Cherished Memories of Africa — Page 106
88 Honour of being first Ahmadi Village Chief in Senegal There is a small village Sare Mari in Nioro area of Senegal. A muallim of the jama’at Hasan Jallow lived there. He was a very noble person and a man of few words. He died young. May Allah, the Almighty have mercy on him, Amin! Through Hasan Jallow I met the chief of their village Kaba Jallow. I preached him repeatedly but he kept avoiding the issue. After that I went to Banjul for a few months. One day when I returned home from the market, I saw a weak and emaciated man sitting near my doorstep. When I approached him I realised he was Kabba Jallow. He told me that he was sick and had come to me for treatment. I arranged his stay with a Gambian friend and requested Dr Laeeq Ahmad Ansari to give him treatment. The ultimate Healer (Allah, the Almighty) cured him, Alhamdolillah. After a while I visited his village, he took me to his house and I spent the night with him. He offered the morning prayers with us. After the prayers, he asked me to take his bai’at. ‘I have seen the truth and, by the Grace of Allah, I am an Ahmadi now’ he said. He then performed the bai’at. He had the Honour of being first Ahmadi Village Chief in Senegal. He is not in this world anymore and his son is the village chief. May Allah, the Almighty grant him steadfastness, Amin!