Sheikh Adelabu :: الشيخ أديلابو

Our Sheikh Is: Sheikh Abdul-Fattah Abu-Abdullah Taiwo Adelabu (Ph.D. Damas)

شيخنا: الشيخ عبد الفتَّاح أبو عبد الله تائوو أديلابو

Our Sheikh Was Born In: Oshogbo, Capital City Of Osun State, Nigeria

ولد الشيخ أديلابو ب: أوشوبو عاصمة ولاية أوشن في نيجيريا

Parent Of Our Sheikh: (Father) Alhaji Jum'ah Ayinla Jum'ah Adelabu

والد الشيخ أديلابو: الحاج جمعة أينلا أديلابو

Parent Of Our Sheikh: (Mother) Alhaja Aishah Joju Alari (Aya) Jum'ah Adelabu

والدة الشيخ أديلابو: الحاجة عائشة أولاجوجو حرمة جمعة أديلابو

Education Of Sheikh Adelabu :: دراسات الشيخ أديلابو

Our Sheikh Studied Islamic Studies, And Arabic In Damascus, Syria, And Achieved, Among Uncountable Blessings Of Allah (s.w.t.) Postgraduate Diploma, Masters Degree, And Ph. D.  To Allah (s.w.t.) Is Praise

درس الشيخ أديلابو الدراسات الإسلامية والعربية العليا بدمشق سوريا وحصل من نعمة الله التي لاتحصى على درجات الدبلوم فى الدراسات العليا و الماجستر و الدكتوراه ولله الحمد

Our Sheikh Was A Reseacher In Islamic Studies And Arabic Both In Oxford, Cambridge, As Well As In London

كان الشيخ أديلابو باحثًا في مديني أوكسفورد وكمبريدج و كذالك في لندن

Sheikhs (Mashaayikh) Of Sheikh Adelabu :: مشايخ الشيخ أديلابو

Sheikh Abdul-Qadir Al-Arna`uut, Damascus

And Many Others Amongst Sheikhs Of Our Sheikh Those Who'd Passed Away As Well As Those Who're In This Life (May Allah s.w.t. Reward Them All)

وغيرهم من مشايخ شيخنا الأحياء منهم والأموات - جزاهم الله خيرَا أجمعين

Activities And Da'wah Of Sheikh Adelabu :: نشطات شيخنا الدعوية

Founder And Guidant Of awqafafrica.com & esinislam.com

House Of Sheikh Adelabu :: آل الشيخ أديلابو

Sheikh Adelabu And Awqaf Africa :: الشيخ أديلابو وأوقاف أفريقيا

Post :: البريد

AWQAF Africa P.O. BOX 46044 London W9 3WN

Fax :: الفاكس

+44 (0) 207 2662267

ORIGIN OF AWQAF Africa 

Sheikh Abdulfattah Abu Abdullah Adelabu (Ph. D. Damas), a West African Islamic Academic founded AWQAF Africa, of which he’s the first al Amir (i.e. President).  Sheikh Abu Abdullah was studying Postgraduate Degrees in Damascus early 1990’s during when Syria reviewed its national security after an ‘Oslo Accord’... 

Syria like many other countries around the world witnessed, during this period, the flood of refugees from war troubled nations like Somalia, arrival of people from Algeria during the brutal struggling between the Mujahidun and the government, resettlement of the Palestinians fleeing from sophisticated guns of the Israelis as well as adventure of African migrants for reasons uncountable… 

As a delegate of African Students Union and general secretary for a West African Students Union in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan, the founder who became the first al Amir of AWQAF Africa visited prisons and hospitals the time over 10,000 African migrants had been killed, jailed, or wounded in their adventures to reach the Middle-East many for  sanctuaries and others as cross-borders to Europe for - what they had expected to be - a better life...   

Horrified at the number of unknown or unclaimed dead and touched by the scale of dangers and suffering of the immigration prisoners and their wounded country men, women, and children in the hospitals, The founder and first al Amir formed a group of volunteer African students to help... 

 The founder received huge supports from the President of Syrian Scientific Academy and Chancellor of the University of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Prof. Dr. Abdullatif Salih Al Farfour, and from the Dean of Postgraduate School at the university, Prof. Dr. Shawqi Abu Khalil, the Dean of Faculty of Literature - both signatories to the fellowship of the founder at Syrian Scientific Academy...

 Dr. Gassan Taklah of Huda Clinic and Dispensary, Sheikh 'Adil ash Sha'ar, Dr. Mukhtar Tantawi of Tantawi Clinic, Eng. Basil Tantawi, Dr. Hashim Agha, Eng. Ahmed Agha, Dr. Muhammed Shuqair of Shuqair Clinic, Mr. Ridhwan Tabba', Eng. Ammar Nuri, Abu Subhi, and Abu Ahmad of Damascus’ Rukn-ud-din Motel, The Zain Family, and as Sayyidah Umm Abdullah (the supportive and dedicating wife of the founder) were among many others who had contributed so much to assist the founder... 

In addition, the founder was privileged to have benefitted from Sheikh Sa'id al Qasimi and his in-law Sheikh Nasir ud Din al Albani, especially during several affectionate visits to their houses and their splendid libraries... 

The generousity of Sheikh Abdullah Dukk al Bab of Institution Of Jami’ Az Zahara to allow the founder to study under the like of Sheikh Abdul Qaid al Arnahout had been so benevolent to the founder academically.  Prof. Dr. Ramadhan al Bouti, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Bugha, and Prof. Dr. Wahbah az Zuhaili had all benefited the founder hugely during their sessions at the University of Damascus.  The founder’s long academic journey, which had even enabled him to learn from the like of Sheikh Bin Baz and other scholars in Arabia, is a worthy story... 

When reading for his Postgraduate Degrees, the Syrian Scientific Academy facilitated the founder of AWQAF Africa to research on two academic works one titled Spread of Islam in Africa and the other The Missionaries in Africa - South of Sahara in Focus...   

The researches ended in plea for a peaceful continent - free from ignorance, selfishness, deadly spread of AIDS, and above all war and sufferings therefore - and called on more effective methods of education, arbitration, administration, and most importantly wider adoption of Islamic Codes Of Life to bring about lasting and positive changes while learning from effects of - for instance - colonization, slavery, and power strugglings...   

The appeal won favourable responses.  In the middle of 1995 influential people - including the above mentioned prominents - met with the founder to discuss his pleas, calls, ideas, and objectives...   

The first meetings of AWQAF Africa had laid groundwork for AWQAF Africa movements.  Delegates were chosen among the African Students Unions in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan.  Out of these meeting came the first ad Diwan (i.e. records including reports, memorandums, and accounts) of AWQAF Africa...   

The first delegates of AWQAF Africa agreed to cooperate with authorities to arrange for safe return of the migration prisoners, give better information to people back in Africa about other worlds, help to create job opportunities for African students back in their home nations etc., and better inform the religious travelers or migrants...   

After the adoption of the first ad Diwan in a sitting at the University City of Basil al Asad, Damascus, AWQAF Africa started to provide helps to African students in the Arab Lands, give useful and practicable advices to thousands of stranded African migrants, work to secure safety, release, and relief for apprehended African migrants, and offer consolation and supports to families of victims of migration imprisonment and casualties...   

AWQAF Africa was therefore chosen as an operative name dedicated absolutely to serving the Muslims in Africa - in particular - and all around the world - in general...

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