Usman bin Yahya
Usman bin Yahya, Utsman ibn Yahya ko Othman bin Yahya (Larabci: عثمان بن يحيى, romanized: 'Uthman bin Yahyā; larabci larabci: [ʕuθma:n bin jɑħjɑ:] cikakken suna: (Larabci: سيد عثمان بن عبد الله بن عقيل بن عبد الله بن عقيل بن عبد الله بن عقيل بن عبد الله بن عقيل بن عبد الله بن عقيل بن عبد بن عبد بن عقيل بن بن عبد بن عبد بن بن عبد بن عقيل بن. ibn 'Aqīl ibn Yahyā al-'Alawī) 1822 miladiyya/17 Rabi' al-awwal 1238 AH - 1913 Miladiyya/21 Safar 1331 AH) malamin addinin musulunci ne wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Babban Malami na Batavia a karni na 19 na Gabashin Indiya.

Tarihi
An haifi Habib Uthman bin Yahya a garin Pekojan na kasar Batavia a shekara ta 1822 miladiyya (17 Rabi'ul Awwal 1238H). Uthman ya fito daga gidan Ba’alawi sadada daga babansa Sayyid Abdullah bn Aqil bn Umar bn Yahya. Mahaifiyarsa ita ce Aminah diya ga Shaihu Abdurrahman, wacce ta kuma kasance kani ga malami Abdullahi al-Misri. An haifi mahaifinsa Abdullahi da kakansa Aqil a Makka, yayin da kakansa Umar aka haife shi a kauyen Qarah al-Shaikh a Hadramaut, wanda daga baya ya kuma ya rasu a Madina. Snouck Hurgronje ya kuma bayyana cewa kakansa malami ne da ake girmamawa a matsayin shehin Sadah tsawon shekaru 50 kuma ya rasu a Makka a shekara ta 1823 miladiyya/1238H.

Karatu
Uthman ya karanci Alqur'ani da Tafsiri da sauran ilimomin Musulunci kamar Akhlaq, Tauhid, Fiqhu, Sufanci, Nahwu Sharaf, Hadisi da Falaki a karkashin kulawar kakansa na wajen uwa, Shaihu Abdurrahman bin Ahmad Al-Mishri. Bayan rasuwar kakansa yana dan shekara 18, Usman ya Kuma tafi aikin hajji ya hadu da mahaifinsa da danginsa a Makka. A nan kuma ya shafe shekaru bakwai yana karantar ilimin addinin musulunci a hannun mahaifinsa da Ahmad Zayni Dahlan, Muftin Makka a lokacin. Uthman ya ci gaba da tafiyarsa na neman ilimi zuwa Hadramaut a shekara ta 1848. A nan ya yi karatu a wajen Habib Abdullah bin Umar da kawun mahaifiyarsa Habib Husein bin Abdullah (daga baya daya jikan malaminsa, Sayyid Muhammad bin Agil wanda ya auri na Uthman. ‘ya’ya mata).

Sana'a
In Rabi 'al-Awwal 1279 AH (1862 CE) he went back to Batavia after 22 years of journey to seek knowledge and settled in Petamburan, Tanah Abang area. Over there, he wrote and compiled books, especially about amalil yaum (daily remembrances) and books about sins, unbelieving, polytheism and on subjects that are contrary to Aqidah. In his life, he has written about 116 books. One of the books he authored, al-Qawānin al-Syar'iyyah li ahli al-Majālisi al-Hukmiyati wal ‘Iftiayati, was even used as a reference in the religious courts system in Indonesia at least until the 1950s.

To make ends meet for him and his family, Uthman founded his own printing company named Pertjetakan Batu. Moreover, his lithographic printing press is the first in Indonesia and became a pillar of the local spreading of intellectualism within the period.

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