A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF SHAYKH ABUBAKAR ATIKU (ATEEQ) SANKA KANO
Written by: Sheikh Dr. Sunusi Sheikh Abubakar Atiku
He was born in Katsina town, in the year 1896, to a highly noble and reputable family. His father was Mallam Halliru (Khidr), the son of Mallam Abubakar, the son of Mallam Musa Mai Risala.
HIS EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
He studied the following fields of education under the following respective scholars;
(1) Islamic Theology and Jurisprudence - Shaykh Muhammad Salga,
(2) Arabic Language and Literature - Shaykh Mahmud Bin Hassan Sanka / Shaykh Sani Satsari,
(3) Tijaniyyah Knowledge - Shaykh Muhammad Salga / Shaykh Abubakar Mijinyawa,
(4) Sufism (Mysticism) Knowledge - Shaykh Abubakar Mijinyawa,
(5) Hadith - Shaykh Abubakar Mijinyawa / Shaykh Ahmad Bin Abdurrahman Al-Katagumiy,
(6) Numerology and Astrology - Shaykh Muhammad Al-Halwaniy At-Tunisiy.
HIS INITIATION INTO THE TARIQAH
He was initiated into the Tariqah of Tijaniyyah by Shaykh Muhammad Salga.
HIS SHAYKHS
1. Shaykh Muhammad Salga
2. Shaykh Abubakary Mijinyawa
3. Shaykh Ahmad Bin Abdurrahman Al-Katagumiy
4. Shaykh Ahmad Mahmud Al-Futiy, Mali
5. Shaykh Alfa Nuhu dJene, Mali
6. Shaykh Muhammad Sani Bin Tahir (the father of Shaykh Aliyu Harazimiy Hausawa, Kano).
7. Shaykh Muhammad Al-Halwaniy At-Tunisiy.
8. Shaykh Muhammad Bin Uthman Al-Alamiy Morocco.
9. Shaykhat Khadeejah Al-Qari'ah Morocco.
HIS CHILDREN
He had 32 children, namely, according to age seniority (from eldest to youngest):
1. Ahmad Tijjani
2. Muhammadul Hafiz
3. Aminatul Mabrukah
4. Halimatu
5. Ummu Aimana Barakat
6. Ummu Haniy
7. Muhammad Tihamiy
8. Muhammadul Hafiz (II)
9. Ahmad Al-Abda Lawiy
10. Maryam
11. Maryam
12. Karimatu
13. Ibrahim Rayyahiy
15. Ummul Khairi
16. A'ishah
17. Abdullahil Alawiy
18. Muhammad As-Sanusiy
19. Muhammad Zamzamiy
20. Muhammad Fatihu
21. Lubabatu
22. Muhammadul Makiy
23. Abdulganiyy
24. Muhammadul Murtala (I)
25. Muhammadul Murtala II
26. Muhammadul Muntaqa
27. Muhammadul Mukhtar
28. Hafsat
29. Nafisat (I)
30. Ummu Aimana
31. Aminatul Mabrukah (II)
32. Nafisat (II)
HIS STUDENTS (DISCIPLES)
He has uncountable followers of various profiles, some few examples of the highest profiles among them are;
. Shaykh Balarabe Jega (Author
of Goran Faydah)
. Shaykh Aliyu Harazimiy Hausawa Kano
. Shaykh Adamu Katibi
. Shaykh Balarabe Gusau
. Shaykh Muhammad Birmin Magaji
. Shaykh Muhammad Jibia
. Shaykh Ibrahim Kaya
. Shaykh Yahaya Jibia
. Shaykh Musa Sulaiman Niamey (the present Chief Imam of Niger Republic)
. Shaykh Muhammad Kauran Asha Niger Republic
. Shaykh Abdullahi Dandume
. Shaykh Iliyasu Tukur Sarkin Dawa (late Chief Imam of the Nigerian Army)
. Shaykh Mainasara Gusau
. Shaykh Ibrahim Sahihiy Gusau
. Shaykh Aliyu Maikanti Gusau
. Shaykh Salisu Lungun Malamai Gusau
. Shaykh Ango Gusau,
. Shaykh Goni Tijjani Kanumbu Maiduguri
. Shaykh Saleh An-Nur Republic of Chad
. Shaykh Ahmad Wali of Yauri
. Shaykh Usman Biu
. Shaykh Ango Jega
. Shaykh Lawwali Jega
. Shaykh Sharif Saleh (Maiduguri)
HIS ENCOUNTER WITH THE SHAYKH IBRAHIM INYASS
His first meeting with Shaykh Ibrahim Inyass was in the year 1944 when he (Inyass) first visited Kano under the invitation of the then Emir, Alhaji Abdullahi Bayero. They were introduced to each other by his (Inyass') host, a Kano merchant, who hosted him briefly before he (Inyass) met the emir.
HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER SHAYKHS:
1. SHAYKH MUHAMMAD GIBRIMA
Shaykh Gibrima was his contemporary, as far as spiritual hierarchy is concerned in the Tariqah of Tijaniyyah. This is because, by the time Shaykh Ibrahim Inyass came to Nigeria, both Shaykh Abubakar Atiku and Shaykh Muhammadu Gibrima were Khaleefahs of Maulana Shaykh Ahmad At-Tijaniy R.T.A.
Both Shaykh Atiku and Shaykh Tijjani Usman attended same school of Islamic Theology and Jurisprudence and same school of Sufism (Mysticism), under Shaykh Muhammadu Salga and Shaykh Abubakar Mijinyawa respectively.
3. SHAYKH ALIYU HARAZIMIY HAUSAWA KANO
He was a disciple of Shaykh Abubakar Atiku. He (Harazimiy) told me verbally, several times that his father, Shaykh Muhammad Sani Bin Tahir took him to Shaykh Atiku and told him not to interact with any Shaykh of Tariqah except Shaykh Atiku except with the permission of Shaykh Atiku, until one day when Shaykh Gibrima paid a visit to Shaykh Atiku and sought for Shaykh Atiku's permission to take Shaykh Harazimiy with him to his town, Nguru.
TITLE OF SOME OF HIS MOST PROMINENT PUBLICATIONS IN PROPAGATING TARIQAH OF TIJANIYYAH
Shaykh Atiku's publications in propagating Tijaniyyah in particular and Islam in general, are innumerable. Few among them are:
1. AIBATUL FUQARA (POPULARLY KNOWN AS TUSAMMA);
It is in a form of Arabic-Hausa (Ajami) Poem. He published it in praise of Shaykh Ahmad At-Tijaniy R.T.A. and his followers, as well as acknowledging the glad tidings of the various distinguishing rewards which the Almighty Allah provides for them right from this world to hereafter.
2. I'ANAT AL-BALEED BI SHARA'IT WIRD SHAYKHANA AL-SADEED;
It is a book written in a form of Arabic-Hausa (Ajami) Poem also. It talks about the general aspects of Tijaniyyah practice and its rules and regulations.
3. MANAHIL AL-RASHAD FIL AJWIBATI AN AS'ILATI AHLI TCHAD;
This book is in question and answer form. It answers more than hundred questions about the general aspects of Tijaniyyah practice, especially the confusing ones. The questions were asked by different people of different occupations headed by the then Inspector General of Police of the Republic of Chad. The questions were asked around the year 1950.
HOW HE ESTABLISHED HIS ZAWIYYAH
Shaykh Atiku established his Zawiyyah in the year 1926, with the permission of his SHAYKHS, Abubakar Mijinyawa and Muhammad Salga.
HIS ENLIGHTENMENT ABOUT THE REAL ASPECTS OF THE TARIQAH PRACTICE
Shaykh Atiku has numerous writings on these aspects, especially on some major misconceptions on Tariqah by some of its ignorant followers, who are reluctant to seek for its knowledge and who also hide under its cover to mislead the weak ones in the disguise of Haqeeqah. Shaykh Atiku has many writings on such types of bad eggs. He wrote books and pamphlets, the most popular of which is ANNASEEHAT AL-MU'AJJALAH FEE AT-TAHZEER AN AD-DAJAJILAH.
In all of such writings, Shaykh Atiku did his best in guiding the followers to understanding that the main objective of following any Tariqah, not only Tijaniyyah, is to attain the highest degree of piety, which is the only means by which one can get spiritual purity through which one can achieve one's goal, which is closeness to Allah in His (Allah's) kingdom, not by displaying different forms of Karamah (spiritual charisma) or using unique mode of dressing different from other people.
Written by:
Sheikh Dr. Sunusi Sheikh
Abubakar Atiku (R.T.A)
on 9th Rabi'u Thani 1441 (12th December, 2019)
in commemoration of the 45th year of the demise of Sheikh Abubakar Atiku.
