Al Imam al Habib Abdullah Bin Alawi Al Haddad
He is Habib Abdullah bin Alwi bin Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Alwi bin Ahmad bin Abu Bakr ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn al-Faqih Ahmad bin Abdur Rahman bin Muhammad bin Alwi bin Ali carefree Shahibu Marbath `Qasam bin Alwi bin Muhammad bin Ubaidillah bin Alwi bin Ahmad al-Muhajir bin Isa ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Ja `far Uraidhi-Sadiq bin Muhammad al-Baqir ibn Ali Zainal Abidin bin al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib, the husband of Fatima az-Zahra bint Rasulillah PBUH.
Author name Ratib al-Haddad was already familiar in the ears of Islamic societies of Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Pakistan and Islamic countries in the Middle East. He is known for his writings and wirid-wirid and dhikr, dhikr is composed of about four centuries ago, already be carried out by the Islamic community at large.
Habib Abdullah bin Alwi al-Haddad was born on 5 Shafar 1044 H, in the suburbs Tarim named Subair. Fuad Tastbitul mentioned in the book that when he was born, one woman wrapped his neighbors with his father's clothes. At night, Habib Abdullah did not stop crying and screaming until morning. His mother was then ordered to one woman who was in his house to check Habib Abdullah. The woman then opened the clothes that were wrapped Habib Abdullah. Apparently, in clothes that were wrapped Habib Abdullah, there is a big scorpion that had stung the body of Abdullah Habib.
His father, Habib Alwi bin Muhammad was a descendant of the righteous of the righteous people. The days in his youth, he had visited the residence of Habib Ahmad bin Muhammad al-`ib Syi Shahibusy Abyssinia to request prayer. Habib Ahmad said to him, ".. your kids are my kids too, they blessed God." At that Habib Alwi not understand the purpose greeting Habib Ahmad. However, after marrying Salma, the grandson of Habib Ahmad, he realized that prayer is a sign of Habib Ahmad marriage.
As Habib Alwi, Salma was also a descendant of the woman who shalihah of righteous people as well. Habib Alwi this from his wife son and daughter get a good and righteous too, such as Habib Abdullah.
Childhood Habib Abdullah
When four-year-old Abdullah Habib, he was attacked by smallpox so badly that his eyes were blinded. However, this incident did not reduce the passion in their studies. He managed to recite al-Qur `an and master the science of religion when he was still a child. Apparently Allah is pleased with the vision to replace the birth of inner vision, so the ability of memorizing and understanding the power was amazing.
Since childhood Habib Abdullah liked to do worship and riyadhah. His passion is often made the grandmother and her parents feel not bear to see his son's disability to do a variety of worship and riyadhah. They advised Habib Abdullah to stop torturing himself. To guard the feelings of his parents, Habib Abdullah also reduce the actual riyadhah worship and enjoy doing so he was.
He grew up in the town of Tarim, cacarnya marks on her face was not visible anymore. He was a tall, broad-shouldered, white-skinned, and authoritative. Interesting language speech, laden with precious pearls of knowledge and advice.
Abdullah Habib's penchant
In Science And preaching Demand
He is very fond of studying. His passion made him often to travel around to various cities (in Hadhramaut) to see the Righteous, their studies and take blessings from them.
He studied with more than one hundred scholars, among them are:
1. al-Habib Umar ibn Abd al-Aththas
2. Aqil al-Habib bin Abd al-Saqqaf
3. Abdurrahman ibn al-Habib Shaikh Aidid
4. al-Habib bin Abu Bakr ibn Abd Syihabuddin
5. Sahl al-Habib bin Ahmad al-Hadi Bahsin Ba Alawi
6. Muhammad ibn al Habib Alwi al-Saqqaf
and much more.
From his teachers that he was more influential to pursue until he composed tasawwuf Ratib al-Haddad (wirid-wirid shield themselves, their families and possessions) who are famous. And from these teachers with in-depth studies in various Islamic sciences makes it truly a person who `alim, mastering the intricacies syari` at and nature, has a high level of spirituality in tasawwuf to obtain the level of al-Qutub al-Ghauts, a dai who convey the teachings of Islam with a very impressive and as a prolific writer whose work has studied people remain to this day.
