Ruhul Adab

Al-Hajj Abdullahi remained in Kaolack, where he received students and scholars from all over the world seeking knowledge of Islam, the Qur’an and the Sufi way of life. He spent days and nights continuously teaching, preaching, and writing. He taught the commentaries of the Qur’an over a hundred times and also wrote commentaries on the Qur’an, Hadith, and innumerable other books in the various sciences of Islam. Al-Hajj Abdullahi left this world in the year 1340 A.H., or 1920 C.E. On this, several have written poetry, among whom is Muhammad Abdullahi Al-Alawi. He wrote thus:

“In the year of the sun was the sun Eclipsed,

The sun of piety, knowledge and divinity.

The establisher of the path of Tijâniyya,

The riviver of the traditions of the Choicest of Adnan.

The servant of Allah, the Imam of the Maliki law,

And Affairs are for Allah for He is the Possessor.”

(To be continued)