SHEIKH IBRAHIM NIASSE AND SHEIKH MAHMOUD KHALIL HUSARY: ON QURANIC RECITATION

HOW SHEIKH MAHMOUD KHALIL HUSARY (WHO WAS THE FIRST TO RECITE THE QUR’AN AT THE U.N., WHITEHOUSE, HOUSE OF CONGRESS IN THE U.S. & BUCKINGHAM PALACE IN LONDON) STARTED RECORDING THE QUR'AN GLOBALLY: THE ROLE OF MAULANA SHEIKH IBRAHIM, BY VIRTUE OF HIS UNFLINCHING LOVE OF THE QUR'AN & THE PEOPLE OF THE QUR'AN. AN AMAZING BRIEF BUT INSIGHTFUL NARRATIVE HISTORY WORTH READING

Sheikh Ibrahim Niass delivering his speech at one of the annual Conferences of World Muslim League in Saudi Arabia

Sheikh Mahmoud Khalil Husary “Reciting The Qur’an”

In a story attributed to Sheikh Mohammed Mahdi Ibrahim Niass [one of his sons] in a recording he made as a biography of his father, "There was a time, sometime in 1960, when the Jews started the idea of playing with the Qur'an and tampering with it. So Maulana Baye Niass upon hearing about this raised this matter up at their annual [رابطة العالم الإسلامي] Conference of the World Muslim League in Saudi(an event of prominent world Islamic scholars), which he was a founding member and deputy chairman.

So upon Allah's inspiration, our beloved Sheikh Ibrahim suggested to the membership the idea of recording it and spreading it worldwide, so people would not be misled by the Jewish scheme and strategy against us.

He therefore suggested the name of Sheikh Mahmoud Khalil Husary and encouraged him to do so, (as he was his friend by then) by recording along with two other reciters. Sheikh Ibrahim even advised him to be going to recite the Qur'an at the Raudah [the demarcated zone of Rasululah s.a.w, the space in-between his pulpit and grave, which he said is a garden as part of the gardens of Jannah/Paradise] in his Masjid in Madinah on daily basis, and with this done, many miracles had happened there during this time."

Sheikh Ibrahim would carry with him his recordings whenever he would travel for his global da'awah mission. He would be listening to it and distributing it freely to others.

According to his grandson, Imam Hassan Ciessay, when Maulana Baye Niass was critically sick, to prevent him from reciting, he brought a tape to be playing the recitation, but Sheikh told him that this would not prevent him from reciting [as he had memorized the Qur'an since infancy].

As part of his love toward Sheikh Mahmoud Khalil Husary, he wrote this beautiful qasidah/poem with his own hand as you could see below in a diary pulled for us by his family members from his historical archives:

 

صبوحي اذا أصبحت و هو غبوقي

مرتل ذكر يزدري برحيق 

My breakfast whenever i wake in the morning is also my supper [is Al-Qur'an]

Reciting the remembrance [Al-Qur'an] with overflowing ecstasy

بكولخ يتلوا الذكر حاضرا وهو غائب 

فتي النيل محمود الخليل صديقي

In Koalack he is present reciting the Qur'an [via a recorder] while he is absent[at the same time] 

The young man from [the land of river] Nile [in Egypt] Mahmoud Khalil my friend

كتاب لنا يبدي جبال جلاله

به أرتجي نصري و نصر فريقي

A Book for us whose magnificence diminishes mountains into irrelevance

With it i hope to gain my triumph and the triumph of my team

جزا الله باري الخلق جل جلاله

جمالا جمالا سرّ كل صديق 

May Allah Almighty the inventor of creation shower his blessing 

With abundance of gracefulness which is the mystery (secret need) of every friend

عليكم بحبل الله قوم محمد

أنار لأهل الخير خير طريق

Hold firm on the robe of Allah O followers of Muhammad 

He has enlightened for the good people the best way

Another reliable source informed me that, Sheikh Ibrahim also spoke to the then Egyptian President Jamal Abdul Nasir to officially assign Sheikh Mahmoud Khalil Al-Husary to record his recitation on radio and must give an order for it to be recited daily, morning and evening all in a bid to sanctify the authenticity of the Qur’an.

