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Idris Instructing his Children, Double page from the manuscript of Qisas al-Anbiya by Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Nishapuri. Iran (probably Qazvin), 1570–80. Chester Beatty Library. Idris (Arabic: إدريس, romanized: ʾIdrīs) is an ancient prophet mentioned in the Qur'an, who Muslims believe was the second prophet after Adam.
Idris' grandfather Abdallah Fakhr al-Din was the sixteenth Da'i al-Mutlaq, followed by his father al-Hasan Badr al-Din I, and after his death in 1418 by his uncle Ali Shams al-Din II, who died in 1428. [1] As a youth, Idris received a thorough education, and was active in the governance of the Tayyibi community.
He is considered to be alive and many respected figures, shaykhs, and prominent leaders in the Sufi community claim to have had personal encounters with him. Examples of those who have claimed this are Abdul-Qadir Gilani, al-Nawawi, Ibn Arabi, Sidi Abdul Aziz ad-Dabbagh and Ahmad ibn Idris al-Fasi.
Idris (I) ibn Abd Allah (Arabic: إدريس بن عبد الله, romanized: Idrīs ibn ʿAbd Allāh; d. 791), also known as Idris the Elder (إدريس الأكبر, Idrīs al-Akbar), was a Hasanid and the founder of the Idrisid dynasty in part of northern Morocco, after fleeing the Hejaz as a result of the Battle of Fakhkh. [1]
Idris, a genus of parasitic wasps; Idris, a brand of ginger beer produced by Britvic; Idris the Dragon, the singing dragon in the 1970s UK children's program Ivor the Engine; Idris, a North Atlantic basin tropical cyclone name to be used beginning in the 2028 Atlantic hurricane season; RAF Idris, an airport in Libya also called RAF Castel Benito
Idris's mother, Amsa Aliram, was likely a daughter of a Mai of the Bulala. [15]: 39 She faced significant challenges in ensuring his survival during the reigns of Dunama (r. 1539–1557), [14] who succeeded Mai Ali (Idris's father) due to there being no adult male heirs, and Abdullahi (r. 1557–1564), [14] Dunama's son who followed him as Mai.
Ahmad ibn Idris al-Fasi (Arabic: أحمد بن إدريس الفاسي) (1760–1837) was a Moroccan Sunni Islamic scholar, jurist and Sufi, [1] active in Morocco, the Hejaz, Egypt, and Yemen. His main concern was the revivification of the Sunnah or practice of the Islamic prophet Muhammad , and purifying Islam by erasing Bid'ah and Shirk .
Marrakech had been besieged earlier by the Marinid sultan Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq before 1266, although unsuccessfully. Idris took advantage of the confused situation to oust his cousin Abu Hafs Umar al-Murtada with Abu Yusuf's support, and to declare himself Almohad caliph, although his power barely extended outside the city.