sharif al-Tilimsani. al-Sakkak was especially well known as author of an advice to Muslim kings, ''Nush muluk al-islam bi-al-tarif bi-ma yajibu alay-him min huquq ila bayt al-kiram''. In his advice Ibn Sakkak expressed skepticism about the divine right claimed by some rulers in his time. Ibn Sakkak is also the author of ''Kitab al-Uslub min-al-kalam ‘ala la hawla wa-la quwwata illa billah'' (known as ''Kitab al-Asalib''), the first book about the Tariqa Shadhiliyya in Morocco, in which he used the name "Shadhili" for

Ibn Abbad al-Rundi Ibn Abbad al-Rundi () (in full, Abu 'abd Allah Muhammad Ibn Abi Ishaq Ibrahim An-nafzi Al-himyari Ar-rundi) (1333–1390) was one of the leading Sufi theologians of his time who was born in Ronda. Attracted to Morocco by the famous madrasahs, Ib ...

(d. 792/1377).Éric Geoffroy, ''Une voie soufie dans le monde:la Shâdhiliyya'', p.75''

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1415 deaths 14th-century Berber people 15th-century Berber people 14th-century Moroccan historians 15th-century Moroccan historians Miknasa 14th-century Moroccan judges Moroccan Maliki scholars Moroccan Sufi writers People from Fez, Morocco Year of birth unknown 15th-century Moroccan judges {{Morocco-writer-stub