Jazakallah kheyr Shaykh Maxamed, we benefited greatly from your deep dive into the history of the Hanafi madhab in the Horn of Africa. May Allah ﷻ bless your efforts
I want you to actually substantiate that Mogadishu was Hanafi, because the earliest texts and depictions of Mogadishu is that it is a Shaafici hub, about 600 years ago. And not much could be written before that. Edit: just finished, and the existence of those books in libraries do not necessitate that they were followers of the Hanafi madhabs. Especially if it is creedal. And the 6 dynasties are all dwarfed by Ifat, so the number of dynasties which are Hanafi in the horn is a distraction. Because Ifat was the strongest and had rule over the North Somali horn region.
Jazakallah kheyr Shaykh Maxamed, we benefited greatly from your deep dive into the history of the Hanafi madhab in the Horn of Africa. May Allah ﷻ bless your efforts
thanks a lot for sharing this very insightful lecture on a very interesting topic, appreciate your hard work.
I want you to actually substantiate that Mogadishu was Hanafi, because the earliest texts and depictions of Mogadishu is that it is a Shaafici hub, about 600 years ago. And not much could be written before that.
Edit: just finished, and the existence of those books in libraries do not necessitate that they were followers of the Hanafi madhabs. Especially if it is creedal.
And the 6 dynasties are all dwarfed by Ifat, so the number of dynasties which are Hanafi in the horn is a distraction. Because Ifat was the strongest and had rule over the North Somali horn region.