Seven Saints of Marrakesh

Each of them was a famous Muslim jurisprudent, scholar or wali (Sufi saint) venerated for their piety or other mystical attributes.

The tradition of a ziyara to the tombs of the Seven Saints of Marrakesh was created on the initiative of the Alawi sultan Ismail Ibn Sharif (ruled 1672–1727) in the late 17th century.

[1] Moulay Isma'il charged an influential religious figure called Abu 'Ali al-Hasan al-Yusi, a man of Berber origin who was familiar with the country's zawiyas, with instituting the pilgrimage in Marrakesh.

It also proceeds in a circular fashion around the city, starting in the southeast and finishing in the southwest, mimicking the counterclockwise direction of the circumambulation of the Kaaba in Mecca.

The first stop was the tomb of Sidi Yusuf ibn 'Ali Sanhaji near Bab Aghmat (the southeastern gate of the city) on Tuesday.

A monument commemorating the Seven Saints of Marrakesh, erected in 2005 just outside Bab Doukkala (the northeastern gate of the medina )
The mausoleum Sidi Abu al-Abbas as-Sabti, the most important patron saint of Marrakesh . The mausoleum is part of a major zawiya dedicated to him in the northern part of the old city.