Famous (But Altered) Picture of Baye Niass.... Its been almost a year since I created the contest on behalf of Fayda Books, for anyone to present the full picture of Baye Niass sitting with hands raised in picture. I explained that the pictures full contents had been altered or hidden from everyone for over 50 years. Alhamdulilah, here is the original photograph that was taken by my father Ahmed Dimson, over 50 years ago when Baye came to Ghana for a visit. There is a miracle associated with this picture and I would like to recount it as told to me by my Father and my Teacher who is the man that was hidden, in the pic. So, Baye Niass had arrived in Ghana to visit his Murids (students). There were tens of thousands of people awaiting his arrival at the airport. When his airplane landed, people went into a frenzy. They were about to be in the presence of the man that represented what it means to be a Khalifa of Allah....an inheritor of the Beloved Prophet Muhammad (SAW).... a man that had brought millions of people from all corners of the earth into the direct presence and experiential knowledge of God Himself. This was the incomprehensible Gawth and Qutb, Shaykh al-Islam Alhajj Ibrahim Niass! As he departed the airplane, the crowd went wild! They began chanting Allahs name in unison...Laillahaillalah.....Laillahaillalah......Laillahaillalah....... The site of his beautiful face brought people to tears. Muslims and Non-muslims were all in awe. His presence emanated pure Ubudiyya (Servanthood to Allah). His gaze over the crowd of thousands was one of amazement. His face shown the confusion and love that a lover experiences when he has first seen his beloved after a long absence. He was, for his followers, the most perfect personification of the Messenger of God on earth. The vicegerant of our Grand Shaykh, the Qutbul Makhtum, Shaykh Ahmed Tijani (RA). The contigent of his senior Muqaddams from each tribe in Ghana were waiting for him at the foot of the airplane, also there was the President of the country, Kwame Nkrumah. Despite him being the famous President and freedom fighter for all of Africa, his presence there was completely overshadowed by the presence of Baye. He was a lover of Baye and had to be among the people that were recieving him. My father was with his group (Ga tribe), they were the smallest group there. Ga people had only really begun to embrace Islam in large numbers, since the advent of the Tijani Fayda at the hands of Shaykh Ibrahim. Our tribe were more commonly of the christain faith and animist beliefs. Islam was foreign to them, but Baye Niass had begun to penetrate their hearts by guiding them into the presence of Allah and annihilation in the love of the Prophet of God (SAW). The Hausa tribe and Dagomba tribe had the largest delegation and were the most ardent and longest standing peoples in Tariqa Tijaniyya in Ghana and Nigeria. Anyway, everyone wanted to meet the Shaykh at the foot of the stairs because he would immediately raise his hands to supplicate Allah with them and then engage them with salutations and hugs. The Ga tribes leader and senior Muqaddam was a man named Ibrahim Amatey. Shaykh Ibrahim smiled at him, shook his hand and looked over to my father and said.....Ahmed, Salaamualaikum. Where is Teacher? My father could not look Shaykh directly in the face out of respect, but he just smiled because Shaykh had merely said his name lol! He smiled and responded...WalaykumSalaam Shehu, teacher is late and could not get through the security gate to come on the tarmac Shaykh Ibrahim replied...Ok, tell him to come to me in the house, Ill be staying at Ibrahim (Amatey) house. My father immediately rushed off to go find Teacher and inform him that their Shaykh was requesting his presence. It took hours until my dad could find Teacher. Teacher was sitting on a bench outside of the airport in tears. My dad asked him what was wrong and he told my dad...I failed Ahmed!....My Shaykh came and I could not properly receive him My Father smiled and told him what Shaykh had said and Teacher immediatel regained his happiness and energy and they hailed a taxi to take them to the residence that Shaykh was staying at. When they got there it was utter chaos outside of the house in the streets and surrounding neighborhoods. The throngs of people had tripled since the airport and it was absolute Mayhem. Teacher and my dad were in the struggle of their lives to try to get through to see Shaykh Ibrahim. They kept trying to explain to security officers who they were but that did not matter. People were trying to get a glimpse of Shaykh...everyone was! With much perseverance and much fighting lol, they finally made it to the door of the residence....MORE RESISTANCE! The people combined with security were in a struggle to cram through the doors.Teacher pulled my father out of the scuffle and told him to follow him around to a side entrance that nobody knew about. The house was that of their leader Ibrahim Amatey, so they knew the premises well. They snuck through an entrance and started making their way to the main quarters were the Shaykh would be sitting with dignitaries and senior Muqaddams. The house was packed with people as they quietly moved through the halls. All of a sudden it became quiet and someone yelled out that Shaykh was about to make Dua.....Teacher was pulling my father by the hand to try to make it into the area were Shaykh was, so as to catch the supplication. The anouncer was saying Ameen...Ameen....Ameen...Ameen..... By the time they could make it to the space were Shaykh was, it was over!!! Another heart-break!!!! And to add insult to injury, the security officers around that part of the house refused to let them into that particular room and began beating teacher. They were within a few feet of Shaykh but were being held back. My father pulled out his camera and snapped one quick picture. Shaykh noticed the camera flash and looked directly at my dad and said in a loud voice.....AHMED WERE IS USTADZ?) My dad pointed behind him to were the guards had Teacher hemmed up at Shaykh Ibrahim stood up and said...LET MY SONS THROUGH!....my dad said it was like the red sea opening for Prophet Musa lol!!!! They walked over to Shaykh, bloody, bruised and battered. Knelt in front of him in tears and were silent. Teacher said...Shehu welcome Then teacher began to cry profusely. The site of my fathers teacher crying in such a way caused him to begin crying as well. Shaykh Ibrahim said, dont worry, Allah has accepted your struggle and will fullfill your desire He Smiled and got up to take a rest in the next room. My father and Teacher stayed for some time, totally tired but somewhat satisfied and finally left. Shaykh stayed in Ghana for some days and left. My father only managed to take the one picture of Shaykh the entire time he was there. A few days later, he went to get the film developed. When the picture came out, it had Shaykh Ibrahim making supplication with Teacher behind him also supplicating! Only the two of them in the whole picture. It was a miracle and confirmation of what Shaykh had said about Allah accepting his struggle to simply make supplication with his Shaykh. His desire was thus truly proven to be fulfilled. This picture has been obscured and folded, to remove teacher from the picture for a very long time. So, anytime this picture is posted anywhere, youll only see Shaykh Ibrahim in it and the right top corner folded. Alhamdulilah, today, the story and picture have come back to us as a sign and help to increase us in Faith in Allah, Love for his Prophet (SAW) love for our Shaykh, Alhajj Ibrahim Niass and belief that Allah accepts our struggles for his sake and will always fulfill our purely good desires. To read more about the miracles associated with Shaykh Ibrahim and Teacher, please feel free to follow this link..... https://facebook/ibrahim.dimson/posts/772130619528521 Also, some pictures of Shaykh Ibrahim withe Teacher and My father in them. Another is a picture of Shaykh Ibrahims 1st Khalifa Alhajj Abdullahi Niass. Finally, some pictures of Teacher taken in the 90s by my dad. Teacher is buried in Accra, next to 2 other Amazing Murids of Shaykh Ibrahim, they are Shaykh Jibril Madaha (One of the greatest and favorite Hausa Poets of Shaykh) and Maalam Idrisu Sufi (One of the greatest ascetics and Murids of Shaykh) I recount there stories in my facebook bio from last year. Please repost this picture and let it become widespread! May Allah bless us all to truly know him...... May Allah Give us Allah. Ibrahim Ahmed Dimson.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 19:40:07 +0000
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