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
Died835
Venerated inIslam
Major shrineBuried in Shrine of Shaykh Fathi al-Mawsili, Mosul, Iraq
Catholic cult suppressed
 by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
InfluencedBishr 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]

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  1. ^ Silvers, Laury (2013-09-01). "al-Fatḥ al-Mawṣilī". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE.
  2. ^ a b c d "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.