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. Shaykh ahmadou bamba s nonviolent jihad farah michelle kimball. From his early childhood he displayed amazing qualities of wisdom, sainthood and knowledge that earned him respect and consideration from his community. The poem is written by serigne saliou ka, son of serigne moussa ka, to honour his fathers work in disseminating cheikh ahmadou bamba s teachings and murid ethos to. The founder of muridiyya is sheikh ahmadou bamba, an eminent sufi master from senegal. Mouridism or almouridiyain arabic is an islamic sufi doctrine established in senegal west africa in 18821883 by cheikh ahmadou bamba mbacke.
Marabout relatives of amadou bamba and leaderfigures within mouridism. 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. Cheikh ahmadou bamba, by being constantly in search for god and spirituality, through the example of the cheikh and serving the muslim community and ultimately all humanity. 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. A charismatic personality, bamba aided in the mass conversion of the wolof peoples from tribal paganism to islam at the end of the 19th century, becoming the founder and marabout of the mouride sect of islam. Additionally, bamba s father, momar anta sali, was a jurist and educator who was initiated into the qadiri sufi order. Sheikh ahmadou bamba lived from 1853 to 1927 while senegal was under french colonial rule. Obviously there are many different spellings that have been used by different people over time, but it seems like the article should pick one spelling and use it throughout. Other cheikh ahmadou bamba days are proclaimed in the u. They asked her, who are you, mysterious veiled one. This paper presents an accessible introduction to the life and thought of shaykh ahmadu bamba d. Ahmadou bamba mbacke was a religious leader who produced poems and tracts on meditation, rituals, work, and quranic study.
Cheikh ahmadou bamba was a mystic and religious leader who produced a prodigious quantity of poems and tracts on meditation, rituals, work, and quranic study. Cheikh ahmadou bamba, piu conosciuto con i nomi di serigne touba o khadimou rassoul, e nato verso il 1853 o 1854 a mbacke baol senegal, villaggio fondato dal suo bisnonno muhammad al khayr. Sheikh ahmadou bamba the founder of the muridiyya the founder of muridiyya is sheikh ahmadou bamba, an eminent sufi master from senegal. We, the mourides residing in the americas, disciples of cheikh ahmadou bamba mbacke, khadimur rasul, ra, may allah be pleased with him. It is worth noting that the issues of jihad, peace and nonviolence are a transversal theme that runs through all his writings, regardless of the subject matter. Amadou bamba was born in mbacke, senegal, into a wolof family of toucouleur origins, the son of a minor islamic holy man and teacher. Peace on the human plane is a consequence of making peace with god, with the. Cheikh ahmadou bamba wrote several books and treatises dealing with theology, islamic jurisprudence, sufism, religious sociology and arabic literature. A religious prayer leader, poet and monk, ahmadou bamba founded the mouride brotherhood in 1883 and the city of touba. Cheikh ahmadou bamba day, august 09, 2011 the day has come again, to celebrate cheikh ahmadou bamba mbacke day in raleigh.
Well known in the mouride brotherhood, ibrahima fall established the influential baye fall movement neil savishinsky 1994 contends that sheikh ibrahima fall is one of the first and most illustrious of ahmadu bamba s disciples. Mouride beliefs amadou bamba is considered a renewer mujaddid in. Click download or read online button to get cheikh ahmadou bamba book now. Shaykh amadou bamba was able to singlehandedly set up a selfsufficient city to emulate the city of madinah at the time of the prophet he turned his colonizers into friends. This ebook was digitized from an original copy by the west african.
And the light replied, i am her, the light, being the teacher of all disciples of the heart. Cheikh ahmadou bamba was a senegalese muslim saint who is renowned for his resistance to the imperialism and oppression of the french colonizers. With both parents fully immersed in the realm of tassawuf, the islamic science of spiritual expansion, shaykh ahmadou bamba was reared in a tradition of pious devotion. He led a pacifist struggle against the french colonial empire while not waging outright war on the french like several prominent tijani marabouts had done. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The italian authorities followed suit by proclaiming cheikh ahmadou bamba day on june 8 which is annually celebrated in rome. Sufis on parade murid islamic community in america, inc. He grew up in a period of turmoil in the wolof states marked by the intensification then suppression of the slave trade, civil wars and french colonial encroachment. This contribution focuses on the ajami tradition of the muridiyya sufi order founded by cheikh ahmadou bamba mbacke 18531927.
This material is a tribute to serigne moussa ka, a wellknown poet and follower of cheikh ahmadou bamba. In the car there was a driver who only listened to quran verses on the stereo. There is a descending hierarchy of lowerrank marabouts, each with a regional following. The path of the murid sadiq cheikh abdallah sufi on. 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. Address 21500 schoolcraft road detroit mi 48223 usa. 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 abode of the allgiving one. Brotherhood have organized the annual cheikh amadou bamba day parade in new. Sheikh amadu bambas murid resistance to french colonial.
Verily, those who have attained to faith and do good works, and are constant in prayer, and dispense charity they shall have their reward with their sustainer, and no fear need they have, and neither shall they grieve. Bamba sought to cast off the shackles of french colonial oppression by calling the murids to a. Net dakar, 02 february 2010 the unseen photograph of sheikh ahmadou bamba, founder of mouridism and touba, published by the daily, shows one of his many statements contained in his poem entitled jawartou or the sacrament for paradise, illayakhadallahou malam yakoun, walla yakounou abadan lil kini mum or god has granted me a favor he. He was subjected to confinement and all sorts of injustices including exile in gabon and mauritania for a total. Cheikh ahmadou bamba was born ca 1854 in a small village called mbacke cajoor in the internal regions of senegal. Sheikh ahmadou bamba is an african muslim sufi master, bom in 1853 in senegal west africa, during french colonization, just after the official abolition of slavery in the colonies. Muhammad ibn muhammad ibn habibullaah his full name carried the name of his fathers master, muhammad sall, who came from the village of bamba. Cheikh ahmadou bamba mbacke french text retrieved and translated 30oct2011. Bamba was the son of a marabout from the xaadir brotherhood. 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. He was bom into a renowned muslim clerical family, the mbacke, wellknown for their deeprooted attachment to learning and teaching religious knowledge.
African language materials including interviews in video and pdf versions. 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. The weapons he used for resistance were his knowledge and piety for which the french authority persecuted him. Jihad, peace and nonviolence in mouridism 18831927 by. Cheikh ahmadou bamba download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. In his book titled khidma, the author aziz abdou mbacke majalis writes.
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