Shaykh Ibrahim ibn ‘Abdullah Niyas al-Kawlakhi (q.s.): His Life & Wisdom
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following was translated by Ustadz Adnan Adrian Wood-Smith from an Arabic article by Shaykh Hadi ibn Muhammad al-Mukhtar an-Nahwi. Shaykh Ibrahim ibn ‘Abdullah Niyas al-Kawlakhi ( q.s. ) was born on Thursday, 15 th Rajab 1320 AH, October 1902, in Tayba, which is a small village near Kaolack, in Senegal. He grew up in the care of his father, the great scholar and warrior Shaykh ‘Abdullahi ibn Muhammad ibn Madimba ( r.a. ). He recited the Qur’an with him until he had memorised it fluently in the recitation of Warsh , and then went on to learn different sacred sciences. His high aspiration and consistent, wholehearted engagement in seeking knowledge propelled him to become deeply versed in all branches of the sacred sciences, manifest and hidden. His father was his only teacher. His superiority became clear while he was still young. As a youth, he gained distinction in his knowledge of comme...