Ethnicity Arab Home town Hadhramaut, Yemen Name Habib al-Jifri Education Sana\'a University | Organization Tabah Foundation Title Shaykh, Habib Role Islamic scholar | |
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Native name الحبيب علي زين العابدين الجفري Occupation Islamic scholar, academic, author Parents Marumah bint Hassan Al-Jifri, Abd Al-Rahman Ali Al-Jifri TV shows The Spiritual Aspirant, The Way to God Profiles | ||
Wahabi distortion of islam shaikh habib ali al jifri
Habib Ali Zain al-Abidin al-Jifri (Arabic: الحبيب علي زين العابدين الجفري; born April 16, 1971) is a Sufi Islamic scholar and spiritual educator located in the United Arab Emirates. He is the founder of Tabah Foundation, a research institute based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Contents
- Wahabi distortion of islam shaikh habib ali al jifri
- The mosque women prophetic advice habib ali al jifri
- Early life
- Education and training
- Awards and recognition
- References
The mosque women prophetic advice habib ali al jifri
Early life
Habib Ali Zain al-Abidin al-Jifri was born in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 16 April 1971 (20th Safar 1391 AH) to parents who hail from the Hadhramaut valley in Yemen. His ancestral roots return to the city of Tarim. Al-Jifri is a direct descendant of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, through his grandson Hussein.
Education and training
Al-Jifri began his pursuit of knowledge in his early childhood. His first teacher was his mother's great aunt, Safiyya b. Hasan al-Jifri, a scholar of the Islamic sciences and spiritual educator. At the age of nine he was introduced to Habib Abdul-Qadir al-Saqqaf. Al-Jifri went on to spend over ten years in his company and studied many renowned works, including various hadith collections and the Ihya of Imam al-Ghazali (Revival of the Religious sciences). Having studied with Habib Abdul-Qadir, Al-Jifri spent a further ten years in the company of Habib Umar bin Hafiz, starting with him in the Northern Yemeni city of Bayda where he spent time at the school of the erudite scholar Habib Muhammad al-Haddar. Al-Jifri returned to the ancient city of Tarim with Habib Umar in the mid-90s and assisted him in the establishment of the Dar al-Mustafa seminary for Islamic Studies.
Awards and recognition
In 2009, Al-Jifri was listed 37th in the world’s 500 most influential Muslims by Georgetown University’s The Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talaal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan.
He was a recipient of the Eugen Biser award in 2008 for his contribution to the document A Common Word Between Us and You.