Besides actively in their studies, Habib Abdullah also one who loves to perform religious preachers. Many of the prosecutors studied the science that came to him. Its activity in preaching the title makes Quthbid Da'wa wal Ershad.
Among his students were:
1. al-Habib Hasan bin Abdullah al-Haddad (his son)
2. al-Habib Ahmad bin Zain al-Ethiopia
3. al-Habib Abdurrahman bin Abdullah Bilfaqih
4. Muhammad ibn al-Habib Zain bin Smith
5. al-Habib Ali bin Abdullah bin Abd al-Saqqaf
6. al-Habib Umar bin Muhammad bin Taha al-ash-Shafi Saqqaf
and much more.
Worship Habib Abdullah
At the outset, every night he visited the mosque to worship in the city of Tarim. One who lives adjacent to the mosque where he used to pray saying, "Every night when residents of this city peacefully in her sleep, I always found him walking to the mosque." His friend told him, "One day I was with him on a pilgrimage to the tomb of the Prophet of Allah Hud dc , the night was a scorpion sting me so I was awake all night. I observe he did not sleep that night, absorbed in worship throughout the night. When I asked about it, he replied that there had been thirty years he has done so. "
Although very fond of worship, he does not like to tell or show to his credit, except when the state was forced and he wanted to emulate that shalihnya charity. He said, "I purposely did not show ibadahku charity, even though" Thank God "I'm not worried about` riya exposed, akantetapi as said by the Prophet Joseph as, ".. I do not absolve myself of the mistake, because the passion was always invited to do evil."
Budi Pekerti Habib Abdullah
He did not like fame or glory, and do not like to be praised. He said, "Many people make poems for the compliment, I really want to prevent them, but I'm worried about not being sincere in doing so, so I let them run riot. In this case I would prefer to emulate the Messenger of Allah, because it does not prohibit beliaupun when his friends read poems of praise to him. "
One day he said to the people who sing the ode to her, "I do not mind with all this praise, that there had me pour into the ocean Muhammad, because he was the source of virtue, and beliaulah who deserve all the praise, so when he stopped up there worthy of human praise, praise indeed it back to him. As for Satan, he is the source of all evil and baseness, therefore any criticism and reproach against evil will be depends to him, because it was Satan's first cause of ugliness and baseness. "
He never relies on creatures and always replenish itself only with Allah Almighty. He said, "In all things I always replenish themselves with generosity and grace of God, I always receive a living from the generosity of his treasures." He also said, "I never saw anyone really give other than Allah swt. If someone gave me something, goodness it did not elevate his position to my side, because I think that person is an intermediary only. "He always meant it in worship and practice the knowledge they have.
In addition he was busy praying, and preaching, he also maintains the plantation and chicken, which of these plantation crops and chickens faqir he use to help the poor, orphans, widows, the prosecution of science, and people who can not afford. Habib Abdullah also learn about agricultural science, often he sat down with farmers to teach agricultural sciences.
Abdullah Habib paper
In addition to a renowned expert in preaching, Habib Abdullah bin Alwi al-Haddad is also known as a prolific writer. The beauty of language and structure of the pearls advice contained in his works, will show his skills in a variety of religious knowledge. Not only the laity are read and menggemarinya, akantetapi some scholars even make it as a grip in preaching.
Among them are:
1. an-ad-Diniyyah Nashaih
2. Dakwatut Taammah ad-wa `Aammah Tadzkiratul
3. Mu `awanah Risalatul muzhaharah wal wal Mu` azarah
4. al-Fushulul Ilmiyyah
5. Sabilu Iddikar
6. Risalatu Mudzkarah
7. Adab Risalatu Sulukul Pupil
8. Kitabul Hikam
9. an-Nafaisul Uluwiyyah
10. Sail Ithafus Bijawabil Masail
In addition, there are sayings and teachings which have time recorded by the students and the pecintanya, among others:
1. al-Mukatabat (collection of correspondence)
2. Murad by Qashad Ghayatul wal
3. Fuad Tatsbitul
Recognized by the Sufis, that there is an altitude and beauty of spirituality is high on the kesufian Abdullah Habib. Can be seen from these works bertasawwuf how cool and beautiful. Tasawwuf for Habib Abdullah is worship, ascetic, morality, and dhikr, a way to nurture and strengthen self-reliance in Allah swt.
