‘Abdallah ibn ‘Alawi al-Haddad was a Yemeni Islamic scholar. He lived his entire life in the town of Tarim in Yemen’s Valley of Hadhramawt and died there in 1720 CE. He was an adherent to the Ash’ari Sunni Creed of Faith, while in Islamic jurisprudence, he was a Sunni Muslim of Shafi’i school.
Abdallah ibn Alawi al-Haddad Quotes
01. “Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light.”
― Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad
02. “You must know everything that God has forbidden you so as to be able to avoid it, for the one who does not recognize evil falls into it.”
― Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad
03. “Wer von wenig Wissen nicht profitiert, ist weit davon entfernt, von viel Wissen zu profitieren.”
― Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad
04. Someone who seeks to travel the path of Allah should begin with a sound repentance from all his sins.
― Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad
05. When the inward is good the outward is also inevitably so, for the outward always follows the inward, whether good or evil.
― Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad
06. Never break a Muslim’s heart by refusing what he offers you, when you know that anything that comes to you through him is in reality from Allah, and he is only His powerless and compelled means.
― Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad
