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Rabita Mohamm<strong>ad</strong>ia des Oulémas<br />

Publications du Centre des Etudes, de Recherche<br />

& de Revivification du Patrimoine<br />

Série : Eminents savants de l’Occident musulman (7)<br />

<strong>Ahm<strong>ad</strong></strong> <strong>Ibn</strong> <strong>Mohammed</strong> <strong>Ibn</strong> <strong>Naçir</strong> <strong>ad</strong> Dar’î<br />

(m. <strong>1129</strong> h.) <strong>Cheikh</strong> <strong>soufi</strong> rénovateur<br />

Dr. <strong>Ahm<strong>ad</strong></strong> Amalik


<strong>Ahm<strong>ad</strong></strong> <strong>Ibn</strong> Muhamm<strong>ad</strong> <strong>Ibn</strong> Nasir <strong>ad</strong> Dar’î<br />

(d. <strong>1129</strong> h.) Sufi Sheikh Reformer<br />

When we talk about famous Morocco’s knowledge<br />

centers, we have to mention the Nâsiriya Zawiya, at<br />

Tamgourt, in the Draâ region. This Zawiya is a<br />

knowledge beacon since the eleventh hegira century<br />

due to the efforts of the Nâsiriya family which<br />

founded it and therefore contributed to the<br />

edification of knowledge and renovation.<br />

This Zawiya is historically linked to the name of a<br />

great scholar, the Sheikh, the ‘Allama, <strong>Ahm<strong>ad</strong></strong> <strong>Ibn</strong><br />

Muhamm<strong>ad</strong> <strong>Ibn</strong> Nâsir <strong>ad</strong> Dar’î, nicknamed al Khalîfa<br />

(the Calife) who died in <strong>1129</strong> hegira and deserved<br />

credit, after his father, for consolidating the<br />

foundation of the Zawiya, for diffusing its principles<br />

and teachings. This honorable Sheikh was born in<br />

1057 hegira; his education began by the teaching of<br />

Quran by his father, Sheikh Muhamm<strong>ad</strong> <strong>Ibn</strong> Nâsir <strong>ad</strong><br />

Dar’î who taught him various disciplines, as [Quran]<br />

exegisis, H<strong>ad</strong>ith, Arabic, [Fiqh] principles science, and<br />

others.<br />

The knowledge environment where he was born,<br />

as well as the four pilgrimage travels he did in the<br />

East, contributed to the polishing of his personality<br />

and to his eclectic education. This raised his position<br />

and his notoriety was diffused everywhere; the elite<br />

and the common liked him. His hundreds of <strong>ad</strong>epts


and disciples were more and more numerous and he<br />

deserved credit to raise the various branches of the<br />

knowledge movement in the Draâ region.<br />

One of the disciplines he excelled in was Sufism,<br />

and he was one of the pillars of the Nâsiririya Zawiya,<br />

initiator of its awr<strong>ad</strong> (litanies) and prayers. He was<br />

also a proponent of [prophetic] sunna and of the<br />

struggle against blameworthy innovation and the<br />

corrupt customs which were diffused in his epoch.<br />

With a view to make the route of this unique<br />

scholar and his contribution to knowledge and<br />

education more known, the Muhamm<strong>ad</strong>an League of<br />

Scholars’ Centre for Studies, Researches and<br />

Patrimony Revival publishes this book within its<br />

Eminent Scholars of the Muslim West Series. The<br />

book, composed by the historiographer Dr. <strong>Ahm<strong>ad</strong></strong><br />

Amalik, tells Sheikh <strong>Ahm<strong>ad</strong></strong> <strong>Ibn</strong> Nasir’s life, his travels<br />

and peregrinations, stressing his influence in the<br />

education and thought domains, within and outside<br />

Morocco. The high knowledge of the author of the<br />

Draâ region and its cultural, political and sociological<br />

history, <strong>ad</strong>ds to the importance of the book.<br />

Translation: Mekaoui Abdélilah


<strong>Ahm<strong>ad</strong></strong> <strong>Ibn</strong> <strong>Mohammed</strong> <strong>Ibn</strong> <strong>Naçir</strong> <strong>ad</strong> Dar’î<br />

