Sheikh ibrahim zidan biography of alberta

Sheikh Sharif Ibrahim Saleh Al-Hussaini was born on a Saturday night, on 12th May 1938 in Aredibe, a nomadic settlement of the Shuwa Arabs, near Dikwa in Borno State.

His father, Sheikh Muhammad Al-Salih bin Yunus Al-Nawwy, was a renowned Islamic scholar and a devoted Muslim.

Sheikh ibrahim zidan biography of alberta

His mother, Fatima bint Sheikhh Muhammad Al-Bashir Al-Hussaini, was a very generous and pious lady respected by all in the community. She was also a disciplinarian with unquenchable passion for knowledge. Having lost her husband when their child was only seven years old, she took over his training to maturity.

Undoubtedly, she was the single most important influence in his life that made it possible for Sheikh Ibrahim Saleh to be a world-class scholar today. For instance, she once rejected his proposal to abandon the search for knowledge in preference for trade in livestock, when he was only fifteen years old.

She became visibly alarmed and withdrawn, an attitude that frightened her young son and brought h