Abdallah ibn Yasin

Abdallah ibn Yasin
عبد الله بن ياسين الجزولي التامنراتي
Succeeded bySulaiman ibn Haddu
Personal
Born
Died7 July 1059
Krifla (near Rommani, present-day Morocco)
Resting placeMausoleum of Moulay Abdallah in Krifla
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceMaliki
OccupationReligious leader
Military leader
Muslim leader
Disciple ofWaggag ibn Zallu al-Lamti

Abdallah ibn Yasin (Arabic: عبد الله بن ياسين; born in "Tamanart", died 7 July 1059 C.E. in "Krifla" near Rommani, present-day Morocco)[1][2] was a theologian, spiritual leader and the founder of the Almoravid movement.[3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Rawd al-Qirtas p.86.
  3. ^ Fierro, Maribel (2010), Fierro, Maribel (ed.), "The Almohads (524–668/1130–1269) and the Ḥafṣids (627–932/1229–1526)", The New Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 2: The Western Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries, The New Cambridge History of Islam, vol. 2, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 66–105, ISBN 978-0-521-83957-0, retrieved 2024-01-11