Habib Ali bin Abu Bakr – Divinecaravan

The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “Prophets do not leave behind dinar or dirham, but they leave behind religious knowledge, so whoever takes it has taken a great share.”

Habib Ali bin Abu Bakr ibn Shaykh Abu Bakr bin Salim, better known as Habib Ali Bakr, was born on 7 March 1963 in the blessed land of Hadramawt. Habib Ali Bakr had sought Sacred Knowledge in many places, including Inaat, Tarim, Seiyun, Baidoh, Shihr and Jeddah, from the foremost scholars of our time. His teachers include: the great scholar and Chief Mufti of Tarim, Al-Habib Ali Masyhur bin Muhammad bin Salim bin Hafiz (the elder brother of Habib Umar bin Hafiz); Al-Habib Umar bin Hafiz; Al-Habib Umar bin Alawi Al-Kaff; Qutb az-Zaman Al-Habib Abdul Qadir bin Ahmad Al-Seggaf, Al-Habib Ali bin Hasan bin Ismail Al-Hamid; Al-Habib Hassan bin Abdullah Ash-Shatiriy and his brother, Sultan al-Ulama’ Al-Habib Salim bin Abdullah Ash-Shatiriy; Al-Habib Abu Bakr Al-Adniy bin Ali Al-Masyhur; Ash-Shaykh Abdul Qawiy Ba’Fadhal, Al-Mufti Ash-Shaykh Fadhl bin Abdul Rahman BaFadhal; Ash-Shaykh Muhammad bin Ali Al-Khatib; and other esteemed scholars.

Habib Ali Bakr currently serves the ummah, amongst other things, as Head of Majlis Al-Muwasolah Bayna Ulama’, and Principle of Ma’had Al-Yusra, Tarim, Hadramawt, Yemen, an institution specialising in teaching the Noble Qur’an, the Islamic Sciences, and the Arabic Language.

Habib Ali Bakr also travels extensively within the Arab world to: Saudi Arabia; Oman; Egypt; and Syria, and East Asia to: Singapore; Malaysia; Indonesia; Brunei; Thailand; China and Hong Kong calling the people of these lands to Allah, promoting unity amongst Muslims, and spreading goodness in each of these lands.