He is the spiritual inheritor through the Shadhili line from his Guide and Master, Shaykh ‘Abdu-r-Rahman Abu-r-Risah of Halab in the land of Syria, and is one who has kept Sufism alive and at work as an institution and a school of thought and spiritual knowledge. In 1997 he restored the 1000 year old Sufi Council that served in the Holy Land. He is the Head of this Council in Jerusalem and the Holy Land and has been a teacher and central figure at the Masjid al-Aqsa or the Dome of the Rock for many years.
The Shaykh has been living on the Mount of Olives in the Holy City of Jerusalem since the year 1959. The teaching from his spirit is very deep and for all those who have a heart and who listen with this heart. His teaching sheds an entirely new light on the reality of Sufism and the significance of carrying this message to everyone in this time.
For many years the Shaykh has been a teacher at the sacred sanctuary of al-Aqsa in Jerusalem, which is linked for all Muslims to the Holy House in Mecca in the tradition of the Night Journey (al-Mi‘raj) of the Prophet Muhammad from the Ka‘ba in Mecca to the al-Aqsa Mosque and from there to the heavens. He is well known to many people both in Palestine and in other countries in the world. Not only is he a teacher and counselor for all those who come to be at al-Aqsa, but he is also its custodian, for through his hand and leadership in these times this Sacred Precinct has been preserved, in the face of many efforts to destroy it, as a place of prayer for the Muslim people who come from all over the world to visit the Holy City of Jerusalem and to take the blessing of the praying in this Mosque. The Shaykh has students and followers in the Holy Land as well as in America and Europe, but it has only been since 1993 that the order came to his heart to travel to visit other countries. At the same time the order came from Allah for him to give teachings to all those in every part of the world who are sincerely seeking for the truth of their existence, the meaning of their life, and to heal their wounds. Up until then, the teaching had been reserved only for study in his Zawiyah in Jerusalem.
Shaykh Muhammad Sa‘id al-Jamal is a distinguished person of international stature. For forty years he has lived in the Holy City of Jerusalem and has worked consistently with great patience to keep the peace between the people there.He began his career at a very young age as an uncompromising man of God, who had no fear of anyone but God, and because of this took a stand facing governments any time they tried to overlook God in their actions or disrespected people’s right to worship God. Being a judge of the courts, he was a government employee, at the same time that he gave weekly sermons in al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. He has been the spiritual counselor to the people of the Holy Land and to all those who have visited over the past forty years and has given his life as a sacrifice to this work.
He makes monthly journeys all over the Holy Land to help the poor and to make sure that everyone has food and clothing. There are always lines of people at his home and at his office because they know that they can find real help from him.
The Shaykh opened a Sufi Center in an old building on the road to Jericho which holds the Prophet Moses’ tomb, may the peace and blessings of God be with him. This center became the head of the Sufi operations of aid. It has also been used to rehabilitate drug users and dealers.
In 1994 he made his first visit to America and has continued to be invited here each year to give seminars and teachings at schools and centers across the United States. The Shaykh is not a teacher for a few following a spiritual path but opens his heart to help everyone from any country or nationality and he has helped people from all over the world. The real beloved of God works for all those who are suffering and who need food and clothes in all this world. He is a leader who helps to keep peace no matter what the cost and who serves humanity without prejudice.
Sidi has millions of students around the world, many of them in Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Africa, Europe and the Americas. For 40 years Sidi Muhammad has worked as a court judge, consistently helping to keep peace between the people of Jerusalem. Sidi has also been a teacher and central figure at the al-Aqsa Mosque for many years. He gives weekly sermons at the mosque and has helped preserve this holy place of worship.
Social Service Efforts
In July 2007 Sidi was instrumental in opening a new kindergarten in Jerusalem. You can see a video of him presiding over the ribbon-cutting ceremony here. Also, you can visit http://el-quds.org/englishsite.html to see additional videos and other facilities for young children in Jerusalem.
Sidi makes monthly journeys all over the Holy Land to help the poor and to make sure that everyone has food and clothing. There are always lines of people at his home and at his office, because they know he will provide the help they need.
Several years ago. Sidi opened a Sufi Center in an old building on the road to Jericho which holds the Prophet Moses’ tomb, may the peace and blessings of God be upon him. This center became the head of the Sufi operations of aid. It has been used to rehabilitate drug users and dealers, and it is a place people in need can go for help.
His Students
Sidi opens his heart to help everyone from any country or nationality, and he has helped thousands of people all over the world. He has students and followers in the Holy Land, Africa, Europe and the Americas. In 1994 he made his first visit to America, and has continued to come each year to give seminars and teachings at schools and centers across the United States. Usually, he comes in the summer and stays between 3-6 months.
Spiritual Lineage | Inheritor of the Knowledge of the Prophet Muhammad
Sidi is an inheritor of the divine knowledge of the Prophet Muhammad, may the peace and blessings of God be upon him. Sidi received the transmission of the Prophet through his shaykh, his shaykh received it from his shaykh, and so forth back to the Prophet. Below is Sidi’s spiritual lineage, beginning with the Prophet Muhammad.
