Abu'l 'Abbas Al Dandarawi
Egyptian Sufi (1898–1953)
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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]
- Muhammad Al Dandarawi (father)
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| Born | 1898 |
| Died | 1953 (aged 54–55) |
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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]
