Imam Al-Habib Al Alawi Bin Abdullah Al-Haddad

He is Habib Alwi bin Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Alwi bin Ahmad bin Abu Bakr ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn al-Faqih Alwi Abdurrahman ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Khali Shahibu Marbath `Qasam bin Alwi bin Mohammed bin Ubaidillah Bin Alwi bin Ahmad bin Isa al-Muhajir ibn Muhammad ibn Ali al-Ja `far ibn Uraidhi al-Sadiq ibn Muhammad al-Baqir Zainal Abidin bin Ali bin al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib, the husband of Fatima az-Zahra bint Rasulillah SAW.

Constituent name Ratib al-Haddad is already familiar to the Muslim community of Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Pakistan and Islamic countries in the Middle East. He is known for his writings and wird wird-and dhikr, dhikr that the formulation of some four centuries ago, has been practiced by the Islamic society at large.
Habib Alwi bin Abdullah al-Haddad was born on 5 Shafar 1044 H, in a suburb called Subair Tarim. In the book Tastbitul Fuad mentioned that when he was born, one woman with a neighbor wrapped 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 wrap Habib Abdullah. Apparently, in the clothes that wrap Habib Abdullah, there is a large scorpion has stung Abdullah Habib body.
His father, Habib Alwi bin Muhammad was a descendant of the deeds of the righteous people. In his youth, he visited the residence of Habib Ahmad bin Muhammad al-`ib Ethiopia Shahibusy Syi to ask for prayer. Habib Ahmad said to him, ".. your children are my children too, they blessed God." At that Habib Alwi not understand the purpose of greeting Habib Ahmad. However, once married to Salma, a grandson of Habib Ahmad, he realized that prayer is a sign Habib Ahmad marriage.
As Habib Alwi, Salma is also a woman who shalihah of the descendants of people who are righteous as well. From his wife is Habib Alwi son or daughter gets a good and righteous too, among them Habib Abdullah.

Childhood Habib Abdullah
When Habib Abdullah, aged 4 years, he was stricken with smallpox so badly that blinded his eyes. However, this tragedy did not reduce the excitement in their studies. He managed to memorize al-Qur `an and master the various science of religion when he was a child. Apparently Allah is pleased with the vision to replace the birth of an inner vision, so the ability to memorize and power is very impressive understanding.
Since childhood, Habib Abdullah likes to worship and riyadhah. His passion is often made the grandmother and her parents feel not bear to see her son with disabilities perform a variety of worship and riyadhah. They advised Habib Abdullah to stop torturing him. In order to maintain feelings of both parents, Habib Abdullah also reduce the actual worship and riyadhah so he liked.
He grew up in the town of Tarim, these traces were not visible anymore cacarnya face. He was tall, broad-shouldered, white and authoritative. Said language is interesting, filled with pearls of knowledge and valuable advice.

Penchant Habib Abdullah
In Science And preach Demand
He was very fond of studying. His passion made him frequently to travel around to different cities (in Hadhramaut) to see the Righteous, studying and take blessings from them.
He studied with more than one hundred scholars, among them are:
1. al-Habib Umar bin Abdurrahman al-Aththas
2. Aqil al-Habib bin Abdurrahman al-Saqqaf
3. al-Shaykh Habib Abdurrahman bin Aidid
4. Habib al-Rahman bin Abu Bakr bin Syihabuddin
5. Sahl ibn al-Habib Ahmad al-Hadi Bahsin Ba Alawi
6. Muhammad ibn al-Habib Alwi al-Saqqaf
and much more.
From his teachers that he made many influential to pursue tasawwuf until he laid Ratib al-Haddad (wird wird-shield themselves, their families and possessions) are famous. And from these teachers with in-depth study of various Islamic sciences make it truly becomes a `pious man, mastering the intricacies of shari'ah` at and nature, have a high level of spirituality in tasawwuf to obtain the level of al-Qutb al-Ghauts, a preacher who delivered the teachings of Islam with a very impressive and as a prolific writer whose work remains to be exploited people to date.
Besides active in studying, Habib Abdullah also one preacher who likes to preach. Many of the claimants studied the science that came to him. Activeness in preaching makes Quthbid dubbed Da'wa wal Ershad.
Among his students were:
1. Habib al-Hasan bin Abdullah al-Haddad (his son)
2. Ahmad ibn al-Habib 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 Abdurrahman al-Saqqaf
6. Muhammad ibn al-Habib Umar bin Taha al-Shafi as-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 the town was asleep in his sleep, I always found him walking to the mosque. 'Friend, he recounts," One day I made a pilgrimage with him to the grave of Prophet Hud as God That night a scorpion sting, so I was awake all night. I observed he did not sleep that night, absorbed in prayer all night. When I asked him about it, he replied that there had been thirty years he did so. "
Although very fond of worship, he does not like to tell or show the charity, unless the circumstances are very pushy and he wants to be charitable shalihnya was exemplary. He said, "I deliberately did not show charity devotions, though" Thank God "I'm not worried exposed riya`, akantetapi as stated by the Prophet Joseph as, ".. I'm not absolve myself from blame, because passions are always invited to do evil."

