Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Fasi

محمد المهدي الفاسي

17 May 1624 CE · 1033 AH – 20 February 1698 CE · 1109 AH

Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Fasi (1624–1698), in full Abu Isa Abu Abdallah Muhammad al-Mahdi ibn Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Yusuf al-Fihri al-Fasi, was a well-known Sufi, biographer and historian from Fes, of the prominent al-Fasi family ¹. Born at Ksar al-Kebir on 17 May 1624, he died on 20 February 1698 and was buried in the mausoleum of his great-grandfather Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf al-Fasi ². He wrote three commentaries on the Dala'il al-Khayrat — the Matali' al-Masarrat the best known — biographies of al-Jazuli and al-Tabba and of his great-grandfather, and a book on the customs of the people of Fes; his shaykh in the spiritual path was Qasim al-Khasasi ³.