Abdullah al-Harari

'Abdullah al-Harari (1906 – September 2, 2008) was an Ethiopian muhaddith and scholar of Islamic jurisprudence. He lived and taught in Beirut, Lebanon.

History Al-Harariyy was born in 1906 in Harar, Ethiopia.

In 1983, he founded Al-Ahbash, a Beirut-based organization also known as the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects (AICP). Al-Ahbash is a Sufi religious movement. Due to the group's origins and activity in Lebanon, the Ahbash have been described as the "activist expression of Lebanese Sufism."

Al-Harariyy was one of the Ulama signatories of the Amman Message. Issued in 2004, the statement gives a broad foundation for defining Muslim orthodoxy. He was also licensed as a Shaykh by Al-Azhar University's branch in Lebanon.

Al-Harariyy died of natural causes on September 2, 2008, aged 102.