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Bab'Aziz

باب عزيز

Nacer Khemir's Tunisian film about a Sufi dervish crossing the desert to a gathering; the best-known Arab Sufi film, dedicated to depicting Islam's spirit.

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Spirituality and Sufism

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Format
Film · About Islam
Released
2005 CE · 1426 AH†
Countries
TN
Approach
drama of Muslim life

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Overview

A film by the Tunisian Nacer Khemir about a Sufi dervish who crosses the desert to a festival; the best-known Arab Sufi film, a classic work for portraying the spirit of Islam. 1 2

People and things also explored

Prophetic adab (proper conduct)· Akhi Baba (title of the guild shaykh and tanners' head)· The angelic and the satanic inspiration (lamma)· Asking people for help (al-masala)· The soul (nafs) and the spirit (ruh)· Tabattul (withdrawal from the world)· Intimacy with God (uns billah)· Certainty and its degrees (yaqin)

Sources

  1. Wikidata
  2. IMDb
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islam.museum contributors. “Bab'Aziz”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/bab-aziz-2005/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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Prophetic adab (proper conduct)

The body of proper conduct the believer is commanded in his words, deeds and relations with God and His servants; from the formula 'whoever believes in God and the Last Day' in Abu Hurayra's hadith Ibn Rajab derives that these traits are of the traits of iman and that deeds enter into iman, dividing the hadith's three commands into what belongs to God's rights — speaking good or keeping silent — and what belongs to His servants' rights — honouring the neighbour, withholding harm from him and honouring the guest; he transmits Aswad ibn Asram's report of the Prophet's counsel 'do not say with your tongue except what is good and do not extend your hand except to good', and that the tongue's uprightness is of the traits of iman; Abu Amr ibn al-Salah reports from Abu Muhammad ibn Abi Zayd, the Maliki imam of his time, that the conduct of goodness and all its reins branch from four hadiths: speaking good or keeping silent, leaving what does not concern one, 'do not become angry', and loving for one's brother what one loves for oneself.