In one of his works called Sabilu Iddikar, Habib Abdullah describes the human life since the womb, in the world, in nature mahsyar, to the eternal life, accompanied by the verses of al-Qur `an and hadith orderly arrangement with an impressive description.
In his book Mu `Risalatul awanah, Habib Abdullah asserted his message to Muslims to hold fast to the al-Qur` an and al-Hadith, including tasawwuf life that should not be separated from the al-Qur `an and al-Hadith, and also avoid something that deviates from the al-Qur `an and al-Hadith.
While the al-Mukatabat, he says, a Sufi must sift and purify all the deeds, sayings, and all the intentions and behavior of various impurities such as `riya, and everything that Allah dislikes. Besides humans must face God continually be born or thought by doing all obedience only to God and turn away from everything other than God Almighty.
In al-Fushulul Ilmiyyah, Habib Abdullah describes the point is to purify tawhid (belief) of the sources of Shirk, then grow a laudable as ascetic morality, sincerity, and good berperasangka against the Muslims as well as eliminating any vices such as love of the world, showing off `, and arrogant. Then carry out a real good deeds and avoid bad deeds. For a living either by way Wara `(distanced himself from everything haram, sin and sinners) and Qana` ah (celebrating something that has been earned).
Ratib al-Haddad
Besides writing, he also left a lot of prayers and dhikr dzkir-arrangement. Among the prayers and dhikr, dhikr which he collated, Ratib al-Haddad is the most famous in the Islamic ummah, especially in Indonesia. Ratib, he is flat on one night in the month of Ramadan 1071 AH
Ratib is structured to meet the demands of a student he called `Amir of Bani Sa` ad family who lived in the city Syibam (one of the city in the province of Hadhramaut). Destination `Amir Habib Abdullah asked to arrange this Ratib is, to conduct a wirid and dhikr in his village, so they can defend and save themselves from the cult when it was struck Hadhramaut.
Initially, Ratib is only readable in the village of `Amir himself, namely Syibam city after obtaining permission and a diploma from the al-Habib Abdullah bin Alwi al-Haddad. later, this Ratib started reading in the mosque of al-Hawi miik he located in Tarim city.
In habit, this Ratib read `Isha prayers in congregation after, and during Ramadan, Ratib was read before the` Isha prayer to fill the narrowness of time performing Tarawih, and this is the time it has ditartibkan al-Habib Abdullah bin Alwi Al-Haddad for areas that practice this Ratib. With the permission of God, which practice areas Ratib is safe and not affected any of these heresies.
After al-Habib Abdullah bin Alwi al-Haddad left for pilgrimage to Mecca, Ratib al-Haddad began to read in Mecca and Medina. al-Habib Ahmad bin Zain al-Ethiopia said, "Anyone who read the Ratib al-Haddad with conviction and sincerity, will undoubtedly get something beyond the expected."
Know that every verse, prayer, and the name of God mentioned in this Ratib learned from al-Qur `an and Hadith of the Prophet. Numbers readings made every prayer three times, because it is odd number (witir). All this is based on the instructions of al-Habib Abdullah bin Alwi al-Haddad own. He set-dhikr dhikr is a short and readable repeatedly, in order to facilitate readers. This short Dhikr if you always read istiqamah, hence greater than the length of dhikr, but not read in istiqamah.
Thus Habib Abdullah spent his age. He is studying and teaching, arriving `wah and modeling, until finally on Tuesday afternoon, seven Dzulqa` dah 1132 AH, returned to the Almighty, leaving many students, the works and a good name in the world. In the same city, he was buried in the cemetery Zanbal. May Allah give him a noble position of his hand and gave us a lot of benefits from the science-knowledge.
