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Algerian Muslim theologian and leader
- Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi (Arabic: محمد بن علي السنوسي; in full Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Sanūsī al-Mujāhirī al-Ḥasanī al-Idrīsī) (1787–1859) was an Algerian Muslim theologian and leader who founded the Senussi mystical order in 1837.
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Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi (Arabic: محمد بن علي السنوسي; in full Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Sanūsī al-Mujāhirī al-Ḥasanī al-Idrīsī) (1787–1859) was an Algerian Muslim theologian and leader who founded the Senussi mystical order in 1837.
The Senusiyya, Senussi or Sanusi (Arabic: السنوسية, romanized: as-Sanūssiyya) are a Muslim political-religious Sufi order and clan in Libya and surrounding regions founded in Mecca in 1837 by the Grand Sanussi (Arabic: السنوسي الكبير as-Sanūssiyy al-Kabīr), the Algerian Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi.
Mohammed El Senussi's great-grandfather and the eldest son of Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi, Muhammad al-Mahdi, succeeded his father as the Grand Senussi in 1859. Under his leadership, the Senussi Order spread to large parts of pagan and Islamic Africa, ultimately establishing approximately 146 zawaya and bringing the majority of Cyrenaica's ...
Algerian disciple of Ahmad ibn Idris and founder of the Sanusi Sufi tariqah. A reformist and revivalist who, after study in Fez and Mecca, advocated return to the Quran, Sunnah, and the practice of ijtihad. Rejected legal principles of ijma, qiyas, and taqlid.
Sanusiyyah, Muslim Sufi (mystic) brotherhood established in 1837 by Sidi Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi. A reformist movement aimed at a return to the simple faith and life of early Islam, it sought to reform the lives of the Bedouins and convert non-Muslim peoples.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi (1787–1859), the founder of the order, [1] was born in Algeria near Mostaganem and was named al-Senussi after a venerated Muslim teacher. [1] He was a member of the Awlad Sidi Abdalla tribe and was a Sharif .
Sep 3, 2024 · Quick Facts. In full: Sīdī Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Sanūsī al-Mujāhirī al-Ḥasanī al-Idrīsī. Born: c. 1787, Tursh, near Mostaganem, in northern Africa. Died: September 7, 1859, Jaghbūb, Cyrenaica. Founder: Sanūsiyyah. Subjects Of Study: Sanūsiyyah.
