'Abdallah ibn 'Alawi al-Haddad

Imam, Mujaddid
Abd Allah ibn Alawi Al-Haddad
Imam, Mujaddid Abd Allah ibn Alawi Al-Haddad
عبد الله بن علوي الحداد
Title	Habib
Personal
Born	Abd Allah; 30 July 1634; Tarim, Hadhramaut
Died	10 September 1720 (aged 86); Tarim
Religion	Sunni Islam
Nationality	Yemeni
Children	Zayn al-Abidin; Hasan; Salim; Muhammad; Alawi; Husayn;
Parents	Alawi bin Muhammad (father); Salma bint Aydarus (mother);
Creed	Ash'ari
Notable work(s)	Wird Latif, The Book of Assistance, The Lives of Man, Knowledge and Wisdom
Known for	Sufism
Occupation	Islamic scholar, Sufi
Senior posting
	Influenced by al-Ghazali;

'Abdallah ibn 'Alawi al-Haddad (Arabic: عبد الله ابن علوي الحدّاد, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlawī al-Ḥaddād; Arabic pronunciation: [ʕbd ɑllah ibn ʕlwij ɑl-ħadda:d]) (born in 1634 CE) was a Yemeni Islamic scholar. He lived his entire life in the town of Tarim in Yemen's Valley of Hadhramawt and died there in 1720 CE (1132 Hijri). He was an adherent to the Ash'ari Sunni Creed of Faith (Aqidah), while in Islamic jurisprudence (Fiqh), he was a Sunni Muslim of Shafi'i school.

Despite being a major source of reference among the Sunni Muslims (especially among Sufis), only recently have his books began to receive attention and publication in the English-speaking world. Their appeal lies in the concise way in which the essential pillars of Islamic belief, practice, and spirituality have been streamlined and explained efficiently enough for the modern reader. Examples of such works are The Book of Assistance, The Lives of Man, and Knowledge and Wisdom.

^ El-Rouayheb, Khaled (2015-07-08). Islamic Intellectual History in the Seventeenth Century. Cambridge University Press. p. 248. ISBN 9781107042964.

[1] El-Rouayheb, Khaled (2015-07-08). Islamic Intellectual History in the Seventeenth Century. Cambridge University Press. p. 248. ISBN 9781107042964.

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