Sidi Ahmed al-Badawi al-Fasi (d. 675 Higri/1260) The second most widespread Sufi order in Egypt after the Shadhiliya order, founded by the Moroccan sharifian ShaykhSidi Abul Hassan Shadhili (d. 656/1241), is that of the Badawiya Brotherhood, founded by another Moroccan, the most popular luminary in Egyptian Sufism, the Rifaite master Sidi Ahmed Badawi al-Fasi. His disciples in Egypt number in hundreds of thousands, and the main religious festival (mawlid) held in his honour each year in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, where he lived and died, attracts more than two million Egyptians. It is worth noting that the words “Tanta” and “al-Sayyid al-Badawi” are used synonymously in many different contexts in everyday life. The grand Sufi leader al-Badawi, the master of travelers (sayyid al-salikın) who never married or had any descendants, succeeded in establishing mystical links and spiritual genealogies located in different parts of Egypt. Sidi Ahmed Ba...
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