"افريقيا إلى الإفريقيين"
{AFRICA
TO AFRICANS}
(Rejoinder
written to debunk a false claim by a Christian/French Clergy about the Spread
of Islam in Africa)
Written by:
Maulana Sheikh Ibrahim Anyas
Translated by:
Hussseini Yushau Babalwaiz (New York based Journalist, Author and Tutor
in Arabic Language and Islamic Studies)
August 19, 2015
Folks this is a two-page excerpt from one of the 75 books
written by MAULANA SHEIKH IBRAHIM ANYAS, entitled: "افريقيا إلى الإفريقيين" {AFRICA TO AFRICANS} And
being translated by: HUSSSEINI YUSHAU BABALWAIZ, a New York based journalist,
author and tutor in Arabic Language and Islamic Studies. It is a rejoinder
written by Sheikh to debunk a false claim by a Christian/French clergy about
the spread of Islam in Africa. Just imagine the political analysis he made in this
book, a must read for all.
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{AFRICA TO AFRICANS}
"There is a difference between government
takeover and holding firm to the religion. When we consider religion, we see
this was the proclamation of the Qur’an, which is the last book that came from
Allah: “Verily, the[true] religion to Allah is Islam”. And whoever does not
believe in the proclamation of the Qur’an, to believe in Allah alone; as we
stated: He believes in something that neither hears nor sees, a non living
object, part of the creation of Allah of part of the invention of man himself,
such as the cross and pictures and statues, Allah is great!
Whoever wants to be just knows that [real] men are
known with the truth and truth is known with men. Because, in every religion,
there are both perfect and imperfect men. If you try to apply the shortcomings
of some Muslims with Islam, then that is injustice, infraction [of Muslims
right], oppression and aggression.
And to say that, communism is found at everywhere
Islam could be found, is a big slander. Verily, communism is more widely spread
in the countries that do not embrace Islam before. The truth is that, Islam is
against communism, and communism is against Islam. And was Islam the reason for
[widely spread] communism in Europe? No.
Communism has not occurred in African-If we assumed
that it has occurred in it-Then it was in those countries that their kith and kin
[families] were not Muslims. But Islam has entered these our countries –if you
would not say it has grown in it-so many centuries, before the invasion of the
Europeans. And communism even Christianity had never entered in it until the
settlement of the Europeans in it. Hence, the liberation of a nation- by the
non-indigenes of it that does not bring about communism, but rather the
opposite.
However, with regards to enslavement of people: We
would ask some Christians-Europeans who invaded Africa and colonized it, were
they those who tried enslaving them or the opposite?
If there were some privileges for some indigenous
children of the kings and clergies that could be referred to as enslavement of
people: Then the privileges in non African and non Islamic countries, whether
from the point of view of kingdom, governance or religion is more severe and
risky on the part of the weak and[ordinary] workers.
A Christian writer said: “Has the limit of equality
been established in the west after the French revolution, and then promulgating
the human rights? And then said “Haven’t the kings[leaders] still have
privileges, and the elites privileges, and for the people of ranks and titles
privileges, and the people of religion privileges, and for the entourage of
kings and elites predilection and privileges in the public law?
Haven't [we] weaved or knit for those in charge of the
public law-clothes different from those weaved for the poor people?”
September 9, 2015
Salamu Alaikum, folks, this week we will delve and dive
deep inside one of the amazing masterpieces(among 75 books) of Maulana Shehu
Barhama Kaolack, dubbed:
(إفريقيا إلى الإفريقيين)
(AFRICA TO AFRICANS)
It is a continuation from the first excerpt of this
book which was a rejoinder he wrote to counter a Christian writer who made some
false allegations and insinuations against Islam, Muslims and Africans in
general. It is so interesting and exciting to notice his exceptional usage of
terminologies in practical economics as well as in political economy. Walahil
'Azeem! Shehu Barhama was not only an Islamic scholar, but Allah had fed him
well with secular and contemporary knowledge as well.
The last excerpt ended where he quoted a Christian
writer who asked a rhetorical question about the glaring inequality in the
western world. Below is a two-page conclusion of that section:
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“…Those people do not pay tolls and taxes. And he
said: Don’t you feel that those western nations distinguish between many group
of clergy? They own one-third of the land in the country and one-third of the
resources in the country…Their lands are exempted from paying taxes and their
imports are waived or relinquished multiple times, so they could trade more and
accumulate and amass gold.
This is what a Christian writer said: And this is how
they enslave people and poor workers and poor farmers. They[let them] pay more
taxes. While the lazy monks get their money[earnings] increased for them. In
fact, even what each one of them earns is far more than what thousand people in
the country earn.
This[happens] in spite of the claim of justice, equity
and fairness.
Do not satirize or ridicule a person older than you,
for your father might be satirized or redicule at where you do not know.
And there is a clear cut dichotomy between
this[unfavorable tax system to the poor] and the imposition on the rich and
transferring it on to the poor.
However, with regards to education, training and
culture, that were made by the Christian messengers, as the author claims-It is
twenty out of hundred as compared to the education[provided] by the Islamic
scholars in many places in Africa. Unless when they claim there is no
education, but their own education, there is no training but their own
training, and there is no culture but their own culture. Otherwise, the
mosques, the universities and the schools that volunteers are teaching in:
surpasses or out-numbered the churches in multiples.
And none of these attracts government support. But,
Muslims rely on Allah[for help] on all this and upon themselves, unlike the
none-Muslim schools. So this is how equity and consideration of the rights of
people look like.
The author made it clear without any shyness with what
he wrote: “Blind imitation, following the fools and enslavement of the weak are
Islamic traditions.”
And your love for something is a veil that covers its
equity, while at the same time, your hate for something is a veil that covers
its attractions. It was due to this that he[the author] characterized Islam
with the characteristics of his religion[Christianity]. They[Christians] said:
Religion is above mind(reasonning), because they like to subject people to
their whims. And would not search for the reality of their religion, but only
imitating blindly and following foolishly:
And I used to throw at a people when they throw(things
at me)
And so(do you think) i am unjust in the family of
Hamdan?
(The last paragraph above is a poem/qasidah Sheikh
quoted)
If you repeat[the unjust treatment] we shall
retaliate. The initiator[first to attack] is the most oppressed and unjust. And
the rest of[his statement] is just a trash, it does not need an answer.
And peace be upon the one who follows the right path.
And punishment will be upon who regarded religion as false and turned a blind
eye[from the truth]."
Sheikhul Islam:
Ibrahim Alhaji Abdulahi[Anyas] Alkaolacki
Was transcribed by Ibrahim Mahmoud Diop
Alkhaolacki(the Secretary of Shehu Barhama), On 15/9/79, Hijiriyah.
In Madinatul Kaolack. Published and distributed by
Muhammad Sani Awal Al-Tijjani(One of the Khulafah of Shehu Barhama in Nigeria).
Translated By: Husseini Yushau BabalWaiz
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