Idrees Abkar

Idrees Abkar (Idrees bin Muhammad Abkar) is a Yemeni Qur'an reciter holding Emirati nationality, born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 1395 AH / 1975 CE. He memorised the Qur'an at seventeen, served as imam in a series of mosques in Jeddah and elsewhere in Saudi Arabia, and is currently imam of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in the United Arab Emirates. He is known both for his recitation and for Islamic nasheed. ^{1 2}

He was born in Jeddah in 1395 AH / 1975 CE. He studied the Qur'an from a young age: he began at the Tawhid Mosque while not yet eight years old, joined the memorisation circles at the Fitani Mosque at thirteen, and completed memorising the Qur'an at seventeen. He then began leading the worshippers in prayer at the same mosque, which he continued for about three years. ¹

The article lists among the teachers he studied under: Yusuf al-Ahmadi, Abd al-Wahhab al-Zahiri, Abdullah al-Qarni, Uda al-Zahiri, Adel al-Ahmadi and Hadi Said. It also names Abdullah ibn Jibreen among those who influenced him. ¹

Among the mosques at which he has served as imam, the article lists: the Fitani Mosque in Saudi Arabia; the Ibn Taymiyya Mosque, known as the Qahatin Mosque; the Tawhid Mosque in Yemen; the Usayd ibn Hudayr (may God be pleased with him) Mosque; the Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya Mosque; the Salim al-Harbi Mosque; and the Bajaber Mosque in the Prince Fawaz district of Jeddah. He is currently imam of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in the United Arab Emirates. ¹

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