Sudan Archive

OriginalTranslateMachine translation — not a source document

Idris took it from him, and it fell upon Al-Hajj Ibrahim. He came to Qari during his marriage to Sina, daughter of Sheikh Ajib. The scholar Hassan bin Abd al-Rasul said: Al-Hajj came to us at the beginning of the afternoon, and people were at Friday prayer, with his fur cloak on his shoulder and his staff on his back. He clasped his hands on it. He spoke to the students and the notables of the town, asking them to go with him to the King. They went with him. And Ma'ruf, the owner of Abd al-Salam, and his assistant said to the King: He will not give back even an inch. Gather the camel and brand the sea in its hump. He got up from him angry and said: God willing, I will gather my brothers, the students, and brand it in its hump. The community asked for the deceased to be with them to rest. And the students behind him did not stand up. It is said that they feared a branding in a place called Umm Dukin, and they filled its pot with it, so the sea rose and overflowed, and the sheep dung did not move. He prayed for the king's reign to be taken away from him, and none of his descendants held it until our time. This incident occurred in the year six after one thousand and two hundred, and is known to people as the Sea of Al-Hajj. He died in the year of Al-Wada', at the age of one hundred and twenty years. He is older than his brother Ali, because he lived sixty years after his death, then he passed away to the mercy of God Almighty. Arbab bin Ali bin Aun Al-Khashan was named so because of the roughness of his body from ablution and bathing. He is also called Arbab al-Aqa'id. He took the science of jurisprudence from Sheikh Al-Zayn bin Saghirun, and the science of beliefs from the scholar Ali bin Bari. He served him, so he prayed for him with a sincere prayer, and God benefited him with his knowledge. Journeys were undertaken to him for the science of monotheism and Sufism, and the number of his students reached over a thousand students, from Dar al-Funj to Dar Barnu, his students and the students of his students. He wrote a book on the pillars of faith and named it Al-Jawahir, which benefited people east and west. His students are the scholars of Islam, including Al-Hajj Khujali, the scholar Hamd bin Umm Maryam, the scholar Hamd Hatik, the scholar Harun bin Abu Hasi, Sheikh Farah bin Taktuk, Al-Qurashi Al-Salihawi, and countless others. He sat for teaching after the death of his Sheikh. He died in the year two after one thousand and two hundred, between Sinnar, and his tomb is visible and visited. Al-Masri is Muhammad Al-Qanawi. He took knowledge from Sheikh Salem Al-Sunhuri (1) and Sheikh Yusuf Al-Zarqani bin Abd al-Baqi (2), the commentator of Khalil. He came to the land of Al-Funj in the first half of the tenth century, during the time of Sheikh Ajib Al-Manjak. He entered Berber, the city of Arbaji, and Sinnar, and the inhabitants of Berber agreed with him, saying that its air is better than all lands. He built his mosque there for teaching Al-Risala, Al-Aqa'id, grammar, and other sciences. He was appointed as a judge, and he administered it with chastity and integrity, and forbade bribery in judgment, and warned against it. He was told that his son Fatawi had taken bribes in his judgments. He rode a beast in the market, lifted a white cloth, and said: My son Fatawi has taken bribes, so his judgment is void. He allowed the wages of the scribe of the judgment and stipulated a chicken in it. (1 and 2) Sheikh Salem Al-Sunhuri and Sheikh Yusuf Al-Zarqani were prominent scholars of the Maliki school in Egypt, may God be pleased with them.

Text produced by OCR — report an error