(m. <strong>1129</strong> h.) <strong>Cheikh</strong> <strong>soufi</strong> rénovateur<br />

Lorsque l’on parle des centres d’érudition célèbres<br />

du Maroc, il faut mentionner la Zaouia Nâçiriya de<br />

Tamgourt, dans la région de Draâ, qui est l’un des<br />

phares de la connaissance depuis le onzième siècle<br />

de l’hégire, grâce aux efforts de la famille an Nâciri,<br />

qui l’a fondée et a ainsi contribué à l’édification de la<br />

science et de la rénovation.<br />

Cette Zaouia est historiquement liée au nom d’un<br />

grand savant, le <strong>Cheikh</strong>, le ‘Allama, <strong>Ahm<strong>ad</strong></strong> <strong>Ibn</strong><br />

<strong>Mohammed</strong> <strong>Ibn</strong> Nâcir <strong>ad</strong> Dar’î, surnommé al Khalîfa<br />

(le Calife), mort en <strong>1129</strong> de l’hégire et qui eut le<br />

mérite, après son père, de consolider l’assise de cette<br />

Zaouia, de diffuser ses principes et ses<br />

enseignements. Ce vénérable <strong>Cheikh</strong>, né en 1057 de<br />

l’hégire, a commencé sa formation par<br />

l’apprentissage du Coran, par son père, <strong>Cheikh</strong><br />

<strong>Mohammed</strong> <strong>Ibn</strong> Nâcir <strong>ad</strong> Dar’î, qui lui enseigna<br />

diverses disciplines, comme l’exégèse [coranique], le<br />

H<strong>ad</strong>ith, l’arabe, la science des principes [du Fiqh], et<br />

autres.<br />

L’environnement érudit dans lequel il est né, ainsi<br />

que les quatre voyages qu’il fit en Orient, à l’occasion<br />

de pèlerinages, participèrent au polissage de sa<br />

personnalité et à sa formation éclectique. Sa position<br />

en fut élevée, et sa notoriété se répandit partout ; il


fut ainsi aimé de l’élite et du commun. Ses <strong>ad</strong>eptes et<br />

ses disciples, de plus en plus nombreux, se<br />

comptaient par centaines et il eut le mérite de<br />

promouvoir le mouvement de l’érudition, dans ses<br />

différentes branches, dans la région du Draâ.<br />

L’une des disciplines dans lesquelles il excella fut le<br />

<strong>soufi</strong>sme, car il fut l’un des piliers de la Zaouia<br />

Nâçiriya, initiateur de ses awr<strong>ad</strong> (litanies) et prières.<br />

Il participa à la propagation de la Sounna<br />

[prophétique], à la lutte contre l’innovation blâmable<br />

et les coutumes viciées qui étaient courantes à son<br />

époque.<br />

Dans le but de faire connaitre d’avantage le<br />

parcours de ce savant sans pareil et sa contribution<br />

dans les domaines de la science et de l’éducation, le<br />

Centre d’Etudes, de Recherches et de la<br />

Revivification du Patrimoine de la Rabita<br />

Mohamm<strong>ad</strong>ia des Oulmas procéde à la publication<br />

de ce livre dans la Série des Savant Eminents de<br />

l’Occident musulman. L’ouvrage composé par<br />

l’historiographe, Dr. <strong>Ahm<strong>ad</strong></strong> Amalik, relate la vie du<br />

<strong>Cheikh</strong> <strong>Ahm<strong>ad</strong></strong> <strong>Ibn</strong> Nâçir, ses voyages et<br />

pérégrinations, faisant ressortir son influence dans le<br />

domaine de la pensée et de l’éducation, à l’intérieur<br />

et à l’extérieur du Maroc. La grande connaissance, de<br />

l’auteur, de la région du Draâ, de son histoire<br />

culturelle, politique et sociologique, ajoute à<br />

l’importance de l’ouvrage.<br />

Tr<strong>ad</strong>uction : Mekaoui Abdélilah

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