Friday 3 February 2012
Maulidur Rasul 1433 / 2012
Habib Ali Zainal Abidin bin Abdurrahman Al Jufri was born Jeddah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia just before dawn on Friday 20 Safar 1391 / 16 April 1971, from parents who are both descendents of Syadina Hussein son of Syadina Ali r.a. & Syadatina Fatimah Azzahra bte Rasulullah SAW
Grew up in an educated environment, and became interested in Islamic sciences, studying under a number of scholars in the Hijaz and Hadhramaut, Egypt, Syria and other countries, and receiving their sole discretion. He is the holder of degrees in Islamic sciences
The founder and director-general of the nonprofit privately-funded Tabah Foundation for Islamic Studies in Abu Dhabi
He has strong connections with numerous centers & academies involved with international dialogue in religions & civilizations, including the Center for Faith & Culture at Yale University, the United States
"The function of religion means that faith is a lamp in our lives which illuminates the path for people. It is also a factor which pushes people towards this path. Religion has two fundamentals. The first one is connected to reason, a path of clarification through which religion clarifies to people the road their lives take and where they will return. The second fundamental is the creation of a motive within people to encourage them to act in conformity with the insight their intellect provides them with. Intellect addresses the heart, the soul and the ego which illustrate the motive for action and progress. It intellectually reveals to people their path in all aspects of their lives" - Habib Ali Al Jufri
He is also a contributor to A Common Word Between Us & You, an Islamic-Christian dialogue. He received the annual award of the Augen Biser Foundation in Germany for the year 2008 for his contribution to Islamic-Christian dialogue
He is a member of the board of Dar al Mustafa Seminary in Yemen, a member of the Royal Ahlul Bait Institute for Islamic Thought in Jordan & is also affiliated with various international Islamic organizations
In 2009, Habib Ali was listed was listed 37th in the world's 500 most influential Muslims by Georgetown University's The Prince Al Waleed Bin Talaal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan
Allahuma Solli Alla Syadina Muhammad Wa Alaa Alli Syadina Muhammad
credits: alhabibali.com/ google/ wikipedia/ various info
