Muhammad al-Faqih al-Muqaddam

Muhammad ibn Ali
al-Faqih Muqaddam
محمّد الفقيه المقدم
محمد
Born
Muhammad

574 H / 1178 CE
Died653/1255
Tarim
Resting placeZanbal, Hadhramaut
NationalityYemenite
CitizenshipYemeni
Occupation(s)Islamic scholar, Sufi
Known forFounder of
Ba 'Alawiyya sufi order
TitleImam
SpouseZaynab bint Ahmad ibn Muhammad Sahib al-Mirbat
Children
  • Alawi al-Ghayur
  • Ali
  • Ahmad
  • Abd Allah
  • Abd al-Rahman
ParentAli (father)

Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī Bā ʿAlawī (Arabic: محمد بن علي باعلوي) commonly known as al-Faqīh al-Muqaddam (Arabic: الفقيه المقدم), Arabic pronunciation: [muˈħammɑd al-faˈqiːh al-ˈmuqaddam]; 574 H - 653 H or 1178 CE - 1232 CE) is known as the founder of Ba 'Alawiyya Sufi order[1] which has influenced Sufism in Yemen, Pakistan, India and Southeast Asia. He is the only son of Ali son of Muhammad Sahib al-Mirbath whom all 75 families of Ba 'Alawi sada that spread out from Yemen to Southeast Asia are rooted.[2]

  1. ^ Walter Dostal, Wolfgang Kraus (Jul 8, 2005). Shattering Tradition: Custom, Law and the Individual in the Muslim Mediterranean. I.B.Tauris. p. 238.
  2. ^ Nasab Ahlul-Bait Nabi dari Keluarga Alawiyyin Archived 2012-12-12 at the Wayback Machine