Idris Abkar, The Qari – short biography

Idris Abkar, a well known name in the world of Quran recitation, is a qari you must learn about. His recitations are listened to around the world and they come among some of the world’s best Quranic recitations. His duas are also very famous and most viewed online.

His Birth & Studies

Shaikh Idris Abkar was born in 1975 (1395 Hijri), in the city of Jeddah Saudi Arabia. He started studying Quran from an early age of eight years in Masjid-ut-Tawheed. Later at the age of 13 years, he joined the memorization circles in Masjid ul Fatini and completed hifz-ul-Qur’an (memorizing) within 4 years. He was later leading prayer in the same masjid for the next three years.

Muhammad Idris Abkar studied from many good mashaykh. Some of his mashaykh are:

– Shaikh Yusuf Al Ahmady

– Shaikh Abdul Wahab Al-Ahmady

– Shaikh Odah Al-Zahery

– Shaikh Abdullah Al-Qarny

– Shaikh Hady Said.

Sheikh Idris Abkar always mentions about the help and support he received from his teachers throughout his learning. (May Allah grant them the best reward in this duniya and akhirah).

Idris Abkar as Imam

His sweet voice and wide religious knowledge plus his lovely personality helped him to lead prayers in many mosques. He was appointed as the Imam to lead prayers in some of the Masjids of Jeddah like:

– Masjid Al-Fatami

– Masjid Ibn-Taymiyyah

– Masjid Al-Qahateen

– Masjid of Osiad Ibn Alhadeer

– Masjid Ibn Alqaiem

– Masjid Seliem al Haraby

– Masjid Bagaber.

When he was appointed as the Imam in Shaikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi for Taraweeh salah, his style of recitation was admired a lot and this attracted thousands of people, which resulted in him getting appointed as the permanent official Imam of this mosque. In the last few years, he travelled to many countries to lead prayers such as Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE, and number of other countries in Africa and Asia. Currently, Idris Abkar is the Imam of Sheikh Zayed Grand Masjid in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Idris Abkar possesses a variety of audio-video recordings, which includes, Quran recitation, and number of prayers and supplications.