Abu Bakr al-Sakran was a Sufi and scholar of the Bâ Alawi sada family raised in Tarim, Hadramaut; his father was the great master Abd al-Rahman al-Saqqaf. He was called "al-Sakran" (the spiritually intoxicated) because he became so absorbed in worship and remembrance that he was unaware of his surroundings. Through his sons Ali al-Sakran and the great saint Abdullah al-Aydarus, his line produced the most famous Bâ Alawi branch (the Aydarusiyya). He is reported to have died in Tarim and been buried with his forefathers in the Zanbal Cemetery. Traditional sources give his death as 821 AH (1418 CE); this caution is noted here as academic sources give limited confirmation of an exact figure.