Mohamed Ben Larbi al-Alaoui

محمد بن العربي العلوي

1884 CE · 1301 AH – 4 June 1964 CE · 1384 AH

Fez

Moroccan jurist (1884–1964) from Midghara in the Tafilalt, formed at the Qarawiyyin of Fez under Abu Shu'ayb al-Dukkali and regarded as the founder of the national Salafiyya in Morocco; Mohamed Hassan Ouazzani and Allal al-Fassi were among his pupils. He served as qadi of Fez, president of the Rabat appeals court (1928) and minister of justice (from 1938), resigned in protest and was exiled; in 1953 he refused to sign the deposition of Muhammad V or give allegiance to Ibn Arafa, and was exiled to Tiznit and tortured in his old age. After independence he became minister of the Crown and adviser to Muhammad V, resigned in 1960, campaigned against the 1962 constitution, and died at Fez in 1964; he is buried at his birthplace.