Sheikh Omar Farouk Haji Abdi Sultan ( Somali: Shiikh Cumar Faaruuq Cabdi Suldaan; Arabic: شيخ عمر فاروق حاجي عبدي سلطان) Somali Cleric, Scholar, Quran interpreter and Islamic preacher. [1]
Life
Sheikh Omar Farouk was born in the village of ( Somali: Qooxle or Somali: Carmaale) near the city of Kebri Dahar, Somali territory of Ethiopia in 1939. He grew up an orphan where his parents died under the age of six and grew up under his grandmother's care.
Sheikh Omar Farouk memorized Quran at the age of 11. He then began learning the Sharia of jurisprudence, Arab sciences, interpretation and talk on various senses in the region. He then left to seek science and received the sharia in both the Somali Region and NFD before arriving in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, He was student by famous Ulama such as Sheikh Ibrahim Sule, then attended the Islamic Solidarity Institute of the Islamic University of Madinah, from which he took Salafist creed, [2] then joined the Islamic University of Medina in 1974 and received a bachelor's degree in sharia law, and then became a famous Sheikh Somali preacher touring Europe and Africa. [3]
Career of Dawah
Sheikh Omar Farouk began teaching Islamic jurisprudence and explaining the Quranic exegesis in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. He faced arrest under the rule of the Supreme Revolutionary Council, led by Somali President Siad Barre. The reason for his arrest was his interpretation of the Quranic verse of Suratul Al-An'am
English: And thus We make some wrongdoers allies of others because of what they used to earn.
(
Quran: 6:129)
He explained that if people do not adhere to their religion, Allah will place unjust rulers over them who will not show mercy. It was said that he implied Allah had imposed a tyrannical revolution upon the people, referring to Siad Barre's revolution. Consequently, he was imprisoned for forty-two days before being released.
After joining the Islamic University in Saudi Arabia in 1974, Sheikh Omar Farouk recorded the full interpretation of the Quran and broadcast the reputation of these recordings, being distinct from the rest of his peers. He also recorded the Nahwa, Al-Sarf, Al-Sīra al-Nabawiyya, Life of Sahab and Riyad as-Salihin, and many different Islamic sciences. [4]
Assassination attempt
Sheikh Omar Farouk was a vocal critic of the Ethiopian invasion and survived two assassination attempts by the Ethiopian Intelligence Agency, once in the late 1990s and again in 2001. These attempts were due to his status as one of the most prominent Somali Salafists criticizing Ethiopian intervention benefited the Somali Civil War. [5]
Contributions and reconciliation during Somali Civil War
Death
Legacy
See also
- Sheikh Mohamed Moalim
References
- ^ "عمر الفاروق عبدي سلطان (عالم وداعية صومالي مشهور) – الصومال – شبكة الشاهد الإخبارية". web.archive.org. 2016-07-08. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ^ "السلفية في الصومال.. بدايات النشأة ومآلات الواقع". web.archive.org. 2023-05-05. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ^ "المفسر القرآني الصومالي في ذمة الله فاروق". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 12 June 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "نبذة يسيرة عن الشيخ عمر الفاروق رحمة الله عليه. – قراءات صومالية – الأخبار الصومال – الأخبار الصومالية". web.archive.org. 2021-10-18. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ^ "عمر الفاروق عبدي سلطان (عالم وداعية صومالي مشهور) – الصومال – شبكة الشاهد الإخبارية". web.archive.org. 2016-07-08. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
Sheikh Omar Farouk Haji Abdi Sultan ( Somali: Shiikh Cumar Faaruuq Cabdi Suldaan; Arabic: شيخ عمر فاروق حاجي عبدي سلطان) Somali Cleric, Scholar, Quran interpreter and Islamic preacher. [1]
Life
Sheikh Omar Farouk was born in the village of ( Somali: Qooxle or Somali: Carmaale) near the city of Kebri Dahar, Somali territory of Ethiopia in 1939. He grew up an orphan where his parents died under the age of six and grew up under his grandmother's care.
Sheikh Omar Farouk memorized Quran at the age of 11. He then began learning the Sharia of jurisprudence, Arab sciences, interpretation and talk on various senses in the region. He then left to seek science and received the sharia in both the Somali Region and NFD before arriving in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, He was student by famous Ulama such as Sheikh Ibrahim Sule, then attended the Islamic Solidarity Institute of the Islamic University of Madinah, from which he took Salafist creed, [2] then joined the Islamic University of Medina in 1974 and received a bachelor's degree in sharia law, and then became a famous Sheikh Somali preacher touring Europe and Africa. [3]
Career of Dawah
Sheikh Omar Farouk began teaching Islamic jurisprudence and explaining the Quranic exegesis in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. He faced arrest under the rule of the Supreme Revolutionary Council, led by Somali President Siad Barre. The reason for his arrest was his interpretation of the Quranic verse of Suratul Al-An'am
English: And thus We make some wrongdoers allies of others because of what they used to earn.
(
Quran: 6:129)
He explained that if people do not adhere to their religion, Allah will place unjust rulers over them who will not show mercy. It was said that he implied Allah had imposed a tyrannical revolution upon the people, referring to Siad Barre's revolution. Consequently, he was imprisoned for forty-two days before being released.
After joining the Islamic University in Saudi Arabia in 1974, Sheikh Omar Farouk recorded the full interpretation of the Quran and broadcast the reputation of these recordings, being distinct from the rest of his peers. He also recorded the Nahwa, Al-Sarf, Al-Sīra al-Nabawiyya, Life of Sahab and Riyad as-Salihin, and many different Islamic sciences. [4]
Assassination attempt
Sheikh Omar Farouk was a vocal critic of the Ethiopian invasion and survived two assassination attempts by the Ethiopian Intelligence Agency, once in the late 1990s and again in 2001. These attempts were due to his status as one of the most prominent Somali Salafists criticizing Ethiopian intervention benefited the Somali Civil War. [5]
Contributions and reconciliation during Somali Civil War
Death
Legacy
See also
- Sheikh Mohamed Moalim
References
- ^ "عمر الفاروق عبدي سلطان (عالم وداعية صومالي مشهور) – الصومال – شبكة الشاهد الإخبارية". web.archive.org. 2016-07-08. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ^ "السلفية في الصومال.. بدايات النشأة ومآلات الواقع". web.archive.org. 2023-05-05. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ^ "المفسر القرآني الصومالي في ذمة الله فاروق". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 12 June 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "نبذة يسيرة عن الشيخ عمر الفاروق رحمة الله عليه. – قراءات صومالية – الأخبار الصومال – الأخبار الصومالية". web.archive.org. 2021-10-18. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ^ "عمر الفاروق عبدي سلطان (عالم وداعية صومالي مشهور) – الصومال – شبكة الشاهد الإخبارية". web.archive.org. 2016-07-08. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 2024-07-09.