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Abdullah al-Harari

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'Abdullah al-Harari
عبد الله الهرري
Personal
Born1906 (1906)
Harar, Ethiopia
DiedSeptember 2, 2008 (2008-09-03) (aged 101)
ReligionIslam
Era20th-21st century
RegionHorn of Africa/Levant
DenominationSunni
SchoolShafi'i
CreedAsh'ari[1]
Main interest(s)Kalam, polemics, Hadith, Fiqh
Notable work(s)Sharh al-'Aqa'id al-Nasafiyya, Sharh al-'Aqida al-Tahawiyya
TariqaRifa'iyya
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Influenced
Websitewww.harariyy.org

'Abdullah al-Harari (Arabic: عبد الله الهرري) (1906) – September 2, 2008) was a Harari muhaddith[2] and scholar of Islamic jurisprudence. He lived and taught in Beirut, Lebanon.

History

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Al-Harariyy was born in 1906 in Harar, Ethiopia.[3]

In 1983, he founded Al-Ahbash, a Beirut-based organization also known as the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects (AICP).[4] Al-Ahbash is a Sufi religious movement.[5] Due to the group's origins and activity in Lebanon, the Ahbash have been described as the "activist expression of Lebanese Sufism."[6]

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.[7] He was also licensed as a Shaykh by Al-Azhar University's branch in Lebanon.[6][8]

Al-Harariyy died of natural causes on September 2, 2008, aged 102.[4]

Views

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Al Harariyy held controversial views regarding Muawiyah, Aisha, and others. He believed that they were wrong for rebelling against Rashidun Caliph Ali bin Abi Talib during the first fitna and he criticized them for it in his book, al-Dalil al-Sharʿi ʿala Ithbat man Qaatalahum ʿAli min Sahabi aw Tabiʿi, (The legal proof establishing the wrongdoings of the companions and successors whom Ali fought). This is a position that runs contrary to the orthodox Sunni view, which maintains neutrality in regard to disputes among companions.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Kabha, Mustafa; Erlich, Haggai (2006). "Al-Ahbash and Wahhabiyya: Interpretations of Islam". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 38 (4). United States: Cambridge University Press: 524. doi:10.1017/S0020743806412459. JSTOR 4129146. S2CID 55520804.
  2. ^ Górak-Sosnowska, Katarzyna (2011). Muslims in Poland and Eastern Europe: Widening the European Discourse on Islam. Warsaw, Poland: Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska. pp. 259–262. ISBN 978-83-903229-5-7.
  3. ^ al-Filasṭīnīyah, Muʼassasat al-Dirāsāt (1999). Journal of Palestine Studies. 29 (1): 113–116. doi:10.2307/2676445. JSTOR 2676445.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  4. ^ a b "Founder of Lebanon fundamentalist Sunni group dies". PR-Inside.com. September 2, 2008. Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved October 2, 2008.
  5. ^ Seddon, David (2004). A Political and Economic Dictionary of the Middle East (1st ed.). Routledge. p. 22. ISBN 978-1857432121.
  6. ^ a b Hamzeh, A. Nizar; Dekmejian, R. Hrair (1996). "A Sufi Response to Political Islamism: Al-Ahbash of Lebanon". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 28. Beirut: American University of Beirut: 217–229. doi:10.1017/S0020743800063145. S2CID 154765577. Retrieved April 10, 2009.
  7. ^ "The Official Site". AmmanMessage.com.
  8. ^ "Al Ahbash". World Almanac of Islamism. Archived from the original on November 13, 2010. Retrieved April 10, 2009.
  9. ^ "What do the Ahlus Sunnah say regarding Mu'āwiyah ibn Abī Sufyān?". 2011-12-07.
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