Sunday 1 January 2023

SHAYKH IBRAHIM OLOUNGBEBE (OTTA)

BIOGRAPHY OF SHEIKH IBRAHEEM ABDULLAHI ALABI OLOHUNGBEBE (RTA)




BIRTH AND PARENTAGE

Alhaji Sheikh AIbrahim Abdullai Alabi Olohungbebe was born in the year 1927 into the Abidogun family of Oke Imale in Ilorin. He is the only male child of late Alfa Abdullai soliu, a renowned Islamic scholar compound of Agberere in Ilorin. Alhaji Sheikh Ibraheem Olohungbebe had three female siblings.

 
EDUCATION

This renowned Islamic scholar had only Arabic education but developed himself in the western education. He started his quranic education under late Alfa Ambali of Alakara compound in 1932, later became a student of his father Alfa Abdullai soliu and completed his Islamic education and graduated in 1953 under his nephew Sheikh Badamosi Sa’adudeen Ajara.

RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES

-          Alhaji sheikh ibraheem Alabi Olohungbebe joined Ansar ud deen society of Nigeria, ota branch in 1946 and became the chief missionary till his death.

-          He was member of and Chief Missionary of Zumuratul Hujaj society of Nigeria, Ota branches and its environs.

-          A pillar of the Tijaniyah group in Nigeria in general and Ota environs in particular.

-          One of the founding fathers of Itihad Ansarul Faelatul Tijaniyat of Nigeria and the chief missionary thereof.

-          The Founder/Spiritual leader/Life president of Itifaqul-Islam-wa-faelatul Tijaniyat worldwide till his death.

-          One of the founding fathers of Itihad Nursery/Primary school, Sango-Ota, where he donated 10 acres of land for the project.

-          He met his teacher/mentor, Eminence, Erudite Islamic scholar and name sake sheikh Ibraheem Abdullahi Niaas Al-kaolahi (R.T.A) in 1964/1967, as guided by sheikh Jamiu Bulala and sheikh Mukadam Lawal, both of kwara state.

-          He performed Hajj (Holy pilgrimage) (18) times and Umurah (22 times) in his life time.
 

SOCIAL LIFE

-          He was happily married with children

-          All his children are well educated in both Islamic and western education and all of them were born in Ota.

-          He is an encyclopedia when it comes to Islamic activities, Tijaniyat Tariqat/Path in particular.

-          He travelled wide to many parts of the world such as; London, France, cairo, Nairobi, Morocco, Republic of Benin, Ivory coast, Ghana, Libya, Liberia, Western Germany, Pakistan, United states of America, Rome, Iran to mention a few.

-          1984 on the invitation of Iranian government led well known group of Sufism scholars from chad republic, Niger, Republic of Benin and Nigeria to a world conference during the iran-iraq war.

-          1988 he delivered a lecture on behalf of the Nigerian Muslims at a world conference in Faz, Morocco.

-          All his travelling were in the course of Islamic religion

-          He is a very generous, kind, fair minded and humble Islamic leader.

-          Sheikh Ibraheem Olohungbebe passed to the great beyond on Saturday the 2nd day of August 1997 (RTA)

 
THE SOCIETY: ITIFAQUL-ISLAM WA FAELATU TIJANIYAT WORLDWIDE

The society is a non-profitable Islamic organization founded by his Eminence Fadilat Sheikh Ibraheem Abdullai Olohugbebe precisely on 8th day of July, 1985.

The inaugural meeting was held in the founders livingroom with twenty four (24) members in attendance representing sixteen (16) Zawiyat/Branches. 

The society was registered in Nigeria with the registration number Reg NO: 5867 on the 11th day of July 1990.  


Source;
http://www.itifaqul-islamwafaelatultijaniyat.com/site/about-us/




AL-HAJJ MUQADDAM IBRAHIM OLOHUNGBEBE: STUDIED UNDER SHAYKH MUHAMMAD GIBRIMA AT NGURU

By: Prof. Y.A. Quadri (1985)

“Al-hajj muqaddam Olorungbebe also a muqaddam (of Shaykh Ibrahim Niass) in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. Alhajj Olorungbebe studied under Shaykh Gibrim at Nguru, while Al-hajj Yahya used to visit him occasionally. They were interviewed (about Shaykh Muhammad Gibrima b. Muhammad al-Daghiri[1902-1975]) in March 1980.

