Muhammad al-Jazuli

Muhammad al-Jazuli (died 1465) was a Moroccan Sufi sheikh of the Berber Jazulin tribe in the Sous region, who claimed descent from the Prophet Muhammad. He studied at the Saffarin madrasa in Fez, then spent forty years travelling in Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem before returning to Fez.

There he completed the prayer collection Dala'il al-Khayrat, among the most popular devotional works in Sunni Islam. Initiated into the Shadhili order, he spent fourteen years in seclusion before gathering many followers at Safi.

The city's governor expelled and poisoned him in 1465. In 1541 his remains were moved to Marrakesh, where he is honoured among its seven saints.