Idrisiyya
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The Idrisiyya is a Sufi order founded by Ahmad Ibn Idris al-Fasi
Ahmad Ibn Idris al-Fasi
Ahmad Ibn Idris al-Laraishi al-Yamlahi al-Alami al-Idrisi al-Hasani was a mystic and a theologian, active in Morocco, North Africa, and Yemen. He had opposed the Ulema and tried to preach a vigorous form of Islam that is close to ordinary people....

 (1760-1837). Its adherents are widespread throughout North Africa, from where it has spread to Saudi Arabia and Southeast Asia. A branch of this order was introduced in Singapore by the followers of Shaikh Muhammad Said al-Linggi (d.1926). The Idrisiyya has been introduced in Pakistan by Shaikh Amin bin Abdul Rehman, a student of Shaikh Muhammad al-Mulla of Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.

Hazrat Ahmad bin Idris had spiritual teachers in the Shadhili
Shadhili
The Shadhili Tariqa is a Sufi order of Sunni Islam founded by Abul Hasan Ali ash-Shadhili. Followers of the Shadhiliya are known as Shadhilis....

 sufi order. Although Idrisiyya is based on a direct Uwaisi
Uwaisi
Uwaisyaan refers to those Sufis who have gained the spiritual chain from another Sufi without physically meeting them in this world. Usually "Uwaisyan" are known as a school in Tasawwuf, and the word Uwaisi is its singular form.-Background:...

 spiritual relationship with the Prophet Muhammad, it is historically linked to the Shadhili order, which in turn is linked to Qadiriyya
Qadiriyya
The Qadiriyya , are members of the Qadiri Sufi order...

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