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passing by his house on his way to carry out one of his missions, feeling hungry, he asked Sidi al-Madani to feed him so he cooked him the only chicken he had. One of Sidi al-Madani's sons was crying out of hunger, so his father fed him a chicken leg. The
Makhzeni noticed that the cooked chicken had only one leg, so he asked him why, and he replied that he had given it to his hungry little son. The Makhzeni was furious and ordered the child to be brought in and then amputated his entire leg, and he has been disabled ever since. Sidi al-Madani was so angry that he left his village for good and settled at the top of the mountain where no government could reach him. Another version says that the person buried at the top of the mountain is another of the Shorafaa al-Sabaean.
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Aydawaltit sect. Sidi Ahmed or Moussa is considered the founder of this Sufi order. He then continued on his way to Mount Adad Madani, and it is said that his horse's tracks are still carved into one of the mountain's rocks. The order still follows the same path as the Sidi Ahmad or Moussa al-Samlali walked in the 17th-century. Now the poor no longer climb the rugged mountain they just take a car ride to the village of Timjisht, which is near the top of the mountain.
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Another story said that Sidi Hammad or Moussa visited the tomb of Sidi Ayza or Ali in Tizkin and prayed at the place called al-Marka'a where people still pray at the same place during the Tezkin season near the old school. Then he continued his journey through the neighboring villages, accompanied by
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There are different opinions about who is buried at the top of Adad Madani, with some sources saying the grandfather of the
Shorafaa al-Sabaean tribe, Amer Al Hamel Al Idrissi Al Hassani and others Sidi al-Madani, the brother of Sidi Aiza, or Ali of the ancient school of Tizkin. The mountaintop also
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Namdani or Adad Namdani which means people's finger. Also, in another narrative is believed to be named after Wali Sidi al-Madani, or the brother of Wali Sidi Ayza, or whoever is buried in the ancient school of Tizkin who was buried at the top of Mount Adad Madani. There are also those who
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trees, which was discovered by chance by the French scientist François Cuzin while traveling to the area in 1996. This discovery has drawn botanists and scientists to the tree's habitat to unravel the mystery of its existence in the region. The word "Ajkal" means "suspended" or "inaccessible" in
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There are many stories, myths and folk tales told about this mountain, but they lack reliable sources. One of the folk tales says that Sidi al-Madani decided to take refuge in the mountain after he was living in one of the plains and a soldier of the
Makhzen which is the state at that time was
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Every year, the poor, followers of one of the Sufi zawiyas in the area later known as the poor of the
Aydawaltit sect, would make a pilgrimage to the shrine, where they built a night shelter at the top of the mountain; they also dug a cistern to collect rainwater for drinking.
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say that the reason for the name is that the mountain has the shape of a finger from a specific angle of view and people see it from afar, so it is called people's finger.
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