'Ibrahīm Bin ʿAbd-El-ʿAzīz 'Abu al-Magd (), better known as El Desouki (الدسوقي) (1255 in

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– 1296), was an Egyptian

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and the founder of the Desouki Order.

Life

El Desouki was born in

on the

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and lived there his whole life, hence his attribution to it. According to

tradition A tradition is a system of beliefs or behaviors (folk custom) passed down within a group of people or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common e ...

s and popular sayings, he is a descendant of

Ali ibn Abi Talib Ali ibn Abi Talib (; ) was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from until Assassination of Ali, his assassination in 661, as well as the first imamate in Shia doctrine, Shia Imam. He was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muha ...

from his paternal side through

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. El Desouki was influenced by the

Shadhili The Shadhili Order () is a tariqah or Sufi order. The Shadhili order was founded by Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili in the 13th century and is followed by millions of people around the world. Many followers (Arabic ''murids'', "seekers") of the Shadhil ...

Sufi order founded by his uncle Abu al-Hasan Shadhili and was as well close to his contemporary Sufi

Ahmad al-Badawi Aḥmad el-Badawī (, ), also known as Elsayyid Elbadawī ( ), or as Elsayyid for short, or reverentially as Elsayyid Elbadawi by Sufi Muslims who venerate saints, was a 13th-century Arab Sufi Muslim mystic who became famous as the founder o ...

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. He became Sheikh ul-Islam of Egypt during

Baibars Al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Bunduqdari (; 1223/1228 – 1 July 1277), commonly known as Baibars or Baybars () and nicknamed Abu al-Futuh (, ), was the fourth Mamluk sultan of Egypt and Syria, of Turkic Kipchak origin, in the Ba ...

' rule. His feast is celebrated twice a year: the first during April, and the second on October the 2nd.About Desouk Centre
Municipality of Desouk.

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Anatomy of Sufism

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