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  "ar": "عمر بن حفيظ",
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  "ar": "معلم يمني (ولد 27 مايو 1963 في تريم بحضرموت) من طريقة آل باعلوي، مؤسس دار المصطفى بتريم، تصدّر قائمة الخمسمئة مسلم في طبعة 2024.",
  "en": "Yemeni teacher (born 27 May 1963 in Tarim, Hadhramaut) of the Ba 'Alawi tradition, founder of Dar al-Mustafa in Tarim, ranked first in The Muslim 500's 2024 edition."
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   "note": "Born in Tarim, Hadhramaut, Yemen; the English and Arabic articles pair 27 May 1963 with 4 Muharram 1383 AH, so the Hijri year is sourced, not derived.",
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    "value": "عمر بن محمد بن سالم بن حفيظ"
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    "value": "Umar bin Muhammad bin Salim bin Hafiz"
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    "value": "حبیب عمر بن محمد بن سالم بن حفیظ"
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    "value": "Habib Umar bin Hafiz"
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    "note": "The English article's religious infobox and its 'Religious views' passage give denomination Sunni, jurisprudence Shafi'i, creed Ash'ari and tariqa Ba 'Alawiyya, both resting on The Muslim 500 and so counting as one family; the Arabic infobox independently gives the same values — Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jama'a, the Ash'ari creed and the Shafi'i madhhab — a second attestation of the same configuration that recorded Zaid Shakir's school (a referenced infobox plus an independent naming). The Ash'ari creed has no compound value in the faith enum and is recorded in this note only. That his teacher Zain bin Sumait was a Shafi'i jurist is a teacher's school and was not used as evidence.",
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    "value": "sufi",
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    "note": "Membership of the Ba 'Alawi tradition is attested of him personally in text. The Arabic lead places him among those pointed to as foremost in the science of spiritual wayfaring (ilm al-suluk), 'especially in the Ba 'Alawi tariqa', citing a 1999 biographical work; the English text associates him with the Ba 'Alawiyya Sufi tradition and lists his occupation as Sufi scholar. Both articles also attest his own discipleship under Ba 'Alawi masters — his father Muhammad bin Salim bin Hafiz, Muhammad bin Abd-Allah al-Haddar of Ribat al-Bayda and Abdul Qadir bin Ahmad al-Saqqaf — so the segment rests on his documented discipleship and teaching, not on his family's standing in the tradition.",
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   "source": "English, Arabic and Urdu Wikipedia articles on Umar bin Hafiz and Wikidata item Q4678423, each fetched by its recorded revision id and read in full, the returned revision ids asserted equal to the recorded ones before any claim was drawn. The English article dates the founding of Dar al-Mustafa to 1993 and the Arabic article to 1414 AH (1994); the prose carries both.",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "ملخص",
     "markdown": "عمر بن محمد بن سالم بن حفيظ (ولد 27 مايو 1963، الموافق 4 محرم 1383هـ) معلم يمني من تريم بحضرموت ومؤسس دار المصطفى التي تستقطب طلابًا من أنحاء العالم الإسلامي.{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ar} وقد تصدّر قائمة الخمسمئة مسلم في طبعة 2024 وحلّ ثانيًا في طبعة 2025.{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الأسرة والشيوخ",
     "markdown": "ولد في تريم لأسرة آل باعلوي من السادة؛ كان والده محمد بن سالم بن حفيظ مفتي تريم، واختفى في عهد نظام اليمن الجنوبي في سبعينيات القرن العشرين ويُظن أنه قُتل.{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en} أخذ العلم عن والده، ثم عن محمد بن عبد الله الهدار في رباط البيضاء، وعن زين بن سميط، وإبراهيم بن عقيل بن يحيى مفتي تعز، وعبد القادر بن أحمد السقاف، وأحمد مشهور الحداد، وعن مشايخ في الحجاز منهم العطاس الحبشي.{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ar}{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en} وبدأ التدريس في الخامسة عشرة من عمره.{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "دار المصطفى",
     "markdown": "أسس دار المصطفى في تريم — تؤرخ المقالة الإنجليزية التأسيس بعام 1993 والمقالة العربية بعام 1414هـ الموافق 1994 — ويتولى عمادتها.{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en}{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المذهب والطريقة",
