Al-Fath al-Mawsili

Abu Naṣr Abu Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd (Arabic: أبو نصر أبو محمد بن سعيد), also known as Shaykh Fathi or Al-Fatḥ al-Mawṣilī was one of the early Muslim Sufi saints.^[1][2] He was born in the Kar district^[2] of Mosul, hence he had the epithet Al-Mawsili.^[3]

Al-Fath al-Mawsili
The reconstructed mausoleum of Al-Fath al-Mawsili in Mosul
Died	835
Venerated in	Islam
Major shrine	Buried in Shrine of Shaykh Fathi al-Mawsili, Mosul, Iraq
Catholic cult suppressed	by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Influenced	Bishr ibn al-Harith

He was a notable Hadith scholar as well as an ascetic.^[4][2] Al-Fath al-Mawsili was also a companion of the fellow scholarly ascetic, Bishr ibn al-Harith.^[5] He died in 835 and was buried in his hometown, where a shrine was built over his grave.^[2]

References

1. Silvers, Laury (2013-09-01). "al-Fatḥ al-Mawṣilī". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE.
2. "الگاردينيا - مجلة ثقافية عامة - محلة الشيخ فتحي في الموصل". www.algardenia.com. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
3. Silvers, Laury (2013-09-01). "al-Fatḥ al-Mawṣilī". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE.
4. Silvers, Laury (2013-09-01). "al-Fatḥ al-Mawṣilī". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE.
5. Silvers, Laury (2013-09-01). "al-Fatḥ al-Mawṣilī". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE.