Ba 'Alawi sada

Alawiyyin family

Ethnicity	Arab
Current region	Brunei, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia , archipel of comores
Place of origin	Hadhramaut
Members	Clan: al-Aydarus, al-Attas, al-Basakut, al-Saqqaf, Shahab, al-Haddad, al-Habshi, al-Hamid, al-Khirid, Syeikh Abu Bakar, al-Qadri, al-Haddar, al-Jufri
Connected families	Ar-Rayyan

The Ba 'Alawi sadah or Sadah Ba 'Alawi (Arabic: السادة آل باعلوي‎, translit. al-sādatu al-bā'alawiy) are a group of Hadhrami Sayyid families and social group originating in Hadhramaut in the southwest corner of the Arabian Peninsula. They trace their lineage to al-Imam Ahmad al-Muhajir bin Isa ar-Rumi, a descendant of al-Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq born in 260H, who emigrated from Basra to Hadhramaut^[1] in 320H to avoid sectarian violence, including the invasion of the Qaramite forces into the Abbasid Caliphate. The families are descendants of Muhammad the prophet of Islam.

The origin

The word Sadah or Sadat (Arabic: سادة‎) is a plural form of word Arabic: سيد‎ (Sayyid), while the word Ba 'Alawi or Bani 'Alawi means descendants of Alwi (Bā is a Hadhramaut dialect form of Bani). In sum, Ba'alawi are Sayyids people who have a blood descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through Alawi bin Ubaidullah bin Ahmad al-Muhajir. Meanwhile, Alawiyyin (Arabic: العلويّن‎; al-`alawiyyin) Sayyid term is used to describe descendants of Ali bin Abi Thalib from Husain ibn Ali (Sayyids) and Hasan ibn Ali (Sharifs). All people of Ba 'Alawi are Alawiyyin Sayyids through Husain ibn Ali, but not all people of Alawiyyin family are of Ba 'Alawi.

The Ba 'Alawi tariqa is a sufi order founded by one of Ahmad al-Muhajir's descendant, Muhammad al-Faqih Muqaddam and named after and closely tied to the Ba 'Alawi family.

Imam al-Muhajir's grandson Alawi was the first Sayyid to be born in Hadhramaut, and the only one of Imam al-Muhajir's descendants to produce a continued line; the lineages of Imam al-Muhajir's other grandsons, Basri and Jadid, were cut off after several generations. Accordingly, Imam Al-Muhajir's descendants in Hadhramaut hold the name Bā 'Alawi ("descendants of Alawi").

The Ba 'Alawi Sadah have since been living in Hadhramaut in Southern Yemen, maintaining the Sunni Creed in the fiqh school of Shafii. In the beginning, a descendant of Imam Ahmad Muhajir who became scholar in Islamic studies was called Imam, then Sheikh, but later called Habib.

It was only since 1700 AD they began to migrate in large numbers out of Hadhramaut across all over the globe, often to practice da'wah (Islamic missionary work).^[2] Among their areas of destination include northern states of Western India of like Ahmadabad and Surat in Gujarat, also the Malabar coasts. Their travels had also brought them to the Southeast Asia. These hadhrami immigrants blended with their local societies unusual in the history of diasporas. For example, the House of Jamalullail of Perlis is descended from the Ba 'Alawi. Habib Salih of Lamu, Kenya was also descended from the Ba 'Alawi. In Indonesia, quite a few of these immigrants married local women, sometimes women of nobility or even royal families, and their descendants then became sultans or kings, such as as in Sultanate of Pontianak or in Sultanate of Siak Indrapura.^[3]

People

Some other prominent figures from this family are:

