Saffiyah Bint Sidi Sulaiman
Saffiyah Bint Sidi Sulaiman (1): Al-Sayyida Saffiyah Bint Sheikh Sidi Sulaiman Bin Abi Samaha was from the tribe of Quraysh and a descendant of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq. She was a follower of the Sunni tradition and lived a noble life. Her father married her to a man of noble lineage as enjoined by his Sheikh, Al-‘Alim Al-Rabbani Sidi Imam Abu Al-Abbas Ahmed Bin Yusuf Al-Maliani. She bore him Al-Sayyid Yahya, who fathered twelve sons of his own, who formed the tribe of Awlad Anhar. Al-Sayyida Saffiyah’s tomb is in Tiout. The above-mentioned son received knowledge from Sheikh Sidi Muhammad Bin Abdel-Rahman Al-Sahli.
Source: Kitab Al-Sulala Al-Bakria As-Siddiqia – Part II, by Ahmed Farghal Al-De’abassi Al-Bakri
Date of Publication
1 Ramadan 1438 AH / May 26, 2017 AD
(1) Mu’jam Al-‘Alam Al-Bakrieen Al-Siddiqieen, by Tawahiriyah Abdullah, pg. 214