Tomb of the Saint
The town is named after what, in some Ethiopian Muslim eyes,
is the most sacred place in that country: the tomb of the thirteenth century
Somali saint called Sheikh Hussein, who introduced Islam to the Sidamo people
living in the area at the time, and is said to have performed many miracles. A
number of these miracles have been recorded in a hagiography published in Cairo
in the 1920s, entitled Rabi` al-Qulub. Although this town is now within the
homelands of the Oromo people, it has continued to be the destination of
approximately 50,000 pilgrims from Muslim Ethiopia twice a year during the
Muslim months of Hajj and Rabi' al-Awwal.[3] The first pilgrimage is to
celebrate his birth, the second his death. They traditionally carry cleft
sticks known as "Oulle Sheikh Hussein", which are too small to serve
as walking sticks and are not utilized for any practical purpose. Once they
arrive at the shrine, the pilgrims take their turns entering the saint's tomb
by crawling through a small doorway.[4]
The extensive religious complex dedicated to the saint
includes the town and the nearby valley of Kachamsare. In the 18th century,
Emir `Abd al-Shakur ibn Yusuf of Harar constructed a shrine to the Baghdadi saint
`Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani near the tomb of Sheikh Hussein, inside the shrine
compound. A graveyard has also been consecrated as part of the complex.[3]
Other landmarks of the complex include the pond of Dinkiro, 300 meters south of
the mosque, built in dry stone masonry; associated with the pond is a spring
with "miraculous" water. At the entrance of the holy area are two
wild fig trees called kiltu (identified as Ficus sycomorus) in the Oromo
language. Near another pond, of Imaro, there is the mosque of Sheikh Hussein's
father, both with a gubba of Harar type. Also nearby are several caves—a
"cave of serpents", a "cave of herbs", and a "cave of
honey"—and rock formations said to be petrified persons.[4]
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:36 am Post subject: HOW ISLAM CAME TO SOMALIA AND ROLE DIR PLAYED
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quote="Muddane Warsame"]E-mail Uu ii Soo Diray nin Direed (Surre)
qoraalada iga yaabshay oo uu dhalintaan ka qoreen islamka iyo doorka suuban ay Dir ka dheeshay fiditaanka Dinteena Suuban iyo fiqiyaasha Suure/
1)Qorahan waxaa uu sheegayaa in nin Direed oo looyaqaanya Sh. Yusuf Al Kownin ama ka weyne uu alifay qurmada Quraanka xafihiisa sida-- Alif la kor dhabee, La hosdhabe-- iyo higaada ku saleysan af keena hooyo ee Somaliga ah. Waxaa uu sheegayaa in xitaa magacayada Surre ee Fiqi (uu ka yimid Qareen diinta Islamka iyo Shareecada) madaama uu odeyga Surre ahaa wadad ku fidiyay Diinta Islamka oo uu wiilashiisa oo Fiqiyo ah u kala diray daafaha Somalia
HOW ISLAM CAME TO SOMALIA AND ROLE DIR PLAYED
According to our noble Dir brothers of Somalia. The eldest son and most ancient clan of the Somalis. 1) Islam came to Somalia in the first Hijra when the followers of the prophet fled to East Africa and came to Ethiopia as refugees. 2) So Islaam come to Somalia before Mecca was recaptured from the pagan Qurishi. The eldest Son of the Dir Ali madaxweyn who lived at this time around 643 Ad accepted the faith and sent a delegation to the Khilifa in 732-67 Ad. Shortly after that period even the illustrious Sheikh Ahmed (Mohamed Xiniftire studied in Yamen and returned to Somalia via the Dahlak Island where he fathered the Maxamed Xiniftire branch of the Dir which includes The Isaaq Axmed(Maxamed), Biyomaal maxamed ,Gadsan clans.
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posted at Tue Feb 08 03:59:07 EST 2005 wax is weydiin
abdi taariikhda aad noo sheegtay waa taariikh xiiso leh ee tixraac maleedahay?
