Muhammad Iqbal Tariq Bin Idris was born in Kuala Lumpur on the 5th December 1988. His father is Idris Bin Hasan and his mother is Norliza Binti Sahari. He is married to Nur Zafirah Binti Abd Hashim.

He received his primary education from Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Bandar, Melaka (1995-2000) while his secondary education was at Sekolah Kebangsaan Tinggi Melaka, Melaka (2001-2005). 

He further his studies at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, City Campus and completed his Diploma in Computer Science (Information Technology) (2006-2009). He was then achieved his first degree in Computer Science (Database System) at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Campus (2009-2012).  In 2012, he was offered to continue PhD (Health Science) under UTM fast track programmed. He spent about 5 years to complete his research entitled Management Information System for Hajj Pilgrim’s Total Wellness and graduated in 2017.  He received a government scholarship under Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia and Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia through out his study journey. 

He then joined Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) as a senior lecturer with the Information System Department, Faculty of Computing in April, 2018 till now.