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Abu Shuayb Ayub Ibn Said Erredad al-Sanhaji Assariya () (French transliteration Abou Chouaib) (died 1176–7) is the patron saint of
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. His brotherhood is called the Shuaybiya.Vincent J. Cornell, ''Realm of the saint: power and authority in Moroccan Sufism'', p. 57


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1176 deaths 12th-century Berber people 12th-century Moroccan people Moroccan Sufis People from the Almohad Caliphate Sanhaja Year of birth unknown {{Morocco-bio-stub