The death of the great scholar Shaykh Abdullah Al-Harariyy

In the Name of Allah, the Merciful One
Brothers and Sisters

Allah said:

من المؤمنين رجال صدقوا ما عاهدوا الله عليه فمنهم من قضى نحبه ومنهم من ينتظر وما بدلوا تبديلا" Al-Ahzab 23.

It means: [There are among the believers men who were true to their covenant with Allah. Of them are men who died and others are waiting without changing their commitment to obeying Allah.]

We sadly announces the death of the great scholar of hadith and fiqh, the example of piety, humbleness and austerity, Shaykh Abdullah Ibn Muhammad Al-Harariyy, known as Al-Habashiyy. He departed this life in the dawn of Tuesday the 2nd of Ramadan 1429 H - September 2, 2008.

The departure of the righteous scholar Shaykh Abdullah Al-Harariyy is a great loss to the Muslims at large, to the scholars of Islam, the associations and organization who know the merits of knowledge and scholars, and the need for such a scholar at this hard time.

May Allah shower His Mercy upon you O our beloved guide. You are the one who personified piety, humbleness and austerity. You are the one who always advised us to hold on tightly to the straight Path defending it no matter how the waves of difficulties moved.

May Allah shower His Mercy upon you O our beloved guide. You are the one who taught people the Tawhid (distinguishing the Creator from the creation), the correct creed and the lawful and unlawful rulings of the Religion. You taught them how to invite people to the Religion of Allah with wisdom and good words. You showed us the way to truth and moderation.

May Allah shower His Mercy upon you the educator of generations. You are the one who taught us how to serve our own countries and seek their welfare.

You have been indeed the Shafi^iyy, Ash^ariyy, and Rifa^iyy of this century. We say this on behalf of all those who were edified under you and on behalf the objective people who tested men and found in you the example of the practicing scholars, piety of the forerunners, and austerity of the righteous.

May Allah shower His mercy on you O our Imam, Shaykh and Guide.

May Allah grant you His vast Paradise along with the prophets, upright, and martyrs.

To the students and lovers of Shaykh Abdullah Al-Harariyy all over Earth, We ask Allah to grant you patience and to guide you to the good deeds. We ask Allah to facilitate for you to benefit from the legacy of Shaykh Abdullah: books and advices. These are a wealth of knowledge and ethics.
We ask Allah to raise the rank of our dear shaykh and to give the vast Pardise as the everlasting abode of bliss.

To Allah we belong and to Him we return.



Sheikh Abdullah Al-Habashi, Al-Ashaari Al-Rifai
(or Al-Habachi or AlHabashi and AlHabachi)
Shaykh Abdullah al-Harariyy, whose lineage is from the same honorable Arab tribe as the Prophet, the tribe of Quraysh. With diligence and great devotion, peacefully and in sincerity, Shaykh Abdullah spreads the correct knowledge from Prophet Muhammad, the Prophet’s companions, and the generations of Muslims after them.

Shaykh Abdullah started acquiring the Religious knowledge at a very young age. He memorized the Qur’an by heart and with tartil (reading correctly with tajwid rules) when he was only seven years old. He is a renowned Scholar of Tawhid, Fiqh, and the Hadith. He learned and mastered many fields of knowledge. These include: the Shafiiyy Fiqh (Rules of the Religion according to the school of Imam ash-Shafiiyy), its Usul (the Science of Inferring Rules and Judgments), Nahw (Arabic and Grammar), the Sciences of the Arabic language, Tafsir (Science of Explanation of the Qur’an), Tajwid (the proper recitation of the Qur’an), including the fourteen Qira’at (ways of reciting Qur’an), among others. He is a Scholar of Hadith (Muhaddith) and of its sciences. He is also an authority in the Fiqh and Usul of the other three madhhabs: Malikiyy, Hanbaliyy, and Hanafiyy.

Shaykh Abdullah narrates the hadith with continuous chains of narration linked all the way to Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
Shaykh Abdullah’s primary goal was to spread the truth of Islam, by teaching the correct belief of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaah, and he worked with tenacious determination to reach his goal. His students have spread through more than forty (40) countries, across six (6) continents. He continues to support the Muslims in acquiring the knowledge and in fighting the deviant factions who attempt to spread misguidance in the name of Islam.