Tarihin Rayuwa
Sidi Omar Fouti, wanda cikakken sunansa shi ne Sidi al-Hajj Omar Ben Sa‘id al-Fouti, ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan fitattun mutanen Tijaniyya a Afirka ta Yamma. Ya kasance a lokaci guda malami, jagoran ruhaniya, mai wa’azi, mai gyara al’umma, shugaba da mayaƙi, kuma ya bar babban tasiri a tarihin Musulunci na Senegal, Fouta Toro, Fouta Djallon, Najeriya da sauran sassan Afirka ta Yamma.
Asali
Asalinsa yana komawa ga Sahabi ‘Uqba ibn ‘Amir, kuma ta wurinsa zuwa Murra ibn Ka‘b, ɗaya daga cikin kakannin Annabi. Wannan asali mai daraja ya ba shi babban matsayi na addini da zamantakewa a wajen mutanen Fouta da al’ummomin da ke kewaye da ita.
Haihuwa da Rayuwar Farko
An haife shi a Halwar, kusa da Podor, a yankin Fouta Toro da ke arewacin Senegal, jim kaɗan kafin fitowar alfijir ranar Laraba, 23 Sha‘ban 1213 bayan Hijira / 30 ga Janairu, 1799 miladiyya.
Mahaifinsa, Sa‘id Ben Othman, ya kasance faqihi mai tsoron Allah da zuhudu, mahaifiyarsa kuma ita ce Adma, ‘yar Imam Siri Demba. Saboda haka ya taso ne a cikin muhalli na ilimi, addini da tarbiyya.
Majiyoyi suna kuma adana ruwayoyi game da wasu alamu na musamman da suka kewaye yarintarsa.
Karatu
Yana da shekara biyar, mahaifinsa ya kai shi makarantar Alƙur’ani ta Qura Hamad a Halwar. Ya haddace Alƙur’ani yana da shekara takwas, kuma alamun ƙwarewa ta musamman sun fara bayyana tun a karatunsa na farko.
Daga baya ya gyara karatunsa a hannun ɗan’uwansa babba Ahmed, sannan ya ci gaba da karatu a Derbas, inda ya koyi harshe, fikihu, nahawu da ilimomin da suke da alaƙa da su a hannun Basmur al-Amir Ben Abdallah.
Bayan haka ya yi karatu a wata makaranta a hannun wani malami mai suna Ahmed Hilm, inda ya koyi arud, muhimman matanin karatu da fikihu, ciki har da Mukhtasar Khalil. Don haka, ginin iliminsa ya kasance mai faɗi, mai tsari, kuma mai zurfin tushe a al’adun ilimi na Afirka ta Yamma.
Shigarsa Hanyar Tijaniyya
Bayan ya kammala karatunsa na zahiri, ya fara jin ƙaƙƙarfan buri ga ilimomin ruhaniya, tarbiyyar rai da hanyar horar da ciki. A wannan lokaci ne ya haɗu da muqaddam Sidi Abdelkarim an-Naqil al-Foutajalli at-Tinbawi a shekara ta 1239 bayan Hijira / 1824 miladiyya, ɗaya daga cikin manyan malaman Fouta Djallon.
Ya zauna tare da shi fiye da shekara guda, kuma ya karɓi daga gare shi asasin zikrori na Tijaniyya, musamman wird, wazifa, zikrin yammacin Juma’a da Hizb as-Sayfi.
Wannan ne ya kasance farkon tarbiyyarsa ta gaskiya a hanya.
Tafiya Zuwa Ƙasashe Masu Tsarki
Tun farko ya yi niyyar tafiya hajji tare da malaminsa Abdelkarim, amma wasu dalilai suka hana hakan. Saboda haka sai ya tafi shi kaɗai a kusan shekara ta 1240 bayan Hijira / 1825 miladiyya, bayan ya shirya tafiyar kuma ya yi bankwana da iyalinsa.
Wannan tafiya ta ƙara girma a mahimmanci lokacin da ya ji cewa babban khalifa Sidi Mohamed al-Ghali Abu Talib yana zaune a Makka. Da isowarsa, bayan ya kammala ayyukan isowa, ya haɗu da shi kusa da Maqam Ibrahim bayan sallar la’asar. Khalifan ya tarbe shi da fara’a, kuma nan take ya ba shi kwafin Jawahir al-Ma‘ani.
Ganawarsu ta farko ta faru ne a farkon Dhu al-Hijja 1241 bayan Hijira / 1826 miladiyya.
Zamansa Tare da Sidi Mohamed al-Ghali
Bayan ya kammala aikin hajji, ya tafi tare da shi zuwa Madina, inda ya zauna a cikin sahabbancinsa. Ya yi masa hidima na kusan shekaru uku, yana miƙa kansa da dukiyarsa gaba ɗaya ga jagorancinsa.
A wannan lokaci ne ya sabunta shigarsa, ya karɓi zikrori da asiran ruhaniya, kuma aka ɗaga shi zuwa babban matsayi na musamman. Malaminsa ya ce masa a cikin Masallacin Annabi:
“Muna naɗa mutane a matsayin muqaddamai wajen isar da wird. Amma kai khalifa ne cikin khalifofin shaykhin, ba kawai muqaddami ba.”