Source;

SHAYKH IBRAHIM NIASS–THE TIJANIYYAH SHAYKH [Written by: Prof. Y.A. Quadri (Published in 1985)]



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• Qasida al-Hamziyya (Panegyric which contains the Biography & History of Prophet Muḥammad) by Shaykh Muhammad Būsayrī [Translation & Commentary by Ibrahim Jafaru] - Arabic & English

• Al-Yāqūtatu-l Fareeda Fī Tariqatu-t Tijāniyyah (The Unique Ruby in the Tijānīya Spiritual Path) — *Arabic Text, English Translation & Commentary* (Written by Sheikh Abdul-Wāhid Muhammad Nazifi. Translated by Jafaru Ibrahim)

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SALAT ALA NABIYY (PRAYERS UPON THE PROPHET) COLLECTION👇👇👇

• Jihāzu Sārih wa Sā’ihi wa Sābih wal ‘Ākiful Fālihu fī Tawajuhāt bi-Salātul Fātih (Shaykh Muhammad Gibrima Ad-Dāghirī)

• Teebu-l Fā'ihi wa-l Wirdu-s Sā'ihi fī Salātu-l Fatih (Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Abdul-Wāhid an-Nazeefī)


• Mawridu-r Ridā fi-s Salāt 'alā-n Nabiyyi-l Murtadā (Shaykh Hassan Dem)

• Hizbu Suwar al-Maneehi (Shaykh Gibrīma)

• Itbaau Tazyeel (Shehu Gibrīma)

• Jaami'u Salawaat alaa Nabiyy (Sheikh Aliyyu Harazim, Kano)

• Al-Majmū'u min Da'awatayn (Ad-Da'awat al-Mustajābāt & Sidrat al-Muntahā ad-Dā'een) [Shaykh Muhammad Gibrīma]

• Tadhyeel wa Ta'aqeeb an-Natā'ij wa As'alat al-Hawā'ij fī-s Salāt 'alā-s Sayyid al-Wujūd wa 'alami-sh Shuhūd, [Shaykh Muhammad Gibrīma]


• Natā'ij al-Asfār fī-s Salāt alā-n Nabiyy al-Mukhtār [Shaykh Ahmad ibn Aliyyu al-Yarwāwī (Abu-l Fat'h)]

• Diwan Fat'hu-r Rahmān fi Mad'hi Sayyid al-Akwān [Shaykh Ahmad ibn Aliyyu al-Yarwāwī (Abu-l Fat'h)]

• Dalā’il al-khairāt wa Shuwāriq al-Anwār fī Dhikr as-Salāt ‘alā-n Nabiyy al-Mukhtār (The Indices of Virtues/The Waymarks of Benefits and the Brilliant Burst of Sunshine in the Invocation of Allah’s Blessing on the Chosen Prophet) by Imām Sulaiman Jazūlī [Re-Arranged into Arabic text, Translation, Transliteration by Alhaji Marooph Raji]

• Qasida al-Hamziyya (Panegyric which contains the Biography & History of Prophet Muḥammad) by Shaykh Muhammad Būsayrī [Translation & Commentary by Ibrahim Jafaru] - Arabic & English

 • Dalā’ilu l Khayrāt - Collection of prayers upon the Prophet (by Shaikh Sulaiman Jazūlī) - Arabic: in Hafs Arabic (big size)

• Sa'ādat ad-darayni fī Salāt alā Sayyid al-Kaunayn by Shaykh Yūsuf an-Nabahānī

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ENGLISH SŪFĪ BOOKS COLLECTION 👇👇👇

• The Icon of Mystics: Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse Al-Kawlakhy {Biographical Account of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse}

• Who is this Shaikh “Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse Al-Kaolacky”

• Majmū’at ad-Dawāwīn (Collection of Eulogy Works) of Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse. {Content: Dawāwinu-s Sitt + Nūr al-Haq + Sayr al-Qalb} Arabic text & English translation


• Vessel of Spiritual Flood, Translation of Goran Faydah by Shaykh Balarabe Haroon Jega  (Hausa-Ajami text & English translation

• Shariah and Haqeeqa: in the Light of the Quran and prophetic tradition


 Spiritual Flood (Alūfu-l Khalqi Ma'lūf), by Shaykh 'Abdul-Quadr ibn 'Ali Al-Nupewy [Annotated Translation from Arabic to English

• Shariah and Haqeeqah: In the Light of the Qur'an and the Prophetic Traditions


• The Prophetic Path (Tariqat-ul' Nabuwa): Identifying the True & Correct Practice of Islamic-Sufism [By Abdul' Rasheed Ayinla]

• Handbook for every Tijaniyyat [by Shaikh Ahmad Bello As-Suufi Harazimi]

• Practical Guide on the Wird(Litany) of the Tariqah Faydah Tijaniyyah (The Adherent Handbook)-(Compiled by Sayyidah Bilqis Grillo)

