IdrisiSufiHistorical figure

Ahmad ibn Idris al-Fasi

1760–1837 · Fez

About

Ahmad ibn Idris al-Fasi (1760–1837) was a Moroccan Sunni Islamic scholar, jurist and Sufi, active in Morocco, the Hejaz, Egypt, and Yemen. His main concern was the revivification o

Sufi tradition
Idrisi
Arabic

Biography

Ahmad ibn Idris al-Fasi (1760–1837) was a Moroccan Sunni Islamic scholar, jurist and Sufi, 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. His followers founded a number of Sufi paths which spread his teachings across the Muslim world.

Teachings & topics

Divine loveRemembrance (dhikr)MysticismThe heart