Alwi Thahir al-Haddad | |
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| سيد علوي طاهر الحداد | |
| Born | Alwi bin Thahir al-Haddad (1884-08-07)August 7, 1884 |
| Died | November 14, 1962(1962-11-14) (aged 78) |
| Resting place | Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum |
| Citizenship | Malaysia |
| Occupation(s) | Islamic scholar,teacher |
| Known for |
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| Notable work | preaching, author |
| Title | Habib |
| Children | 16 |
| Father | Thahir |
Alwi bin Thahir al-Haddad (Arabic:علوي بن طاهر الحداد,romanized: ʻAlwī bin Ṭāhir al-Ḥaddād,Arabic pronunciation:[ʕlwieːbintˤ:hiral-ħɐddɐd]; 14Shawwal 1301 AH – 1382H or August 6, 1884 CE – November 14, 1962 CE) was an Islamic scholar known as theMufti ofJohor in twentieth century and also the co-founder ofJamiat Kheir andAl-Rabithah al-Alawiyyah foundations inBatavia during colonialDutch East Indies.
ʻAlwī bin Ṭāhir al-Ḥaddād was born inQaydun,Hadhramaut,Yemen on August 7, 1884 CE ( 14Shawwal 1301 AH). His surnameal-Ḥaddād is one of the family names inBa'Alawi sadah. The first Ba'Alawi to acquire the name al-Haddad (The Ironsmith) was Sayyid Ahmad, son of Abu Bakr. This sayyid, who lived in the ninth century of the Hijra (15th century inGregorian calendar) was an'alim who used to spend much of his time sitting at an ironsmith's shop in Tarim. There was another Sayyid with the name Ahmad which was well known at the time. To distinguish between Sayyid Ahmad bin Abubakar and the other Ahmad, people started addingal-Haddad to Sayyid Ahmad bin Abubakr. Since then his descendants continued to usesurnameal-Haddad.[1]
The family lineage of ʻAlwi bin Ṭāhir is as follows: ʻAlwi bin Ṭāhir bin ʻAbdullah bin Taha ʻAbdullah bin Omar bin ʻAbdullah bin ʻAlwi bin Muhammad bin ʻAlwi bin Ahmad bin Abi Bakr Abu Thahir. Thahir is aSayyid ofBa'Alawi sadah with his family lineage traces back to Ali ibn Abi Talib andFatimah.[2] He had sons who later moved to the southern part of theArabian Peninsula, among them were Thahir and Hamid.
ʻAlwī bin Ṭāhir al-Ḥaddād died on November 14, 1962, and was buried at theMahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum inJohor Bahru.
ʻAlwi had childhood dream of becoming scholar. This was supported by the intelligence and determination in his studies. He liked to approach many Islamic scholars during his youth time. Some of his teachers in Hadhramaut were Habib Ahmad bin al-Hasan al-Attas al-Alawi, Habib Thahir bin Umar al-Haddad, Habib Muhammad bin Thahir al-Haddad, al-Mu’ammar Sirajuddin Umar bin Othman bin Muhammad Ba-Othman al-'Amudi al-Shiddiqi al-Bakri. He studiedHadiths from Sayyid 'Abdur Rahman bin Sulaiman al-Ahdal. He also studied to his relatives, such as his uncle Habib Abdullah bin Tāha al-Ḥaddād, and also to Habib Ṭāhir bin Abi Bakri al-Ḥaddād.[2]
ʻAlwi finished reading theIhya Ulum ad-Din (The Revival of Religious Sciences) of Imamal-Ghazali while he was still 12 years old. In the age of 17 years he had started teaching, and started teaching from serious and high caliber textbooks when he was just only 20 years old. The areas of his teachings includingTafsir,Hadith,Fiqh,Usul al-fiqh,History,Astronomy,Nahwu,Sharaf, Balaghah (ArabicRhetoric),Philosophy andTasawwuf.
Habib ʻAlwi is also known as the scholar in the history ofAlawiyyin.[2]
During his life, ʻAlwi traveled to various places away from his hometown, such as toSomalia,Kenya,Mecca,Dutch East Indies,Malaysia and others. In countries he stopped by, he always spent time to preach and teach. In Batavia, Habib ʻAlwi taught at MadrasahJamiat Kheir. In fact, he was also the co-founder as well as the first vice principal of the school.
In addition, he also taught inBogor and other places inJava. Everytime he taught, it was always crowded. Some of popular figures learned from him were Sayyid ʻAlwi bin Sheikh Bilfaqih al-Alawi, Sayyid ʻAlwi bin Abbas al-Maliki, Sayyid Salim bin Ali al-Jindan, Sayyid Abu Bakar al-Habshi, Sayyid Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Haddad, Sayyid Abdullah bin Abdul Qadir Bilfaqih, Sayyid Husein bin Abdullah bin Husein al-Attas, Sayyid Hasan Muhammad al-Masyath al-Makki and Abdullah bin Nuh.
The Sultanate of Johor Bahru in Malaysia chose him to serve as mufti from 1934 to 1941, first as the third mufti of the Johor government to replace the preceding Mufti of Johor,DatukSayyid Abdul Qadir bin Mohsen al-Attas.[2] and from 1947 to 1961 to replace the fifth mufti,Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunus. During his position as Mufti, ʻAlwi issued 12000fatwas.[3] He also wrote several books, among them are: