SHAYKH ABDULAI - BABA GOMDA (YENDI, GHANA)
Culled
from:
“Arabic Literature of Africa (ALA), Volume IV: The Writings of Western Sudanic Africa (Chapter 12: Writers of the Greater Voltaic Region)”, pgs. 597-598.
“Arabic Literature of Africa (ALA), Volume IV: The Writings of Western Sudanic Africa (Chapter 12: Writers of the Greater Voltaic Region)”, pgs. 597-598.
Compiled
By: John O. Hunwick (with the assistance of Ousmane kane, Bernard Salvaing, Rüdiger
Seesemann, Mark Sey and Ivor Wilks)
Published
by: Brill, Leiden, Boston (2003)
‘ABD ALLAH QUDUS b. al-HASAN
b. ‘UTHMAN b. ALFA HAMMA al-Fullani, b. c. 1878, known as Baba
Gomda
Alfa Hamma b. Yunus was a Masina
Fulani who established himself in Yendi probably in the late eighteenth
century. His son, ‘Uthman, opened a school at Kpabia, between Yendi and the
growing market town of Salaga. Al-Hasan b. Uthman settled in Salaga, where Abd
Allah was born.
He was taught first by his
father, then moved to Kete Krakye at the time of the Salaga civil war, 1892,
and studied under al-Hajj Umar b. Abi Bakr b. Uthman.
In 1323/1905-6, he moved to
Yendi, where his father (d. 1342/1923) had become Friday Imam. After a time Abd
Allah took up residence in Asamankese, and made the first of his ten
pilgrimages in 1927. He later
returned to Yendi, and became Friday Imam there in 1937. He ventured writing
Kotokoli and Dagbane, as well as Hausa, in Arabic script.
HIS WRITINGS:
1. Shikayat
al-mazlum
Poem in 74 vv., written in
1359/1940-41, complaining about those who had opposed the author’s selection as
Friday Imam of Yendi. Addressed to Ali b. Muhammad Baraw.
Opens:
Bi’llahi
nasran da‘awtu * Lima
ilayhi aradtu
MSS: Legon, 468; Odoom (1968),
supplement
2. [Nisab
al-dhahab]
The precise title is unclear.
Admonition, written in Dagbane, directed to the Muslims of Dagomba. Written
1361/1942-43.
MSS: Legon, 4
3. Yandiya
(Little Song)
Poem in Kotokoli, rhyming in ya-alif.
Admonition,
directed to the Kotokoli Muslims in Asamankese. Written 1338/1919-20.
MSS: Legon, 466; Odoom (1968),
supplement.
Publ. trans. in Odoom (1968),
supplement.
4. Urjuza, written in 1968 in celebration
of the 40th birthday of Ivor Wilks.
Opens:
Mawlidu
sahibi Ayfur Waylikis * Wafaqa jumu‘atan thalatha wa-‘ishrın
MS: NU/Wilks FN 281.
SHEHU ABDULAI BABA
GOMDA
By: Sidi Zakaria Abdul-kadiri
This the great
Sufi of Tijaniya who hosted Maulana Shehu Ibrahim Niasse al-Kaolakhi in Yendi.
He said he was initiated into Tijaniya in 1900. He named his child after Maulana Shehu Ibrahim who was an Imam of Yendi Senior High School. He is popular known as "Man".
He said he was initiated into Tijaniya in 1900. He named his child after Maulana Shehu Ibrahim who was an Imam of Yendi Senior High School. He is popular known as "Man".
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In the picture is:
-Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse
-Emir (Yaa Naa) of Yandi -
Muhammad (Naa Mamaru)
-Emir Naa Mamaru's subjects and students of
Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse
Pictures credit: Sidi Zakaria Abdul-kadiri |
SHAYKH ABDULAI-BABA GOMDA (YENDI, GHANA)
By: Mohammad Saani Ibrahim
Culled from:
“The Tijaniyya Order in Tamale, Ghana: Its Foundation, Organization and Role [Master of Arts (MA) Thesis, Institute of Islamic Studies McGill University, Montreal
“The Tijaniyya Order in Tamale, Ghana: Its Foundation, Organization and Role [Master of Arts (MA) Thesis, Institute of Islamic Studies McGill University, Montreal
August, 2002]”
Interaction with the ulama shows
that the Qadiriyya was the order that produced the earliest known awliya (saints) of the region.
Notable walis of this area, like Shaykh Tahiru Kumbungu, al-Hajj 'Umar Karachi
and al-Hajj Baba Gomda, were all adherents of the Qadiriyya, although later on
they joined the fold of the Tijaniyya brotherhood.
The grandparents of al-Hajj Abdulai-Baba Gomda settled in Yendi, in the
nineteenth century, where his parents and he himself were born and bred. His father,
a local authority in the Islamic faith, gave him out to 'Umar of Karachi for
studies. 'Umar was a man of wisdom and had a good number of students.
Baba Gomda studied with 'Umar, Qur'an commentary, Hadith and Fiqh. In
later life he acquired much wealth, which he used to build many mosques and
also help in the completion of others, especially in Yendi and Tamale. On
becoming a muqaddam he
introduced many people to the brotherhood.
He also travelled extensively just to propagate the religion and the
Tijaniyya brotherhood, of which he was an authentic member until his death. He
in fact led several delegations to Tamale. His activity may be dated mainly to
the 1940s, on the basis of a statement by al-Hajj Dauda Mustafa
Adabiyyah who went from Salaga to settle in Tamale
in 1946.
9. Islamic Law of Inheritance, by Sayyid Ali ibn Abubakar al-Muthanna ibn Abdullah Niasse (Translated by Dr. Sulaiman Shittu)
10. Muassasah Nasr al-'ilm Int. (AAII) Magazines No. 13, 14 & 15 (with Articles like Outline of Life of Sufi Heros & Heroines like Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse, Shaikh Abdus-Salam Oniwiridi Pakata, Shaikh Muhammad Bello Eleha, Shaikh Ahmad Rufa'i Nda Salati, and others...this magazines also features other interesting Articles).
SUFI 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)
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. Risalat at-Tawbah (Epistle of Repentance) of Shaykh Ibrahim Niyass al-Kawlakhi" – (Translation & Commentary by Dr. Razzaq Solagberu)
9. Islamic Law of Inheritance, by Sayyid Ali ibn Abubakar al-Muthanna ibn Abdullah Niasse (Translated by Dr. Sulaiman Shittu)
10. Muassasah Nasr al-'ilm Int. (AAII) Magazines No. 13, 14 & 15 (with Articles like Outline of Life of Sufi Heros & Heroines like Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse, Shaikh Abdus-Salam Oniwiridi Pakata, Shaikh Muhammad Bello Eleha, Shaikh Ahmad Rufa'i Nda Salati, and others...this magazines also features other interesting Articles).
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