• Abd Al-Rahman Ali al-Jufri, a Yemeni opposition politician
• Abdulaziz al-Saqqaf, a Yemeni human-rights activist, economist, and journalist
• Abdul-Wasa al-Saqqaf, a Yemeni writer, poet, researcher, analyst and translator
• Abu Bakar bin Taha al-Saqqaf, a well-known Islamic educator in Singapore
• Ahmad al-Aỳdarūs, a Major General and Commander-in-Chief of Hyderabat State Army
• Ali Alatas, former Foreign Minister of Indonesia
• Ali al-Habshi, an Omani professional footballer
• Dr. Alwi Shihab, Ph.D, Special Envoy of Indonesia to Middle-East
• Fadel Muhammad al-Haddar, former minister of maritime affairs and fisheries of Indonesia
• Habib Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad, a sufi saint
• Habib Abu Bakr al-Aydarus, a sufi saint
• Habib Abdoe'r Rahman al-Zahir, a muslim leader during Aceh War
• Habib Umar bin Hafiz al-Shāīkh ābū Bakr, an Islamic scholar, a cleric and founder of Darul Mustafa Seminary
• Habib Ali Al-Jufri, a cleric and scholar in UAE
• Habib Ali al-Habshi of Kwitang, a preacher and cleric in Jakarta
• Habib Alwi bin Thohir al-Haddad, Mufti of Johor
• Habib Munzir al-Musawa, islamic cleric
• Habib Nuh bin Muhammad al-Habshi, a famous cleric in Singapore
• Habib Salih bin Alawi Jamalullail, religious scholar in Lamu, Kenya
• Habib Usman bin Yahya, Mufti of Batavia
• Haddad Alwi al-Saqqaf, an Indonesian nasheed singer.
• Huda al-Attas, Yemeni journalist and author
• Jai al-Attas, co-founder and co-owner of Australian independent label Below Par Records
• Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, former prime minister of Yemen
• Dr. Haidar Bagir al-Habshi, a scholar, founder and CEO of Mizan Publishing Company
• Mashhur bin Muhammad Shahab, a Malaysian Warrior
• Dr. Muhammad Rizieq Shihab, founder of FPI
• Dr. Quraish Shihab, former Minister of Religious Affars of Indonesia
• Raden Saleh bin Yahya, a famous painter in Dutch Indies
• Sunan Ampel Aẓamāt Khān, Sufi saint and famous preacher in Java
• Sunan Gresik Azmatkhan, Sufi saint and famous preacher in Java
• Sunan Bonang Aẓamāt Khān, Sufi saint and famous preacher in Java
• Sunan Gunung Jati Aẓamāt Khān, Sufi saint and famous preacher in Java
• Sayyid Abdullah Aỳdarūs, religious leader
• Syed Sheikh Hassan Barakbah, a prominent judge in Malaysia
• Syed Hamid al-Bar, politician and former Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs
• Syed Haroon Putra ibni Syed Hassan Jamalullail, a Sultan of Perlis State in Malaysia
• Syed Hussein Alatas, a Malaysian academician, sociologist, founder of social science organisations
• Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, Muslim scholar
• Syed Hussein al-Alatas, Malaysian academician, sociologist and politician and the older brother of Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
• Syed Mohamed al-Saqqaf, a Singaporean merchant
• Syed Mohamed Syed Ahmad al-Saqqaf, major-general of Singapore military
• Syed Farid al-Attas, Malaysian sociologist and the son of Syed Hussein Alatas
• Syarif Kasim II Banahsan, Sultan of Siak Indrapura in Sumatra
• Syed Ar-Rayyan bin Syed Abu Bakar Al Yaman, Arab-Malay Bruneian conglomerate
  • Syed Azhar Ar-Rayyan, Malay-born in North Yemen Republic and a South Korean neurosurgeon in one of Seoul university hospital
  • Syed Uzair Ar-Rayyan, investor specifically in hotels and accommodations, personal financial advisor in several countries such as South Korea and Vietnam
    • Sayyidah Aisyah binti Syed Uzair Ar-Rayyan
  • Syed Rayyan Ar-Rayyan
  • Syed Ezizi Rayyan Ar-Rayyan
  • Syed Afifi Rayyan Ar-Rayyan, the youngest son of Syed Ar-Rayyan
• Syed Ja'afari bin Syed Mashor, the father-in-law of Princess Majeedah Bolkiah of Brunei and father of Khairul Khalil

List of Families

Some of the family names are as follows:^[4][5]

