His first son was Zainal Abidin, the second son was Hasan who died in Tarim in 1188 AH, the third one was Salim, the fourth one was Muhammad, where his descendants are in Tarim, the fifth one was Alwi died in Mecca in 1153 AH and his descendants live in Tarim, and the last one was Husin who died in Tarim Tahun, in 1136 AH while his descendants live in Gujarat.He lived his entire life in the town of Tarim in Yemen s Valley of Hadramawt and died there in 1720 CE (1132 Hijri).He was an adherent to the Ashari Sunni Creed of Faith ( Aqeedah ), while in Islamic jurisprudence ( Fiqh ), he was a Shafii.
Their appeal lies in the concise way in which the essential pillars of Islamic belief, practice, and spirituality have been streamlined and explained efficiently enough for the modern reader. Examples of such works are The Book of Assistance, The Lives of Man, and Knowledge and Wisdom. His father was Alawi bin Muhammad al-Haddad, a pious man of taqwa, from the people of Allah. Imam al-Haddads paternal grandmother, Salma, was also known to be a woman of gnosis and sainthood. His maternal great-grandfather, Ahmad al-Habshi, met Imam al-Haddads father, prior to Imam al-Haddads father knowing Imam al-Haddads mother and he said to Imam al-Haddads father Your children are my children, and there is a blessing in them. ![]() The Sayyid, who lived in the ninth century of the Hijra, took to sitting at the ironsmiths shop in Tarim much of the time, hence he was called Ahmad al-Haddad (Ahmad the Ironsmith). This does not seem to have affected his personality or scholarship, in memorizing the whole Quran or even his look, as no scars remained on his face. In my childhood, he testifies, I was never treated like one who didnt see, neither in walking nor in playing. From a young age, he was trained as a religious scholar given to very intense worship and spiritual struggle as a child. He also chose the ascetic path, In the beginning, I spent a long period subsisting on coarse food and wearing rough clothes. In Ramadan 1061 A.H (1650 C.E.) while he was still at the age of 17, the Imam entered khalwa (spiritual seclusion), in a zawiyah of the Masjid al-Wujayrah mosque in Tarim. He would spend his time in khalwa during the day and then leave to be with his wife at night, at the home of his wifes family. At night, his servant would lead him to various mosques in Tarim where it is reported he would pray up to 700 Rakat per night. He was also known as the blacksmith of hearts ( Haddad al-Quloob ). A possible meaning for this would be that they would take a rusted or corroded piece of metal and transform it into a shiny well-formed piece of metal. During his life, the British were already accustomed to trade in Yemen, and the Portuguese had captured the island of Socotra, 350 km off the coast. Furthermore, his region of Hadramawt witnessed a simply ruinous period during his life. When Imam al-Haddad was twenty-five, Hadramawt was conquered by the Qasimi Zaydis of Upper Yemen. The Hadramis regained their freedom in 1715 CE; the Imam was eighty-one years of age. His grave is one of the main destinations many people visited when they do a religious tour to Hadhramaut.
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