Career
El-Desouki was born in Desouk on the Nile delta and there he lived his whole life, hence his attribution to lieutenant According to tradition, He is a descendant of Ali ibn Abi Talib from his paternal side and to the Caliph of the Rifa"i order in Egypt from his maternal side. El-Desouki was influenced by the Shadhili Sufi order and was as well close to his contemporary Sufi Ahmad al-Badawi of Tanta.
His feast is celebrated twice a year: the first during April, and the second on October the 2nd.
