Sidi Mohamed Larbi Ben Sayeh (1814–1892), wanda cikakken sunansa shi ne Sidi Mohamed al-Arabi Ben Mohamed Ben Sayeh ash-Sharqawi al-Omari, ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan fitattun malamai da jagororin ruhaniya na Maroko a ƙarni na goma sha tara. Masanin fikihu ne, masanin hadisi, mai tafsirin Alƙur’ani, marubucin adabi kuma malamin tasawwufi. Ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin sanannun wakilan Ahmadiyya Tijaniyya a Maroko.

Rayuwar Farko

An haife shi a Meknes da asubahin ranar Idi Babba, a shekara ta 1229 bayan Hijira / 22 ga Nuwamba, 1814. Mahaifinsa, Sidi Mohamed Ben Sayeh, yana da shekaru saba’in da shida a lokacin haihuwarsa, sannan daga baya ya rasu yana da shekaru casa’in da shida, yana barinsa yana matashi. Shi ne ɗan kaɗai na mahaifinsa.

A cikin rubuce-rubucen tarihinsa an ambata cewa mahaifinsa ya daɗe yana roƙon Allah ya ba shi ɗa namiji wanda zai gaji iliminsa da gādonsa na ruhaniya, lamarin da ya sa haihuwarsa ta zama mai matuƙar muhimmanci a tarihin iyalinsu.

Karatu

Ya yi karatu a hannun manyan malaman Maroko da dama na zamaninsa, ciki har da:

• Al-Walid al-Iraqi al-Husayni• Abdelkader al-Kouhen• Al-Hadi Ben ash-Shafii al-Meknassi, wanda ake kira Baddou• da sauran fitattun malamai

Ya yi suna saboda ƙwarewarsa a fikihu, hadisi, tafsirin Alƙur’ani da adabi, tare da kuma sanannen matsayinsa a fannin tasawwufi.

Ayyuka

Sidi Mohamed Larbi Ben Sayeh ya rubuta muhimman ayyuka da dama a fannonin sharhi, ibada, tafsiri da koyarwar ruhaniya. Daga cikin sanannun rubuce-rubucensa akwai:

• Bughyat al-Mustafid li Sharh Munyat al-Murid• Sharh Lamiyyat al-Busiri• Sharh Salat al-Fatih Lima Ughliqa• Ta‘liq ‘ala al-Hamziyya• Ta‘liq ‘ala Burdat al-Madih lil-Busiri• Sharh al-Qasida al-Khazrajiyya• Ta‘liq ‘ala ash-Shama’il at-Tirmidhiyya• Turar ‘ala Sharh an-Nawawi ‘ala al-Arba‘in an-Nawawiyya• Tafsirin “Wa ma kana Allahu li yu‘adhibahum wa anta fihim”• Kitab as-Sa‘ada al-Abadiyya fi al-Adhkar at-Tijaniyya al-Ahmadiyya• Rihla ‘Ajiba• da kuma karatuttuka cikakku da dama na Sahih al-Bukhari

Dangantakarsa da Tijaniyya

Ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan jagororin Tijaniyya a Maroko. A cikin madogararsa, dangantakarsa da ɗarikar tana da alaƙa da wata ƙwarewar ruhaniya mai ƙarfi. Saboda tsananin ƙaunarsa ga salati ga Annabi, yana fatan ganinsa a mafarki, an rawaito cewa ya yi wani gani inda mahaifinsa ya kai shi zuwa majalisar almajiran Sīdī Aḥmad al-Tijānī, ya kuma nuna masa cewa a can ne zai sami abin da yake nema.

An kuma rawaito cewa ya sadu da mutane da yawa waɗanda suka san Sīdī Aḥmad al-Tijānī da kansu, kuma suna girmama shi ƙwarai, suna kallonsa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin alamomin albarka na ɗarikar.

Tasirin Ilimi da Ruhaniya

Ya haɗa ilimin addini, riwayar hadisi, tafsirin Alƙur’ani da tarbiyyar ruhaniya. Zaman karatunsa na hadisi da majalisun koyarwarsa sun sa ya zama hukuma mai matuƙar daraja a rayuwar addini ta Maroko.

Rasuwa

Ya rasu a ƙarshen daren da ya gabaci Lahadi, da ƙarfe goma sha ɗaya na dare, a ranar 29 ga Rajab, 1309 bayan Hijira / 28 ga Fabrairu, 1892.

Malam kuma alƙali Sidi Ahmed Bennani ar-Ribati ne ya jagoranci sallar jana’izarsa a Babban Masallacin Rabat, kuma an binne shi a cikin riyad ɗinsa, wato a wurin da ya saba gudanar da majalisun hadisi.

Gādo

Sidi Mohamed Larbi Ben Sayeh ya bar babban gādon ilimi da ruhaniya. Har yanzu ana tunawa da shi saboda iliminsa, ibadarsa da muhimmiyar rawar da ya taka wajen bunƙasa al’adar Tijaniyya a Maroko.