"توسعة العلم والعرفان للشيوخ والشبان"
Tawsi‘at
al-‘ilm wa‘l ‘irfaan lil-Shuyuukh wa Shubaan
"Expansion
of Knowledge & Intellectualism for the Shuyukh & Youth"
By: Sheikh Ibrahim Niass
Translated and Analyzed by:
Husseini Yushau BabalWaiz
Excerpt
from the book, "Expanding Knowledge and intellectualism for the Sheikhs
and Youth"
Author: Sheikh Ibrahim Anyas Alkaolacki
"I was in Congo in the past months, one of the ministers of state was talking and saying, he does not believe in the Sheikhs now, because the Sheikh that was in Khartoum, Sadique Al-Mahdi was killed like this, and he was a great Sheikh. I asked him, "Are you a Christian?" He said: "Yes". I then said to him, "Your lord Issah(Jesus) was killed (as they believe). Your lord was killed and you worry about a Sheikh that was killed. Then he said, "This Sheikh knows how to answer and counter(argument)very well."
Allahu Akbar, just imagine the logical answer given him by the ever intellectual Shehu Barhama!
Translated by Husseini Yushau BabalWaiz
September 2, 2015
Salamu Alaikum folks, this
is a two page excerpt from the book:
{توسعة العلم والعرفان للشيوخ والشبان}
"Expanding Knowledge & Intellectualism for the Sheikhs &
Youth". It is one of numerous lectures delivered by Maulana Sheikh Ibrahim
Anyas in Kano, Northern Nigeria, in the fifties. It was compiled and converted
in a book form. One of his 75 books.
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TALE
They were used to be trained with stories. Most of the time what I tell
the youth, telling them, I say to them: If no Muslim children would remain but
only their blocked-headed or ignorant ones, then the enemy of Islam would twist
and turn you how they wish. You heard story that I narrated to you yesterday
regarding a Christian who was saying he does not believe in religious leaders
because they were killed. I said to him, your lord was killed.
THIS IS ANOTHER TALE
Abubakar Al-Baqillani-A monk came to him at an assembly of his students,
while he was teaching. He wanted to mock or make fan of Islam. And told him:
Which of the wives of the Prophet that traveled with him and linger or left
behind him and remained with a man and things were said on it? Which of the
wives of your Prophet? Abubakar Al-Baqillani said: Should I answer you with the
Qur’an or with the mind? He said: Answer me with the mind not with the Qur’an.
He told him: Imagine two women were falsely accused with fornication. One of
them delivered a baby and the other did not deliver, which of them is more
likely to me charged or accused? And he said the one which gave birth is more
likely to be charged. He said Maryam(the mother of Jesus/Issah) was accused of
fornication and she came with a baby and Aisha(the wife of the Prophet) was
accused but she never gave birth. He then said: Do not answer me with your
sense answer me with the Qur’an. He said: As for the Qur’an, it had exonerated
together. And he said that is the truth.
I said to the young ones: So if he had not gotten a scholar who knows
the answer, he would have mess and make mockery of Islam as he wishes. This is
why it is important for the youth to learn their religion very well.
Islam always clarifies what is for the interest of the creation[human]
regarding issues pertaining to their deen, as well as their worldly affairs,
their organizations, and their businesses. And everything small or big. And
they are accusing Islam as it dwells on backwardness, and this is false. For
they know nothing about Islam. They judge Islam in absentia for what the
enemies say. And this is an explicit injustice and unfairness. If they had
embraced the religion and researched until they understood and passed judgement
on it, we would have accepted this judgement. But they have judged Islam while
they were far away from it.
Islam is to believe in Allah and establish the command of Allah and stay
away from what He prohibits. After this, you can approach whatever issue you
wish, Islam would not oppose you on that. So then, Islam does not depend of
retardation or lagging behind. So base on this, I advice you to learn your
religion and also learn the worldly affairs[secular knowledge] until you will
be like them in everything, while you holding fast to your faith. It is only on
this that you can confront and challenge them.
So stop being lazy, and it is very important to strive and endeavor to
work in any job that will earn you means of livelihood, until you become strong.
If you become strong then you are liberated and free to practice your religion
to confront you enemies.
And I ask Allah to bless our youth and inspire them and grant them
beneficial knowledge and working according to it. So as to rise up for the service
of this religion and remain(steadfast) for this faith.
