Cheikh Ibrahima Niasse and the Fayda

1929 · Kaolack

Cheikh Ibrahima Niass (Baye Niass), born in Senegal in 1900, is one of the greatest Muslim scholars in Africa. From 1930, he was recognised as the bearer of the Fayda Tijaniyya, a spiritual outpouring that would draw tens of millions of disciples across the world, notably in Nigeria. He founded the religious city of Medina Baye in Kaolack, which became an international Islamic crossroads. Recognised worldwide for his immense spiritual and literary learning, he received the supreme title of Sheikh al-Islam in Cairo before being called back to God in 1975 in London; he rests at Medina Baye.

Sources

• « Shaikh al-Islam Al-Hajj Ibrahim Niasse » (chap. 12 de Le temps des marabouts, Karthala) — Cairn.info
• Kewoulo — Cheikh Al Islam Ibrahima Niass

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