Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Qundusi محمد بن القاسم القندوسي

Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Qundusi rahimahullah (d. 1278 AH / 1861 CE) was a Moroccan Sufi scholar, calligrapher, and herbalist of Algerian origin who settled in Fez, Morocco. He was affiliated with the Qadiri and Nasiri Sufi orders. Known for his life of spiritual humility and obscurity, he worked as a herbalist and devoted himself to calligraphy, producing a distinctive rendering of the Supreme Name (Allah) in a large and unique script that remains to this day in the Moulay Idriss II Mosque in Fez. In the later years of his life, he turned to authorship and produced works on the sciences of Sufism, including the text translated into English as The Drink of the People of Purity. He passed away in Fez in 1278 AH, corresponding to 1861 CE.