Ikrima al-Barbari

Muslim scholar (c.645-723) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ikrima ibn Abd Allah al-Barbari (Arabic: عكرمة ابن عبد الله البربري) was a Muslim scholar of Berber descent, he was a mawla of Ibn Abbas.[1]

Born645
Died723 (aged 7778)
OccupationMuslim scholar
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Ikrima ibn Abd Allah al-Barbari
عكرمة ابن عبد الله البربري
Born645
Died723 (aged 7778)
OccupationMuslim scholar
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Ikrima was a mawla (client) of Ibn Abbas (d. c. 687), a cousin of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.[2] According to Ibadi sources, Ikrima ibn Abd Allah and Salama ibn Sad traveled to the Maghreb to spread their respective Islamic schools of thought. Ikrima preached the Sufri teachings, while Salama promoted Ibadism.[3]

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