Qadi iyad biography of william

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Among the great Moroccan influential advocates of the cult of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) is the Patron Saint of Marrakech Sidi al-Qadi Abul Fadl Iyyad ibn Musa al-Yahsubi al-Sabti al-Maghribi (d.

544/1129), the premier Hadith scholar of the late Almoravid period and qadi al-jama'a of the cities of Granada and Sabta ("current occupied Ceuta, may Allah turn it to Dar al-Islam). A famous adage, of whom it was said, "Were it not for Iyyad Morocco would not have been mentioned," the Qadi's most famous work, Kitab Shifa bita'rif huquq al-Mustapha(The Antidote in knowing the rights of the Chosen Prophet), is a tradition based treatise that promotes the veneration of the Chieftain of the Universe, the Reason of Existence, the Seal of Prophethood and Messengership, Sidna Mohammed ibn Abdellah (peace and blessing be upon him) as the universal arche