Habib Kazim al-Saqqaf

Habib Kazim bin Ja'far bin Muhammad al-Saqqaf hafidhahullah was born in Tarim, in the Hadramawt Valley of Yemen, into a family of sadat (descendants of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ). He memorized the Qur'an and received his education under many of the senior scholars of Tarim and the wider Hadramawt tradition. He is widely recognized as a highly respected scholar and an expert across multiple Islamic sciences, including Fiqh, Sira, 'Aqida, Usul al-Fiqh, and in particular Hadith and its related sciences. He previously served as the director of the Ribat of al-Shihr and then as the director of the Ribat of al-Mukalla', both established centers of traditional Islamic learning. He also serves on the Council for Legal Verdicts at Dar al-Mustafa in Tarim, one of the foremost institutions of traditional Islamic scholarship in the Hadramawt.