Abu Bakr bin Ali bin Muhammad Kharid was a Ba Alawi scholar of Tarim. Al-Mashra al-Rawi describes him as known by the epithet al-Allam and places him in the Kharid family line descending through al-Faqih al-Muqaddam.
Born and raised in Tarim, he studied jurisprudence with local scholars and kept company with Ahmad bin Alawi Bahdab and Husayn bin Abdullah al-Aydarus. The biography says that he undertook spiritual discipline, received the khirqa and authorisation from senior teachers, and later taught after the evening prayer in Masjid Bani Alawi. Numerous students attended his lessons.
The traditional biography records high praise for his spiritual standing, including a statement attributed to Abdullah bin Ahmad al-Aydarus concerning his intercession for people of his time. This is preserved as attributed devotional testimony rather than as an independently established historical claim.
Abu Bakr died in Tarim in 1007 AH and was buried in Zanbal Cemetery.
Lineage and source note
Primary source: Al-Mashra al-Rawi fi Manaqib al-Sada al-Kiram Al Abi Alawi, volume 2, biography of Abu Bakr bin Ali bin Muhammad Kharid. It records his Tarim upbringing, teachers, spiritual training, teaching activity, attributed devotional praise, death in 1007 AH and burial at Zanbal.