{"id":313092,"date":"2021-01-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/%d8%a7%d8%ae%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b1\/abwa-message-of-condolences-on-demise-of-a-burundian-shiite-cleric-sheikh-ibrahim-kikomo\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T13:24:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:54:44","slug":"abwa-message-of-condolences-on-demise-of-a-burundian-shiite-cleric-sheikh-ibrahim-kikomo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/news\/abwa-message-of-condolences-on-demise-of-a-burundian-shiite-cleric-sheikh-ibrahim-kikomo\/","title":{"rendered":"ABWA message of condolences on demise of a Burundian Shiite cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Kikomo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to the AhlulBayt World Assembly News Portal: <\/strong>In a message, AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly offered its condolences on demise of the previous chairman of the Ithna-Ashar Shiite Ulema Assembly of Burundi (a Twelver Shiite Institute), Hujat al-Islam Sheikh Kikomo.<\/p>\n

\nThe message of condolences is as follows:<\/p>\n


\nIn the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\u201cIndeed, we belong to Allah and to Him do we indeed return\u201d (Holy Quran 2:156)<\/p>\n

\nThe demise of Hujat al-Islam Sheikh Ibrahim Kikomo, one of the scholars of the of Burundi, caused grief and sorrow.<\/p>\n

\nThe deceased was one of the founders of the \u201cIthna-Ashar Shiite Ulema Institute\u201d and one of the pioneers in publishing the teachings of the AhlulBayt (a.s.), who spent his blessed life preaching and teaching in different parts of the country and was a preacher of the Islam and the teachings of the AhlulBayt (a.s.).<\/p>\n

\nThe AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly express its condolences to his honorable family and all his friends, and acquaintances, and prays to God for his exaltation in heaven and patience for his family.<\/p>\n


\nAhlulBayt World Assembly<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jumada al-Thani 9, 1442<\/strong><\/p>\n

January 23, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nThe late Sheikh Ibrahim Kikomo was born in 1964 in the city of Rumge in Burundi in East Africa.<\/p>\n

\nHe completed his primary and high school in his hometown, and after receiving high school diploma at the \u201cMadresa al-Thiqafa al-Islamia\u201d (Islamic Cultural School), he began to study religious knowledge. After completing this course, he emigrated to Sudan and studied at higher levels.<\/p>\n

\nAfter returning home from Sudan, due to his studies, he became interested in the school of AhlulBayt (a.s.), and became Shiite. This incident 1990 changed his destiny.<\/p>\n

\nEngaged in propagating the teachings of the Quran and AhlulBayt in his country, he and his friends founded the \u201cIthna Ashar (Twelver) Shiite institute\u201d in 1990 and chaired as the deputy chairman of the institute.<\/p>\n

\nIn 2004, the late Hujat al-Islam Ibrahim Kikomo was elected as the chairman of the \u201cIthna-Ashar (Twelver) Shiite Ulema Assembly of Burundi\u201d and also the \u201cAhlulBayt (a.s.) Institute\u201d of the country.<\/p>\n

\nHe continued his efforts for many years until, in 2019, he was unfortunately infected with hepatitis C.<\/p>\n

\nThe Mustabsir (a person who finds the right path after being in wrong one) cleric passed away in on the morning of January 13, 2021 at the age of 57.\/trns\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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