• Durratu Tāj (The Crown Jewel and Fundamental Needs of the Murid, Regarding the Essentials of the Rules & Requirements of the Tariqa Tijaniyyah Spiritual Path): A Concise Instructional Handbook/Pamphlet), by Abdul-Karīm ibn al-Arabī [Translated by Shaikh Hassan Cisse & Alhaji Lawal]

• The Qualities and Uses of Zamzam Water (A Scientific & Islamic Exploration) by Abdul-Quadir Adeniyi Okeneye

• Understanding the Concept of Will-Making in Islam (Fee Manzoori-l-Islam) by Abdul-Quadir Adeniyi Okeneye

• Dalā’il al-khairāt wa Shuwāriq al-Anwār fī Dhikr as-Salāt ‘alā-n Nabiyy al-Mukhtār (The Indices of Virtues/The Waymarks of Benefits and the Brilliant Burst of Sunshine in the Invocation of Allah’s Blessing on the Chosen Prophet) by Imām Sulaiman Jazūlī [Re-Arranged into Arabic text, Translation, Transliteration by Alhaji Marooph Raji]

• Al-Yāqūtatu-l Fareeda Fī Tariqatu-t Tijāniyyah (The Unique Ruby in the Tijānīya Spiritual Path) — Arabic Text, English Translation & Commentary (Written by Sheikh Abdul-Wāhid Muhammad Nazifi. Translated by Jafaru Ibrahim)


• Qasida al-Hamziyya (Panegyric which contains the Biography & History of Prophet Muḥammad) by Shaykh Muhammad Būsayrī [Translation & Commentary by Ibrahim Jafaru] - Arabic & English

 • GoogleDrive (PDF): Softcopy of Numerous Sufi Literature (Arabic & English) - (To be sent via CD & email/googledrive)

 • PDF (via Email): Selected Letters of Shaykh Ahmad al-Tijani (25 Letters) & Selected Letters of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (30 Letters) - " *Softcopies* (PDF)" [Translated by Ustadh Talut Dawud]


ARABIC SŪFĪ BOOKS COLLECTION👇👇👇

 • Jawāhir al-Ma’ānī wa Bulūgh al-Amānī fī Fayd Sīdi Abī-l ‘Abbās at-Tijānī (Jewels of Meanings and the Attainment of Aspirations in the Spiritual Flood of Abu l Abbas Tijānī) by Sīdī ‘Aliyyu Harāzim Berrada - Arabic [Single Vol 1/2]

• It'hāfu-s Sāmi‘ wa-r Rāwī bi-ba‘ad Ajwibatu-sh Shaykh wa-l Fatāwā (A Compendium of Scholarly Responses & Verdicts of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse) [Compiled by Imām Tijānī Cisse]

 • Sa’ādat al-Anām bi Aqwāl Shaykh al-Islām [Collection of Sayings/Maxims of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse] — Collected by Imām Tijānī Cisse

• Raf’u-l Malām ‘Aman Rafa’a wa Qabada bi-Sayyid al-Anām {Exoneration of One Who Folds Up (His Hands) & Raises them Up (in Prayer) by the Leader of Mankind} [by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse] (Arabic)

• Ziyādat al-Jawāhir min yawāqīt al-fāzin durari hikamin (Addendum to the Epistles of Baye Niasse) [Compiled by Shaykh Ahmad Abul Fathi] (Arabic)

• Tanbīhu-l Adhkiyā’ fī kawn Ash-Shaykh At-Tijānī Khātim al-Awliyyā (On Sheikh Al-Tijani being the Seal of the Saints) — by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse

• 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] (Travelogues of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse)


• Jawāhir ar-Rasā’il al-hāwī ba’ad al-‘ulūm wasīlat al-wasā’il (Collection of Essential Epistles of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse) [Compiled by Shaykh Ahmad Abul Fathi] (Arabic)

 • Fī Riyādh at-Tafsīr lil Qur’ān al-Karīm (In the Meadows of Tafsir/Exegesis for the Noble Quran) - by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (Compiled by Muhammad ibn Abdullah Jayjubi at-Tijānī)
—Arabic [6 Volumes]


BIOGRAPHICAL & POETRY COMPENDIUM OF SHAYKH IBRAHIM NIASSE👇👇👇


• Āfāqu-sh Shi'ir 'Inda-sh Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse [An Encyclopedic Collection of Poems of Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse] (Collected by Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Abdullah al-Jayjūbī) Arabic [9 Volumes]

• Majmū'at at-Ta'areef bi-sh Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse (Radiya-llahu 'anhu) wa Faydatihi wa Muqaddamīhi [An Encyclopedic Biographical Collection of (the Life & Times of) Shaykh Ibrāhīm Niasse, his Spiritual Flood and his Representatives/Deputies] (Collected by Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Abdullah al-Jayjūbī) - Arabic [9 Volumes]

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