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Agoon History of Islam in Somalia from the Time of Mohamed (Saws)
Shortly after the Hijra (670's) the Quraish or prophet's tribe started persucuting muslims and hundreds of the prophets followers fled across the Indian Ocean to present day Zaila and through Erithrea.
It was in this period that the Somalis and their cousines the Afar-Oromo-Harararis and other nations of the horn of Africa converted to Islam.
According to most Historians the people of Zaila who were of Dir origin and Issas-Gadabursi-Isaaq origins, Islam became well established by 800 A.D. By the 1300 century the whole horn of Africa up to Kenya and Zanziber we have Muslim cities flourishing and Muslim sulltanes like Ifat and Adal all over Somali.
As a matter of fact, it was in 1300's that the ancient Somali Dir saint Sheikh Yusuf Alkownin (Aw Barkadle) innvented the Alif-La-Kordhabee or Somali way of reading and learning to read the Quran scriptures. And around this time, another Sheikh by the name of Sheikh Hussein Al Bale of the Bale Oromo Arsi region left Northren Somali and Islam was well established in Southren Ethiopia all the way to northren Ethiopia.
So the Islam of Somalia dates back to the time of the Hijra and many Somalis became muslims even before the Prophet Islamized the Arabs and Islam succeded in Arabia.
Later in he 1400 AD, the Qadiriya Sufi order of Sheikh Cabdul Qadir Al-Jilani spread to Somalia and Ethiopia revitalizing the ancient faith and further incorporating more Kushitics. The earliest leaders of Qadiriya Order were mostly from the saintly Dir sub-clan of Surre. The earliest Surre rulers were called Fiqis (Islamic Scholars of Diin and Lawyers of Sharia). The Oldest of the Surre clan the Qubeys and his younger brother, the Abdalles fathered some of the best Islamic Scholars in the 1600 century and they spread the Islamic faith all over the Somali coast. Imam Surre sent his numerous sons whom he named Fiqis to central Somalia, South, and North.
By 1456 AD, he Muslim Kings of Ifat, led by a Somali worrior, Imam by the name Imam Axmed Gurey (Left-Handed) was fighting Ethiopian Christian Habasha kings who tried to conquer Somalilands. W.A.
]E-mail Uu ii Soo Diray nin Direed (Surre)
Beelah Direed ee konfurta Somalia (Mudug/Galgaduud/Sh.Hoose) dagan waxa
ay sheegan in odeyga Direed uu dhalay Afar wiil oo kala ah:
Madaxeyne Direed oo curad ah, Mahe Direed oo ku xigeen ah, iyo labada
kale oo kala ah Madoobe Direed iyo Mandaluug Direed oo ugu yar da'a
ahaan marka la eego.
Taarikhiyan waxa ay rumeysanyihiin Dirka Galbeedka iyo Konfurta dagan
dhoor qodob oo ku saabsan tariikhda hore:
1)Dadka Direed in ay ka yimaadeen dhankan Galbeedka bilawgii, kunsano
ka hor.
2)Magaca Dir in uu macnahiisu yahay "Fir" ama Ab. Oo lagu macneyn karo
geesi ama Dhiire.
3)Konfurta Dirta dagan wexey rumeysan yihiin in ay Dirka xukumi jireen
Saladiin loo yaqiin ROOBLE oo ahaa ilaaliyaasha Xeerka iyo caadada
beesha.
Rooble- Xeerbeegti,Qareemo, amanduuleyaal,Roobdoonayal,iyo mareynta
reerka ayaa lagu aqoon jiray.Guud ahaana waxa ay ilaalin jireen xeerka
oo Dirku rumeysnaa in ay ka dhaxleen Dir Aji abkoodi hore.
Madaxdan oo loo aqoon jiray Roobleyaash dadku wey ixtiraami jireen ila heer xitaa
isha laguma godi jirin, oo xitaa "ILKULULe" ayaa loo aqoon jiray.
