Cherished Memories of Africa — Page 105
87 him how he said, ‘there is a mad man in our area, who keeps preaching about the jama’at all the time’. For me that was very interesting indeed; who was that Ahmadi who preached in his area so much that people had started calling him mad? I enquired the maulvi about this man and his whereabouts. The maulvi did not answer and tried to avoid the issue. As it was big news for me, I insisted and he told me that his name was Hamad Fatou Bah and he lived in a small village Chandeeri near Ndofan. It was very pleasing news for me to hear that there was an Ahmadi in another area who was a well-known preacher. I broke the good news to muallim Ahmad Ly and planned to go to that village with him. A few days later myself, Ahmad Ly and the late Ilo Jallow went to Ndofan from Kaolack and from there to that village. There were only a few houses in the village. We reached the house of Ahmad Fatou Bah and introduced ourselves. He was greatly surprised to see us and his happiness knew no bounds as it was the first time in his life for an Ahmadi to visit him. Our happiness too was indescribable as we had found our lost brother. We established a permanent and strong contact with Ahmad Fatou Bah and through him Tabligh in that area expanded very much and by the Grace of Allah many bai’ats took place and new jama’ats were established. There are three mosques in that area now. It is beyond human comprehension to see how Allah, the Almighty, creates means to propagate His vivifying message in all directions and blows winds that carry this message all over the world.