Shaykh Ahmadou Bamba's Sayings
“Allah is the Giver and happiness is for those who follow the path of piety.”
Thought of the Month
One day a man paid visit to the Shaykh and put forward his request as would do any visiting person. he said “Shaykh only three things scare me to death” and the Shaykh answered” So you have to do three things to remediate them” and asked him what they are. Here’s their conversation.
-loneliness is a scary thing to me
-Read the Qur’an all the time.
-Shaykh, the only thought of being poor frightens me
-Always share with others what is in your possession
-Shaykh, a short life span is another obsession to me
- Follow your Lord’s recommendations and don’t do wrong to your fellowman.
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Regarding his Endowments
Once the Shaykh called all the disciples and made them repeat after him “Glory be to God, Master of the worlds” three times. Then he explain them the rationale behind it in these terms: “You could have missed my presence in this life or I could have missed your presence in this life or you could have ignored me after knowing who I am. If you did not fall in these three categories, then you should thank Him three times"
Once the Shaykh said to the disciples regarding the Day of the Magal:” Any kind of entertainment you would have offered me if I was your visiting guest, I want you to do the same for my sake, as far as that day is concerned. He gave out to the disciples the sum of 3300 CFA (four times the same amount) to buy sugar; tea; coffee; and condiments to prepare meals.
He said on another occasion regarding the importance of that day : “Whoever celebrates it (in accordance with his recommendations) will be forgiven his or her bad deeds committed starting from adulthood till death”.
"Once the Shaykh was saying his prayers and all of a sudden it started raining. When he finished he said: It is very painful to say one’s prayers under the rain, but to be trapped in a tomb in fire is more painful"
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