The journey of peace of sheikh ahmadou bamba mbacke light up the midnight volume 1. Sheikh amadu bambas murid resistance to french colonial. Shaykh ahmadou bamba s life and teachings are exemplary for the modern and the islamic world in particular in need of guidance to find a way out of a spiraling destruction due to violence and rigid literal religious interpretations of sacred texts by those who have lost access to the keys of the texts inner wisdom. The mouride order compiled by saliou mbacke historical notes mouridism or almouridiya in arabic is an islamic sufi doctrine established in senegal west africa in 18821883 by cheikh ahmadou bamba mbacke. Ahmadou bamba mbacke also known as khadimu alrasul or the servant of the. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Celebrations like these create platforms to redefine the boundaries of their african identities, cope with the stigma of blackness, and counteract an antimuslim backlash. Bamba was the son of a marabout from the xaadir brotherhood. Mame cheikh ibrahima was born about 1855 in ndiaby fall. God, the creator, has guided me on his path and has led me to. A religious prayer leader, poet and monk, ahmadou bamba founded the mouride brotherhood in 1883 and the city of touba.
We, the mourides residing in the americas, disciples of cheikh ahmadou bamba mbacke, khadimur rasul, ra, may allah be pleased with him. Amadou bamba the mouride brotherhood was founded in 1883 in senegal by shaykh a. A brief biography of shaykh ahmadu bamba, the founder of the muridiyya of senegal. Senegal, at the time, was under french colonial rule governing smaller kingdoms throughout the country. Recommandations du cheikh ahmadou bamba sur le moi. Ahmadou bamba mbacke, or serign bamba was born in 1853 into a family of qadiri scholars from the line of sheikhabdulqadir aljalana. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page.
The latter, in turn transmitted this responsibility to his senegalese disciple, sheikh. In the name of god the compassionate the merciful prayers, peace, and blessing be upon the prophet muhammad. Cheikh ahmadou bamba download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Ahmadou bamba is an african muslim sufi master, born in 1853 in. He grew up in a period of turmoil in the wolof states marked by the. Ahsma ul tahlil is a collection of 34 powerful verses in the quran by cheikh ahmadou bamba. They asked her, who are you, mysterious veiled one. African language materials including interviews in video and pdf versions. With both parents fully immersed in the realm of tassawuf, the islamic science of spiritual expansion, shaykh ahmadou bamba was reared in a.
And the light replied, i am her, the light, being the teacher of all disciples of the heart. This brotherhood was founded by cheikh ahmadou bamba also known as ahmed ben mohammed ben abib allah or khadimou rassoul. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Cliquez sur le lien suivant pour vous abonner click on the followi. We will start the event with an exposition on life and legacy of the cheikh at the raleigh convention center and hold a conference in the evening, click on the read article for more details. These poems are extraordinary in terms of beauty and innovation in the way he rhymed them. Inspired by the quran and sunnah to promote unity and cooperation, to shoulder the responsibility of preserving our religious and cultural identity according to the teachings of khadimur rasul, ra. Wikimedia commons has media related to ahmadou bamba. This work of cheikh ahmadou bamba mbacke may allah be well pleased with him is for anyone who wants to acquire knowledge and achieve a goal in this earthly life. Cheikh ahmadou bamba is one of the greatest islamic and sufi scholars who peacefully and singlehandedly fought against the french colonizers, the enemy of god to raise the word of god by renewing the prophets path.
Additionally, bamba s father, momar anta sali, was a jurist and educator who was initiated into the qadiri sufi order. There is a descending hierarchy of lowerrank marabouts, each with a regional following. This book was written in arabic by sheikh ahmadou bamba during his thirties. The organization seeks to spread the teachings and message of peace and love of cheikh ahmadou bamba mbacke khadim rassul among youngsters and all believers across america and worldwide, instill in young murids the core values of al muridiya, create. The international sufi school was founded by sheikh ahmadou bamba to call men into becoming peace beings. The mourides have established an islamic university and a large public library in touba. Cheikh ahmadou bamba day, august 09, 2011 the day has come again, to celebrate cheikh ahmadou bamba mbacke day in raleigh. Amadou bamba was a muslim mystic and ascetic marabout, a spiritual leader who wrote. Why new york celebrates a senegalese sufi saint on july 28. Mame cheikh ibrahima fall his life story english bay fall. The life of sheikh ahmadou bamba is a testimony of his commitment to the revival of authentic islam, the religion of peace and his only ideal was to serve humanity by giving teachings in accordance with the prophetic model.
Cheikh ahmadou bamba was born in 1853 in the village of mbacke mbakke bawol in wolof in baol, the son of habibullah bouso mbacke, a marabout from the qadiriyya, the oldest tariqa sufi order in senegal, and maryam bousso. His father, ahmadou rokhaya fall, was a prince of cayor and her mother, mame saynabou ndiaye, was a princess of djolof. Sheikh ahmadou bamba founder of mouridism the standard. Pdf le soufisme et cheikh ahmadou bamba abdou seye. This work of cheikh ahmadou bamba mbacke may allah be well pleased with. Create a free family tree for yourself or for cheikh mbacke and well search for valuable new information for you. This ebook was digitized from an original copy by the west african.
He told him to seek for the man and he would reach the position. In one of his numerous writings, matlabul fawzeyni the quest for happiness in both worlds, sheikh ahmadou bamba describes the purpose of the city which he founded in 1887. Amadou bamba was born in mbacke, senegal, into a wolof fami. Cheikh banbambacke 1944 cheikh banbambacke, born 1944. Sufis on parade murid islamic community in america, inc. His greatgrandfather, mame maram muhammad alkhayri, had been the founder and feudal chieftain of mbacke, and it was due to this fact that his family used. He entrusted its realisation and its development to sheikh sidy ahmed, one of his disciples from mauritania.
Nsts purpose is to invest in the next generation of young murids across the continental united states and around the world. Bamba sought to cast off the shackles of french colonial oppression by calling the murids to a. Bamba wrote poems, legal treatise, and mystical textsit is said that he composed seven tons of writings pdf. Brotherhood have organized the annual cheikh amadou bamba day parade in new. One such city is new york, where muslims of west african descent have ordanized an annual cheikh ahmadou bamba day parade for over twenty years. Cheikh ahmadou bamba mbacke french text retrieved and translated 30oct2011. Sheikh ahmadou bamba, the founder iss international.
Cheikh ahmadou bamba mbacke1 muhammad ibn muhammad ibn habibullaah his full name carried the name of his fathers master. Son of a scholar and a most virtuous woman, called mame diarra bousso, very popular in senegal, cheikh ahmadou bamba showed, at an early age, a limitless love of his creator and started composing arabic poems to the glory of the prophet muhammad. For any other proposed uses, contact ras editorinchief. For any other proposed uses, contact ras editorin chief. Cheikh ahmadou bamba mbacke was born in 1853, at birth place. A hmadu bamba, the founder of the muridiyya of senegal, was born in the early 1850s to a family of wolof ulama muslim learned men in the precolonial. The senegalese religious leader amadou bamba 18501927 was the founder of the mourides, the strongest and most influential african islamic brotherhood in black africa.
Mouride beliefs amadou bamba is considered a renewer mujaddid in. Copy of letter from shaykh ahmad bamba to his younger brother mame thierno recommending him to create a village named dar al mouhty darou mousty the. The path of the murid sadiq cheikh abdallah sufi on. Shaykh ahmadou bamba mbacke 18531927 is considered one of the foremost sufi. Sheikh ahmadou bamba lived from 1853 to 1927 while senegal was under french colonial rule.
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