HELLO BROTHER MODOU MBYE,
Thanks for this piece about SERIGNE BAMBA.You are a good asset to Gambia
L and I am proud of you.keep up the good work down there.(a la bass)
Weyeh.
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From: Momodou Mbye Jabang [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 12:23 PM
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Subject: (fwd) Magal' of Touba Is June 3rd
Asalaamu alaikum
Alhamdulillah, and below is a brief article on the life of Serigne Bamba
(rameemahullah- may Allah have mercy on him) forwarded from Point
newspaper. Amadou Kabirr, here is a good example of liberation theology.
May Allah benefit us with the knowledge and legacy of the Sheick. Ameen.
To mark the occasion of the Magal Touba this paper highlights, for the
benefit of our readers, the history of Serign Touba, and why the Magal.
Serign Mohamadou Mbacke commonly known as Hadimou Rasol, son of Sheikh
Momar Anta Sally Mbacke and Mam Jarra Bousso, was born in Mbacke Baol in
1852. He died in 1927.
According to a Senegalese historian, Serign Abdou Ndoye, he studied the
Qur'an and Sharia from an early age under his father Sheikh Momar Anta
Sally Mbacke, and his uncle Serign Mbacke Bousso. Serign Touba lived
with his father for thirty years. He was very committed to reading the
Holy Qur'an and farming, and worked hard for his father.
It was, following the death of his father, that became a respected,
charismatic and revered Senegalese Muslim leader. He became famous for
the miracles he performed.
The friends of his father including the elders wanted to introduce him
to the kings of his day, but he refused saying that only Allah is the
king, not any human being.
During his life he had differences with white colonial authorities in
Senegal, because he was promoting islam and they were against Islam.
On 1st August 1895, the governor of Saint Louis in Senegal summoned 84
marabouts and religious leaders to Saint Louis. Serign Touba refused to
go, but sent his younger brother, Mam Cherno Mbacke, to deliver a letter
to the governor. In the letter Serign Touba stated that whenever he has
permission from the Almighty Allah he will come to the governor. The
governor sent 30 people to arrest him.
The governor sent 30 men to arrest him, because the governor was told
that Serign Touba had armed people who were always ready to fight anyone
who tried to attack him.
When his brother returned from Saint Louis, before they had
discussions, Serign Touba told him he knew what transpired in his
discussions with the governor. "I was not afraid to go. I was waiting
for permission from Allah to go to the governor.
Serign Touba met with the 30-man delegation at Diewal, Senegal, and they
continued to Saint Louis where Serign Touba joined his 83 colleagues
already in Saint Louis in response to the governor's invitation.
He was told by the French governor that his colleagues have been
detained for about one month now, their feeding reduced, and could not
pray out of fear. They were made to signed papers stating that "God does
not exist and that the Qur'an is a journal."
Serign Touba, upon entering the office of the governor in the morning,
prayed two rakats . He wrote that "God is unique" and recited the Quran
"Hulwa lahou."
After being kept for some days in Saint Louis, he was brought to Dakar
and stayed another night in detention. He left Dakar on 5th Septemebr
1895 for Gabon, where he was in exile for seven years and seven months.
Travelling by ship to Gabon, he was not allowed to pray onboard. So
whenever, it was time to pray, he threw his mat overboard onto the sea,
and was seen standing on the mat performing his obligatory prayers.
Whilst in Gabon, he encountered a lot of ordeals with the whites. For
instance, they placed him in a small room with a fierce bull to attack
him, but the animal stayed calm. A lion brought to the room to eat him
did no harm to him either. Serign Touba was placed in the oven-room of a
bakery in Gabon, which became very cold when he entered.
He came back to Senegal in 1903, and told his disciples that as from
then on he will celebrate the date when he was sent into exile in Gabon.
He called this annual celebration the Magal. " The white men believed I
will not come back, that I will be killed."
His elder son Serign Mohamadou Moustapha Mbacke continued the Magal
from 1927 to 1945. Serign Falou Mbacke, his son, took over the Magal
from 1945 to 1968. Then the other sons, Serign AbdouLahat Mbacke - 1968
to 1989, Serign Abdou Hadare Mbacke was the Khalifa in1989 for nine
months only. Serign Saliou Mbacke from1989 to date is the present
Khalifa.
In The Gambia, Mouridism was actively promoted by Serign Mourid Bao,
Serign Sheikh Jobe, Serign Diadie Nyass. Presently, Serign Pap Demba
Jobe, is the representative of the Khalifa General in The Gambia. He
took over from his father, Serign Sheikh Jobe, who passed away last
year.
Serign Pap Demba Jobe appeals to all Mourides to follow the
recommendations of the Qur'an, particularly to observe the five pillars
of Islam. They must be diligent, help their Muslim brothers, foster
friendship and unity among all peopleS and respect the laws of The
Gambia and Senegal.
Allahumma salli wasallim alaa Nabiyyina Muhammad. Wasalaam.
Modou Mbye
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