Sheikh Abu Groon
About: Sheikh El Nayyal Abdel Gadir Abu Groon
His Holiness, Sheikh El Nayyal Abdel Gadir Abu Groon, a descendent of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), was born in 1947 in Abu Groon, a village established by, and named after, his renowned grandfather (H. H. Sheikh/Muhammad Abu Groon) to be the home of his Sufi Traditional Institution. Unlike many traditional Sufis, H. H. Sheikh/Muhammad Abu Groon (1860–1936) relied on unwavering adherence to Taqwa (God-consciousness) in endeavouring the deep realms of the divine truth, empowered exclusively by love of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and certainty about his spiritual path. His son, H. H. Sheikh/Abdel Gadir (1907–2000), the father of Sheikh El Nayyal, followed the way of his predecessor also through the love of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
After actualisation of the divine love and the love of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), he developed his own style of relaying the knowledge and wisdom of the prophet (PBUH) and the beauty of following his path to attain good conduct in a format of poems and rhymes, easy and perceivable by everybody. His son described him as a unique comprehensive school of social development upon the footsteps of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). He raised his son, Sheikh El Nayyal, in this climate of the love of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and devoted him to learning the pure message of Islam in their traditional institution besides academic education.
Since his childhood, Sheikh El Nayyal followed the way of his forefathers in actualising divine and prophetic love. Moreover, he started exploring the sources of Islam: the Holy Quran and Sunnah (reports on Prophetic tradition) as well as the major works in Islamic thought and Sufism. His personal library includes thousands of books on the various sources of Islamic knowledge. He graduated in Law, from the University of Khartoum in 1970 and took a number of positions including being judge in the high court and minister of legal affairs.
In the early 1970s, the author wrote his first book Al-Sirat Al- Mustaqeem (The Straight Path), a comprehensive short account on Islamic theology. Many commentators at that time agreed on two points about this book: 1) it was the first rational and convincing argumentation of the core elements of the religion, viz. Islam (knowing God and being grateful to Him), Iman (loving God and his messenger), and Ihsan (achieving excellence in Islam and Iman) that tackles difficult issues like Qadar (Divine Decree); 2) its style was unique in illustrating these subtle religious concepts as each and every word was very carefully chosen to serve the precise meaning intended by the author.
Currently Sheikh El Nayyal Abdel Gadir Abu Groon is the Chairman of The Onyx Link Foundation, WALES UK,a think tank that provides a complete theory on revising and re-reading of the religious heritage based on the noble prophetic authority, unity of religions and importance of good morals for the community cohesion, peace, love and best humanity environment. This theory had been applied and adopted into different teaching and enlightening materials like papers, lectures, journalistic writings, role plays, poems, and social media materials.
