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Seerah Lessons (3) — with English Translation
Habib Umar bin Hafiz teaches the third lesson in his series on the Prophetic biography, with English translation.
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Habib Umar bin Hafiz
Habib Umar bin Hafiz was born in 1963 in Tarim, Yemen, into the Ba'Alawi scholarly tradition as a sayyid, a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. He memorized the Qur'an from childhood and studied jurisprudence, Arabic, hadith and the spiritual sciences under his father's guidance, beginning to teach at age 15. He went on to train in Taiz and the Hejaz under prominent scholars including al-Habib Ahmed Mashur al-Haddad.
Upon returning to Tarim, he established Dar al-Mustafa, an Islamic seminary that has drawn students from around the world and produced teachers now active across the UK, US and Indonesia. He has been listed among The 500 Most Influential Muslims for over a decade, ranking first in 2024, and travels widely for lectures, interfaith dialogue and humanitarian work through the Al-Rafah Charitable Society, which he co-founded to address poverty and healthcare in Tarim.
“O Allah, honor us, and those present, and those listening, and all who are devoted to us for Your sake, with a full share of the secret of Your love and his [the Prophet's] love, Your gnosis and his gnosis, nearness to You and nearness to him, and Your affection and his affection.”Habib Umar bin Hafiz
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