Scholars and religious figures
Sheikh Abdallah al-Qutbi (Sheekh Cabdullaahi Qudbi)
Sheikh Abdallah ibn Mu'allim Yusuf al-Qutbi (about 1879 to 1919) was a Somali theologian and polemicist of the Qadiriyya order who lived at Qulunqul. He is best known for al-Majmu'at al-mubaraka (The Blessed Collection), a five-part collection of polemical writings published in Cairo around 1919 to 1920.
Sheikh Abdallah al-QutbiAbdullahi Qutbi · Cabdullaahi Qudbi
- Lived
- 1879 to 1919
- Known as one of
- Scholars and religious figures
- Era
- Partition and the Dervishes, 1884 to 1920
- Sources
- 1 sources
Who was he?
Abdallah ibn Mu'allim Yusuf al-Qutbi was a Somali theologian, polemicist and philosopher who lived from about 1879 to 1919 (Wikipedia, Abdallah al-Qutbi). He lived at Qulunqul, also written Kolonkol (same source).
Faith and writing
He was a disciple of Sheikh Abdulrahman al-Shashi and a member of the Qadiriyya Sufi order (Wikipedia). His best-known work is al-Majmu'at al-mubaraka (The Blessed Collection), a five-part collection of polemics published in Cairo around 1919 to 1920, the year 1338 in the Islamic calendar (same source).
In short
A Qadiriyya scholar whose five-part Blessed Collection was published in Cairo around the time of his death.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Abdallah al-Qutbi · en.wikipedia.org
Sheikh Abdallah al-QutbiAbdullahi Qutbi · Cabdullaahi Qudbi
- Lived
- 1879 to 1919
- Known as one of
- Scholars and religious figures
- Era
- Partition and the Dervishes, 1884 to 1920
- Sources
- 1 sources
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