Hagiographic Story Of Aziz Al Saksawiyya

The primary hagiographic story of ‘Aziz al Saksawiyya is the one found in the hagiographic work entitled Uns al-Faqir Wa izz al Hakir (the Intimacy of the Sufi and the greatness of the Denigrated) by the Sufi jurist ‘Abd al-Aziz ibn al-khatib who is known by the name of ibn Qunfudh (14th century). As we saw before this hagiographic record is a compilation of saints, Sufis and holy people belonging to Morocco and other Maghrebian countries. It includes only saints who were disciples of the axial saint, Abu Median al-Ghu. Ibn Qunfudh collected his entries from other hagiographic records such as al-Tashawwuf and from narrators. He also recorded life stories of the saints he met and lived with. One of these saints was lalla Aziza al-Sakswiyaa whom he met in the Atlas. Ibn Qunfudh contends that he heard of her in al-Qarawiyyin University in Fez, before he met her in High Atlas. He then records that he travelled to the Saksawa tribes in the Atlas and met Aziza there . As the narratives show, Aziza undertook different self-techniques to become a saint. She comes forward as overwhelmed by a desire for spirituality since early age. She is presented as a …show more content…
Her intercession is much desired by people, many people asked her to interfere on their behalf to God to achieve their needs. They also asked her to secure them; she was always consistent in nightly prayer and dihker. In her zawiya in Shafshawan, she preached to people and recited the Quran to them. She fed the poor. She learnt the Sufi path from the great spiritual masters such as Abu al Baqa al Ghazwani, Sidi Muammad al Habti, Abu al Hassan al Hajj al Ghazwani and others. Shaykh al-Ghazwani said to me that he used to put his hands on lalla Ayisha’s head, when she was still a child and said: “This young girl will have a great importance”. Lalla Ayisha also cured ill people. She put her saliva on the pained part of the patient’s body. And it soon became