4)Waxa kaloo ay rumeysan yihiin in Zeylac magalada la yiraahdo ay Dir
badan soo jidatay qarnigii (700 AD) halkaas oo ay ka soo dageen Asxaab
badan oo Rasuulka(Caleyhi salatu wa salaam) u soo diray magaalada
Zailac Hijradii koowad. Oo dadka Direed iyo Canfarta (Oday Caliga) ay
waagii danbe ka wada asaseen labo boqortooyo oo la kala dhihi jiray
CIFAT iyo CAdal.
5)Dirta koonfurta iyo Galbeedka dagan waxa ay rumeeysan yihiin oo kale
in 1400 ay dhaceen dagaalo far badan oo xabashida iyo muslimiinta is
dagaaleen. Ilaa ay xabashida oo adeegsaneysa (Portugees)burtaqiis ay
cagta mariyeen boqortooyoyinkii Musliminta oo kuwa Direed ee Cifat iyo
Awda ka mid ahayeen
6)Dhamaan waxa ay rumeysan yihiin Dirka in ay door weyn ka ciyaareen
fidinta diinta Somalia iyo Ethiopia dhexdooda.
Sheekhyada waaweyn ee geeska Afrika sida Sheikh Xuseen Bali, Aw
Barkadle, Awbarre iyo qaar kale ay Cadal iyo Cifad ka soo jeedan
4)Beelaha Biyomaal iyo Suure iyo Guure waxa ay sheegan in 1600-1750 ay
u soo guureen duleedka dalka (Gobalada dhexe iyo labada wabi dhexdooda)
mudo yar ka dib dagaladii Axamed Gurey iyo Amxaarada.
9 comments:
Talomoge
+ Abdalla
+ Maxaad cabdalle
+ Abdikarin cabdalle
+ Adan Cabdalle
+ Adan cabdalle
+ Xasan AdanAbukar adan
+ Abukar adan
# Reer Boon Qaasim
# Bah reer sacad abuukar
# Reer qaasim Abukar
# Reer Aadan gow
# reer geedi
# Reer Cigaal faarax
# Reer Cigaal Axmed
# Maxamed Aboor
According to sources, the Ogaden sub-clan further divides into lineages and sub-lineages (Abbink 2009, 18-20; UN 2004, 6). The Lecturer specified that the "Ogaden divides into Miyir Walal and Makabul. Miyir Walal divides into Bahale and Talomoge. Makabul divides into Reer Sa'ad and Makahil. Bahale, the son of Miyir Walal, has the sons Awl Yahan, Bah Geri and Zuber" (Lecturer 27 Oct. 2017). http://www.refworld.org/docid/5ad0a3374.html
3. Azania represented by Prof Mohamed Abdi Mohamed “Ghandi” (Ogaden/Talomoge)
1.miyir wallal 2.makabul
Miyir walal
1. Baahale 2. Talamugge
bahale 1 cawlyahan 2 bah geri 3 m.zubeer
talomoge
1. abduwak 2. cabdalle 3. rer maxamad
Qarnigii 1300 ku dhawaadkii waxaa Beesha Dir ka Soo dhex baxay 4 Sheekhi oo ay Ka mid yihiin Sheikh Yusuf Al Kawniin ( Ka Weyne) waa Sheekha loo yaqaano Aw Barkadle soona soo saaray habka farta loo qoro akhriska Quraanka (Higaada ama Alif la kor dhabka), Sheekha labaaad waa sheekha Aw Barre ee ku aasan magaalada Awbare, Sheekh Aaba Xuseen oo isagana ka tagay Camuud aageeda oo gobolka Bale ee Arsi iyo Guure/ Gare Dir u guuray, iyo Sheikh Aw Buube.
