Abd al-Rahman al-Majdoub | |
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| Born | March , 1506 |
| Died | 26 May 1568 (aged 62) Marshaqa village, Habt region, Morocco |
| Religion | Sufi Islam |
Sidi Abderrahman el Majdoub (Arabic: عبد الرحمان المجدوب, March 1506 – 26 May 1568), also transcribed as Mejdub, full name al-Shaykh Abu Zayd Abderrahman al-Majdoub ibn Ayyad ibn Yaacub ibn Salama ibn Khashan al-Sanhaji al-Dukkali, was a Moroccan poet, Sufi and mystic.[1] Many lines of his poems are known throughout the Maghreb, and his work is the source of many proverbs (e.g. "doubt is the beginning of wisdom").