SHAYKH ATIQU: THE GREATEST OF ALL NIGERIAN TIJANI SCHOLARS
By: Imam Fakhruddin Owaisi
Shaykh Atiqu's renewal with the Sahib al-Faydah was considered one of the "confirmations" of the Faydah. Because he was already a gigantic Tijani Shaykh and Wali and had Ijazahs from the greatest Tijanis of the time.
I have most of his books. He is from my most favorite Tijani authors. A very great man. Perhaps the greatest of all Nigerian Tijani scholars. He was looking for the Ghawth.....when he found Shaykh Ibrahim (RA). He had already reached all other maqams.
Further Reading on Sheikh Atiqu:
THE FOUR PILLARS OF FAYDAH TIJANIYYAH IN KANO: FOREMOST MUQADDAMS OF SHAYKH IBRAHIM NIASSE IN KANO
https://iconofmystics.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-four-pillars-of-faydah-tijaniyyah.html
SHAYKH ABU-BAKR ATIQU (KANO, NIGERIA)
https://iconofmystics.blogspot.com/2014/02/shaykh-abubakr-atiqu-kano-state-nigeria.html
{New Sufi Books Collection [Arabic & English Translation] Available!!!}
• Sa’ādat al-Anām bi Aqwāl Shaykh al-Islām
• Al-Budūr as-Suta’i: Shar’h al-Mur’hafati-l quta’i
• Tabsirat al-Anām fī anna-l ‘Ilma Huwa-l Imām
• Kanzul Awliyā fī Tawassuli bi-A’azam al-Asmā’
• Raf’u-l Malām ‘aman rafa’a wa qabada iqtidā bi-Sayyid al-Anām
• Majmu’ Qasā’id al-Mawlid an-Nabawī
• Nujūm al-Hudā fī kawni Nabiyyinā afdala man da’ā ilā llahi wa hadā
• Ziyādat al-Jawāhir min yawāqīt al-fāzin durari hikamin fī funūn ‘ulūm
• Ad-Dawāwīn as-Sitt
• Matrab as-Sāmi’een an-Nāzireen: Fī Manāqib ash-Shaykh Al-Hajj ‘Abdullah ibn Sayyid Muhammad
• Fi Riyād at-Tafsīr: Tafsīr Mawlāna ash-Shaykh Ibrahīm Niyās al-Kawlakhy
• Al-Bayān wa-t Tabyīn ‘anni-t Tijāniyyati wa-t Tijāniyyīn
• Tanbīhu-l adhkiyā’ fī kawn Ash-Shaykh At-Tijānī Khātim al-Awliyyā
• Dīwān Sayr al-Qalb bi-Mad’h al-Mustafā al-hibb ilā Hadrat Ar-Rabb
• Majmū’ Rihlāt Ash-Shaykh Ibrāhīm [Ar-Rihlat al-Hijaziyya al-ūlā, Nayl al-Mafāz al-awd ilā-l Hijāz, Ar-Rihlat al-Kanāriyya wal Kumāshiyya, Ar-Rihlat al-Kunākriyya]
• Jawāhir ar-Rasā’il al-hāwī ba’ad al-‘ulūm wasīlat al-wasā’il
...New Collections from other Sufi Authors available are;
• Tafsīr al-Jalālayni [by Jalāludeen al-Mahālī & Jalāludeen as-Suyūtī]
• Tafsīr Ibn ‘Abbās (Tanwīr al-Miqbās) [by Abī Tāhir ibn Ya’aqūb Fairūzābādī]
• Shams al-Ma’arif al-Kubrā wa Latā’if al-‘Awārif [by Imām Ahmad ibn ‘Aliyyu Al-Būnī]
• Al-‘Ishrīniyya (Dīwān al-Wasā’il al-Mutaqabala fī mad’hi-n Nabiyyi) [by Wazīr Abdur-Rahmān al-Fāzāzī & Imām AbūBakr al-Muhīb]
• Mukāshafat al-Qulūb [by Imām Abū-Hamīd al-Ghazzālī]
• Ghāyatul Amānī fī Sīrat Sīdī Ahmad At-Tijānī [Compiled by Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan al-Mada’ū Thānī]
• Ifādatul Ahmadiyyah: Li-Mureed As-Sa’ādat al-Abadiyyah [by Sīdī Muhammad At-Tayyib As-Sufyānī]
To Place order & for enquiries, contact;
WhatsApp: +2349078376281
Or click
https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=2349078376281
Or
Call: +2348074393996
Or
Email: smilebak2004@gmail.com
• New Life Through Sufism (An Introductory Approach to Sufism) [by Shaikh Zikrullah Okukayode Yekeen
• Pure Hearted (Al Qalb as-Salīm) [by Sayyid Balogun Babatunde (Ubaidullah Alli)]
To place order, Contact;
WhatsApp: +2349078376281
Or click
