He was one of the Syaikhul Islam, an initiator and a main leader in the path of dakwah and education, from a descendant of an honourable Sayyid, Abdullah bin Alawi Alhaddad, Al-Alawi, Al-Husaini, Al-Hadhrami, Asy-Syafi’i, an Imam who was in his era, was a preacher to Allah’s path, struggled in disseminating the holy religion with his words and pens, and a centre of reference for the knowledge seekers.

The honourable Habib was born in one of the village in Tarim which is one of the state in the well known Hadhramaut, in the night of 5th of Safar 1044H, in Yaman. He was brought up in that village which is popularly known to be a centre of inhabitants of Asyraaf (Sayyid descendant) tribe from descendant of Sayyidina Hussain bin Ali bin Abi Thalib (May Allah be pleased with all of them!). It was here that he received his education on Al-Quran Al-Kareem and memorize it.

During his childhood, he was infected with smallpox (which vaccine was not in existence during that time) that had taken away his sight. However, The Most Merciful Allah Taala had replaced the visible sightness with the indispensible sight of the heart. He continued to quest for the islamic knowledge and studied them as deep as possible until he became one who was expert in many aspects of the religion. At the same time, he was the one who always maintain the closeness to the many renowned mu’alims at that time until Allah Ta’ala bestowed him with an amazing good memory and an exceptional insight.

He was very steadfast in performing his ibadah and zest for knowledge. This had been his way of life since his teenagehood through to his elderlyhood. The knowledge attained was then delivered actively to his students and his fans, all were done with the only intention that is to bring them to the right path of Allah Ta’ala. These had attract a lot of knowledge seekers from everywhere to meet and studied with him which contributed to the widespread of his scholarly insight and hence his barakah. He was also a frequent traveller to many places for the sake of seeking knowledge, conveying it to others and for the sake of dakwah.

He was also a talented poet. Whenever his poem was recited, always it was the one that was fascinating. He was also a poetic writer. His writings was of uniquely touching and heart-catching. Whenever he was preaching, people would always attracted to listen to and whenever he was debating, he was always the winner.

He was renowed to has a clarified analogy in his writings, firm in his comprehension, deep in his debate, meticulous in his adaptation, has every clarity in his hujjah, enchanted clarification and has a broad spectrum of interpretation. He always use verses in AlQuran Al-Kareem, Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) traditions (Ahadith) and words from previous scholars in order to strenghten his points, to uproot any distraction and wahn from oneself, and to rectify any negative insight, until there was no question was left unanswered. All of these could be obtained by the many of his books namely An-Nashaaih Ad-Dinniyyah (Religious Advice and Faith Will), Ad-Da’wah At-Tammah, Al-Mudzakarah Ma’al Ikhwan Wal Muhibbin, Al-Fushuul Al-Ilmiah and Ittihaafus-Saail Bi Ajwibatil Musaail and in his famous diwan (collection of poems).

Imam Al-Haddad (May ALlah be pleased with him!) returned to his Al-Khaliq (the Sole Creator) on the Tuesday, 7th of Dzul-Qa’idah 1132Hijriah, and was buried at Zanbal Graveyard, Tarim. May Allah reward him multiply.

“One of the interesting stories about Imam AL-Hadad that was conveyed to me by Sheikh Muhammad Fauzi Al-Hadhrami was that Imam Al-Hadad had always prayed to Allah Taala to give him the opportunity to implement all (100%) of the sunnahs of Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him!) in himself, but as he became older, his head became older too in such away that he was bald which was in contrast to the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him!) and hence his wish cannot be fulfilled. However, Allah Taala The Most Merciful and The Most Omnipotent, had fulfilled his wish in such a way that Imam Al-Hadad did not die in baldness but with hair of the same length as the Prophet’s (peace and blessing be upon him!) which appeared during the ghusul of the mayyit. MasyaAllah!”