Origin from 1750
The Budshishiyya is a Moroccan Sufi order, a branch of the Qadiriyya, founded by Abu Madyan ibn Munawar al-Budshish in northeastern Morocco in the 1940s. It is the largest tariqa in Morocco, with several hundred thousand followers, and outside Morocco has its greatest number of adherents in France, among both Maghrebi immigrants and French converts, including the politician Bariza Khiari and the rapper Abd al Malik.
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Status
Status TodayLiving tradition, practised today 1 Classification
Kind of order ApostolateSpiritual Direction and Dhikr 2 Who may join Origins
Origin Period FounderAbu Madyan ibn Munawar al-Budshish 1 Practice
Liturgical Language Belief
Defining Doctrinal PositionAn interior path (tasawwuf) pursued within the schools of law 2 Organisation
OrdinationAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination 2 Connections
Belongs to Tradition
Branch Of
Governed By Polity
Source New World Encyclopedia: Sufism
Originated In
Source Budshishiyya - Wikipedia
Uses Liturgical Language
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1. Budshishiyya - Wikipedia
Body, Introduction
Abu Madyan ibn Munawar al-Budshish established the order in northeastern Morocco in the 1940s
Introduction, kind of order
The Budshishiyya (Arabic: بودشيشية) is a Moroccan Sufi order (tariqa), a branch of the Qadiriyya.
Originated In: Morocco, Opening sentences of the entity description
The Budshishiyya is a Moroccan Sufi order, a branch of the Qadiriyya, founded by Abu Madyan ibn Munawar al-Budshish in northeastern Morocco in the 1940s.
View the Source2. Islamic Mysticism: A Short History
Alexander Knysh, Brill
New World Encyclopedia: Sufism
New World EncyclopediaGoverned By Polity: Silsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent), Sufism article, Sufi orders and their chains of transmissionQuote, Governed By Polity: Silsila (The Chain of Spiritual Descent), Sufism article, Sufi orders and their chains of transmission
Almost all traditional Sufi orders trace their "chains of transmission" back to the Prophet via his cousin and son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib (except the Naqshbandi order which traces its origin to caliph Abu Bakr ).
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