Afartaa sheikh ee waqooyi Galbeed ku aasan waa rukumadii faafinta diinta islaamka iyo fiditaankii diinta Islamka. Dhamaan somalida ilaa NFD ilaa Zaila waxa ay ku tilmaaman Sheikh Aw Barkhadle sheeikha Somalia oo dhan ay aqoonsantahay alifayna nidaamka Farta Quraanka loo barto, Looxa iyo Anqaasata lana Dagaalamay Bucurbacayr. Beelweynta Surre Dir oo gobalada Dhex ee Somalia dagta iyo Kilinka Shanaadba waxaa ay ku wada magaaban yihiin magac yadoodu Fiq- Sida lafahooda Fiqi Walaal, fiqi Muxumad, Fiqi Cilmi, Fiqi Yaxye, Fiqi Khayre iyaadoo loo yaqaan Xeer ama Culumodii Somalia ayaa waxa ay sheekgaan in Afart sheikh Awbarkadle, Aw Barre, Aba Xuseen iyo Aw Buube ay yihiin Sheikhyada Diinta Islaamka Fidshay ay iyaguuna culumtoota ku saleeysan tahay
Very Interesting and strange facts: e
1) US Embassy in Addis Abba Spent close to 300,000 K to renovate and refurbish the Shrine. X-Ray equipment was transported to the site and walls re-erected, correcting structural damages caused by pilgrims digging the base of shrine and hence causing a deep hole. The natives get white powdery sand and apply to their body as they believe this contains baraka from the Saint.
2) The Site was recognized as UNESCO world heritage site and gets tremendous. Even though Pilgrimage to the site was totally abandoned outside help to the sufi order is reviving the site and many old timers who abandoned the site are returning. The site is booming and it helps to combat Salafi types who discouraged saint grave visitations.
Notice the Site's earliest custodians and current family in charge of it are of Dir origin according to early writings of I.M Lewis, "who said that the family are of Dir Surre extraction" who migrated from Merca City.
Note: Also the site itself is named after the Dir name: " Dirre Sheik Hussein. Many Surre Fiqi Families Dissociate themselves from any Dir connections because of the Central Dir clans are not familiar with that area and I was told by some that this could be because they consider the Syncretistic Cushitic practice there as un Islamic or none orthodox.
History Of Islam in Somalia from Prophet Mohamed's era
Shortly after the Hijra (670's) the Quraish or prophet's tribe started persucuting muslims and hundreds of the prophets followers fled across the Indian Ocean to present day Zaila and through Erithrea. It was in this period that the Somalis and their cousines the Afar-Oromo-Harararis and other nations of the horn of Africa converted to Islam. According to most Historians the people of Zaila who were of Dir origin and Issas-Gadabursi-Isaaq origins, Islam became well established by 800 A.D. By the 1300 century the whole horn of Africa up to Kenya and Zanziber we have Muslim cities flourishing and Muslim sulltanes like Ifat and Adal all over Somali. As a matter of fact, it was in 1300's that the ancient Somali saint Sheikh Yusuf Alkownin (Aw Barkadle) innvented the Alif-La-Kordhabee or Somali way of reading and learning to read the Quran scriptures. And around this time, another Sheikh by the name of Sheikh Hussein Al Bale of the Bale Oromo Arsi region left Northren Somali and Islam was well established in Southren Ethiopia all the way to northren Ethiopia. So the Islam of Somalia dates back to the time of the Hijra and many Somalis became muslims even before the Prophet Islamized the Arabs and Islam succeded in Arabia. Later in he 1400 AD, the Qadiriya Sufi order of Sheikh Cabdul Qadir Al-Jilani spread to Somalia and Ethiopia revitalizing the ancient faith and further incorporating more Kushitics. By 1456 AD, he Muslim Kings of Ifat, led by a Somali worrior, Imam by the name Imam Axmed Gurey (Left-Handed) was fighting Ethiopian Christian Habasha kings who tried to conquer Somalilands.
This ancient shiekh was a Somali - prof. Andreski (the famous
linguist) interviewed his descendant in Merca - the head of the main mosque is
a direct descendant. Merca is a Somali town on the Indian Ocean (inhabited the
Somali Dir clan). The custodians of the shrine/tomb of shiekh Hussein are
Somalis - the tradional custodians have always been Somali. Again the role of
Somalis in propergating Islam has never been recognised by Western Scholar?
