Humaithara
Imam Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili was born in the Ghumara country of Morocco around 593 AH, studied under Shaykh Abd al-Salam ibn Mashish, and taught in Tunis and…
Imam Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili was born in the Ghumara country of Morocco around 593 AH, studied under Shaykh Abd al-Salam ibn Mashish, and taught in Tunis and Alexandria. He founded the Shadhili way, one of the most widespread Sufi paths in the world. He passed away at Humaithara in the Eastern Desert in 656 AH while travelling to Hajj and was buried there. His shrine and a large mosque stand at Humaithara, inland from Marsa Alam in the Red Sea Governorate. Visitors come all year round, and especially for his mawlid at the time of the Day of Arafah.