The Moroccan portal Nadorcity devotes a report to the night of the Mawlid1 celebrated at the zaouïa2 of Madagh. We give its full translation.
Under the supervision of Cheikh Mouad al-Qâdiri Boudchich, murîds3 and guests from Morocco, the Arab world and sub-Saharan Africa gathered for a spiritual night in which assemblies of dhikr4, madîh5 and prayer upon the Prophet ﷺ were held.
The town of Madagh experienced a singular spiritual atmosphere on the occasion of the commemoration of the Prophet’s birth. The Tariqa Qâdiriya Boudchichiyya celebrated this religious occasion with a night in which assemblies of dhikr mingled with madîh and prayer upon the Prophet ﷺ, in the presence of many murîds, guests and participants from the various regions of the Kingdom as well as from Arab and African countries, in a scene marked by serenity, contemplation and the remembrance of the life of the noble Messenger and of the values of love, mercy and nobility of character that it carries.
The activities of this night took place under the supervision of Cheikh Mouad al-Qâdiri Boudchich, as part of the spiritual path that the Tariqa Qâdiriya Boudchichiyya continues to anchor through assemblies of dhikr, tazkiya6 and praise of the Prophet. The commemoration of the Mawlid was an occasion to renew the bond with the life of the Prophet and to recall what it represents as a spiritual and moral reference, and to reaffirm the centrality of love for the Prophet ﷺ, of prayer upon him and of following his example in the spiritual method of the Tariqa.
Madagh brings together murîds and guests from Morocco and beyond
The occasion saw the participation of murîds and guests from the various regions of Morocco, alongside participants from several Arab countries and from countries of sub-Saharan Africa, gathered within the mother zaouïa of Madagh to celebrate the night of the Mawlid in an atmosphere dominated by its spiritual character. The voices of dhikr, madîh and prayer upon the Prophet ﷺ rose, and the occasion became a moment of encounter around shared values, recalling the life of the Prophet as a source of morality, love and purification.
The celebration of the Mawlid in Madagh was not limited to the festive dimension attached to the occasion. It also carried spiritual meanings linked to the continuity of the traditions of the Tariqa, which makes this commemoration a stage for recalling the Prophet’s life and renewing the meaning of following his example. Invocations mingled there with praises of the Prophet in an atmosphere imbued with serenity, a reflection of the place this occasion holds in Moroccan spiritual memory and in the Sufi practice that the zaouïas and the paths have preserved through successive generations.
The continuity of the spiritual path of the Boudchichiyya Way
The night of the Mawlid came to confirm the continuity of the spiritual path of the Tariqa Qâdiriya Boudchichiyya under the supervision of Cheikh Mouad al-Qâdiri Boudchich, through the preservation of assemblies of dhikr, education and tazkiya, and through the work of passing this heritage on to new generations, keeping love for the Messenger ﷺ and the remembrance of his life and character at the heart of the spiritual practice on which the Tariqa rests.
Thus Madagh became, during the night of the noble Mawlid, a space of dhikr, madîh and renewed fidelity to the life of the noble Messenger, on an occasion that brought together murîds and guests from Morocco and beyond, and that reaffirmed the continuity of a spiritual path which has made prayer upon the Prophet ﷺ, love of his life and the imitation of his values a central axis of its assemblies and its religious occasions.
Notes
- Mawlid: the commemoration of the birth of the Prophet ﷺ. ↩
- Zaouïa: the place where a Sufi path teaches, educates and welcomes, at once school, house of dhikr and refuge. ↩
- Murîd: the disciple committed to the path, literally “the one who wills” God. ↩
- Dhikr: the invocation and remembrance of God, the central practice of the Sufi path. ↩
- Madîh: the sung praise of the Prophet ﷺ, a poetic and musical genre of the Sufi heritage. ↩
- Tazkiya: the purification of the soul, the heart of spiritual education. ↩
Source
🇲🇦 Nadorcity (Morocco), publication date not displayed, consulted and archived on 31 August 2026.
