Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Badisi

{{Short description|Moroccan astronomer, poet and writer}}

{{for multi|the Umayyad general and conqueror of Sindh|Muhammad ibn al-Qasim|other people with this name|Muhammad ibn al-Qasim (disambiguation)}}

Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Badisi (died 1922) was a Moroccan astronomer, poet and writer.

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| name =

| death_date = 1922

| death_place = Abu 'Asriya al-Fasi's shrine, al-Qattanin quarter, Ksar el-Kebir, Morocco

| resting_place = Abu Yahya al-Mallah mausoleum, Bab el-Oued quarter, Ksar el-Kebir, Morocco

| occupation = Astronomer, poet, writer

}}

Biography

Muhammad was born in Fez to the al-Badisi family that was originally from the village of A'rras in the Badis town.{{Sfn|Ben Azzouz Hakim|1984|p=969}} He studied under famous scholars of Fez such as Muhammad al-Qadiri, Muhammad Guennoun, Abd al-Salam al-Hawwari, {{Interlanguage link|al-Mahdi al-Wazzani|lt=|de|al-Mahdi al-Wazzani|WD=}} and the Qadi of Fez {{Interlanguage link|'Abd Allah Ibn Khadra|lt=|fr|Abdellah Benkhadra|WD=}}. Besides his studies in fiqh, he was also interested in astronomy, language, ʻilm al-mīqāt and literature.{{Sfn|Hajji|1984|p=970}}

He went to El Jadida to work as adel with qadi al-Abid ibn Suda, at this city he started teaching principles of language and religion. One of his students was Abd al-Salam ibn Suda who wrote a tarjama (biographical notice) about him in his work Sall an-nisal li 'n-nidal, bi 'l-ashyakh wa-ahl al-kamāl. Returning to Fez, he worked in lithography, and chose to illustrate works of literature and 'ilm al-miqat (science of timekeeping). One of the most known books that he printed was Abd al-Rahman al-Jadiri's Rawdat al-azhar fl 'ilm waqt al-layl wa an-nahar.{{Sfn|Hajji|1984|p=970}}

Finally, he went to Ksar el-Kebir, where he was liked by the general population and the caid of the city, Bousselam Rmiki. He first worked as a teacher, but he started criticising sufi orders, ziyārat and tawassul (Intercession of saints). His zealous support for wahhabism was showing, people started turning away from him and some fuqaha' issued a fatwa against him for his "ibtida'" (to initiate illegitimate innovations) and "muruq" (deviation). This ultimately forced him to become a recluse in the shrine of Abu 'Asriya al-Fasi in the al-Qattanin quarter.{{Sfn|Hajji|1984|p=970}}

He was sick for a while until his death in 1922 and was buried in the mausoleum of Abu Yahya al-Mallah in the Bab el-Oued quarter.{{Sfn|Hajji|1984|p=970}}

References

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Sources

  • {{Cite encyclopedia |title=al-Badisi |year=1984 |encyclopedia=Ma'lamat al-Maghrib |first=Mohamed |last=Ben Azzouz Hakim |volume=3 |editor1-last=Toufiq |editor1-first=Ahmed |editor2-last=Hajji |editor2-first=Mohamed |publisher=al-Jamī‘a al-Maghribiyya li-l-Ta’līf wa-l-Tarjama wa-l-Nashr |editor-link=Ahmed Toufiq |language=ar}}
  • {{Cite encyclopedia |title=al-Badisi, Muhammad ibn al-Qasim |year=1984 |encyclopedia=Ma'lamat al-Maghrib (Encyclopedia of Morocco) |first=Mohamed |author-link=Mohamed Hajji |last=Hajji |volume=3 |editor1-last=Toufiq |editor1-first=Ahmed |editor2-last=Hajji |editor2-first=Mohamed |publisher=al-Jamī‘a al-Maghribiyya li-l-Ta’līf wa-l-Tarjama wa-l-Nashr |language=ar}}

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