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Abdullah al-Harari

Abdullah al-Harariyy
عبد الله الهرري
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Title al-Harariyy
Born 1910
Harar, Ethiopia
Died September 2, 2008 (2008-09-03) (aged 98)
Ethnicity Harari
Era 20th-21st century
Region Horn of Africa/Levant
Religion Islam
Denomination Sunni (Ash'ari)
Movement Qadiriyya Sufi
Main interest(s) Kalam, polemics, hadith
Notable work(s) Al-Ahbash

Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf Al-Harariyy (Arabic: عبد الله بن محمَّد بن يوسف بن عبد الله بن جامع الشَّيبي العبدري الهرري ‎‎) (b. 1910 – d. September 2, 2008) was a Harari muhaddith and scholar of Islamic jurisprudence. Living and teaching in Beirut, Lebanon, he is noted as the founder of Al-Ahbash.

Al-Harariyy was born in 1910 in Harar, Ethiopia.

In 1983, he founded Al-Ahbash, a Beirut-based organization also known as the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects (AICP). Al-Ahbash is a Sufi religious movement which claims to run its schools affiliated with Cairo's Al-Azhar University, a claim which has been denied by Al-Azhar. Due to the group's origins and activity in Lebanon, the Ahbash have been described as the "activist expression of Lebanese Sufism."

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.

In terms of tariqa, Al-Harariyy was affiliated with Qadiriyya orders in Jerusalem, Damascus and Beirut. He was also licensed as a Shaykh by Al-Azhar University's branch in Lebanon.

Al-Harariyy died of natural causes on September 2, 2008, aged 98.


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