Ali ibn Abi Bakr al-Sakran (818/1415 – 895/1489) was born in Tarim, Hadramaut, Yemen, a Shafii-Ashari scholar, Sufi and mystic poet of the Bâ Alawi sada family; he was the grandson of Abd al-Rahman al-Saqqaf and son of Abu Bakr al-Sakran. He was known as a master uniting sacred law and inner reality, and left a rich mystical diwan. His chief works are Maarij al-Hidaya and al-Barqa al-Mushiqa fi Dhikr Libas al-Khirqa; he founded a mosque and zawiya bearing his name in Tarim. He died in Tarim in 895 AH (1489 CE) and was buried in the Zanbal Cemetery.