Muhammad al-Kattani
Muhammad Bin Abdul-Kabir Al-Kattani (محمد بن عبد الكبير الكتاني; from 1873 - May 4, 1909), also known by his kunya Abu l-Fayḍ (أبو الفيض) or simply as Muhammad Al-Kattani, was a Moroccan Sufi faqih (scholar of Islamic law), reformer, and poet from Fes. He is recognized as the father of the Moroccan constitution movement and the leader of the Conditional Bay'ah of 1908. He was also vocally opposed to the metastasizing French colonial presence in Morocco, and launched at-Tā'ūn (الطاعون The Plague), the first national newspaper in Morocco. He was a member of the al-Kattani family and the Tariqa Kattania (الطريقة الكتانية), a Sufi order. He composed over 300 works, printed 27 of them, and wrote Sufi philosophical love poetry.