SHAYKH MUHAMMAD JAMI'H AL~LABEEB (ALFA TAJU AL~ADAB) of Ilorin
He was an Absorbed Mystic (Majzoob), Astute Teacher & was one of the Unseen Epithets/Personages amongst Saints (Rijaal Al~Ghaeb.
Alfa Agba was an Uwaysi, that is, having no physical teacher or spiritual guide. It was said that Sheikh Abdul~Qadir Jaelani was his Master & Teacher in Ruuh/Spirit. What an Enigma he was!
He was put to test by all the Ulama of his time & they all agreed to his divine knowledge (Ilm~Laduniyah).
"His real names are: Sheikh Muhammad Jami'hu Labeeb, aka (Alfa) Taju~l~Adab. He also had his own tareeqah under quadriyyah order and (had) ilham (divinely~bestowed knowledge formula) of his own. He wrote books on different courses such as Nahwu and Sarfu (arabic grammar), all in poetry and the one he used to prove himself as the most knowledgable of his time (Adidi). The books aren't less than fifty which can be found in the hands of present Mufti of Ilorin, Sheikh Khidru Salaudeen Apaokagi."~~~Sidi Ustadh Saheed Badmus
"He gave up at the age of 33 'thirty~three 'JALLA' (adad al~jalla {Abjad Number of Magestic attributes}), he was buried in the palace of the Alake of Egba Land, he was also one of the Mentors of Sheik Adam Abdullah Al~Ilory RTA Ajmaheen"~~~Sidi Ustadh Oriola Abiola
Sheikh AbduRaheem Ameenullahi Abata relates this story in the Funeral Lecture video of Sheikh
Kamal~deen Al~Adaby (not in exactwords):
“Sheikh Taju~deen taught for many hours a day, to the extent that he spits blood after haven spoken too much to students. The young student 'Shaykh Kamal~deen Al Adab' saw his teacher's sufferings/toil and he felt sorry and was crying (out of his love for his teacher), after which Alfa Taju's wife reported the issue. Alfa Taju made enquiry as to why the young kamal was crying, and he said: It’s your toil and labour on us (students), and moreover, I don’t understand the lessons.
The mystico~estatic saintly teacher was very impressed by the sheikh’s love for him, and he told him to come along with him and gave him meat out of his meal and told him he’ll never forget all he learnt.”
Sheikh Tajudeen Al~Adaby was an Imam of Great Mystics from all over the world in the Mystico~Divine realm, and he once told the young ‘kamaal’ to make ablution and he took him to that Mosque in the mystico~divine realm, and the boy was astounded to see Saints/Awliyyaa of different races and
backgrounds there.
Imam Tajudeen stepped forward (as the Imam/Leader of the group of saints), and told sheikh Kamaal to stay beside him to pray. After the prayer session, the Imam said: My people, this is the boy I have been mentioning to you (all). He made each and everyone of them to pray for him. Sheikh Kamaal was reported to have said: “Alfa Agba mu mi lo ibi tii tii kirun, osi ko mi bii tii kii (Alfa Agba/Grand Shaykh {Taju al~Adab} took me to where he prays {in the divine realms of the most high}, and he taught me how he prays there)”. Alfa Agba also once said that if he successfully takes someone to the midst of the saints (i.e. in
their prayer place), that person automatically becomes one of them.
It was also said that when Alfa Taju wanted to pass on (he was in his 30s then), he was on his death bed and Sheikh Kamaal sat beside him. The Grand Sheikh kept stirring at the other side and also at this side (where his boy kamaal was). Alfa Agba said (narrating what he was seeing):
Here is the River of Kaothar (in Paradise) and my wives presented to me. And nothing else is stopping me from moving ahead except the fact that, I know Kamaal will have many enemies. He kept inquiring
(spiritually) whether the boy was going to be victorious, and when he got the information as to the
CERTAINTY OF VICTORY, he bid them farewell and passed on-------via: Sheikh Abdul~Ganiyy
Aboto’s Funeral Lecture video of Sheikh Kamal~deen Al~Adaby (not {all} in exactwords).
Sheikh AbduRaheem Ameenullahi Abata also stated that: Alfa Agba told sheikh Kamaal to hold on to
Suratul An’aam, verses one to three, and that he shouldn’t stop reciting it till he leaves the surface of the Earth. The Prophet related that 70,000 Angels descended with Angel Gabriel when he was coming
with these three verses.
Out of my numerical enthusiasm&eagerness to learn, when I heard the above statement by
Alfa Agba, I started to make numerical investigation&found out that the three verses had 165 arabic alphabets exactly&that is the numerical value of LAA ILAHA ILA LLAH.
That interpretes the fact that Surat al An’aam, verses 1 to 3 is a very strong khutba and exegesis of Laa ilaha illaa llah (for those that are Raasikh fii~l~Ilm {May Allah make us like them}).
That now gave me more proofs to the ones I had before that Alfa Agba (Sheikh Taaju Al~Adab) was
indeed an Imaam/Epithet of Gnostics (Taaju~l~Aarifeen).
May Allah grant us the baraka of Pristine Saints and Sincere worshipers of God, Ameen!
INTERCESSORY GRANTS OF PRISTINE SAINTS: THE CASE OF ALFA TAJU AL~ADAB WITH HIS DECEASED WIFE
There's no iota of doubt about the fact that genuine saints have intercessory grants from Allah.
What comes to the mind afterward is how to know the real saints and whether he/she has truly been granted intercessory power or not.
It's worthy of note that the Prophet confirmed the intercessory grant of Uways al~Qarni (Seeking Allah's forgiveness for Caliphs Ali and Umar; Seeking Allah's forgiveness for the Ummah at large; and Seeking Allah's fogiveness for the people of his town Qaran in Yemen).
Indeed, Uways was a Qutb (Spiritual Pole/Axis/Pillar) of Qaran and of the Muslim Ummah in general.
The little i have gathered about Alfa Taju has been reported in my previous post in PRISTINE SUFISM (facebook.com/groups/pristinesufism).
Alfa Taju was an itinerant teacher and preacher. He was once on his missionary journey, and his wife passed on. Before he returned, they had buried his wife.
When he returned, he enquired where the grave was, and he was informed, afterwhich he asked for lamp and left for the grave spot.
It took long before Alfa returned from the grave site and he was sweating profusely.
On his return, he said: "Onaa fee dii fun die nii. Awa ni kaa kiliya onaa fun (She had a little itch on her way. And we decided to clear the road for her)"...
Allahu Akbar!!!
via: Sheikh AbduRaheem Ameenullahi Abata narrated this story in the Funeral Lecture video of Sheikh Kamal~deen Al~Adaby.
This source is very reliable, as Sheikh AbdurRaheem Abata was the choicest of the students of Sheikh Kamaludeen Al~Adaby, and Sheikh Kamaldeen was also the choicest of Sheikh Taju al~Adab's students.
More over, Sheikh AbduRaheem's father was a very close student of Sheikh Taju al~Adab, whom followed the Sheikh wherever he went.
This can be classified under the vast topic of Karaamat al~Awliyyaa (Miracles of Saints).
The real awliyya don't do it for show, it comes naturally as a result of situation of things and their spiritual positions with Allah.
May Allah illuminate their graves with Light upon Light, Ameen!!!
