BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF SHEIKH AHMAD ABULFATHI (RTA) He is known as Maulana Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al-Yarwawi (RTA). He was nicknamed Abul-Abbas following the tradition of Sufi elite of designating it, to whoever is named Ahmad, if he attained the elevated rank of Spiritual Guide or Murshid. Moreover, the prestigious Sheikh (RTA) is also better known by his famous and unique nickname – Abulfathi, Abulfutuhi or Abulfutuhaati because of his role in spreading Islamic knowledge and virtues among the Ummah as well as Tariqa Ahmadiyya-al- Tijaniyya. BIRTH, HOMETOWN AND UPBRINGING The Sheikh Abulfathi (RTA), was born in 1919 in one of the villages of Konduga local government area called Sandiya (formally known as Shanduwa), which is about 25km to the southeast of Maiduguri Metropolitan of Borno State, Nigeria. The esteemed Sheikh grew in his rural village (Sandiya), where he learnt horsemanship, animal rearing, and other rural life necessities. HIS LINEAGE Maulana Sheikh Abulfathi’s linea...