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Muslim Scholar Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir Laid to Rest in Kenya

8:42 - January 13, 2022
News ID: 3477353
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A funeral procession was held in Kenya on Thursday for top Shia scholar Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir.

Muslim Scholar Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir Laid to Rest in Kenya

 

Sheikh Nasir, who had an influential role in spreading Shia Islam in the country, was laid to rest during the procession, which was attended by a large number of his devotees and followers of Ahl-ul-Bayt (AS).

He passed away on Tuesday at age of 90.

Born in 1932 in Mombasa, Kenya, he was a major thinker and author of religious books. Many people started following Ahl-ul-Bayt (AS) in eastern and central African regions after reading his books.

He was initially a Sunni Muslim but converted to Shia Islam in 1975. Wahhabis and centers affiliated with Saudi Arabia allegedly adopted some measures against him to make him return but they did not succeed.

Speaking in an interview about the reason for his conversion, Sheikh Nasir said after getting acquainted with the virtues of Imam Ali (AS), he gradually understood that Imam Ali (AS) was the best Muslim after the Prophet (PBUH). “After a while, I received Allameh Amini’s Al-Ghadir. When I read the first volume, I recognized the rightfulness of Shia. Then I went to Shia mosques and read more books and eventually became a Shia Muslim.”

He has penned several books about Shia Islam, including “Shia and Taqiya” written in Swahili. The book is a response to a book published some 10 years earlier in Swahili which had raised doubts about Shia Islam among African Muslims.

Sheikh Nasir also held several stages of debates with Wahhabi scholars about the history of Islam and the principles of Shia beliefs.

A series of his sermons have been recorded in cassettes and still circulate in eastern areas of the continent, playing a major role in disseminating Shia Islam in Kenya as well as other countries such as Tanzania.

 
تشییع شیخ «عبداللهی ناصر» عالم شیعه در کنیا + فیلم
 
تشییع شیخ «عبداللهی ناصر» عالم شیعه در کنیا + فیلم

تشییع شیخ «عبداللهی ناصر» عالم شیعه در کنیا + فیلم

تشییع شیخ «عبداللهی ناصر» عالم شیعه در کنیا + فیلم

تشییع شیخ «عبداللهی ناصر» عالم شیعه در کنیا + فیلم
 
تشییع شیخ «عبداللهی ناصر» عالم شیعه در کنیا + فیلم

تشییع شیخ «عبداللهی ناصر» عالم شیعه در کنیا + فیلم

تشییع شیخ «عبداللهی ناصر» عالم شیعه در کنیا + فیلم
 
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