Sheikh Ibrahim Enyas in hospital London

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Sheikh Ibrahim Enyas in hospital in London

Sheikh Hassan Cays tells us
It is mentioned regarding what took place in the hospital, as recorded in Mawsu‘at al-Athar al-Nathriyya – Section Seven – page 21:
“The line of communication with the family in Senegal remained continuously open. Hardly a day passed without them contacting the Sheikh (may Allah be pleased with him) to check on the progress of his health.
Among those who spoke with him from there were my mother, Fatimah al-Zahra’, and Sidi al-Hajj ‘Abdullah Niasse (may Allah be pleased with him), who remained in constant communication with him. Then my father, Sidi ‘Ali Cisse (may Allah be pleased with him), after returning from his journey to Nigeria on a mission entrusted to him by the Sheikh. The Sheikh (may Allah be pleased with him) had wished for his arrival before traveling to London, but Allah had not decreed it. He returned only after the Sheikh had left Senegal, so he contacted him immediately upon his arrival in the city.
Sidi Muhammad al-Hadi Niasse (may Allah be pleased with him) also spoke with him.
Among the family members from Kaolack who spoke with him were Sidi al-Hajj Ahmad Niasse (may Allah be pleased with him), Sidi Sheikh al-Tijani Niasse (may Allah be pleased with him), Sidi al-Hajj Muhammad al-Amin Niasse, Lady al-Hajja Maryam Niasse (may Allah be pleased with her), and her daughter Asiya Kane. Also among them were the city’s Amir, al-Hajj ‘Abd al-Hadi, the engineer al-Hajj ‘Abd al-Rahman Fall, and the Sheikh’s driver, al-Hajj Jibril Samb—may Allah be pleased with them all.
From Gambia (Banjul), al-Hajj Yusuf Samb also spoke with him.
Telephone calls then continued to pour in from different parts of the world—from Ghana, Nigeria, America, France, Geneva, and indeed from every place where news of his illness had reached.
From Cairo, where most of his children and the children of his beloved companions were studying at the time, among those who contacted him were Sidi Muhammad al-Ma’mun Niasse, his brother Sayyid Muhammad al-Muntaqa Niasse, Sidi Sheikh al-Tijani ibn his brother Bakr Niasse, and my sister ‘A’isha Cisse.
From Monrovia, the son of President Tolbert contacted him. From Paris, a large number of residents and travelers also called him, including Professor Ibrahim Mahmud Job.
The phone calls continued endlessly from everywhere, to the point that we were eventually forced to move the telephone from the Sheikh’s house to outside the residence out of concern for his health and comfort.
As for those whom Allah granted the opportunity to visit him personally, they were extremely numerous, and only Allah knows their exact number. Delegations came to him from London and Birmingham, both Arabs and non-Arabs. A delegation of beloved disciples from Paris visited him under the leadership of al-Hajj Ajam Seen. The Senegalese Embassy adviser from Kinshasa also came to visit him.
Likewise, princes and ministers from Nigeria came to see him. Prince Wad Bayero visited the hospital twice, accompanied by a large group from the Bayero family and Amin al-Sanusi, son of the Khalifa.
In addition to these noble people, there were other honorable individuals who could not attend personally but expressed their willingness to cover the Sheikh’s hospital expenses. Among them, by way of example and not limitation, was the righteous and noble man al-Hajj Muhammad Yusuf from Nigeria—may Allah reward him greatly. The person he sent to pay the Sheikh’s hospital expenses later told me that when he inquired about us, he was informed that al-Hasan, the Sheikh’s grandson, had already paid all the expenses and that they had returned to Senegal.
Likewise, a member of the Libyan Revolutionary Command Council, Mr. Muhammad ‘Abdullah al-Shaybani, offered for the Libyan government to cover the Sheikh’s expenses. The Sheikh replied that he had brought enough money for himself and thanked them for their kind initiative.
From Kuwait, the Deputy Minister of Finance, who was in the same hospital and even in the same wing as the Sheikh, also offered his services. Our response was the same as before: we already had sufficient means.
Similarly, the Prime Minister of Ghana at the time, President Ignatius Acheampong, sent a large delegation including his brother, his son, and the Archbishop of Ghana to check on the Sheikh’s health and to invite him to visit Ghana at the earliest possible opportunity after his recovery. He expressed his wish for the Sheikh to become like a father to him, just as he had been a father figure to Kwame Nkrumah. They even suggested that he visit Ghana on his return journey. They also offered to cover the Sheikh’s expenses, but Allah had already taken care of the Sheikh and his provisions from the very beginning. Nevertheless, we thanked the President for this exceptional concern and generosity.”

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