The Shadhili order (Shadhiliyya) · Islam Museum

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At a glance

Era: The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region: Maghreb · Egypt & Nile
Identifiers: Wikidata
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Sects and schools Spirituality and Sufism

Overview

The Shadhili order is among the greatest Sufi orders of the Maghreb and Egypt, traced to Abu'l-Hasan al-Shadhili and carried on by his disciple Abu'l-Abbas al-Mursi ¹ ².

In the sources

Al-Maqqari calls Abu'l-Abbas al-Mursi "heir of his shaykh al-Shadhili in Sufism, Ash'ari in creed," recording his transmission from him; academic study describes the order's spread through the Maghreb and the wider Islamic world ¹ ².

People and things also explored

The Bektashi order· The Chishti order (Chishtiyya)· Ikhwan al-Safa (Brethren of Purity)· Al-Kadhimiya Mosque (Kazimayn shrine)· Imam Husayn Shrine, Karbala· Prophetic adab (proper conduct)· Ahl al-Ahwa (the people of deviant opinions in Islam, and the rules on their testimony, narration and prayer behind them)· The people of the qibla and not declaring takfir for sin

Sources

Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari
J. Spencer Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (Oxford 1998)

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islam.museum contributors. “The Shadhili order (Shadhiliyya)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/shadhiliyya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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