SUFI LITERATURE AND PRAYER BOOKS COLLECTION
Dalā’ilu l Khayrāt - Collection of prayers upon the Prophet “in Plain Arabic and Warsh script” (by Shaikh Sulaiman Jazūlī) - Arabic
Kanzul Masūn - Collections of Prayers/Supplications (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse) - Arabic
Dawāwīn as-Sitt (Six Anthologies) on Prophetic Eulogy (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse) - Arabic
Ahzāb wa Awrād (Collection of Prayers/Liturgies and Litanies) of Shaikh Ahmad at-Tijani - Arabic
For order:
Call: +2348074393996
WhatsApp: https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=2349078376281
1. Majmū’at ad-Dawāwīn (Collection of Eulogy Works) of Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse’ (English translation) - Translated by Dr. Awwal Baba Taofiq
2.Vessel of Spiritual Flood, Translation of Goran Faydah by Shaykh Balarabe Haroon Jega (Translated by Dr. Awwal Baba Taofiq)
3.Shariah and Haqeeqah: In the Light of the Qur'an and the Prophetic Traditions(Translated by Dr. Awwal Baba Taofiq)
4.The Icon of Mystics: Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse Al-Kawlakhy (Translated by Dr. Awwal Baba Taofiq)
5. Tahniat (Congratulatory Ode) of Shaikh Ibrahim Niass - (Translation
& Transliteration of Majmuu' Qasaid al-Mawlid of Baye) - (Translated by Sayyid AbdulQadri Okeneye)
6. Handbook for every Tijaniyyat (by Shaikh As-Sufi)
8. Risalat at-Tawbah (Epistle of Repentance) of Shaykh Ibrahim Niyass al-Kawlakhi" - (Translation & Commentary by Dr. Razaq Solagberu)
9. Katsina and Kaduna Conferences (Jadhbul ahbab ila hadrat Rabbil arbab) and Mecca Conference - (Translated by Sayyidah Bilqis Grillo)
10. Softcopy of Numerous Sufi Literature (Arabic & English) - (To be sent via CD & email/googledrive)
12. Sayyida Fatimat Zahara (The Rose): The Beloved Daughter of the Holy Prophet (SAW) - (by Sayyid Ahmad Bello As-Suufi Harazimi)
13. Sheikh Ahmad Tijani and his Spiritual Path (Tariqat) - (by Sayyid Ahmad Bello As-Suufi Harazimi)
14.Special Prayers from Kanzul Masun- (Translated by Sayyid AbdulQadri Okeneye)
15.Facts about Sufism by Ismaheel Abdulrauf
16. Who is Shaykh Jamiu Bulala (by Ustaz Olanipekun Shittu Tunde)
17. Mawlud lectures of Shaikh Ibrahim Niass - (Translated by Sayyidah Bilqis Grillo)
18. Practical Guide on the Wird(Litany) of the Tariqah Faydah Tijaniyyah (The Adherent Handbook) - (Translated by Sayyidah Bilqis Grillo)
19. Hizbu Sayfi & Hizbul Mughni (Arabic text, Translation, Transliteration by Imam Marooph Raji)
20. Hizbul Bahri (Arabic text, Translation, Transliteration by Imam Marooph Raji)
21. Sufi Tasbih/Prayer Beads/Rosary 📿
To place orders;
Call: +2348074393996
WhatsApp Link:
https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=2349078376281
#smilebakglobalemporium #sufibooks #tijanibooks #faydabooks #pristinesufism #pristinesufismbooks #sufitasbih #sufiliterature
Salat books available (over 13books by Sheikh Gibrima, Sheikh Aliyyu Harazim(Kano), Sheikh Atiqu, Nabahani and so on).
https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=2349078376281
SmileBak Global Emporium/Pristine Sufism Books
WhatsApp Link: https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=2349078376281
No comments:
Post a Comment