Former Mufti: Giza Sphinx Face Represents Prophet Idris

Former Grand Mufti Sheikh Ali Gomaa gave controversial statements on Friday about the identity of the builders of the pyramids.

In televised statements to the Egyptian state-owned channel 1, the member of the Council of Scholars in Al-Azhar said that “Some scholars believe that Prophet Idris was the first person to start building the pyramids and he is the inventor of the science of mummification,” adding that the face of the Sphinx in Egypt is Prophet Idris’s face.

“On the other hand, archeologists said that the Sphinx was build before the pyramids, and that our Prophet Idris was not Khufu, Khafre, or Menkaure,” he added.

Gomaa noted, “The Pharaohs used to depict their sanctities in shape of a bird, an animal, or any other object, but the Sphinx depicted it in the form of a human being, which corresponds to the word of the first teacher and the wise sages. This great Prophet taught mankind things before civilization."

The former Mufti of Egypt indicated that his orientation towards the name of the Prophet Idris came from a thorough study, adding that "There are hearsay indicating that Idris is himself the Osiris whom the Pharaonic papyri are talking about.”

He stressed that Prophet Idris was Egyptian and was not born in Babylon in Iraq. 

Idris called on people to pray to Allah and follow morals.