Al-Darazi

Al-Darazi
الدرزي
Born
Muhammad ibn Isma'il

10th century
Died1018
Cause of deathExecution
NationalityPersian
OccupationPreacher
Years active11th century
Known forIsmaili preacher, early Druze leader

Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Darazi (Arabic: محمد بن إسماعيل الدرزي, romanizedMuḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Darazī) was an 11th-century Isma'ili preacher and early leader of the Druze faith who was labeled a heretic in 1016 and subsequently executed in 1018 by the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (r. 996–1021).