Habib Ubaydullah al-Attas (Mecca) first began his education and rearing at the hands of his blessed parents. His father, Habib Muhsin al-Attas. a man of knowledge, piety, and character; and his righteous mother, Sayyida Khadija bint Abdur-Rahman al-Attas both instilled within him from a young age the love of Allah ? and His Messenger ? and Prophetic character. Habib Ubaydullah sought sacred knowledge with an uninterrupted chain of transmission back to the Messenger of Allah ? at the hands of some of the greatest scholars of the age, including Habib Abdul-Qadir al-Saqqaf, Habib Ahmad Mashhur al-Haddad, Habib Abu Bakr al-Attas, Sayyid Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki, Habib Umar bin Hafiz, and many others.