Abu Bakr al-ʿAydarūs, also known as Sayyid Abū Bakr al-ʿAdanī ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-ʿAydarūs (Arabic: أبو بكر العدني بن عبد الله العيدروس) ; 1447–1508) was a Hadhrami religious scholar of sufism and a poet of wrote several Arab poems in vernacular style. Abu Bakr led most of his adult life in Aden, where he was well respected for his societal contributions to the well-being of the city's residents. After his death in 1508, he was mourned by the city's residents, and was later venerated as the wali or "patron saint" of Aden.