I stress that the youth have honor and dignity, because the leaders of
the nation is part of the youth.
May Allah help us and you all. Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.
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Folks, the message is very crystal clear. As if Maulana Shehu Barhama
knows the future generation ahead would be reluctant to seek knowledge that
will help them defend the deen, as we can see happening now.
Secondly, he advised us to do any kind of job to enable us make ends
meet. This would make us less attracted to sakawa scam and boaka ritual to make
quick money.
Translated by: Husseini Yushau BabalWaiz
October 23, 2015
Assalamu Alaikum and Jum'ah Mubarak. Folks our this
week's translation series is culled from one of the great masterpiece of
Maulana Shehu Barhama Kaolack. It was a muhadarah/lectures he had delivered for
two straight days(first day for the Shuyuk and the next day for the Youth) at
the forecourt of the Palace of the great Amir of Kano in northern Nigeria in
the early fifties. In attendance were the then Amir of Kano himself, his
cabinet members (sub-chiefs), dignitaries, ministers of state, prominent
scholars and devoted murids. It was complied in the form of a book among his 75
books, entitled:
"توسعة
العلم والعرفان للشيوخ والشبان"
"Expansion of Knowledge & Intellectualism for
the Shuyuk & Youth".
It is so amazing how sheikh interwoven these first
four pages with logical and scientific analysis which is bound to make any none
believer or an atheist far athinking about his idiocy and stupidity regarding
an 'ideology' of the none existence of Allah.
It also crystallizes the real position of Maulana
Sheikh Ibrahim Niass regarding the reality of "Haqiqah". So it is
necessary for us to shed off any blindfolded arguments or views of wilayah that
habours some shroud of shirk by some sufi 'scholars' that seems to contradict
the stands of Sheikh Ibrahim Niass, because he was known to be called:
"قاموس الحقيقة والشريعة".
"Compendium of Haqiqah and Shariah.", by
virtue of his exceptional and extra-ordinary zeal and enthusiasm to follow the
Shariah (Qur'an & Sunnah), where he would echo and re-echo the common
stands of Abal Abass, Alqutubul Rabbani Wal 'Aariful Samadaani, Wal-Sharifful
Hassani Al-Sheikh Ahmadal Tijjani, that:
"إذا سمعتم عني شيئا فزنوه بميزان الشرع فاءن وافق
فاعملوا به وإن خالف فاتركوه."
"If you heard something from me weigh it on the
scale of the Sharia, if it coincides, live by it and if it contradicts leave
it." So any Sheikh that claims wilayah and contradicts the Shariah with
elements of shirk is not worth following.
Sheikh wrote regarding himself in his Deewan(book of
poetry praising the Prophet(PBUH):
"إذا سار خير الناس سرت وراءه
وإن حل
يوما فالمسير بعيد"
If the best of mankind(the Prophet) walks i walk
behind him
And where he stops(i also stop), because the
destination is far."
This as well indicates Sheikh's unflinching desire to
follow the Sunnah of his beloved and our beloved Prophet (PBUH).
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In the Name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful
Praise be upon the Greatest Prophet(PBUH)
We start from the beginning by talking about
Eeman[Faith]
Faith is believe in Allah alone. And it is the highest
priority in every affairs. And any person who is blessed to belief in Allah
alone and does not associate partners with him, he is the one who is successful
in this world and also successful in the hereafter. As for the non-believers
and anyone who to took to deviation and atheism, trying to negate the existence
of Allah Almighty, and giving people doubt about the presence of the creator
Almighty.
The creation from the beginning to the end are in two
groups. One group for the merciful[Allah] and the another group for the
devil[satan]. And I advise whoever doubts the existence of Allah or cause
people to doubt it, to doubt about his existence before anything.
This man sees himself in existence, strong and capable
of doing anything. And he doubts about the existence of the creator, then who
is this man? He who was created from a sperm, then a leech, then a chew-like
object, and he was created a small baby. After which he became a strong
adult[youth], then after which he became an old or aged person. After which he
would die, and nothing would prevent him from that and can never escape that.
When a man is born, he is bound to be young. First, a
young person has no sense[to know his left from right] and no strength. And he
does not possess anything and cannot think about anything: This is the
beginning of every person. Scholars, Kings, Strongmen, Soldiers and leaders of
nations, all went through this.
