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Ibrahim Niass | |
|---|---|
 Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse | |
| Title | Shaykh al-Islām |
| Personal | |
| Born | Ibrahim Niass 8 November 1900 |
| Died | 26 July 1975 (aged 74) London, United Kingdom |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Maliki[1] |
| Creed | Ash'ari[1] |
| Tariqa | Tijani |
| Relatives | Cheikha Marieme Niass (daughter) Hassan Cisse (grandson), Ahmad Tijani Ali Cisse (grandson), Ousmane Oumar Kane (grandson) |
Ibrāhīm Niasse (1900–1975)—or French: Ibrahima Niasse, Wolof: Ibrayima Ñas, Arabic: شيخ الإسلام الحاج إبراهيم إبن الحاج عبد الله التجاني الكولخي Shaykh al-'Islām al-Ḥājj Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥājj ʿAbd Allāh at-Tijānī al-Kawlakhī —was a Senegalese major leader (wolof) of the Tijānī Sufi order of Islam in West Africa.[2] His followers in the Senegambia region affectionately refer to him in Wolof as Baay, or "father."
Niasse was the first West African to have led al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt,[3] after which he was styled "Sheikh al-Islam". He became close to many freedom fighters in West Africa due to his contribution for Independence in African States. He was friends with and an adviser to Ghana's first President, Kwame Nkrumah, and friends with Gamal Abdel Nasser and King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. Sheikh served as the Vice President of the Muslim World League with Faisal as President.
- ^ a b Brigaglia, Andrea. "Two Exegetical Works from Twentieth-Century West Africa: Shaykh Abu Bakr Gumi's Radd al-adhhān and Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse's Fī riyāḍ al-tafsīr." Journal of Qur'anic Studies 15.3 (2013): 253-266.
- ^ "Africa West Area Information". africawest.lds.org. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- ^ "Al-Azhar University". www.azhar.edu.eg. Retrieved 2018-08-11.