{"id":320769,"date":"2022-01-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/%d8%a7%d8%ae%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b1\/shiite-school-established-by-sheikh-abdillahi-nasir-in-kenya-ali-saeed-samoja\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T07:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T03:56:59","slug":"shiite-school-established-by-sheikh-abdillahi-nasir-in-kenya-ali-saeed-samoja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/news\/shiite-school-established-by-sheikh-abdillahi-nasir-in-kenya-ali-saeed-samoja\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiite school established by Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir in Kenya: Ali Saeed Samoja"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to the AhlulBayt World Assembly News Portal: <\/strong>On the occasion of the demise of the divine scholar, the preacher of the teachings of the Quran and AhlulBayt (a.s.) in East Africa, and Kenyan member of the General Assembly of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly, Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir Juma, a commemoration was held online and in person on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, from 19:00 Tehran time at conference Hall of AhlulBayt (a.s.).<\/p>\n

In this ceremony, referring to the personality dimensions of Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir, Sheikh Ali Saeed Samoja stated, \u201cThis scholar was involved in the spread of Shia in East Africa in general, and in Kenya in particular. He had a special place among the religious figures of Kenya, before and after his conversion to Shia. Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir was one of the great Sunni scholars before he became a Shiite, and he spoke at the Nairobi Grand Mosque, one of the most important religious centers in the Kenyan capital. His lectures attracted many people and young people participated in his lectures.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSheikh Abdillahi Nasir also attended the Riyadh Mosque on the outskirts of Nairobi, and many people attended his lectures at the mosque. Sheikh also had a Q&A program on Kenya National Radio, which had audiences in most Kenyan homes. Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir\u2019s radio program was welcomed by children, adults, Muslims and non-Muslims in Kenya, and many people became Muslims by following the program,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, this prominent scholar was one of the supporters of Imam Khomeini (r.a.) and encouraged the youth to support this revolution and study about Imam Khomeini (r.a.) and the Shiite school. Shortly after the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, he announced his conversion to the Shia, which was widely reflected in Kenya and neighboring countries. So that many attacks were carried out against Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir and the Shiite school, in order to prevent the people from converting to the Shia by tarnishing the image of the school,\u201d added Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir\u2019s student.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter declaration of his conversion to Shiism, the prominent scholar was removed from all his positions. He was also barred from speaking in mosques in Kenya. Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir\u2019s radio programs were also stopped, and he returned to his city, Mombasa. Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir\u2019s used the capacity of the Bilal Institute there to deliver speeches on various occasions, including Muharram. Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir\u2019s confronted the oral and written attacks of Wahhabism and in this way, he wrote many books such as \u2018Shia and Companions\u2019, \u2018Shia and Quran\u2019, \u2018Shia and Hadith\u2019, \u2018Shia and Taqiyya\u2019, \u2018Fadak\u2019, \u2018Tafsir Surah Al-Hamd\u2019 and \u2018Tafsir Surah Al-Ahzab\u2019,\u201d Sheikh Ali Saeed Samoja stated, referring to the events after Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir declared his Shiism.<\/p>\n

\u201cSheikh Abdillahi Nasir politely responded to doubts about the Shiite school, strengthening its position and spreading it in Kenya. Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir played a key role in establishing Shia in the country. The eminent scholar established the Amir al-Mu\u2019minin Institute on the outskirts of Mombasa in the Sahel region of Kenya. At this school, he taught in Swahili, and raised many missionaries. But Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir left the school for some reason,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the remaining books and speeches of Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir, his role in dissemination of Shia school continues. I call on the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly to turn the speeches of Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir into books or booklets so that more people can use the heritage of this eminent scholar. Also, the books of Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir must be translated into various languages, including English. There is a need to hold a conference to study the personality dimensions of Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir, as a model for future generations to use his experiences,\u201d Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir\u2019s student noted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir\u2019s student said, \u201cThis eminent scholar politely responded to doubts about the Shiite school, strengthening its position and spreading it in Kenya. Sheikh Abdillahi Nasir played a key role in establishing Shia in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":320766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[2976,5030],"class_list":["post-320769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-commemoration-ceremony","tag-sheikh-abdullahi-nasser"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320769"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407071,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320769\/revisions\/407071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}