User:Abuqut/Muhammad Belkaid Al-Hibri

Muhammad Belkaid Al-Hibri Al-Hassani Al-Idrisi (1911-1998) was an Islamic scholar from the Sheikhs of the Shadhili order in Algeria and the founder of the Belkaidi branch of the Hibri Tariqa and one of most knowledgeable in the science of Sufism in his time.

He was born in 1911 and memorised the Qur'an with and was a student of many of the scholars of Tlemsan including Imam Bouarouk and Imam Hussein Al-Najjar amongst others. After his studies, he left Algeria to study knowledge under many scholars in the Muslim World including Syria.From those he received licenses in the religious sciences include Abdul Hayy Al-Kettani, Ahmad bin Yallis Al-Dimashqi, and many others.

He passed away in Tlemsan in 1998

His lineage
Muhammad Belkaid was from the decedents of the Prophet Muhammad and his lineage is through Hussein bin Ali, the son of Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad as well as Ali bin Abi Talib.