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Sidi Bel Abbas or Sidi Ahmed abu al-Abbas al-Khazraji as-Sabti (Ceuta 1129 - Marrakesh 1204) is the patron saint of Marrakesh. He is also one of the "Seven Saints" (Sabʿatou Rijal) of the city. His festival was founded by Abu Ali al-Hassan al-Yusi at the instigation of Moulay Ismael.〔Vincent J. Cornell. ''Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism''. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1998, "The Power of Compassion: The Imitanda of Abu'l-Abbas as-Sabti", p. 79〕 Al-Abbas was born in Ceuta, but moved to Marrakesh in 1145-6, during the final weeks of the Almohad siege of the city. For a number of years he lived in a cave on the hill of Igilliz outside Marrakesh, only coming into town on Fridays for the communal prayer.〔Vincent J. Cornell. ''Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism''. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1998, "The Power of Compassion: The Imitanda of Abu'l-Abbas as-Sabti", p. 79〕 The Almohad sultan Yaqub al-Mansur was a disciple of al-Abbas. He asked him to come and live in the city and provided him a house, a hostel for his disciples as well as a madrasa for study. Teaching was maintained by the sultan's own funds. Whenever Yaqub al-Mansur visited al-Abbas he made a point of behaving in a humble manner and acting "as a servant".〔Chniber, ''Les murmures de la palmeraie'', Volume 39 of Écritures arabes, Editions L'Harmattan, 1988, ISBN 978-2-7384-0075-8, ISBN 978-2-7384-0075-8, page 162, (online books )〕 To al-Abbas, every act of human mercy (''rahma'') evoked a merciful response from the all-merciful God (''ar-Rahim''). Al-Abbas summed up his theory of reciprocity with the maxim: "() Being is actualised by generosity" (al-wujud yanfa ilu bi'l-jud). The Andalusian philosopher Ibn Rushd visited al-Abbas several times in Marrakesh.〔Vincent J. Cornell, ''Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism'', p. 91.〕 When al-Abbas died in 1204, he was buried at the graveyard of Sidi Marouk, near Bab Taghzout.〔http://www.dar-sirr.com/sultans.html ''Moroccan Sultans and Sufis'' retrieved 24 April 2008.〕 In 1605, the Saadian sultan Abu Faris erected a mausoleum for al-Abbas, hoping that the saint's power would help him recover from his epilepsy. In 1998, sultan Hassan II improved the sanctuary. It is also the place of his zawiyya. Al-Abbas's hagiography, ''Akhbar Abi'l-Abbas as-Sabti'', written by Abu Ya’qub Yusuf ibn Yahya at-Tadili, was in part composed by al-Abbas himself and contains many autobiographical passages. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abu al-Abbas as-Sabti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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