After this[process], the person would become a strong
being, acting the way he wants. And after that he would return as an old man as
he used to be young, he returns as he started. And after this, he must die as
well: Mankind is like this, with what man speaks, and with what he ceases to
speak and sometimes with what he talks frequently?
A man sometimes loses his eyesight, with what he hears
and with what he does not hear? Then he would become rich sometimes and poor
sometimes, healthy sometimes and sick sometimes, alive sometimes and dead
sometimes. Why this? This is part of the[involuntary] actions of man.
Even if mankind is the one acting by himself, that
would not happen to him(on his on will). If the affairs[of creation and action]
is in his own hands, if he sees himself strong, rich and capable of[doing what
he wishes] he would be like that.
But mankind, after he becomes strong and youthful,
with black hair and handsome or pretty face, he must return to the white/gray
hair one day. And why? he became weak after he used to be strong, and after
that, he must die. Mankind from the beginning of creation to our present day
have returned to different world not this world. And that world as compared to
this one is like a baby in its mother’s womb.
And the person who becomes intelligent and
knowledgeable acting the way he wishes and those who left for the hereafter
none of them have returned. They are in two parts. One part have earned what
they wanted, and they have from the pleasures what an eye has never seen, an
ear has never heard and it has never been imagined in a man’s heart.
If they were ordered to returned to this world, they
would not have accepted it and would decline it. And among them there are those
who have returned to a locked prison[Hell fire], even if he could be able to
return to the world to believe in Allah and do good deeds, he would have
returned, but alas, he cannot.
And this world that there are children of mankind,
they are like the owners of this world. This is a creature created by Allah,
they have the world and what is in it. Allah Almighty says[in the Qur’an]:
“He[Allah] created for you all what is in the earth.” All this is for the
children of Adam[Mankind].
But what Allah created on the surface of the earth is
a lot. This is human, this is animal, and these are beasts[and monsters] and
these are birds and these are fish from the oceans. All these are creations of
Allah Almighty. None is more wonderful than the other.
None is more convincing as a proof over the other
regarding the ability of the maker. The inventor of all these things is Allah Almighty.
And he had sent messengers to teach them about Allah Almighty from Adam to our
Prophet Muhammad[PBUH]. All of them had called the creation to believe in Allah
and refrain from [shirk] associating partners with Allah Almighty.
Until the [da’awah] propagation of this Prophet[PBUH]
reached us and we believed in Allah. And praise be to Allah. So believe in
Allah without associating partners is the way to happiness. And shirk
(associating partners with) Him is more hidden from swarming [crowded] ants on
endocrine rock, in the darkest part of the night.
There are clear shirk and hidden shirk and the most
hidden shirk.
And the one who practices hidden shirk associates
partner with Allah and worships anyone apart from Allah, as the Christians are
doing. They worship Issah[Jesus] or [his] picture, this is a clear shirk.
And the hidden shirk is for the one who worships Allah
in Islam and shows off and wants their praise and being arrogant upon His
servants. He does things not for the sake of Allah, but for people to see him
and talk about it(May Allah help us to fight the shaitan who misleads people to
do that).
And the most hidden shirk is for the one who see
other[creatures] than Allah. And in reality, there is nothing[significant and
worthy of worship] than Allah.
It was because of this that I say: He who doubts about
the existence of Allah, I advise him to doubt about his own existence first.
And [now talking further on] the clear shirks, hidden shirk and most hidden
shirk, with the clear shirk, Allah does not accept the worship of the one who
does it. And with the hidden shirk, Allah does not accept it from his
heart.[Because] he does not accept a shirk-related work. And a shirk-related
heart is not accepted by Allah.
And Allah says in the Qur’an[Those who believed in
Allah alone and have never associated partners with Him they are the successful
ones and they are the fortunate ones.” The great blessings Allah bestowed is
belief in Allah Almighty. Mankind may be an intellectual, and intellect
[knowledge] is the key [that unlocks] faith or belief. He who is not a believer
in Allah would never be a knowledgeable person in our religion.
He who wants to be a Waliyi[being in good standing
with Allah] and does not have faith[in Allah], he would never be one. He who is
not a believer and is not ‘Aarif[who knows Allah according how he should know
Him], and he does not become a leader nor a prophet, nor a messenger, and he
who is not a believer would not enter Jannah when he dies.
Translated and Analyzed by: Husseini Yushau BabalWaiz
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