Why? Even the Maldive Islands off India rembere how the Somali Sheikh (13th
century) called Shiekh. Awbarkhadle came and converted them - he is remembered
in Somalia - and also appears in Arabic/Ethiopic MSS. in associating with the
Walsama Dynasty (Muslim Dynasty eastern Shoa/Hawas - old Somali-Afar Sultans
of Awfat/Adal) -
Waqooyi Galbeed
History of Islam in Somalia from the Time of Mohamed (Saws)
Agoon
Shortly after the Hijra (670's) the Quraish or prophet's tribe started persucuting muslims and hundreds of the prophets followers fled across the Indian Ocean to present day Zaila and through Erithrea. It was in this period that the Somalis and their cousines the Afar-Oromo-Harararis and other nations of the horn of Africa converted to Islam. According to most Historians the people of Zaila who were of Dir origin and Issas-Gadabursi-Isaaq origins, Islam became well established by 800 A.D. By the 1300 century the whole horn of Africa up to Kenya and Zanziber we have Muslim cities flourishing and Muslim sulltanes like Ifat and Adal all over Somali. As a matter of fact, it was in 1300's that the ancient Somali saint Sheikh Yusuf Alkownin (Aw Barkadle) innvented the Alif-La-Kordhabee or Somali way of reading and learning to read the Quran scriptures. And around this time, another Sheikh by the name of Sheikh Hussein Al Bale of the Bale Oromo Arsi region left Northren Somali and Islam was well established in Southren Ethiopia all the way to northren Ethiopia. So the Islam of Somalia dates back to the time of the Hijra and many Somalis became muslims even before the Prophet Islamized the Arabs and Islam succeded in Arabia. Later in he 1400 AD, the Qadiriya Sufi order of Sheikh Cabdul Qadir Al-Jilani spread to Somalia and Ethiopia revitalizing the ancient faith and further incorporating more Kushitics. By 1456 AD, he Muslim Kings of Ifat, led by a Somali worrior, Imam by the name Imam Axmed Gurey (Left-Handed) was fighting Ethiopian Christian Habasha kings who tried to conquer Somalilands. W.A.
May I stress that the Somalis played the main role in bringing Islam to the
surrounding Oromos. The Harari did not venture outside their gates. For
example, the Holy shrine of Shiekh Hussein is an extremely impotant Islamic
centre - This ancient shiekh was a Somali - prof. Andreski (the famous
linguist) interviewed his descendant in Merca - the head of the main mosque is
a direct descendant. Merca is a Somali town on the Indian Ocean (inhabited the
Somali Dir clan). The custodians of the shrine/tomb of shiekh Hussein are
Somalis - the tradional custodians have always been Somali. Again the role of
Somalis in propergating Islam has never been recognised by Western Scholar?
Why? Even the Maldive Islands off India rembere how the Somali Sheikh (13th
century) called Shiekh. Awbarkhadle came and converted them - he is remebred
in Somalia - and also appears in Arabic/Ethiopic MSS. in associating with the
Walsama Dynasty (Muslim Dynasty eastern Shoa/Hawas - old Somali-Afar Sultanes
of Awfat/Adal) - however this is casually forgotten by current writers of
history - even Mohamed Haasan does not cover the ancient Somali presence in
eastern Ethiopia. Why? What I hwe affraid of. Even the history of th Borana
reveals that the Somalis inhabited Bale, NFD and the Turkan lake and lake
Stephanie region before the Oromo speaking Tribes - clusters of Somali tribes
are still found as far west as the southern Karauy areas and even beyond - the
Garre Somalis and numerous other pre-Hawiya tribes which belong to the Somali
ethnic grouping inhabited these area long before the Oromo - but that is never
mentioned ? Why? I haven'y even touched upon the other Somali groups - e.g.
Mandile, etc.
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