# Imam Fassi

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This article is about the founder of the Fassi family in Saudi-Arabia. For other people and topics, see [al-Fasi (disambiguation)](/source/Al-Fasi_(disambiguation)).

**Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Mas'ud al-Fasi** (commonly known as *Qutbul Ujud Imam Fassi*) (Arabic: محمد بن محمد بن مسعود بن عبد الرحمن الفاسي, Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Mas'ūd ibn 'Abd al-Rahmān al-Fāsī; 1760?–1863)[1] was the originator of the [Fassi family](/source/Al-Fassi_family) of Sheikhs who constitute the Fassiyatush Shadhiliyya [Sufi](/source/Sufi) order.[1]

## Early life

Al-Fasi was born either in the year 1173 [Hijri](/source/Islamic_calendar) (ca 1760 [CE](/source/Common_Era))[1] or 1218 Hijri[2] in [Fes](/source/Fes) in Morocco, from which the family name "al-Fassi" had earlier been derived.[1] His mother died during his very childhood. He was a [hafiz](/source/Hafiz_(Quran)) of the [Quran](/source/Quran) during his childhood and travelled to various parts of the world and finally [Makkah](/source/Makkah) in search of wisdom.[citation needed]

## Names

His full name is Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Muhammad ibn Mas'ūd ibn Abd al-Rahmān al-Makkī al-Hasanī al-Idrisī al-Fāsī al-Shadhilī,[2] or sometimes written and referenced as *Hazrat Qutbul Ujud Seyyidina Mohammad al-Fassy ash-Shadhili*.[3] Within the tariqa, Muhammad al-Fasi, or Imam Fassi is widely referred to as *Qutbul Ujud* (Arabic: قطب الوجود, Quṭb al-Wujūd) or *Qutbul Ujud Hazrat Fassi* (Arabic: قطب الوجود حضرة فاسي, Quṭb al-Wujūd Haḍraẗ Fāsī) due to his lofty status in the *diwān* of saints.[4] He is also sometimes referred to as Sidi Muhammad al-Fasi. His other titles include *Qutbur Rabbani* and *Haikalus Samadhani*.

## Education

Muhammad al-Fasi travelled to Mecca to memorise and learn the [Quran](/source/Quran) with tajwid. He travelled to many places in search of good preachers. His main sheikh was Sidi al-Sheikh Muhammad ibn Hamza Zafir al-Madani[1] (also written as *Sheikh Qutb Mohammad bin Hamza lafir al-Madani*[5]).

## Shadhili Order Branch

Muhammad al-Fasi and his descendants form a branch of the [Shadhili](/source/Shadhili)[3] known as the Fāsiyya al-Shadhiliyya or Fassiyatush Shadhiliyya, often remarked as the *Ṭarīq al-Shukr* ("Order of Gratitude").

## The Spiritual Chain

The [silsila](/source/Silsila) of the Fassiyatush Shadhiliyya order (remarked as the Silsilat al-Dhahab, "the Golden Chain") is as follows:[6][7][8][9]