 

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As part of Sheikh's penchant for this great Book [Al-Qur'an], he was asked by the prominent scholars of Kano in northern Nigeria in the sixties during on of his visits about the permissibility or otherwise of recording and broadcasting the Qur'an, which the izalah/wahabi scholars regarded as bid'ah. So he wrote a whole book [71 pages] as a response to this question. It is entitled:

"الحجة البالغة في كون إذاعة القراءن سائغة" 

"THE PROFOUND PROOF THAT INDICATES THE PERMISSIBILITY OF QURANIC RECITATION ON THE RADIO"

Sheikh used his exceptional and extra-ordinary intellectual capacity by analyslzing the Quranic verses and Prophetic wisdom to answer the question. And you could see that he mentioned all the names of these scholars in an excerpt of the introduction below:

"However: I was asked by a group of scholars of Kano in northern Nigeria under the leadership of their honored royal king and great authority the champion of the religion, Alhaji Muhammad Al-Sanusi, may Allah protect and shield him and grant him his wishes here and in the hereafter. And the prudent and thoughtful author Sayyadi Alhaji Ahmed Dantata bun Alhassan. And a great scholar Ustaz Alhaji Abubakar Atiqu bun; Khadir, a great intellectual, cerebral Alhaji Abdallahi Salaga. And valiant scholar Alhaji Ahmed Tijjani Ibn Usman [Zangon Baribari]. And Sayyid Alhaji Muhammad Sani Ibn Al-Hassan, Sheikh Alhaji Usman Al-qalansuwi [Maihulla], Sayyid Alhaji Mahmud, the Wazir Alhaji Muhammad Al-Munir and others among the learned scholars and the sources of pride of the religion of Islam. May Allah grant us and them success towards what he loves and pleases with. And may He cure the ailing hearts and guide us towards the truth and bless us to stand by it and guide us to know the falsehood and bless us to stay away from it..."

And Sheikh Ahmed BabalWaiz [grandpa], his then spokesperson and interpreter in Ghana voluntarily shouldered the responsibility of its publishing cost as part of his khidmah to Sheikh. Below is an excerpt of his statement published at the last page of the book:

 

 

However, i express thanks and profound gratitude for having the opportunity to shoulder the [financial] responsibility of publishing this book, which has nothing like it, nor any book gathered what it entails of pearls of meanings(understanding)…So congratulations for getting this gaus [succor] among us, the custodian of Faidah of Ibrahimiyah [divine flood] the author of this book.

And we have become conveyors on his behalf and his spiritual children manifesting it to every denier.

So I committed myself to the publication of this book as a token of khidmah [service] for my Sheikh and my Murabi [mentor] and for obtaining izin or permission from him for this service and others. So May Allah reward him with goodness, Wassalam.

Translated & Compiled By: Husseini Yushau BabalWaiz, New York.

I will be re-posting the translated version of this book which i started in September last year.

 

ENGLISH BOOKS BY/ON SHAYKH IBRAHIM NIASSE AND THE TIJANI TARIQAH (AVAILABLE FOR SALE)

1. Vessel of Spiritual Flood, Translation of Goran Faydah by Shaykh Balarabe Haroon Jega - (Translated by Khalifah Awwal Baba Taofiq)

2. Rihlat Konakriyah (A trip to Conakry), Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse - (Translated by Khalifah Awwal Baba Taofiq)

3. Shariah and Haqeeqah: In the Light of the Qur'an and the Prophetic Traditions (Compiled by Khalifah Awwal Baba Taofiq)

4. The Icon of Mystics: Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse Al-Kawlakhy (Compiled by Khalifah Awwal Baba Taofiq)

5. Kano Conferences (Majlis Kano) and the khutba titled (Hadiqat al-Anwar fii ma ihtawa alayhi qawaaid al-Islam minal hikam wal asrar) - (Translated by Sayyidah Bilqis Grillo)

6. Katsina and Kaduna Conferences (Jadhbul ahbab ila hadrat Rabbil arbab) and Mecca Conference - (Translated by Sayyidah Bilqis Grillo)

7. A Brief Biography of the Shaykh al-Islam Ibrahim Niasse (Compiled by Sayyidah Bilqis Grillo)

8. Al-Kanz (faydah) Magazine (1st edition) - (Edited by Sayyidah Bilqis Grillo)

9. Al-Kanz (faydah) Magazine (5th edition) - (Compiled by Sayyidah Bilqis Grillo)

10. Al-Kanz Muslim Ummah Magazine (1st edition) - (Compiled by Sayyidah Bilqis Grillo)

11. Risalat at-Tawbah (Epistle of Repentance) of Shaykh Ibrahim Niyass al-Kawlakhi" – (Translation & Commentary by Dr. Razzaq Solagberu)

12. Islamic Law of Inheritance, by Sayyid Ali ibn Abubakar al-Muthanna ibn Abdullah Niasse (Translated by Dr. Sulaiman Shittu)

13. Numerous “English” Sufism & Tijaniyyah Tariqah E-books/Journals/Articles (soft copies - to be sent via email)

14. Numerous “Arabic” Sufism & Tijaniyyah Tariqah E-books/Journals/Articles (soft copies - to be sent via email)

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