“In the Unity Funeral Home in the Harlem community of New York City in the mid-afternoon, the public’s viewing of the body of Malcolm X was interrupted by the arrival of a party of about a dozen people whose central figure was a white-turbaned, dark-robed elderly man whose white beard fell to his chest and who carried a forked stick. Shaykh Aḥmad Ḥassūn continued to accompany him, advise him, enlighten him, explain Qur’anic verses and rulings until Malcolm’s assassination. During Malcolm’s public lectures and religious seminars, the Shaykh could be seen by his side. Shaykh Aḥmad also guided him through Islamic fundamentals when he educated the African-American community. Shaykh Ḥassūn served as a religious mentor to him, guiding him through the grand concepts of Islam and the meanings of Islamic texts. Malcolm X spoke at that mosque and oversaw the African-American Union, which he established after returning from Hajj. King Faisal appointed Shaykh Aḥmad as a guide for Malcolm and a teacher at the newly established Islamic Mosque No. When Malcolm X visited the Holy Lands, he stayed with Shaykh Aḥmad Ḥassūn in Mekkah. Prior to Sudan’s independence, he worked in the postal service which allowed him to communicate and collaborate with Salafīs all over the world. He was well-versed in both Arabic and English literature, frequently speaking in both. Despite this, he was a man of great humour and strong debating skills. ![]() ![]() With Ansār al-Sunnah al-Muḥammadiyá, he worked in various areas of Sudan where sectarianism was prevalent, facing dangers and wars. He believed that a person must know his religion as it was originally revealed in the Qur’an and Sunnah, and that he cannot reach happiness and progress until he knows his religion correctly. Shaykh Aḥmad Ḥassūn was among the first to raise the banner of Tawḥīd and Sunnah in Sudan, and struggled greatly during a critical period when sectarianism was on the rise. He suffered greatly from all sides because of his opposition to political parties, movements, and innovations. He focused on religion and Islamic sciences, spreading the Sunnah while opposing innovations and the Sūfī paths. ![]() He was a unique figure in Sudanese society, having graduated from the Postal and Telegraph School, he was considered an Effendi but never forgot his place in the world. ![]() Shaykh Aḥmad Ḥassūn (1897-1971 CE) is widely regarded as the founding leader of Ansār al-Sunnah al-Muḥammadiyá in Sudan – the original Ansār al-Sunnah al-Muḥammadiyá praised by major scholars such as Muḥammad Ḥāmid al-Fiqḥī, Ibn Bāz, al-Albānī, and Muḥammad al-Banná, and not the political party known today. It was said that Shaykh Aḥmad Ḥassūn would visit Harlem and stay at the Theresa Hotel, where Malcolm worked. Malcolm was then interested in establishing Harlem branches of the Muslim World League in Harlem, New York. Sabbān was a Saudi of African descent who took Malcolm under his wing and appointed Sudanese Shaykh Ḥassūn as his Islamic adviser. Aḥmad Usmān, who meticulously planned Malcolm X’s Hajj emphasised the role of the Black Saudis Malcolm met – Muḥammad Surūr Sabbān, a poet, politician, and Saudi Arabia’s second Minister of Finance, in particular.
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