- [Allah](/source/Allah)
- [Jibra'il](/source/Jibra'il)
- [Muhammad](/source/Muhammad)
- [Ali ibn Abi Talib](/source/Ali_ibn_Abi_Talib)
- [Imam Hasan](/source/Hasan_ibn_Ali)
- Abu Muhammad Jaabir
- Sa'īd Al-Ghazwānī
- Abu Muhammad Fath as-Su'ūd
- Abu Muhammad Sa'ad
- Abi Muhammad Sa'īd
- Abu 'l-Qāsim bin Marwān
- Ishaq Ibrahim al-Basarī
- Zainuddin al-Qazwīnī
- Sayyidi Shamsuddin
- Sayyidi Tājuddin
- Sayyidi Nūruddin
- Sayyidi Fakhruddin
- Taqi'uddin al-Fukhayr
- Abd al-Rahman al-Madani al-Attar al-Zayyat
- [Abd as-Salam ibn Mashīsh al-'Alami](/source/Abd_as-Salam_ibn_Mashish_al-Alami)
- [Imam Nūruddin Abu 'l-Hasan 'Alī ash-Shādhilī](/source/Abul_Hasan_ash-Shadhili)
- [Abu 'l-'Abbās al-Mursī](/source/Abul_Abbas_al-Mursi)
- [Ahmad ibn Ata’ullah al-Iskandarī](/source/Ibn_Ata_Allah)
- Dāwūd al-Bakhilī
- Muhammad Wafa[10]
- 'Alī Wafa [11]
- Yahya al-Qadirī
- Ahmad ibn 'Uqba al-Haḍramī
- [Sheikh Shihābuddin Abu 'l-'Abbas Ahmad Zarrūq al-Fāsī](/source/Ahmad_Zarruq)
- Ibrahim Ithām
- 'Alī Sanhānī[12]
- [Abd al-Rahman al-Majdhubi (Majzoubi)](/source/Abderrahman_El_Majdoub)
- [Abu 'l-Mahāsin Yūsuf al-Fāsi](/source/Abu_l-Mahasin_Yusuf_al-Fasi)
- Sidi Muhammad
- [Abd al-Rahman al-Fasi](/source/Abd_al-Rahman_al-Fasi)
- Qāsim al-Ikhlāṣī
- Ahmad ibn Abdullah al-Fāsī
- 'Arabī ibn Ahmad ibn 'Abdullah Ṣāhib al-Maqfiyya
- 'Alī al-Jamal al-'Imranī
- [Muhammad al-'Arabi ibn Ahmad al-Darqawī](/source/Muhammad_al-Arabi_al-Darqawi)
- Muhammad ibn Hamza Ẓāfir al-Madanī
- Sidi Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Mas'ud ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Makkī al-Idrīsī al-Fāsī al-Shādhilī (Muhammad al-Fāsī, Imam Fassi)
- [Shamsuddin Makkī ibn Muhammad al-Fāsī](/source/Al-Fassi_family#Qutb_Shamsuddin_Makki_al-Fassi)
- Ahmad al-Arabi
- [Muhammad Ibraheem Fassi ibn Shamsuddin Makki al Fassi](/source/Al-Fassi_family#Qutb_Muhammad_Ibrahim_al-Fassi_Moulana)
- [Abdullah al-Fāsī ibn Shamsuddin Makkī al-Fāsī](/source/Al-Fassi_family#Qutb_Abdullah_al-Fassi_Moulana)
- [Dr. Muhammad ibn Mohammad Ibrahim al Fassi](/source/Al-Fassi_family#Qutb_Dr.Muhammad_al-Fassi)
- [Abdul Wahab al Fassi ibn Mohammed Ibrahim al Fassi ash Shadhili](/source/Al-Fassi_family#Sheikh_Abdul_Wahab_al-Fassi)
- [Abdul Qadir al Fassi ibn Muhammad Ibrahim al Fassi ash Shadhili](/source/Al-Fassi_family#Sheikh_Abdul_Qader_al-Fassi)
- [Najmul Ulema Hazrat Ajwad ibn Abdallah al Fassi ash Shadhili](/source/Al-Fassi_family#Sheikh_Ajwad_al-Fassi)
- [Mahdhi Al Fassi ibn Abdallah al Fassi ash Shadhili](/source/Al-Fassi_family#Sheikh_Mahdhi_Al_Fassi) (Present day *Sheikh al-Sujjada* of World Fassiyatush Shadhiliyya Sufi order)

## References

1. al-Fassi, Hatoon Ajwad (2004-01-03). ["The history of Al Fassiyyah and Shazuliya Tariqah"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121020233147/http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/01/03/fea04.html). [Daily News (Sri Lanka)](/source/Associated_Newspapers_of_Ceylon_Limited). Archived from [the original](http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/01/03/fea04.html) on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2011-06-02.

1. ["Birth of Sheikh Fassy"](http://www.shazuli.com/birth-of-sheikh-fassy.html). Fassiyathush Shazuliya. 2010. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110619063516/http://www.shazuli.com/birth-of-sheikh-fassy.html) 2011-06-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2011-06-02.

1. ["Fassy - The II Shazuli"](http://www.shazuli.com/fassy-the-ii-shazuli.html). Fassiyathush Shazuliya. 2010. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110619063629/http://www.shazuli.com/fassy-the-ii-shazuli.html) 2011-06-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2011-06-02.

1. ["Education of Sheikh Fassy"](http://shazuli.com/education-of-sheikh-fassy.html). Fassiyathush Shazuliya. 2010. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20111230163858/http://www.shazuli.com/education-of-sheikh-fassy.html) 2011-12-30 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-01-12.

1. ["Genealogy"](http://www.shazuli.com/geneology.html). Fassiyathush Shazuliya. 2010. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110619063537/http://www.shazuli.com/geneology.html) 2011-06-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2011-06-02.

1. ["Basic Principles in Shazuliya Tariqa"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180210221145/http://shazuli.com/basic-principles.html). *Fassiyathush Shazuliya Tariqa | Madurai-Tamil Nadu-India*. February 8, 2018. Archived from [the original](http://www.shazuli.com/basic-principles-in-shazuliya-tariqa/) on February 10, 2018. Retrieved September 13, 2021.

1. ["Spiritual Lineage of the Tariqa"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120210140637/http://shadhilitariqa.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4). *The Shadhili Tariqa*. Archived from [the original](http://shadhilitariqa.com/site/index.php?id=4&option=com_content&task=view) on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2013-06-04.

1. ["Genealogy"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180210221106/http://shazuli.com/geneology.html). February 8, 2018. Archived from [the original](http://www.shazuli.com/genealogy/) on February 10, 2018. Retrieved September 13, 2021.

1. ["Silsila Of Shaykh Muhammad Al Yaqoubi"](https://seekerofthesacredknowledge.wordpress.com/the-sufi-ways/silsila-of-shaykh-muhammad-al-yaqoubi/). May 17, 2011.

1. ["Sidi Abul Hassan Shadhili (d. 656/1241)"](http://www.dar-sirr.com/Shadhili.html). *Dar-Sirr.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130516014422/http://www.dar-sirr.com:80/Shadhili.html) 2013-05-16 at the Wayback Machine.

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