Wannan yana daga cikin manyan alamu mafi muhimmanci na matsayinsa a cikin silsilar Tijaniyya.
Masar da Kudus
A kusan shekara ta 1245 bayan Hijira, ya bar malaminsa ya tafi Alƙahira, sannan Falasdinu, inda ya zauna a Kudus na tsawon watanni bakwai tare da ɗan’uwansa Ali Ben Sa‘id.
A lokacin wannan zama, da izinin Allah, ya warkar da ‘yar mai mulkin Kudus daga wata mummunar cuta da ta kusa kai ta ga mutuwa. Labarin wannan ya bazu sosai, sai mutane suka fara tururuwa zuwa gare shi.
Wasu malamai, saboda hassada, suka gwada shi da tambayoyi masu wuya a ilimomin naqli da aqli. Sai ya amsa da hikima, natsuwa da ƙarfin tunani har suka amince da fifikonsa, suka ba da uzuri, har ma suka gabatar da shi ya jagoranci sallah da huɗubar Juma’a a Kudus.
Dawowarsa Afirka da Aikinsa na Addini
Ya koma ƙasarsa a kusan shekara ta 1254 bayan Hijira / 1838 miladiyya, sannan ya yi tafiya zuwa ƙasashen Hausa a Najeriya, inda ya zauna kusan shekaru bakwai tare da Mohamed Ben Othman Foudi.
Daga baya ya koma Fouta Djallon na tsawon shekaru huɗu, sannan ya tafi Fouta Toro, inda ya fara babban aiki na kira zuwa ga Allah da Manzonsa. Manyan malamai suka amsa kiran nasa, kuma ƙungiyoyi masu yawa na waɗanda ba Musulmi ba suka shiga Musulunci ta hanyar wa’azinsa.
Gwaggwarmaya da Jihadi
Yaɗuwar aikinsa ta kawo shi fuska da fuska da rundunonin mushrikai da maƙiya. Ya jagoranci manyan yaƙe-yaƙe, ya sami manyan nasarori, kuma ya ci gaba da gwagwarmayarsa da bautar gumaka da ƙin Musulunci na tsawon sama da shekaru goma sha biyu.
Daga ƙarshe an kashe shi shahidi a Degembéré ranar 3 Ramadan 1280 bayan Hijira / 12 ga Fabrairu, 1864 miladiyya, yana da kusan shekara saba’in.
Ayyuka
Sidi Omar Fouti ya bar ayyuka sama da arba’in, ciki har da:
• Rimah Hizb ar-Rahim ‘ala Nuhur Hizb ar-Rajim• Suyuf as-Sa‘id al-Mu‘taqid fi Ahl Allah ka-t-Tijani• Safinat as-Sa‘ada• An-Nush al-Mubin• Al-Maqasid as-Saniyya• Tadhkirat al-Ghafilin• Tadhkirat al-Mustarshidin• Kasb al-Faqir fi Madh an-Nabi al-Bashir• Al-Ajwiba al-Fiqhiyya• Sharh Salat Jawharat al-Kamal• Sharh Salat Yaqutat al-Haqa’iq• Risala fi Adab al-Murid• Taqyid fi Khawass Hizb as-Sayfi• Manzuma fi Islah Dhat al-Bayn• Manzuma fi ‘Ilm at-Tawhid• Lamiyyat at-Tullab• Hidayat al-Mudhnibin
Daga cikin waɗannan duka, Rimah ne ya fi shahara ƙwarai.
Dakunan Karatunsa
Majiyoyi suna ambaton kasancewar wata babbar ɗakin karatu ta Umariyya, wanda yawancin abin da ke ciki hukumomin mulkin mallakar Faransa suka kwace bayan kama Ségou a watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1890. Akwatuna huɗu na rubuce-rubucen hannu aka aika zuwa Paris, sannan daga baya aka mayar da su a shekara ta 1892 zuwa National Library na Faransa.
An ce tarin ya ƙunshi sunayen rubuce-rubuce sama da ɗari biyar, abin da ke nuna girman gādonsa na ilimi.
Martabarsa a Wajen Malamai
Malamai da dama daga Maroko, Mauritaniya da Afirka ta Yamma sun yabi Sidi Omar Fouti a cikin wasiƙu, waƙoƙi da rubuce-rubucen tarihin rayuwa. Sun bayyana shi da cewa:
• Amir na Muminai• mai kare gaskiya• mai farfaɗo da hanya• mutum mai haɗa jihadi na zahiri da kamala ta ciki• shugaba wanda zamaninsa bai haifi kwatankwacinsa ba
Wasu ma sun ce da ace littattafai sun ɓace daga duniya, da zai iya sake faɗa da yawa daga cikinsu daga ƙwaƙwalwarsa.
Gādo
Sidi Omar Fouti ya bar gādo mai girma a wa’azi, tarbiyyar ruhaniya, jihadi, koyarwa da rubuce-rubuce. Ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen yaɗa hanyar Tijaniyya a faɗin Afirka ta Yamma, kuma ya tsaya a matsayin cikakken misali na malami-jagora, mai gyara al’umma, kuma jagoran ruhaniya.
Har yanzu yana daga cikin manyan mutane mafi girma a tarihin Musulunci na Afirka ta Yamma, kuma ɗaya daga cikin manyan sunaye a al’adar Tijaniyya.