Islamic scholar
Habib Ali Zain al-Abidin al-Jifri (Arabic : الحبيب علي زين العابدين الجفري ; born 16 April 1971[1] ) is a Yemeni Sunni Islamic scholar and spiritual educator based in the United Arab Emirates .[2] [3] He is the founder of Tabah Foundation (مؤسسة طابـة ),[4] [5] a research institute based in Abu Dhabi , UAE.[6] He is a direct descendant of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad .
Early life
Ali Zain al-Abidin al-Jifri was born in the city of Jeddah , Saudi Arabia, on 16 April 1971[7] (20th Safar 1391 AH). Al-Jifri is a direct descendant of Muhammad through his grandson Husayn ibn Ali .[8] [9] He has written books including "The Concept of Faith in Islam."[10]
Associates
Shaykh Habib Ali al-Jfri has been closely associated with some of the famous scholars of Islam like Shaykh Hamza Yusuf , Timothy Winter (Sh Abdal Hakim Murad), Yahya Rhodus , Shaykh Habib Kadhim al Saqqaf and many others. He had close ties with Naqshbandi Shaykh Nazim Al Haqqani. [11]
Habib Ali al-Jifri with Timothy Winter (Sh. Abdal Hakim Murad)
Habib Ali al-Jifri with Sh. Hamza Yusuf and Shaykh Yahya Rhodus
Awards and recognition
In 2009 Al-Jifri was listed 37th in the world's 500 most influential Muslims by Georgetown University 's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan.[12] and in 2023 was number 22.[12] He was a recipient of the Eugen Biser award in 2008 for his contribution to the document A Common Word Between Us and You .[13]
References
^ a b Pierret, Thomas (25 March 2013). Religion and State in Syria: The Sunni Ulama from Coup to Revolution . p. 127. ISBN 978-1107026414 .
^ Aquila Style: "Scholar spotlight: Habib Ali al-Jifri, a Sufi kind of love" - By Omar Shahid 21 August 2014
^ Aggarwal, Ricky (7 June 2019). "Scholar spotlight: Habib Ali al-Jifri, a Sufi kind of love" . Aquila Style . Retrieved 4 October 2019 .
^ Gerhard Böwering , Patricia Crone , Mahan Mirza, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought, p 600. ISBN 0691134847
^ "مؤسسة طابة للأبحاث والإستشارات | Tabah Foundation" .
^ Philip Lewis, Young, British and Muslim (Continuum 2007), p 76.
^ Thomas Pierret, Religion and State in Syria: The Sunni Ulama from Coup to Revolution, p 127. ISBN 1107026415
^ Yvonne Y Haddad, Educating the Muslims of America, p. 151. ISBN 0199705127
^ "Biography | al Habib Ali AlJifri" .
^ "The Concept of Faith in Islam - by Habib Ali al-Jifri - Full book (English and Arabic) in PDF" . 8 January 2013. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2018 .
^ Habib Ali Al Jifri Visits Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani in Cyprus , retrieved 24 February 2024
^ a b "Habib 'Ali Zain Al Abideen Al-Jifri" . The Muslim 500 .
^ Joseph Nnabugwu, Analyzing A Common Word Between Us Muslims and You Christians: A Critical Discourse Analysis, p 101. ISBN 1462853072
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