Alawi bin Husayn al-Aydarus was a Ba Alawi scholar born in Tarim in 1000 AH. Al-Mashra al-Rawi records that he memorised the Quran, studied the religious sciences and pursued jurisprudence especially closely with Abd al-Rahman bin Alawi Bafaqih. He later travelled to the Hijaz and settled in Mecca, where he continued his studies with scholars including Umar bin Abd al-Rahim and Muhammad bin Umar al-Habashi.
The source presents Alawi as a teacher who combined study of the religious sciences with a disciplined personal life. It also records that students and companions gathered around him in Mecca.
Alawi bin Husayn al-Aydarus died in 1055 AH and was buried in al-Ma’la Cemetery in Mecca. A later historical compilation independently identifies him as a Tarim-born scholar of the al-Aydarus family, gives his birth as 1000 AH, records his study in the Hijaz and gives the same death year.
Lineage and source note
Primary source: Al-Mashra al-Rawi fi Manaqib al-Sada al-Kiram Al Abi Alawi, volume 2, biography of Alawi bin Husayn al-Aydarus. A later historical compilation preserves the coherent full lineage as Alawi bin Husayn bin Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Husayn bin Abdullah al-Aydarus. Both sources agree on his Tarim origin, birth in 1000 AH, study in the Hijaz and death in 1055 AH.