Abu Yaaza

Abu Yaaza Yalnur ibn Maymun ibn Abdallah Dukkali Hazmiri al-Gharbi was a 12th-century Maghrebi Sufi Saint.

Early life and career

Abu Yaaza was from a sub-Atlantic Berber tribe. He was a student of Abu Shuayb and the teacher of Abu Madyan. Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi wrote his biography: Di'amat al-yaqin fi za'amat al-muttaqin. His grave and mosque was renovated in 1691 by Sultan Moulay Ismael. A yearly moussem is celebrated in his honour.
He mausoleum is located in the eponymous town of Moulay Bouazza.