{{Sunni Islam, Sunni Orders of Mysticism Ibrahim bin Abdul-Aziz Abul-Majdi ( arz, إبراهيم بن عبد العزيز أبو المجد), better known as Shaykh al-Islam Ibrahim al-Desouki, was an

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and the founder of the Desouki Order, (also known as the Burhaniyyah

tariqa A tariqa (or ''tariqah''; ar, طريقة ') is a school or order of Sufism, or specifically a concept for the mystical teaching and spiritual practices of such an order with the aim of seeking ''haqiqa'', which translates as "ultimate truth". ...

(

Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

order).

Life

Ibrahim al-Desouki, also known as Ibrahim al-Desuqi, was born in

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on the

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and lived there his whole life, hence his attribution to it. According to

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s and popular sayings, He is a descendant of

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from his paternal side and to the

Caliph A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...

of the

Desouki The Tariqa Burhāniyya ( ''Ṭarīqa al burhāniyya al disūqiyyah al shādhliyyah''; also written ''al-Burhāniyya or Burhāniyyah'') or Desuqiyya is a Sufi order founded by Sayyidi Abul Hasan ash-Shadhuli and Sayyidi Ibrahim al Disuqi in th ...

order in

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from his maternal side. Ibrahim al-Desouki was influenced by the

Shadhili The Shadhili Order ( ar, الطريقة الشاذلية) is a tariqah or Sufi order of Sunni Islam founded by al-Shadhili in the 13th century and is followed by millions of people around the world. Many followers (Arabic ''murids'', "seekers") ...

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order), and was as-well close to his contemporary Sufi

Ahmad al-Badawi Aḥmad al-Badawī ( ar, أحمد البدوى ), also known as Al-Sayyid al-Badawī (, ), or as al-Badawī for short, or reverentially as Shaykh al-Badawī by all those Sunni Muslims who venerate saints, was a 13th-century Arab Sunni M ...

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. He became Shaykh al-Islam of

during the

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and

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, Al-Malik al-Zahir al-Din Baybars al-Bunduqdari (

Baibars Al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Bunduqdari ( ar, الملك الظاهر ركن الدين بيبرس البندقداري, ''al-Malik al-Ẓāhir Rukn al-Dīn Baybars al-Bunduqdārī'') (1223/1228 – 1 July 1277), of Turkic Kipchak ...

)'s rule. Shaykh Ibrahim al-Desouki, was born on the last night of Sha'ban. When the scholars doubted the emergence of the first day for the month of

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, Shaykh Ibn Harun al-Shufi then said, "look at this newborn child, does he drink his mother's milk?", so his mother replied, "from the time of the call to prayer, he stopped drinking his mother's milk". Thus Shaykh Ibn Harun declared that day as the first day of the month of

. Scholars say the signs of the saintliness of Shaykh Ibrahim al-Desouki have been made apparent from the moment of his birth. Ibrahim al-Desouki is the fourth and final (Wali al-Qutb) after Shaykh Ahmad al-Rifa'i, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani, and Shaykh

, as believed by the scholars of Tasawwuf (

Sufism Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, r ...

) such as Sheikh Mahmud al-Garbawi in his book (al-Ayatuz'zahirah fi Manaqib al-Awliya 'wal Aqthab al-Arba'ah), and Sayyid Abul-Huda Muhammad bin Hasan al-Khalidi al-Shayyadi in his book (Farhat al-Ahbab fi Akhbar al-Arba'ah al-Ahbab) and in another book of his titled, (Qiladat al-Jawahir fi Zikril Gawtsirrifa'i wa Atba'ihil Akabir. In the book of Tabaqat al-Kubra, you will find Shaykh Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'rani talking about Shaykh Abul al-Hasan al-Shadhili, Shaykh Ahmad al-Rifa'i, Shaykh Abdul Qadir Gilani, Shaykh

, and Shaykh Ibrahim al-Desuqi. 653 births 694 deaths