     "markdown": "تقرنه قائمة الخمسمئة مسلم، التي تستند إليها المقالة الإنجليزية، بالإسلام السني والمذهب الشافعي والعقيدة الأشعرية وطريقة آل باعلوي الصوفية، ويعطي صندوق المقالة العربية استقلالًا المذهب والعقيدة نفسيهما.{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en}{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ar} وتقدمه صدر المقالة العربية على أنه من المشار إليهم بالبنان في علم السلوك خاصة في طريقة آل باعلوي.{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "{{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en}} {{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ar}} {{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ur}} {{cite:wikidata-umar-bin-hafiz}}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Umar bin Hafiz (born 27 May 1963) is a Yemeni teacher of Tarim in Hadhramaut and the founder of Dar al-Mustafa, a seminary that draws students from across the Muslim world.{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en} The Muslim 500 ranked him first in its 2024 edition and second in its 2025 edition.{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Family and teachers",
     "markdown": "He was born in Tarim to the Ba 'Alawi family of sayyids; his father, Muhammad bin Salim bin Hafiz, was the mufti of Tarim and disappeared under the South Yemen regime in the 1970s, presumed killed.{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en} He studied with his father and then with Muhammad bin Abd-Allah al-Haddar at Ribat al-Bayda, with Zain bin Sumait, with Ibrahim bin Aqil bin Yahya, the mufti of Taiz, with Abdul Qadir bin Ahmad al-Saqqaf and Ahmed Mashur al-Haddad, and with teachers in the Hejaz including Attas al-Habashi.{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en}{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ar} He began teaching at the age of fifteen.{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Dar al-Mustafa",
     "markdown": "He founded Dar al-Mustafa in Tarim — the English article dates the founding to 1993, the Arabic article to 1414 AH, corresponding to 1994 — and heads it as its dean.{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en}{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "School and tradition",
     "markdown": "The Muslim 500, cited by the English article, associates him with Sunni Islam, the Shafi'i school of law, the Ash'ari creed and the Ba 'Alawiyya Sufi tradition, and the Arabic infobox independently gives the same school and creed.{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en}{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ar} The Arabic article's lead places him among the foremost in the science of spiritual wayfaring, especially in the Ba 'Alawi path.{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "References",
     "markdown": "{{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en}} {{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ar}} {{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ur}} {{cite:wikidata-umar-bin-hafiz}}"
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     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "عمر بن محمد بن سالم بن حفیظ (پیدائش 27 مئی 1963ء، مطابق 4 محرم 1383ھ) حضرموت کے شہر تریم کے یمنی معلم اور دار المصطفیٰ کے بانی ہیں۔{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ar} مسلم 500 فہرست نے انھیں 2024ء کی طباعت میں پہلے اور 2025ء کی طباعت میں دوسرے نمبر پر رکھا۔{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "خاندان اور اساتذہ",
     "markdown": "وہ تریم میں آل باعلوی سادات کے خاندان میں پیدا ہوئے؛ ان کے والد محمد بن سالم بن حفیظ تریم کے مفتی تھے اور 1970ء کی دہائی میں جنوبی یمن کی حکومت کے دور میں لاپتہ ہو گئے، جن کے قتل کا گمان ہے۔{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en} انھوں نے اپنے والد سے، پھر محمد بن عبد اللہ الہدار، زین بن سمیط، ابراہیم بن عقیل بن یحییٰ (مفتیِ تعز)، عبد القادر بن احمد السقاف اور احمد مشہور الحداد سے علم حاصل کیا۔{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ur}{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ar} وہ پندرہ سال کی عمر میں پڑھانا شروع کر چکے تھے۔{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "دار المصطفیٰ",
     "markdown": "انھوں نے تریم میں دار المصطفیٰ قائم کیا — انگریزی مقالہ اس کی تاسیس 1993ء اور عربی مقالہ 1414ھ (1994ء) بتاتا ہے — اور وہ اس کے عمید ہیں۔{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en}{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مذہب اور طریقہ",
     "markdown": "مسلم 500، جس پر انگریزی مقالہ مبنی ہے، انھیں اہلِ سنت، شافعی مذہب، اشعری عقیدے اور باعلوی صوفی طریقے سے منسوب کرتا ہے، اور عربی خانۂ معلومات بھی آزادی سے یہی مذہب و عقیدہ دیتا ہے۔{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en}{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ar} اردو مقالہ انھیں یمنی سنی عالم کہتا ہے۔{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ur}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حوالہ جات",
     "markdown": "{{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-en}} {{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ar}} {{cite:wikipedia-umar-bin-hafiz-ur}} {{cite:wikidata-umar-bin-hafiz}}"
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