Cherished Memories of Africa — Page 160
142 there were only two options: leave the jama’at or face death. They tried their level best for the former but failed and gave up all hope; thereafter they planned to kill him. Once Alhaj recognized the truth, he started its propagation straightaway. Not contented with only that, he devoted his life and spent all his life propagating the faith sincerely and with righteousness. Elder brother’s plot to kill: Alahaje Jikini was sent to Basse as a muallim. The family were in a state of intense anger. His elder brother wrote a letter to a relative who lived in a village near Basse. Those days teaching of English language was not common and those who knew Arabic corresponded in Arabic. Therefore, elder brother of Alahaje Jikini wrote the letter in Arabic. The relative to whom the letter was written did not know Arabic. It happened so that nobody in the whole village knew enough Arabic to read that letter. The man took the letter and set out for Basse early in the morning. On his way he met Alahaje Jikini and after exchange of greetings, he requested him to read out the letter to him. In the letter, the elder brother had written to this relative: As you all know, our brother has become a Qadiani,as such he is an infidel and is a disgrace for the whole family; he is working as a muballigh of that jama’at in your area, get him murdered there somehow or the other. Alhaj Ibrahim Jikini read out the whole letter,word for word, to that relative and said, ‘here I am, murder me’. At this, he reproached the elder brother. Thus, Allah, the Almighty miraculously destroyed the wicked plan of the enemies through his special Grace. Murder plan in Farafeni and Divine support : In spite of country