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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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