The Family Names of Ba'Alawi Latin Arabic Aṭṭās, al- العطّاس Aỳdarūs, al- العيدروس ʻAydīd, al- آل عيديد Bā ʻaqīl باعقيل Bā ʻabūd باعبود Bār, al- البار Bā Surrah باصره Bayḍ, al- البيض Bilfaqīh بلفقيه Fadʻaq فدعق Ḥabshī, al- الحبشي Ḥaddād, al- الحدّاد Haddār, al- الهدار Hādī, al- الهادي Ḥāmid, al- الحامد

The Family Names of Ba'Alawi (cont.) Latin Arabic Jamalullaīl جمل الليل Jufrī, al- الجفري Junaīd, al- الجنيد Kāf, al- الكاف Khanīmān خنيمان Maṣhoor, al- المشهور Muḥdhār, al- المحضار Musāwá, al- المساوى Muṭahar مطهر Saqqāf, al- السقاف Shihāb Uddīn, al- آل شهاب الدين Shāṭirī, al- الشاطري Shāīkh ābū Bakr, al- آل الشيخ أبو بكر Sumaith, bin بن سميط Yaḥyá, bin ابن يحيى

The Family Names of Ba'Alawi (cont.) Latin Arabic Aʻyun, al- الأعين Aẓamāt Khān عظمات خان Bā Hāshim, al- باهاشم Bā Rūm, al- الباروم Bā Sakūt, al- البا سكوتا Bā Hāroon Jamalullaīl باهارون جمل الليل Bā Raqbah بارقبة Bin Hāroon بن هارون Bin Hāshim بن هاشم Bin Shahel, al- آل بن سهل Bin Jindan بن جندان Hindūān, al- الهندوان Ḥiyyed, al- الحييد Ibrāhīm, al- الإبراهيم Jadīd جديد Khirid, al- الخرد Nadhiry, al ال النضيري

The Family Names of Ba'Alawi (cont.) Latin Arabic ʻAdanī, al- العدنى Bā ʻAlawī باعلوي Bā Faraj بافرج Bā Nahsan بانحسن Bā Shaibān باشيبان Ba ʻUmar باعمر Abū Fuṭaīm ابو فطيم Madaīḥij, al- المديحج Maulá Kháilah مولى خيلة Maulá Dawīlah مولى الدويلة Munawwar, al- المنور Qadrī, al- القدرى Ṣāfiy, al- الصافي Ṣāfiy al-Jufrī, al- الصافى الجفرى Ṣāfiy Al-Saqqāf, al- الصافى السقاف Zāhir, al- الزاهر

See also

• Alavi (surname)
• Al-Rabithah al-Alawiyyah
• Descendants of Ali ibn Abi Talib
• Hadhrami people
• Sayyid
• Sharif

References

1. Anne K. Bang, Sufis and Scholars of the Sea: Family Networks in East Africa, 1860-1925, Routledge, 2003, pg 12
2. Ibrahim, Ahmad, Sharon Siddique, Yasmin Hussain, ed. (December 31, 1985). Readings on Islam in Southeast Asia. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 407. ISBN 978-9971988081.
3. Ulrike Freitag, William G. Clarence-Smith, eds. (1997). Hadhrami Traders, Scholars and Statesmen in the Indian Ocean, 1750s to 1960s 57 (illustrated ed.). BRILL. p. 9. ISBN 978-9-004107717.
4. "أنسآب السادة العلويين آل باعلوي". Shabwaah Press. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
5. "Gelar Keluarga Alawiyyin Habaib" (in Indonesian). Retrieved September 11, 2014.

Further reading

• Dostal, Walter. The Saints of Hadramawt..
• Dostal, Walter; Wolfgang Kraus, eds. (2005). Shattering Tradition: Custom, Law and the Individual in the Muslim Mediterranean (print). New York: I.B. Tauris. pp. 233–253.
• Manger, Leif, O (2010). The Hadrami Diaspora: Community-Building on the Indian Ocean Rim. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-84545-742-6.
• Azra, Azyumardi (1994). The transmission of Islamic reformism to Indonesia : networks of Middle Eastern and Malay-Indonesian 'Ulama' in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (Ph.D dissertation, 1992). Ann Arbor, Mich: U.M.I.

External links

• Ba`alawi.com Ba'alawi.com | The Definitive Resource for Islam and the Alawiyyen Ancestry.
• Saada Ba Alawi of East Africa Facebook page