SANKORE' Institute of Islamic - African Studies International Ta’leem Al-Anaam The Education of Humanity Regarding Allah’s Great Estimation For Our Prophet (Upon him be the best of blessings and peace) By: The Amir of Gwandu, the Chief Wazir and Military Commander of the Victorious Armies of the Sokoto Islamic Empire Shaykh Abdullahi ibn Muhammad Fuduye’ ibn Uthman Famous as Ibn Fuduye` Edited & Translation by: Abu Alfa Umar Muhammad Shareef bin Farid 1 ‘Ta’leem Al-Anaam’ Copyright 1413/1992 Muhammad Shareef Published by Sankore’ Institute of Islamic-African Studies International www.sankore.org / www.siiasi.org
[email protected] First Edition 1992 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. 2 Translator’s Preface In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Peace be upon the best of creation, Muhammad ibn Abdullah, the seal of the Prophets and the Last of the Messengers, and upon his family and Companions. The Sankore’ Institute is honored to present to the reader a book which clarifies in the most concise and eloquent manner the reality ( haqiqah ) of the last and final Messenger to mankind, Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abdu’l-Muttalib ibn Hashim, (may Allah bless him as long as the east wind blows and to the number of created things). Many writers in the past have written about the sublime reality of this noble Messenger. However, this book was written by one of Africa’s leading scholars and revolutionaries.