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.
{{Infobox person
| 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
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'
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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