Budi Pekerti Habib Abdullah
He did not like fame or splendor, and do not like to be praised. He said, "Many people make poems to praise me, I really want to prevent them, but I'm afraid not sincere in doing so, so I let them run riot. In this case I 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 poems of praise for him, "I do not mind with all this praise, which have been shed into the ocean to me Muhammad, because he is the source of virtue, and she who has the right to receive all the praise, so if after the death of his existing humans are to be commended, then indeed the compliment back to him. As for Satan, he is the source of all evil and baseness, therefore any criticism and denunciation of evil will is up to him, because it was Satan's first cause of ugliness and humiliation. "
He never relied on the creature and always suffice himself only to God Almighty. He said, "In everything I always suffice himself with the grace and gift of God, I always receive a living from the treasury of His generosity." He also said, "I've never seen anyone actually give other than Allah. If someone gave me something, goodness it did not raise my side position, because I thought it was just an intermediary person alone. "He was always sincere in worship and practice the knowledge they have.
Besides his busy worship, and preaching, he also maintains plantations and chicken, which of the plantation and the chicken he used to help the faqir poor, orphans, widows, the prosecution of science, and those who can not afford. Habib Abdullah also learn about agricultural science, and often times he sat with the farmers to teach agricultural sciences.

Abdullah Habib paper
Besides known as an expert in preaching, Habib Alwi bin Abdullah al-Haddad also known as a prolific writer. The beauty of the structure of language as well as pearls advice contained in his works, will demonstrate his expertise in a variety of religious knowledge. Not only the laity who reads and menggemarinya, akantetapi some scholars even make it as a handle in preaching.
Among them are:
1. an-ad-Diniyyah Nashaih
2. ad-Dakwatut Taammah Tadzkiratul wa `Aammah
3. Mu `Awaanah Risalatul muzhaharah wal wal Mu` azarah
4. al-Fushulul Ilmiyyah
5. Sabilu Iddikar
6. Risalatu Mudzkarah
7. Risalatu Sulukul Student Conduct
8. Kitaab Hikam
9. an-Nafaisul Uluwiyyah
10. Sail Ithafus Bijawabil Masail
In addition, there are sayings and teachings which was recorded by his students and his lover, among others:
1. al-Mukatabat (a collection of correspondence)
2. Ghayatul Qashad wal Murad by
3. Fuad Tatsbitul
Recognized by the Sufis, that there are height and beauty of spirituality are high on kesufian Habib Abdullah. Can be seen from his works is how cool and beautiful bertasawwuf. Tasawwuf for Habib Abdullah is worship, ascetic, moral, and dhikr, a way to foster and strengthen the independence towards God Almighty.
In one of his works called Sabilu Iddikar, Habib Abdullah explained about human life in the womb, in the world, in nature mahsyar, to the eternal life, accompanied by the verses of al-Qur'an and hadiths are arranged neatly with an impressive description.
In his book Mu `Risalatul Awaanah, Habib Abdullah affirmed 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, as well as avoiding something that deviates from the al-Qur `an and al-Hadith.
While the al-Mukatabat, he advised, a Sufi must filter and clear all the deeds, words, and all the intentions and behavior of various impurities in the form of riya ', and everything that Allah dislikes. Additionally man must turn to God continually be born and to do all the inner obedience only to God and turn away from everything other than Allah Almighty.
In al-Fushulul Ilmiyyah, Habib Abdullah describes the point is purifying Tawheed (belief) of the sources of Shirk, then grow as ascetic morality, sincerity, and berperasangka well against the Muslims and remove all the bad qualities such as love of the world, riya `, and haughty. Then carry out a real good deeds and stay away from bad deeds. For a living either by road wara `(keep away from everything unclean, the sin and immorality) and Qana` ah (celebrating something that has been earned).

Ratib al-Haddad
In addition to 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 among Muslims, especially in Indonesia. Ratib was one of his bunk at night in the month of Ramadan in 1071 H.
Ratib is structured to meet the request of one of his pupils named `Amir of the family of Bani Sa` ad Syibam living in cities (one city in the province of Hadhramaut). Objectives `Amir Abdullah Habib asked to compile this Ratib is, that held a wird and dhikr in his village, so they can defend and save themselves from false teaching that when it was struck Hadramout.
At first, this Ratib only be read in his hometown `Amir himself, namely the city Syibam after obtaining a license and certificate of Abdullah ibn al-Habib al-Haddad Alwi. later, this Ratib started reading in the mosque of al-Hawi miik he located in the city of Tarim.
In habit, this Ratib read in congregation after the `Isha prayer, and during Ramadan, Ratib was read before evening prayers' to fill the narrowness of the time performing Tarawih, and this is the time that has ditartibkan al-Habib Abdullah bin Al-Haddad Alwi for areas of practice this Ratib. With the permission of Allah, the practice areas Ratib is also safe and not affected from such heresy.
After al-Habib Abdullah bin al-Haddad Alwi depart pilgrimage, Ratib al-Haddad began to read in Mecca and Medina. Ahmad ibn al-Habib Zain al-Ethiopia said, "Anyone who reads the Ratib al-Haddad with confidence and sincerity, will undoubtedly get something out of his hunch."
Know that every verse, prayer, and the name of God mentioned in this Ratib plucked from al-Qur `an and Hadith the Holy Prophet. Numbers readings every prayer made three times, because it is an odd number (witr). All this according to the instructions of al-Habib Abdullah bin al-Haddad Alwi own. He set-dhikr dhikr are short and read many times, in order to facilitate readers. This short dhikr if always read committed and, then greater than the length of dhikr but not read istiqamah.
So Habib Abdullah spent his age. He is studying and teaching, arriving `wah and pointed out, until finally on Tuesday evening, 7 Dzulqa` dah 1132 H, back to the Almighty, leaving many students, work and name of the fragrance in the world. In that city also, he was buried in the cemetery Zanbal. May Allah give him place his noble side and gives us many benefits of science-science.