Abu Shuayb

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Abu Shuayb Ayub Ibn Said Erredad al-Sanhaji Assariya (Arabic: أبو شعيب أيوب بن سعيد الصنهاجي) (French transliteration Abou Chouaib) (died 1176–7) is the patron saint of Azemmour, Morocco. His brotherhood is called the Shuaybiya.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Vincent J. Cornell, Realm of the saint: power and authority in Moroccan Sufism, p. 57