Mohammed al-Hadi ben Issa

Mohammed al-Hadi ben Issa (1467-1526) also known by his title Al-Shaykh al-Kamil[1] was a Moroccan scholar of Sufism and also an ascetic.

[2][1] Mohammed al-Hadi ben Issa was a distant descendant of Idris I of Morocco, and he came from the tribe of Awlad Abi Sebaa.

[2] He spent most of his childhood as an orphan; his father and brothers fought against the Portuguese but were killed by their commander, Afonso V of Portugal.

[3] In his teenage years, he was initiated into the Sufi order of Muhammad al-Jazuli, and lived on to succeed him in such matters.

[2] Mohammed al-Hadi ben Issa died in 1526, and he was buried in Meknes, where a shrine was established over his grave.

The Cheikh Al Kamel Mausoleum where Mohammed al-Hadi ben Issa is buried.