Abdullah al-Harari

Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf Al-Harariyy (Arabic: عبد الله بن محمَّد بن يوسف بن عبد الله بن جامع الشَّيبي العبدري الهرري‎, romanized: Nastaliq }}) (1906}} – September 2, 2008) was a Harari muhaddith[2] and scholar of Islamic jurisprudence. He lived and taught in Beirut, Lebanon, and was the founder of Al-Ahbash, a Sufi religious movement.

Abdullah al-Harariyy
عبد الله الهرري
Titleal-Harariyy
Personal
Born1906 (1906)
Harar, Ethiopia
DiedSeptember 2, 2008 (2008-09-03) (aged 102)
ReligionIslam
EthnicityHarari
Era20th-21st century
RegionHorn of Africa/Levant
DenominationSunni (Ash'ari)[1]
Main interest(s)Kalam, polemics, hadith

History

Al-Harariyy was born in 1906 in Harar, Ethiopia.[3]

In 1983, he founded Al-Ahbash, a Beirut-based organization also known as the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects (AICP).[4] Al-Ahbash is a Sufi religious movement.[5] Due to the group's origins and activity in Lebanon, the Ahbash have been described as the "activist expression of Lebanese Sufism."[6]

Al-Harariyy was one of the Ulama signatories of the Amman Message. Issued in 2004, the statement gives a broad foundation for defining Muslim orthodoxy.[7] He was also licensed as a Shaykh by Al-Azhar University's branch in Lebanon.[6][8]

Al-Harariyy died of natural causes on September 2, 2008, aged 102.[4]

References
  1. Kabha, Mustafa; Erlich, Haggai (2006). "Al-Ahbash and Wahhabiyya: Interpretations of Islam". International Journal of Middle East Studies. United States: Cambridge University Press. 38 (4): 524. doi:10.1017/S0020743806412459. JSTOR 4129146. S2CID 55520804.
  2. Górak-Sosnowska, Katarzyna (2011). Muslims in Poland and Eastern Europe: Widening the European Discourse on Islam. Warsaw, Poland: Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska. pp. 259–262. ISBN 978-83-903229-5-7.
  3. al-Filasṭīnīyah, Muʼassasat al-Dirāsāt (1999). Journal of Palestine Studies. 29 (1): 113–116. doi:10.2307/2676445. JSTOR 2676445.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  4. "Founder of Lebanon fundamentalist Sunni group dies". PR-Inside.com. September 2, 2008. Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved October 2, 2008.
  5. Seddon, David (2004). A Political and Economic Dictionary of the Middle East (1st ed.). Routledge. p. 22. ISBN 978-1857432121.
  6. Hamzeh, A. Nizar; Dekmejian, R. Hrair (1996). "A Sufi Response to Political Islamism: Al-Ahbash of Lebanon". International Journal of Middle East Studies. Beirut: American University of Beirut. 28: 217–229. doi:10.1017/S0020743800063145. Retrieved April 10, 2009.
  7. "The Official Site". AmmanMessage.com.
  8. "Al Ahbash". World Almanac of Islamism. Retrieved April 10, 2009.
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