1. The Prophet Muhammad, may God’s peace and blessings be upon him.
2. Ali b. Abu Talib
3. Al-Hassan
4. Abu Muhammad Jabir
5. Sa’id al-Ghaznawi
6. Fath as-Su’ud
7. Sa’id
8. Abu Muhammad Sa’id
9. Ahmad al-Marwani
10. Ibrahim al-Basri
11. Zayn al-din al-Qazwini
12. Muhammad Sham ad-din
13. Muhammad Tajaddin
14. Nur a-din abu’l Hassan ‘Ali
15. Fakhr ad-din
16. Tuqay ad-din al-fuqayyir
17. Abd ar-Rahman al-Attar Az-Zayyat
18. Abd as-Salam b. Mashish
19. Abu-l-Hassan ash-Shadhuli
20. Abul-Abbas al-Mursi
21. Ahmad ibn ata’llah
22. Dawud al-Bahhili
23. Muhammad Wafa
24. Yahya l-Qadiri
25. Ahmad b. uqba al-Hadrami
26. Ahmad Zarruq
27. Ibrahim Afaham
28. Ali as-Sanhaja al-Dawwar
29. Muhyid-din ibn al’Arabi
30. Abd ar-Rahman al-Majdhub
31. Yusuf al-Fasi
32. Abd ar-Rahman al-Fasi
33. Muhammad b. Abdullah
34. Qasim al-Khassasi
35. Ahmad b. Abdullah
36. Al-arbi b. Ahmad Abdullah
37. Ali al-Jamal
38. Abu Hamza
39. Ali Nuriddin
40. Sidi Ibrahim b. Ali Nuriddin
41. Sidi Abd ar-Rahman
42. Sidi Muhammad Said al-Jamal
2. Ali b. Abu Talib
3. Al-Hassan
4. Abu Muhammad Jabir
5. Sa’id al-Ghaznawi
6. Fath as-Su’ud
7. Sa’id
8. Abu Muhammad Sa’id
9. Ahmad al-Marwani
10. Ibrahim al-Basri
11. Zayn al-din al-Qazwini
12. Muhammad Sham ad-din
13. Muhammad Tajaddin
14. Nur a-din abu’l Hassan ‘Ali
15. Fakhr ad-din
16. Tuqay ad-din al-fuqayyir
17. Abd ar-Rahman al-Attar Az-Zayyat
18. Abd as-Salam b. Mashish
19. Abu-l-Hassan ash-Shadhuli
20. Abul-Abbas al-Mursi
21. Ahmad ibn ata’llah
22. Dawud al-Bahhili
23. Muhammad Wafa
24. Yahya l-Qadiri
25. Ahmad b. uqba al-Hadrami
26. Ahmad Zarruq
27. Ibrahim Afaham
28. Ali as-Sanhaja al-Dawwar
29. Muhyid-din ibn al’Arabi
30. Abd ar-Rahman al-Majdhub
31. Yusuf al-Fasi
32. Abd ar-Rahman al-Fasi
33. Muhammad b. Abdullah
34. Qasim al-Khassasi
35. Ahmad b. Abdullah
36. Al-arbi b. Ahmad Abdullah
37. Ali al-Jamal
38. Abu Hamza
39. Ali Nuriddin
40. Sidi Ibrahim b. Ali Nuriddin
41. Sidi Abd ar-Rahman
42. Sidi Muhammad Said al-Jamal
A Descendant of the Prophet Muhammad
Sidi Muhammad is also a biological descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, may the peace and blessings of God be upon him. Sidi’s lineage is below.
