Sidi Boushaki

Sidi Boushaki.[1] or Ibrahim Ibn Faïd Ez-Zaouaoui[2] (1394 CE/796 AH – 1453 CE/857 AH) was a maliki theologian born near the town of Thenia, 54 km east of Algiers. He was raised in a very spiritual environment with high Islamic values and ethics.[3]

Sidi Brahim Boushaki
إبراهيم بن فايد الزواوي
Born	Ibrahim Ibn Faïd Ez-Zaouaoui 1394 CE/796 AH Thenia, Algeria
Died	1453 CE/857 AH Thenia, Algeria
Years active	1394 - 1453
Theological work
Language	Amazigh - Arabic
Main interests	Maliki fiqh

Biography

Sidi Boushaki Ez-Zaouaoui was born in 1394 CE in Aïth Aïcha, at Tizi Naïth Aïcha, in the Khechna massif, an extension of Djurdjura.[4]

He began his studies in the village of Soumâa (Thala Oufella) in Thénia in 1398 CE, before joining Béjaïa in 1404 CE, very young, to continue his studies.[5]

There he studied the Quran and the Maliki fiqh as a pupil with "Ali Menguelleti", a recognized theologian from Kabylie.[6]

Béjaïa was then at the beginning of the fifteenth century a religious center and a place of influence of Sufism.[7]

He made his destination in 1415 to Tunis, where he deepened his knowledge of Maliki Madhhab.[8]

There he studied the tafsir of the Quran at the judge Abu Abdallah Al Kalchani, and he received the Maliki fiqh from Yaakub Ez-Zaghbi.[9]

He was a student of Abdelwahed Al Fariani in the foundations (Oussoul) of Islam.[10]

He returned in 1420 to the mountains of Béjaïa where he deepened in Arabic at Abd El Aali Ibn Ferradj.[11]

He went to Constantine in 1423 where he lived for many years, and he received the teachings in the Muslim faith (Aslain) and logic in "Abu Zeid Abderrahmane", nicknamed "El Bez".[12]

He studied prose, verse, fiqh and the majority of the theological sciences of the time at Ibn Marzuq El Hafid (1365 - 1439), the Maghreb and Tlemcen scholar who had visited Constantine to preach his knowledge, not to be confused with his father Ibn Marzuq El Khatib (1310 - 1379).[13]

He joined Mecca for pilgrimage and study.[14]

He died in 1453, and was buried in the Thenia Mountains in his native Kabyle tribe[15]

References

1. https://archive.org/details/2012._201808/page/n23
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9. موسوعة العلماء و الأدباء الجزائريين. الجزء الثاني، من حرف الدال إلى حرف الياء. Al Manhal. January 1, 2014. ISBN 9796500167794 – via Google Books.
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12. "الموسوعة الميسرة في تراجم أئمة التفسير والإقراء والنحو واللغة". IslamKotob – via Google Books.
13. بابا/التنبكتي, أحمد (January 1, 2013). نيل الابتهاج بتطريز الديباج. Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية. ISBN 9782745174758 – via Google Books.
14. "إبراهيم بن فائد القسنطيني". vitaminedz.com.
15. "ثلة من علماء قسنطينة". ar.islamway.net.