Abu'l 'Abbas Al Dandarawi
Sheikh of Dandarawiya order
Personal details
Born1898
Died1953 (aged 54–55)
NationalityEgyptian
Parent
  • Muhammad Al Dandarawi (father)

Abu'l 'Abbas Al Dandarawi (1898–1953) was an Egyptian sufi scholar and the sheikh of Dandarawiya which is a sufi order originated from Moroccan Ahmad bin Idris.[1] The order was founded by one of Idris's eminent pupils, Ibrahim Al Rashid, and is known to be the Rashidi Ahmadi branch of the Idrisi tradition.[1]

Biography

Al Dandarawi was born in 1898.[1] His father, Muhammad, was from in Dendera, Upper Egypt, where he was born in 1839.[1] He was educated by Ibrahim Al Rashid, a Sudanese disciple of Ahmad bin Idris,[2] in Mecca and settled in Medina following his travels to East Africa and Syria to disseminate the views of the Ahmadiyya order.[1] He lived there as the successor of Ibrahim Al Rashid until his death in 1910.[1]

Al Dandarawi had two siblings, a younger brother, Abdul Wahap and a sister.[3] Following the death of his father Al Dandarawi succeeded him as the sheikh of the order.[3] He was extremely popular among his Sudanese followers.[2] Al Dandarawi had to leave Mecca in 1941 due to a dispute with King Abdulaziz and Wahhabists over the celebration of Mawlid Al Nabi or the observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[1]

Al Dandarawi died in 1953,[2] and his son Abu Fadl bin Abul Abbas Al Dandarawi succeeded him as the sheikh of the order.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mark J. R. Sedgwick (November 1997). "Saudi Sufis: Compromise in the Hijaz, 1925-40". Die Welt des Islams. 37 (3): 349–368. doi:10.1163/1570060972597039.
  2. 1 2 3 Erik S. Ohlander (August 2006). "Book review". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 38 (3). JSTOR 3879770.
  3. 1 2 Hans Alexander Winkler (2009). Ghost Riders of Upper Egypt: A Study of Spirit Possession. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-977-416-250-3.
  4. ↑ "Leaders of the Tariqah". Ahmadiah Idrisiah. Retrieved 17 March 2021.


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