1. An-nasab an-nabawiya ash-sharif as-sayyid ar-Rifa‘i al-murshid ash-shaykh Muhammad Sa‘id of Mahmud ibn Husayn, son of
2. Muhammad al-Ma‘ruf bi-l-Jamal son of
3. Ahmad, son of
4. Yusuf, son of
5. Yahya, son of
6. ‘Abd ar-Rahim, son of
7. al-Imam al-akbar Yahya ar-Rifa‘i, son of \
8. al-Imam Yusuf, son of
9. as-sayyid al-Imam Abu Bakr, son of
10. as-sayyid Ahmad of as-sayyid Yusuf al-Karmi, son of
11. as-sayyid Husayn, son of
12. as-sayyid ash-shaykh Gadaya, son of
13. as-sayyid ‘Amar, son of
14. as-sayyid Abu Bakr, son of
15. as-sayyid Qutb-ud-din al-Bistami, son of
16. Yusha’, son of
17. as-sayyid Jamal-ud-di, son of
18. as-sayyid Barakat, son of
19. as-sayyid Muhammad Qutb-ud-din, son of
20. as-sayyid Ahmad Sayf-uf-din, son of
21. as-sayyid ‘Ali al-ma’ruf bi-l-Bistami at-tani, son of
22. as-sayyid Ahmad al-Akbar, son of
23. as-sayyid abu Bakr Sharaf-ud-din, son of
24. as-sayyid the Godly Pole the imam ash-shaykh Ahmad ar-Rifa‘i Mursha leader of at-tariqa as-Sufiya, and his grandfather
25. as-sayyid Ahmad ar-Rifa‘i, who is the son of
26. as-sayyid ‘Ali Abu-l-Hasan, son of
27. as-sayyid Yahya, son of
28. as-sayyid Tabit, son of
29. as-sayyid Hazim, son of
30. as-sayyid Ahmad, son of
31. as-sayyid ‘Ali, son of
32. as-sayyid Rifa‘i Hasan, son of
33. as-sayyid al-Mahdi, son of
34. as-sayyid Abu-l-Qasim, son of
35. as-sayyid Muhammad, son of
36. as-sayyid Hasan, son of
37. as-sayyid al-imam al-Husayn, son of
38. as-sayyid al-imam Ahmad, son of
39. as-sayyid al-imam Musa at-tani, son of
40. as-sayyid al-imam Ibrahim al-Murtada, son of
41. as-sayyid al-imam Musa al-Qazim, son of
42. as-sayyid Muhammad Ja’far as-Sadiq, son of
43. as-sayyid al-imam al-Baqir, son of
44. as-sayyid al-imam ‘Abi Muhammad ‘Ali Zain al-‘Abidin, son of
45. as-sayyid al-imamal-Husayn Master of the youth of Paradise, son of
46. as-sayyid al imam ‘Ali, son of
47. Abu Talib
48. and our Master al-Husayn, son of
49. the Complete Master of all women saydat an-nisa al-‘alamayn al-batul Fatima the resplendent (az-Zahra), daughter of
50. Sayyidina Rasul Allah, salla allahu wa-lalihi wa-sallim, Muhammad
2. Muhammad al-Ma‘ruf bi-l-Jamal son of
3. Ahmad, son of
4. Yusuf, son of
5. Yahya, son of
6. ‘Abd ar-Rahim, son of
7. al-Imam al-akbar Yahya ar-Rifa‘i, son of \
8. al-Imam Yusuf, son of
9. as-sayyid al-Imam Abu Bakr, son of
10. as-sayyid Ahmad of as-sayyid Yusuf al-Karmi, son of
11. as-sayyid Husayn, son of
12. as-sayyid ash-shaykh Gadaya, son of
13. as-sayyid ‘Amar, son of
14. as-sayyid Abu Bakr, son of
15. as-sayyid Qutb-ud-din al-Bistami, son of
16. Yusha’, son of
17. as-sayyid Jamal-ud-di, son of
18. as-sayyid Barakat, son of
19. as-sayyid Muhammad Qutb-ud-din, son of
20. as-sayyid Ahmad Sayf-uf-din, son of
21. as-sayyid ‘Ali al-ma’ruf bi-l-Bistami at-tani, son of
22. as-sayyid Ahmad al-Akbar, son of
23. as-sayyid abu Bakr Sharaf-ud-din, son of
24. as-sayyid the Godly Pole the imam ash-shaykh Ahmad ar-Rifa‘i Mursha leader of at-tariqa as-Sufiya, and his grandfather
25. as-sayyid Ahmad ar-Rifa‘i, who is the son of
26. as-sayyid ‘Ali Abu-l-Hasan, son of
27. as-sayyid Yahya, son of
28. as-sayyid Tabit, son of
29. as-sayyid Hazim, son of
30. as-sayyid Ahmad, son of
31. as-sayyid ‘Ali, son of
32. as-sayyid Rifa‘i Hasan, son of
33. as-sayyid al-Mahdi, son of
34. as-sayyid Abu-l-Qasim, son of
35. as-sayyid Muhammad, son of
36. as-sayyid Hasan, son of
37. as-sayyid al-imam al-Husayn, son of
38. as-sayyid al-imam Ahmad, son of
39. as-sayyid al-imam Musa at-tani, son of
40. as-sayyid al-imam Ibrahim al-Murtada, son of
41. as-sayyid al-imam Musa al-Qazim, son of
42. as-sayyid Muhammad Ja’far as-Sadiq, son of
43. as-sayyid al-imam al-Baqir, son of
44. as-sayyid al-imam ‘Abi Muhammad ‘Ali Zain al-‘Abidin, son of
45. as-sayyid al-imamal-Husayn Master of the youth of Paradise, son of
46. as-sayyid al imam ‘Ali, son of
47. Abu Talib
48. and our Master al-Husayn, son of
49. the Complete Master of all women saydat an-nisa al-‘alamayn al-batul Fatima the resplendent (az-Zahra), daughter of
50. Sayyidina Rasul Allah, salla allahu wa-lalihi wa-sallim, Muhammad
(Biographical information courtesy of Sidi Muhammad Press) | art. collage from Sidi’s photo by Sadiq Salim (http://mysticsaint.blogspot.com)
The official website of Sidi Shaykh Muhammad al-Jamal ash-Shadhili: www.sufimaster.org
The official website of Sidi Shaykh Muhammad al-Jamal ash-Shadhili: www.sufimaster.org
